183 Beijing Operas - Zhou Tong - Number 153

Zhou Tong

Beijing Opera - "The Error of the Flower-Field Fair"

Zhou Tong with a black broken-flower face plays a part in the opera "The Error of the Flower-Field Fair." Liu Yuyan, a young lady, and her maid go to a fair. There they meet a handsome and talented young man named Bian Ji with whom the lady falls in love. When they return home, the maid tells the father, Liu Deming, about it. Eager to find a good husband for his daughter, Liu sends a servant to the fair to invite the young man to his house, but through some misunderstanding the servant brings back the wrong person, a rascal called Zhou Tong.