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Angling a gold tortoise
Kang Shi had two sons, Zhang Ren and Zhang Yi. Zhang Ren won the number one scholar in the official examination. After Zhang Ren got an official post, he sent a letter asking his family members to live with him .Wang Shi ,Zhang Ren's wife didn't tell his mother about it and went to live with her husband. Zhang Yiangled fish in Mengjin River to support his mother's life every day .One hay, Zhang Yi knew the business of his brother and angled a gold tortoise which excreted gold. Zhang Yi told his mother the news, so Kang Shi was angry. At last, Kang Shi ordered Zhang Yi to query his brother for the matter.
 
OVERTURNING ARMOURED CHARIOTS
Commander Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty(1127-1279)met commander Wu Zhu of the Jin Dynasty for a decisive battle in the Niutou Mountain. Yue Fei ordered general Gao Chong to protect the army flag. Gao Chong disobeyed the order and went down the mountain to assist fighting without permission. He speared several enemy generals and made the enemy to retreat in defeat. Then Gao Chong pursued and attacked the enemy for exploiting the victory. Wu Zhu's army slid the armoured vehicles from the mountain top to block him .Cao Chong did all he could to overturn many vehicles, and he fought till his last breath
 
XIAO FANG NIU
country lass rode on a donkey to Xinghua Village.On the way, she asked a buffalo boy for the guidance. The boy answered the girl by cinging. All the talk was in antiphonal style with singing and dansing. The performance is innocent and pure and affords much food for reflection.
 
MONKEY KING MAKES TROUBLE IN THE DRAGON PALACE (FROM "JOURNEY TO THE WEST")
The play was based on the classical famous novel "Journey to the West".

Monkey King ,Sun Wukong and his fellows gathered in the Huaguo Mountain. He went to the Dragon Palace under the sea asking for a weapon from the Dragon King, who was in charge of the sea. He got a very powerful stick, which can keep sea in calm. Later, he had a fight with the Dragon king.

XIAO SHANG RIVER
Jin State invaded Song state again, then Commander Yue Fei of Song state ordered general Yang Zai xing to repel the enemy. Yang Zai xing fought with the enemy at Xiao Shang River, and cut four enemy generals. Wu Zhu, the commander of Jin state was defeated, then he hid soldiers at the bridge of Xiao Shang River, Yang Zaixing ran after the enemy into Xiao Shang River .Because the water hadn't frozen and the river was covered by snow, Yang's horse sank in the icy water ,then Yang was shot to death by arrows.

ESCAPE OF THE FOURTH SON OF THE YANGS
Yang Yanhui who belonged to a very famous family of the Song Dynasty. Once he followed his father and brothers to fight with the troops of the Liao Dynasty. At last the Song troops lost the war, and Yang Yanhui was captured and later married Tiejing, the princess of the Liao Dynasty. Fifteen years later, when Liao invaded Son again, Yang's mother, a heroine, was the commander of Song. Yang wanted to visit his mother, and was guessed correctly by his wife, so he had a long talk with her in the palace. At last, princess Tiejing understood her husband and helped him to visit his mother.
 
THE EMPTY-CITY STRATAGEM
Zhuge Liang stationed his troops in Xicheng. He heard that the Jietng Pass had been lost and Sima Yi was marching towards Xicheng following up a victory with hot pursuit. At that time, Xicheng was a dangerous empty city because all the crack troops led by Zhuge Liang had been sent to fight in other battlefields,Then Zhuge Liang told the soldiers to open the gate of Xicheng and he sat on thegate tower to play a string instrument and drink. When Sima Yi led his army to the front of the gate, he felt puzzled because he knew that Zhuge Liang was always cautions. Sima Yi dared not to invade the city because he didn't want to be fooled again. So Sima Yi ordered his army to retreat. Later when Sima Yi knew the truth and led his army to invade the city, Zhuge Liang had moved the brave general Zhao Yun and his troops to Xicheng City. Sima Yi was scared and retreated once more.

THE CROSSROADS
Jiao Zan , a senior general of the Song Dynasty, is being exiled to Shamen Island because he has killed a theacherous officer, Xie Jinwu. The marshal, Yang Yanzhao sends general Ren Tanghui to protect Jiao Zan secretly. General Ren follows Jiao Zan and stayed in the same inn .The inn-keeper, Boss Liu Lihua misunderstands that Ren Tanghui will murder general Jiao .Then, Boss Liu steals into general Ren's room with a sword. The two man have a fierce fight in the dark. Only when Boss Liu's wife comes in with a candle do the three generals recognize each other.
 
THE LINE WINE-SHOP
This play is taken from a Chinese classical novel "Out Law of the Marsh", Wu Song was a famous hero who had killed a tiger. Wu Song's sister-in-law committed adultery with Xi Menqing, a local tyrant. The adulterers murdered Wu Song's elder brother by poisoning his food. When Wu Song accused the adulterers, the local official scolded Wu Song because he had accepted bribe from Xi Menqing. So Wu Song raged and went to the Line Wineshop, a restaurant where Xi Menqing was drinking and killed the adulterer.

EIGHTEEN ARHATS FIGHT WITH THE MONKEY KING
This play is taken from the classic novel (Jurney to the West). The Monkey king made a great disturbance in the Heaven Palace and was thrown into the Bagua furnace. However, he got a pair of golden eye-balls through the high temperature. He broke the furnace and ran away. The God invited the Tathagata Buddha to catch the monkey. Then the fairy monkey fought with the Buddha and his assistant, eighteen Arhats. At last, Monkey King Won and went back to his mountain.
 
