183 Beijing Operas - Wang Wen - Number 136

Wang Wen

Beijing Opera - "Woman Generals of the Yang Family"

Wang Wen with a white pointed three-tile face plays a part in the opera "Woman Generals of the Yang Family," a newly produced history play that tells how women generals of the Yang family, led by dowager She and Mu Guiying, defeated Wang Wen, king of the Western Xia.