272 Beijing Opera Performers - Jade Emperor - Number 91

Jade Emperor

Beijing Opera - "Bimawen"

Jade Emperor with a silver three-tile fairy face performs in "Bimawen." The Jade Emperor is the ruler of heaven in the novel "Pilgrimage to the West." Afraid of the Monkey King, he tries to bring him under control by conferring him on the title of bimawen, which is actually only a groom. When Monkey learns the truth, he raises hell in the imperial stable and then wrecks havoc all over heaven.