Zhongli Chun Number 57 Zhongli Chun 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. |
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