The Pear Garden or Liyuan (Chinese: 梨园), the first known royal acting and musical academy in China. It was founded during the Tang Dynasty by Emperor Xuanzong (712–755). It may be the first institutional Academy of Music in the world.
In later dynasties the phrase "Pear Garden" was used to allude to the world of Chinese opera in general.
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