272 Beijing Opera Performers - Yu Hong - Number 246 Yu Hong Beijing Opera - "The Race of the Bamboo Grove" Yu Hong with a black broken-flower face stars in "The Race of the Bamboo Grove," adapted from a story in "Three Expeditions Against the Southern Tang." Yu Hong was a Southern Tang general. In the list-opera he captures a Song general by witchcraft, but Liu Jinding, a woman warrior of the Song, sets fire to the bamboo grove in which he is hiding and forces him to flee. Back to Beijing Performer's List - Page 5 |