272 Beijing Opera Performers - Cat God - Number 23

Cat God

Beijing Opera - "The Bottomless Pit"

Cat God with a white symbolic face plays a leading role in "The Bottomless Pit." Sanzang is captured by the White Mouse Spirit, which tries to make him marry her. To rescue the master, Monkey steals a divine tablet with which he summons soldiers from Heaven to help him, but all are powerless. Finally, he calls on the Cat God, which subdues the mouse spirit.