272 Beijing Opera Masks, Yang Yande Number 119

Yang Yande

Opera "Wutai Mountain"

Yang Yande with a white monk face plays a part in the opera "Wutai Mountain," based on a story in "Romance of the Yang Family." Yang Yanzhao, sixth son of the Yang Family and supreme commander of the armies of the Northern Song, goes to the north to bring back the body of his father. On the way home, he stops at a temple on Wutai Mountain and there meets his long-lost brother Yang Yande. The two exchange a few questions before recognizing each other.