Shifting Spring Cage - Revision history

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	~~{{Imageneed\|''~~[[~~Assassin's Creed~~: ~~Dynasty~~]]~~''}}~~		[[File:ACD - Shifting Spring Cage.png\|thumb\|250px\|Shifting Spring Cage]]
	The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.		The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.

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	*檻 is a wooden cage for animals or people. By extension, it also came to refer to prison wagons with such a cage installed, as well as wooden fences and banisters in general.<ref name="MDBG"/><ref name="Baidu">{{Cite web\|url=https://baike.baidu.com/item/槛\|title=槛\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Baidu Baike}}''\|accessdate=12 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref>		*檻 is a wooden cage for animals or people. By extension, it also came to refer to prison wagons with such a cage installed, as well as wooden fences and banisters in general.<ref name="MDBG"/><ref name="Baidu">{{Cite web\|url=https://baike.baidu.com/item/槛\|title=槛\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Baidu Baike}}''\|accessdate=12 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref>

	In the French edition of ''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'', an alternative name is given instead, '''Fleurs des Mille Printemps''' ('Flowers of the Thousand Springs'). In the English publication, it is simply called '''Shifting Springs'''.		In the French edition of ''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'', an alternative name is given instead, '''Fleurs des Mille Printemps''' ('Flowers of the Thousand Springs'). In the English publication, it is simply called '''Shifting Springs'''. In the Brazilian Portuguese edition it is named '''Pavilhão Primaveril Móvel''' ('Moving Spring Pavillion').

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The Shifting Spring Cage is mentioned twice in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty ~~Volume 1\|Volume 1:~~ ''~~The Flower Banquet'']]~~ as the name of Yang Guozhong's parade procession for the Flower Banquet, but no other context is given to explain what it is. Information about it is only provided in the [[The Flower Banquet (Special)\|special issue]] ~~for the volume~~ in the form of an excerpt from the 10th century ''Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes'' and nothing else. Even though it lends its name to the winning exhibit, it does not seem that it ever appears ~~"on-screen"~~ unless the luxuriant, roofed platform Guozhong's team use as their stage is meant to be the "wagon", in which case it would actually be a parade float.		The Shifting Spring Cage is mentioned twice in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Volume 1\|The Flower Banquet]]'', the first volume of the Chinese-language manhua ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'', as the name of Yang Guozhong's parade procession for the Flower Banquet, but no other context is given to explain what it is. Information about it is only provided in the volume's [[The Flower Banquet (Special)\|special issue]] in the form of an excerpt from the 10th century ''Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes'' and nothing else. Even though it lends its name to the winning exhibit, it does not seem that it ever appears in any panel unless the luxuriant, roofed platform Guozhong's team use as their stage is meant to be the "wagon", in which case it would actually be a parade float.

