272 Beijing Opera Performers - Jiang Shang - Number 99

Jiang Shang

Beijing Opera - "Wei River"

Jiang Shang, or Jiang Ziya, with an old pink full face, the leading character in Wei River, adapted from an episode in Canonization of the Gods. King Wen of Zhou, seeking capable men to help him establish his dynasty, met Jiang Shang on the banks of the Wei and made him his prime minister.