272 Beijing Opera Performers - Peng Yue - Number 159

Peng Yue

Beijing Opera - "Nine-Li Mountain"

Peng Yue (BC ?-196) a general of Liu Bang and a founding minister of Han.

Peng Yue with a green broken-flower face starred in "Nine-Li Mountain." Because he had distinguished himself in the ambush of Xiang Yu on Nine-Li Mountain, Liu Bang named him Prince of Liang after the founding of the Han Dynasty. Later. however, he joined a revolt and was executed.