Information about Classical Peking Opera Films

　　Mu Guiying Assuming Command

　　Director:   Xia Gang

　　Starring:   Li Shengsu    Yu Kuizhi    Yuan Huiqin    Yang Chi (Specially invited)     Du Zhe (Specially invited)     Huang Bingqiang

　　To fight against the invading Western Xia, the Northern Song government held a martial contest to pick out the commander of the troops. Yang Wenguang won the contest after hacking Wang Lun. At the recommendation of Kou Zhun, the Song Emperor asked Yang’s mother Mu Guiying to lead the troops. Mu, already in her fifties, had been disappointed at the imperial court’s coldness to the Yangs over the years. But at the exhortation of the Old Lady She, Mu accepted the appointment, rallying the troops for national salvation.

　　The Chinese Orphan　

　　Director:  Ma Chongjie    

　　Starring:  Zhu Qiang    Tan Xiaozeng   Wang Rongrong   Meng Guanglu   Shu Tong

　　In the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period, Tu’an Gu, abusing the duke’s favor, wantonly kills almost the whole family of Zhao Dun totaling 300-plus people.

　　Zhao Dun’s daughter-in-law Princess Zhuangji gives birth to a son in the palace. To save the only heir of the Zhao Family, Cheng Ying sacrifices his own son.

　　Fifteen years later, Cheng Ying and Wei Jiang join hands to kill Tu’an Gu to take revenge for the Zhao family.

　　The tragedy starts with Tu’an Gu and Duke Jinling playing slingshots at Jiangxiao Tower.

　　The Mirror of Fortune

　　Director:  Xiao Lang    Xiao Feng

　　Starring:  Wang Yan    Chen Ai      Zhao Hua

　　In the Ming Dynasty, Yingzhou Magistrate Mei Jun’s concubine Xu bought off the fortune teller Zhao to plot against Hu, Mei’s wife. Hu’s maid Shouchun helped Hu to make straight for the capital to live with her relatives, carrying the “Mirror of Fortune” with them. On the way, Hu gave birth to a boy who was seized away by the bandit Golden-eyed Leopard. The loss of the son reduced the mum into a maniac. Later it turned out that the son was brought up by Lin He, Daizhou Magistrate.  

　　17 years later, Lin He was appointed Prefectural Magistrate of the capital. He saw to it that a picture of the Mirror of Fortune should be painted and put up, so as to find the birth mother of his adopted son. Hu, Shouchun, Mei Jun and Xu all came to claim the mirror. In the public hearing presided over by Lin He, the whole thing came to light. Xu and the fortune teller Zhao were punished while Hu and her son got reunited.

　　The Story of The Jade Bracelet

　　Director:  Xia Weiliang

　　Starring:  Xiong Mingxia    Chang Qiuyue 

　　Yu Ren, a Ming-dynasty rich man, wants his daughter Suqiu to be an imperial concubine. He invalidates her engagement  with the poor Zhang Shaolian. Suqiu and her mother ask their maid, Luanying, to give one of the two jade bracelets to Zhang as financial support. Han Chen disguises himself as Zhang and seduces Suqiu.  That night, Jiang Hai kills Suqiu’s mother and Luanying and takes away the other bracelet.  Zhang is mistakenly jailed, and Suqiu commits suicide in shame and anger. Trying to sell the bracelet, Jiang happens to meet Han’s sister Yujie. He attempts to steal Han's bracelet but is caught by the police. Chen Zhi, the Grand Censor, reviews Zhang’s case. Yujie gives testimony that makes everything clear. She falls in love with Zhang and gets married with him with the aid of Chen.

　　Xie Yaohuan

　　Director:  Ma Chongjie

　　Chief Art Consultant:  Du Jinfang

　　Libretto Adaptor/Director:  Ye Shaolan

　　Starring:  Ding Xiaojun    Jin Xiquan    Wang Yan    Dou Xiaoxuan

　　Xie Yaohuan,a court lady under Empress Wu Zetian, disguised as a man to inspect Jiangnan (area to the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River) by the imperial order. She met a chivalrous man named Yuan Xingjian. The two fell in love and joined hands to punish local rascals. Wu Sansi and Lai Junchen harbored hatred to Xie and killed her by deliberately misinterpreting an imperial order.Upon hearing the news,Wu Zetian went to Jiangnan and made the redress for Xie.