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It should also to be pointed out that in the creation of this otherworldly experience the Kun music plays a vital role. As in all operas, the text is presented through music. However, in the case of the Peony Pavilion, it is the integration of text and music that resonates and delivers the audience to the transcendental realm, so much so that it is impossible to separate one from the other without compromising the play's magic effect. The Peony Pavilion therefore establishes itself unquestionably as the height of all Chinese operas, or classical Chinese plays in general.