183 Beijing Operas - Zhongli Chun - Number 57

Zhongli Chun

Beijing Opera - "The Banquet on the Xiang River"

Zhongli Chun with a female blue broken-flower face in the opera "The Banquet on the Xiang River," adapted from "Tales of Heroes and Martyrs", a historical novel. Zhongli Chun was the wife of King Xuan of Qi of the Spring and Autumn period. In the opera she accompanies her husband to a banquet given by the King of Wei on the bank of the Xiang River. The banquet is a trap to kidnap King Xuan, but the clever Zhong Lichun foils the plot and helps her husband to escape.