272 Beijing Opera Performers - Hao Yaoqi - Number 73

Hao Yaoqi

Beijing Opera - "Banner of the Daring Prince"

Hao Yaoqi with a rubbed-in red full face is one of Li Zicheng's generals in "Banner of the Daring Prince. "Banner of the Daring Prince," a new history list-opera that tells how Li Zicheng, nicknamed the Daring Prince, and other leaders of peasant uprisings in the last years of the Ming dynasty quelled disturbances in the country and defeated the armies of Ming. Liu Zongmin was one of Li Zicheng's generals.