272 Beijing Opera Performers - Ma Wu - Number 142

Ma Wu

Beijing Opera - "Capture of Luoyang"

Ma Wu with a broken-flower face, a leading character in Capture of Luoyang. He was one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai who helped Emperor Guanwu found the Eastern Han Dynasty. A very able general, he fought with distinction in the strategic battle for Luoyang.

"Peking Opera Painted Faces" (Morning Glory Publishers - Beijing 1994) - by Zhao Menglin