Turandot, the princess of the Yuan Dynasty, retaliated against the abduction of her ancestors in the dark and ordered that if a man could guess her three riddles, he would marry him. If you guess wrong, you will be executed. Three years later, many unfortunate people lost their lives.

After the exiled Prince Calaf of Yuan Dynasty reunited with his father Timur and maid Liu Er in Beijing, Prince Calaf was attracted by Turandot's beauty and answered all the questions correctly, regardless of the opposition of his father Liu Er and three ministers. The answers to these three puzzles are "hope", "blood" and "Turandot".

But Turandot refused to admit defeat, betrayed his father and refused to marry Prince Calaf, so the prince made a puzzle himself. As long as the princess knows his name before dawn, Calaf will not marry the princess, but will be put to death. The princess caught Timur, the prince's father, and Liuer, the servant girl, and made a confession with her words and deeds. Liu Er committed suicide as a sign of keeping a secret. Calaf accused Turandot of being heartless.

At dawn, the princess didn't know the prince's name yet, but the prince's strong kiss melted her cold heart, and the prince also told the princess his real name. The princess did not announce the real name of the prince, but announced that she would marry the prince of the world. The prince's name is "amora".

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The original work of Turandot is a short story called Three Mysteries of Turandot (that is, the story of Calaf and the Chinese princess). From the Arabian folk story Arabian Nights.

Turandot, a three-act opera, is one of the greatest works of Puccini, a famous Italian opera master, and the last work in his life. Turandot's story can be found in the story collection "One Thousand and One Days", which was written by Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi in 1762 and later translated and adapted into Gozzi's play by German poet Schiller. Puccini wrote an opera of the same name in 1924.

Turandot embodies Puccini's deep China complex. In this China-themed opera, Puccini specially selected the melody of China folk song Jasmine as one of the important musical themes of Turandot.

1924, Puccini died in the second scene of the third act, and stopped his affectionate pen, leaving the world with a never-ending Turandot. The rest of Turandot was composed by Puccini's student and Italian composer Alfano.

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