August 7th Peking Opera WANG Xifeng Makes a Scene in the Ning Mansion
Starring: WEI Haimin
WANG Xifeng: WEI Haimin
YOU Erjie: BAI Jin
Qiutong: SUO Mingfang
Lady Dowager: KANG Jing
JIA Lian: MA Botong
JIA Lian marries YOU Erjie secretly, and WANG Xifeng, burning with jealousy when hearing this, sets a trap without batting an eyelid. Insincerely, she takes YOU Erjie home first, and then incites ZHANG Hua to lodge a complaint against JIA Lian, making a scene in the Ning Mansion. After that, she lets Qiutong hound YOU Erjie to death. This fully reveals how ruthless she is - “warm-hearted outwardly, yet insidious inwardly”.
WEI Haimin as WANG Xifeng
August 8th Peking Opera MU Guiying Takes Command
Starring: WEI Haimin, ZHU Qiang, LI Hongtu, KANG Jing
MU Guiying: WEI Haimin
KOU Zhun: ZHU Qiang
YANG Zongbao: LI Hongtu
Dowager SHE: KANG Jing
YANG Wenguang: XIA Kai
YANG Jinhua: MA Zhenzhen
Emperor of Song Dynasty: NI Shengchun
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the generals of the YANG Family are framed by a treacherous minister, so that Dowager SHE resigns in anger for seclusion. Twenty years later, the Western Xia Regime invades the border. YANG Wenguang and YANG Jinhua enter the capital to gather military information. There happens to be a martial arts competition taking place on the drill ground. Wenguang kills the traitor minister’s son, WANG Lun, with his broadsword, winning the competition. Setting aside the past grievances, the Emperor of Song bestows the commander’s seal on MU Guiying, appointing her as commander-in-chief. MU Guiying, already in her fifties, harbours misgivings. But then, she buckles on her armour and goes into battle resolutely after Dowager SHE admonishes her by appealing to the greater good of the nation.
August 9th Peking Opera The Chinese Orphan
Starring: ZHU Qiang, WEI Haimin, LI Hongtu, SHU Tong
CHENG Ying: ZHU Qiang
Princess Zhuangji: WEI Haimin
ZHAO Wu: LI Hongtu
TU’AN Gu: SHU Tong
WEI Jiang: WANG Yingzheng
ZHAO Dun: MA Botong
HAN Jue: ZHOU Enxu
BU Feng: MA Zhenzhen
GONGSUN Chujiu: NI Shengchun
During the Spring and Autumn period, Duke Ling of Jin, a fatuous and self-indulgent ruler, dotes on and trusts TU’AN Gu, a traitor minister. They persecute the people. Prime Minister ZHAO Dun admonishes the duke, only to be framed by TU’AN Gu and have his entire family exterminated. ZHAO Dun’s daughter-in-law, Princess Zhuangji, who is the duke’s younger sister, escapes death fortunately and gives birth to her husband’s posthumous son, ZHAO Wu. TU’AN Gu searches around in order to dig up the roots. CHENG Ying, a folk herbalist, takes the orphan away in secret and devises a plan with his close friend, GONGSUN Chujiu. According to the plan, GONGSUN will surrender CHENG’s son as the orphan for execution, while CHENG Ying will “inform against GONGSUN” and raise the orphan. Fifteen years later, CHENG Ying tells ZHAO Wu who he is. Then with the help of General WEI Jiang, ZHAO Wu, the orphan, kills TU’AN Gu. Revenge over, the orphan has a reunion with his mother.
ZHU Qiang as CHENG Ying
WEI Haimin as Princess Zhuangji
LI Hongtu as ZHAO Wu
SHU Tong as Tuan Gu
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