272 Beijing Opera Performers, Meng Juehai - Number 145

Meng Juehai

Beijing Opera - "Yaguan Tower"

Meng Juehai with a red six-tenth face is a leading character of the list-opera "Yaguan Tower," based on a story in "Romance of the Late Tang and the Five Dynasties." He was a general under Huang Chao, leader of farmers' insurgence in the end of Tang Dynasty.