6th Nov, 2011 'The Fourth Son Visits His Mother: Sitting In the Palace'

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6th Nov, 2011, Won the Group First Prize of the Peking Opera Competition for Primary and Secondary Schools in Beijing City.

Role in Princess Tiejing, the middle one dressing blue and white among the leading three.

Competitin Program: 'The Fourth Son Visits His Mother: Sitting In the Palace' which is one section of Peking Opera 'The Fourth Son Visits His Mother'. In the Northern Song Dynasty, a famous general of Song Dynasty Yang Yanhui, who was the fourth son of Yang family, was captured by army of Liao state in a huge battle between the two nations. To save himself, he changed his name into Muyi. Then, he married Princess of Liao called Tiejing. Fifteen years later, Xiao Tianzuo (a prince of Liao) started a war against Song Dynasty again. Mother of Yang, She Taijun, arrived at the front line. Yang missed his mother so much that he was eager to visit her although they were in opposite sides. He begged the princess to help him. The princess fianally choce to help her husband and stole the token to help him out to meet his mother.