"Fishing a Golden Turtle" "Snafu the Heavenly Palace" July 6, 2008

Time: 2008/7/6
Venue: Chinese National Peking Opera Company Experimental Theater
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Synopsis

1. Fishing a Golden Turtle (Diao Jin Gui)

ZhangXuan and Zhang Yi were two sons of Mrs. Kang. Zhang Xuan passed theimperial examinations, so he sent a letter home slinkingly to make hiswife follow him alone. So his wife, Mrs. Wang, didn’t tell their motherand left. Zhang Yi went to Mengjin River every day to go fishing forlooking after mother. One day, he fished a golden turtle and also knewthat his elder brother became the county official in Xiangfu. Then hetold his mother and his mother was very angry, making Zhang Yi queryhis brother and sister-in-law.

2. Snafu the Heavenly Palace (Nao Tian Gong)

Infear of Monkey King’s great ability, Jade Emperor planned to give himan official position in order to control him, which named “QitianDasheng” to manage Peach Park. The Queen Mother of the West held a flatpeach banquet but did not invite Monkey King. Monkey King was veryangry with this, so he went back Huaguo Mountain after eating flatpeach and stealing imperial wines. The Jade Emperor was enraged, andordered Li Tianwang and 100,000 troops to arrest Monkey King, butdefeated by Monkey King.

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