Peking Opera Classics

Farewell My Concubine, Lock Lin Pouch, and Fishing for the Golden Turtle.

1, Farewell My Concubine

"Farewell My Concubine" is based on the kunqu "A Thousand Gold Records" and the "Records of the Grand Historian? Xiang Yu's Chronicle", the story is about the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chu and Han Dynasty, Han Xin ordered Li Zuo Che to Xiang Yu's fraudulent surrender, swindling Xiang Yu into the army.

The story goes that at the end of Qin Dynasty, Han Xin ordered Li Zuo Che to swindle Xiang Yu and swindled him into entering the army, which resulted in Xiang Yu and his troops encountering Han Xin's ambush on the Jiu Li Mountain, trapping Xiang Yu in Gaixia. Xiang Yu was unable to break out of the siege, and hearing the song of Chu on all sides, he suspected that all the Chu troops had surrendered to Han, so he drank wine with Yu Ji in the camp to say goodbye.

Yu Ji killed herself, and Xiang Yu, feeling that he had no face to see his father and mother in Jiangdong, killed himself by the Wujiang River.

2. Lock Lin Sac

Lock Lin Sac is based on a folktale in the Qing dynasty's Jiao Chuan's "Drama", cited in the book "Only Stag (zhǔ) Talks", which tells the story of Xue Xiangling, the daughter of a rich family in Dengzhou, who was doted on by her mother since she was young, and was given a large number of dowries to accompany her when she got married.

There was also a lock-lin bag containing exotic treasures. The "lock-lin pouch" is a "brocade bag" or "purse" embroidered with a unicorn.

3. Fishing for Golden Turtles

The story of "Fishing for Golden Turtles" first appeared in the late Qing Dynasty in the "Legends of Gubatang", which was adapted by Tang Ying as "The Case of the Two Nails". The play is about the following: In the Song Dynasty, in Mengjin, Henan Province, there was a widowed woman, Kang, who gave birth to two children, the first son, Zhang Xuan, and the second son, Zhang Yi.

Zhang Xuan went to Beijing to take the examination and never returned. Kang relied on her second son, Zhang Yi, to make a living by fishing in the Mengjin River.

4. Stealing the Imperial Horse

The story of "Stealing the Imperial Horse" is found in the first episode of the seventh collection of "Shi Gongcheng" (the total of the 38th episode), "Avoiding Firecrackers and Stealing the Houshan River Stealing the Imperial Horse and Entering the Chain of Traps".

The play is about, in the early Qing Dynasty, the green man "Iron Man" Dou Erdun, long occupation of the Hejian generation, because of disobedience to the Huang Santai finger gold dart borrowed silver, Dou Erdun, Huang Santai two then agreed to compete in martial arts, in the process of martial arts, the Huang Santai defeat, so the use of concealed weapons to injure Dou Erdun.