	===Name===		===Name===

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	==Design==		==Design==
	According to ''Kaiyuan–Tianbao Anecdotes'' ({{Wiki\|zh:開元天寶遺事\|開元天寶遺事}}), the Shifting Spring Cage was a vehicle with wooden wheels, a floor made of planks, and a cage installed upon it. In springtime, an assortment of exquisite, blooming, and exotic flora would be planted within the cage. Through a mechanism linking the wheels with the cage, the cage would automatically rotate as the wagon was being towed. It was regarded as a wondrous exhibit to behold wherever it went.<ref name="Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Special)]]</ref><ref name="Kaiyuan Tianbao">{{~~Wiki~~\|~~zh:王仁裕\|Wang Renyu}}. ''[~~https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=915988 Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes~~]''~~, Scroll 2, line 46, "Cage of Shifting Springs". ''Chinese Text Project''~~. Accessed~~ 10 April 2021.</ref>		According to ''Kaiyuan–Tianbao Anecdotes'' ({{Wiki\|zh:開元天寶遺事\|開元天寶遺事}}), the Shifting Spring Cage was a vehicle with wooden wheels, a floor made of planks, and a cage installed upon it. In springtime, an assortment of exquisite, blooming, and exotic flora would be planted within the cage. Through a mechanism linking the wheels with the cage, the cage would automatically rotate as the wagon was being towed. It was regarded as a wondrous exhibit to behold wherever it went.<ref name="Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Special)]]</ref><ref name="Kaiyuan Tianbao">{{Cite web\|url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=915988\|title=開元天寶遺事, 卷二\|transtitle=Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes, Scroll 2, line 46, "Cage of Shifting Springs"\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author={{Wiki\|zh:王仁裕\|Wang Renyu}}\|date=\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Chinese Text Project}}''\|accessdate=10 April 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The Cage of Shifting Spring was the main set in Yang Guozhong's presentation to the annual [[Flower Banquet]]. This was a contest which he participated in every year via a proxy team. With little exception, his delegates would be petty criminals who resorted to extortion and even flagrant robbery to acquire the plants used to embellish their wagons.<ref name="Dynasty 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> This was no different in 754, when the [[Yang Guozhong's flower delegates\|gang]] hired by Guozhong murdered ~~seventeen~~ villagers from [[Duling village~~\|Duling~~]],<ref name="Dynasty 4">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref> a farming community specialized in high-quality [[~~peony~~\|peonies]].<ref name="Special 1" /> Owing to his underhanded tactics and his tremendous wealth, Yang Guozhong, via the Shifting Spring Cage, was declared the winner of the 754 Flower Banquet as usual.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref>		The Cage of Shifting Spring was the main set in Yang Guozhong's presentation to the annual [[Flower Banquet]]. This was a contest which he participated in every year via a proxy team. With little exception, his delegates would be petty criminals who resorted to extortion and even flagrant robbery to acquire the plants used to embellish their wagons.<ref name="Dynasty 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> This was no different in 754, when the [[Yang Guozhong's flower delegates\|gang]] hired by Guozhong murdered 17 villagers from [[Duling village]],<ref name="Dynasty 4">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref> a farming community specialized in high-quality [[Peony\|peonies]].<ref name="Special 1"/> Owing to his underhanded tactics and his tremendous wealth, Yang Guozhong, via the Shifting Spring Cage, was declared the winner of the 754 Flower Banquet as usual.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref>

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	===Name===		===Name===
	The original name of the wagon in Chinese is 移春檻 (Mandarin: ''yíchūnjiàn''<ref name="aies">[https://word.aies.cn/ci/51121.htm 移春檻]. 漢語中文工具網~~. Accessed~~ 12 June 2021.</ref> or ''yíchūnkǎn''<ref name="ZDIC">[https://www.zdic.net/hant/~~%E7%A7%BB%E6%98%A5%E6%AA%BB~~ 移春檻]. 汉典 ZDIC~~. Accessed~~ 12 June 2021.</ref>).		The original name of the wagon in Chinese is 移春檻 (Mandarin: ''yíchūnjiàn''<ref name="aies">{{Cite web\|url=https://word.aies.cn/ci/51121.htm\|title=移春檻\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''漢語中文工具網''\|accessdate=12 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref> or ''yíchūnkǎn''<ref name="ZDIC">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.zdic.net/hant/移春檻\|title=移春檻\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''汉典 ZDIC''\|accessdate=12 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref>).
	*移 means 'to shift, to move, to change'.<ref name="MDBG">[https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqtm=2&wdqcham=2&wdqt=~~%E7%A7%BB%E6%98%A5%E6%AA%BB~~ 移春檻]. MDBG~~. Accessed~~ 12 June 2021.</ref><ref name="Cantonese 移">[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2746/ 移]. CantoDict~~. Accessed~~ 12 June 2021.</ref>		*移 means 'to shift, to move, to change'.<ref name="MDBG">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqtm=2&wdqcham=2&wdqt=移春檻\|title=移春檻\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''MDBG''\|accessdate=12 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Cantonese 移">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/2746/\|title=移\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''CantoDict''\|accessdate=12 June 2021}}</ref>
	*春 is the season of spring.<ref name name="MDBG" />		*春 is the season of spring.<ref name name="MDBG"/>
	*檻 is a wooden cage for animals or people. By extension, it also came to refer to prison wagons with such a cage installed, as well as wooden fences and banisters in general.<ref name="MDBG" /><ref name="Baidu">[https://baike.baidu.com/item/~~%E6%A7%9B~~ 槛]. Baidu Baike~~. Accessed~~ 12 June 2021.</ref>		*檻 is a wooden cage for animals or people. By extension, it also came to refer to prison wagons with such a cage installed, as well as wooden fences and banisters in general.<ref name="MDBG"/><ref name="Baidu">{{Cite web\|url=https://baike.baidu.com/item/槛\|title=槛\|transtitle=\|archiveurl=\|archivedate=\|author=\|date=\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Baidu Baike}}''\|accessdate=12 June 2021\|language=Chinese}}</ref>