FIGHTING WITH MA CHAO
In order to pin down Liu Bei and save Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, the governor of Hanzhong xommanded general Ma Chao ,whohad sought refuge in Hanzhong because of military losing, to attack the Jiameng Pass which was occupied by Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang,the military counsellor of Liu Bei intentionally prodded Zhang Fei to fight with Ma Caho. Ma and Zhang fought till midnight. Neither side had the better of the other. Liu Bei who had watched the fighting on the gate tower liked Ma's bravery and power, so he went out to persuade Ma to follow him .Ma Chao was moving and surrendered to Liu finally.
 
THE KING BIDS FAREWELL TO HIS WIFE
King Liu Bang and King Xiang Yu have agreed to a truce and drew a demarcation line at Honggou. General Han Xin, Liu Bang's able military officer, orders Counsellor Li Zuoche to make a feigned surrender to Xiang Yu,so as to lure Xiang's troop to march towards frontier. Han Xin lays an ambush arond the Shili Mountain, and the Xiang's troop are all surrounded at Gaixia .Xiang Yu cannot break through the siege, and his soldiers were besieged on all sides. They assume that other Chusoldiers all have laid down their arms , with the result that their morale goes down. Xiang Yu realizes that the game is lost and he indulges in drinking and despair. He bids farewell to his wife, Yu Ji, who dances her last before she kills herself. Later , Xiang Yu tries to break through, but fails. He suicides beside the Wu River.
 
THE BROKEN BRIDGE
This opera is taken from Romance of the White Snake, a well-known fairy tale. Bai Suzhen, spirit of the White Snake, who was defeated in the Jinshan Temple, came to the Broken Bridge, where she and Xu Xian first met before. She was exhausted and had a abdominal pain, for she had been pregnant for months. Xu Xian, Bai Suzhen's husband also came to the bridge.

Xiao Qing (the spirit of the Blue Snake), Bai Suzhen's maid-servant, wanted to kill Xu Xian for his unfaithfulness.With deep love, Bai Suzhen mediated. While stopping Xiao Qing so doing, Bai Suzhen reproached Xu Xian for his inconstant in love. Xu Xian felt a prick in his conscience and begged Bai Suzhen to forgive him. Bai did, and in the end the three people became reconciled and went to Hang Zhou City together.
 

STEALING SILVER IN THE STOREHOUSE
Bai Suzhen (the White Snake )marries Mr. Xu Xian. The young couple need money to set up a drugstore after the marriage. Bai Suzhen sends Xiaoqing (the Blue Snake) to steal silver from the local government's storehouse of Qiantang County. Xiaoqing fights with the guards sent by the Storehouse God and beast them. Then comes back with the silver.
  
THE AUTUMN RIVER
Scholar Pan Bizheng, nephew of the old nun who was in charge of the White Cloud Nunnery, preparing for the official test at the nunnery. He got acquainted with Nun. Chen Miaochang, a young and well-educated girl.As they found each other congenial, the young man and the girl fell in love .This, however, was known by the girl fell in love, This, however, was known by the old nun, who was furious and forbade them to continue their reation, The young couple were courageous enough to defy the old nun's intervention, but the old nun finally succeeded in forcing Pan Bizheng left Jinling(today's Nanjing)for Linan and preventing the young couple from saying good-bye to each other. The old nun saw Pan Bizheng off personally.

After Pan's departure, Chen Miaochang was once thrown into despair. She soon got it over, however, and freed herself from all sorts of apprehension. She run away from the nunnery in pursuit of Pan Bizheng. By the side of the Autumn River, she was anxious to find a ferry boat. She run away from the nunnery in pursuit of Pan Bizheng . By the side of the Autumn River, she was anxious to find a ferry boat. She happened to meet an elderly boat man, who turned out to be a jocular person. Having understood thoroughly why the girl was so hurried, he intentionally delayed and made tricks. At last, the boat man helped Chen Miaochang caught up her lover.
 

THE GODDESS SCATTERS FLOWERS
The goddess is ordered by Sakyamuni to scatter flowers in the sky. So she travels around the heaven and scatters flowers everywhere. This is because Sakyamuni wants one of his disciples recovers sooner from illness. At the same time, he also sends some disciples to visit the patient.
 
STEALING THE MAGIC HERB
It is an episode of "the Story of the White Snake".At the Dragon Boat Festival, Mr. Xu Xian advised his wife, Bai Suzhen to drink. After her drinking, she turned into her real shape, a white snake. Then Mr .Xu was scared to death. So Bai Suzhen went to the magic mountain and stole the magichherb to save her husband. After fighting with the guards, the crane boys and the deer boys, Bai Suzhen got the heb at last.
 
A COMBAT IN THE HEAVEN PALACE
The Monkey King was conferred a noble title named "Great Sage Under Heaven" by the God. As the heaven queen had a banquet and didn't invite him , the monkey was very angry. So he stole the cure-all peaches, wine and cure-all,then Went back to Huaguo Mountain. The God sent heavenly soldiers to catch him , but the Monkey King defeated all the gods.
 
PICKING UP A JADE BRACELET
The story happened in the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644)

A young scholar named Fu Peng admires and falls in love with Sun Yujiao, a beautiful young girl. He deliberately drops his jade bracelet in front of Sun's house. This, however, is seen by an lod lady, Madam Liu. Later, she asks Sun for an embroidered shoe as a love token and promises to act as matchmaker for the two youths.
 

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