183 Beijing Operas, Yang Yansi - Number 120

Yang Yansi

Beijing Opera - "The Golden Sandbank"

Yang Yansi with a black broken-flower face, the seventh son of Yang Jiye in the song Dynasty, is of a fiery disposition and skilful in fighting, He is at feud with the prime minister Pan Renmei. When Yang Yansi returns to Yanmen Pass for reinforcement, Pan gets him drunk, ties him up to a pillar and shoots him dead with a rain of arrows.