	In the French edition of ''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'', an alternative name is given instead, '''Fleurs des Mille Printemps''' ('Flowers of the Thousand Springs'). In the English publication, it is simply called '''Shifting Springs'''.		In the French edition of ''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'', an alternative name is given instead, '''Fleurs des Mille Printemps''' ('Flowers of the Thousand Springs'). In the English publication, it is simply called '''Shifting Springs'''.

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			{{Imageneed\|''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''}}
	The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.		The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.

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	==Design==		==Design==
	According to ''Kaiyuan–Tianbao Anecdotes'' ({{Wiki\|zh:開元天寶遺事\|開元天寶遺事}}), the Shifting Spring Cage was a vehicle with wooden wheels, a floor made of planks, and a cage installed upon it. In springtime, an assortment of exquisite, blooming, and exotic flora would be planted within the cage. Through a mechanism linking the wheels with the cage, the cage would automatically rotate as the wagon was being towed. It was regarded as a wondrous exhibit to behold wherever it went.<ref name="Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[~~Assassin's Creed: Dynasty~~ Special ~~1\|Special 1~~]]</ref><ref name="Kaiyuan Tianbao">{{Wiki\|zh:王仁裕\|Wang Renyu}}. ''[https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=915988 Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes]'', Scroll 2, line 46, "Cage of Shifting Springs". ''Chinese Text Project''. Accessed 10 April 2021.</ref>		According to ''Kaiyuan–Tianbao Anecdotes'' ({{Wiki\|zh:開元天寶遺事\|開元天寶遺事}}), the Shifting Spring Cage was a vehicle with wooden wheels, a floor made of planks, and a cage installed upon it. In springtime, an assortment of exquisite, blooming, and exotic flora would be planted within the cage. Through a mechanism linking the wheels with the cage, the cage would automatically rotate as the wagon was being towed. It was regarded as a wondrous exhibit to behold wherever it went.<ref name="Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Special)]]</ref><ref name="Kaiyuan Tianbao">{{Wiki\|zh:王仁裕\|Wang Renyu}}. ''[https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=915988 Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes]'', Scroll 2, line 46, "Cage of Shifting Springs". ''Chinese Text Project''. Accessed 10 April 2021.</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The Shifting Spring Cage is mentioned twice in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Volume 1\|Volume 1: ''The Flower Banquet'']] as the name of Yang Guozhong's parade procession for the Flower Banquet, but no other context is given to explain what it is. Information about it is only provided in the [[~~Assassin's Creed: Dynasty~~ Special 1\|special issue]] for the volume in the form of an excerpt from the 10th century ''Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes'' and nothing else. Even though it lends its name to the winning exhibit, it does not seem that it ever appears "on-screen" unless the luxuriant, roofed platform Guozhong's team use as their stage is meant to be the "wagon", in which case it would actually be a parade float.		The Shifting Spring Cage is mentioned twice in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Volume 1\|Volume 1: ''The Flower Banquet'']] as the name of Yang Guozhong's parade procession for the Flower Banquet, but no other context is given to explain what it is. Information about it is only provided in the [[The Flower Banquet (Special)\|special issue]] for the volume in the form of an excerpt from the 10th century ''Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes'' and nothing else. Even though it lends its name to the winning exhibit, it does not seem that it ever appears "on-screen" unless the luxuriant, roofed platform Guozhong's team use as their stage is meant to be the "wagon", in which case it would actually be a parade float.

	===Name===		===Name===

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	The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻~~, lit. 'shifting spring cage'~~) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.		The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.

