183 Beijing Operas - Jia Hua - Number 95

Jia Hua

Beijing Opera - "Sweet-Dew Temple"

Jia Hua with an inverted ingot clown face plays a character in "Sweet-Dew Temple." Jia Hua was a general of Wu. In the opera he is ordered by Sun Quan, the ruler of Yu, to lie in ambush at the Sweet Dew Temple to assassinate Liu Bei. The plot is discovered and reported to Su Quan's mother who, in a great rage, severely reprimands her son, Su Quan pretends he knows nothing about it and questions Lϋ Fan, one of his counselors, who puts the blame on Jia Hua. Sun Quan's mother wants to execute Jia Hua, but Liu Bei intercedes and saves his life.