	==Design==		==Design==
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	*檻 is a wooden cage for animals or people. By extension, it also came to refer to prison wagons with such a cage installed, as well as wooden fences and banisters in general.<ref name="MDBG" /><ref name="Baidu">[https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%A7%9B 槛]. Baidu Baike. Accessed 12 June 2021.</ref>		*檻 is a wooden cage for animals or people. By extension, it also came to refer to prison wagons with such a cage installed, as well as wooden fences and banisters in general.<ref name="MDBG" /><ref name="Baidu">[https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%A7%9B 槛]. Baidu Baike. Accessed 12 June 2021.</ref>

	In the French edition of ''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'', an alternative name is given instead, '''Fleurs des Mille Printemps'''. In the English publication, it is simply called '''Shifting Springs'''.		In the French edition of ''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'', an alternative name is given instead, '''Fleurs des Mille Printemps''' ('Flowers of the Thousand Springs'). In the English publication, it is simply called '''Shifting Springs'''.

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

imported>Sol Pacificus: Sol Pacificus moved page Yichunkan to Shifting Spring Cage

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imported>Sol Pacificus: Just realized that technically, the 10th century text doesn't call it a wagon either. It's just inferred based on the description.

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Just realized that technically, the 10th century text doesn't call it a wagon either. It's just inferred based on the description.

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	The '''Cage of Shifting ~~Springs~~''' (移春檻, lit. 'shifting spring cage') was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.		The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻, lit. 'shifting spring cage') was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.

	==Design==		==Design==
	According to ''Kaiyuan–Tianbao Anecdotes'' ({{Wiki\|zh:開元天寶遺事\|開元天寶遺事}}), the Shifting ~~Springs~~ Cage was a ~~wagon~~ with wooden wheels, a floor made of planks, and a cage installed upon it. In springtime, an assortment of exquisite, blooming, and exotic flora would be planted within the cage. Through a mechanism linking the wheels with the cage, the cage would automatically rotate as the wagon was being towed. It was regarded as a wondrous exhibit to behold wherever it went.<ref name="Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Special 1\|Special 1]]</ref><ref name="Kaiyuan Tianbao">{{Wiki\|zh:王仁裕\|Wang Renyu}}. ''[https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=915988 Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes]'', Scroll 2, line 46, "Cage of Shifting Springs". ''Chinese Text Project''. Accessed 10 April 2021.</ref>		According to ''Kaiyuan–Tianbao Anecdotes'' ({{Wiki\|zh:開元天寶遺事\|開元天寶遺事}}), the Shifting Spring Cage was a vehicle with wooden wheels, a floor made of planks, and a cage installed upon it. In springtime, an assortment of exquisite, blooming, and exotic flora would be planted within the cage. Through a mechanism linking the wheels with the cage, the cage would automatically rotate as the wagon was being towed. It was regarded as a wondrous exhibit to behold wherever it went.<ref name="Special 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Special 1\|Special 1]]</ref><ref name="Kaiyuan Tianbao">{{Wiki\|zh:王仁裕\|Wang Renyu}}. ''[https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=915988 Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes]'', Scroll 2, line 46, "Cage of Shifting Springs". ''Chinese Text Project''. Accessed 10 April 2021.</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The Cage of Shifting ~~Springs~~ was the main set in Yang Guozhong's presentation to the annual [[Flower Banquet]]. This was a contest which he participated in every year via a proxy team. With little exception, his delegates would be petty criminals who resorted to extortion and even flagrant robbery to acquire the plants used to embellish their wagons.<ref name="Dynasty 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> This was no different in 754, when the [[Yang Guozhong's flower delegates\|gang]] hired by Guozhong murdered seventeen villagers from [[Duling village\|Duling]],<ref name="Dynasty 4">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref> a farming community specialized in high-quality [[peony\|peonies]].<ref name="Special 1" /> Owing to his underhanded tactics and his tremendous wealth, Yang Guozhong, via the Shifting ~~Springs~~ Cage, was declared the winner of the 754 Flower ~~Festival~~ as usual.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref>		The Cage of Shifting Spring was the main set in Yang Guozhong's presentation to the annual [[Flower Banquet]]. This was a contest which he participated in every year via a proxy team. With little exception, his delegates would be petty criminals who resorted to extortion and even flagrant robbery to acquire the plants used to embellish their wagons.<ref name="Dynasty 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> This was no different in 754, when the [[Yang Guozhong's flower delegates\|gang]] hired by Guozhong murdered seventeen villagers from [[Duling village\|Duling]],<ref name="Dynasty 4">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref> a farming community specialized in high-quality [[peony\|peonies]].<ref name="Special 1" /> Owing to his underhanded tactics and his tremendous wealth, Yang Guozhong, via the Shifting Spring Cage, was declared the winner of the 754 Flower Banquet as usual.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The Shifting ~~Springs~~ Cage is mentioned twice in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Volume 1\|Volume 1: ''The Flower Banquet'']] as the name of Yang Guozhong's parade procession for the Flower Banquet, but no other context is given to explain what it is. Information about it is only provided in the [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Special 1\|special issue]] for the volume in the form of an excerpt from the 10th century ''Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes'' and nothing else.		The Shifting Spring Cage is mentioned twice in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Volume 1\|Volume 1: ''The Flower Banquet'']] as the name of Yang Guozhong's parade procession for the Flower Banquet, but no other context is given to explain what it is. Information about it is only provided in the [[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty Special 1\|special issue]] for the volume in the form of an excerpt from the 10th century ''Kaiyuan-Tianbao Anecdotes'' and nothing else. Even though it lends its name to the winning exhibit, it does not seem that it ever appears "on-screen" unless the luxuriant, roofed platform Guozhong's team use as their stage is meant to be the "wagon", in which case it would actually be a parade float.

	Even though it lends its name to the winning exhibit, it does not seem that it ever appears "on-screen" unless the luxuriant, roofed platform Guozhong's team use as their stage is meant to be the "wagon", in which case it would actually be a parade float.

	===Name===		===Name===

imported>Sol Pacificus: /* History */

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	==History==		==History==
	The Cage of Shifting Springs was the main set in Yang Guozhong's presentation to the annual [[Flower Banquet]]. This was a contest which he participated in every year via a proxy team. With little exception, his delegates would be petty criminals who resorted to extortion and even flagrant robbery to acquire the plants used to embellish their wagons.<ref name="Dynasty 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> This was no different in 754, when the [[Yang Guozhong's flower delegates\|gang]] hired by Guozhong murdered seventeen villagers from [[Duling village\|Duling]],<ref name="Dynasty 4">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref> a farming community specialized in high-quality [[peony\|peonies]].<ref name="Special 1" /> Owing to his underhanded tactics and his tremendous wealth, Yang Guozhong ~~and his Yichunkan wagon were~~ declared the ~~winners~~ of the 754 Flower Festival as usual.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref>		The Cage of Shifting Springs was the main set in Yang Guozhong's presentation to the annual [[Flower Banquet]]. This was a contest which he participated in every year via a proxy team. With little exception, his delegates would be petty criminals who resorted to extortion and even flagrant robbery to acquire the plants used to embellish their wagons.<ref name="Dynasty 1">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 1)]]</ref> This was no different in 754, when the [[Yang Guozhong's flower delegates\|gang]] hired by Guozhong murdered seventeen villagers from [[Duling village\|Duling]],<ref name="Dynasty 4">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 4)]]</ref> a farming community specialized in high-quality [[peony\|peonies]].<ref name="Special 1" /> Owing to his underhanded tactics and his tremendous wealth, Yang Guozhong, via the Shifting Springs Cage, was declared the winner of the 754 Flower Festival as usual.<ref name="Dynasty 2">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 2)]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.		The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.

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	The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.		The '''Cage of Shifting Spring''' (移春檻) was a lavish flower wagon owned by [[Yang Guozhong]], who was chancellor to [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang\|Emperor Xuanzong]] of [[Tang dynasty\|Tang]]. It was the centrepiece to his entry to the 754 [[Flower Banquet]], a competition for the most beautiful and magnificent flower exhibit.