183 Beijing Operas - Yang Lin - Number 156

Yang Lin

Beijing Opera - "Shi Xiu Spies on the Village"

Yang Lin with a yellow flowered ingot face plays a leading part in the opera "Shi Xiu Spies on the Village." When the Liangshan outlaws are attacking Zhu Family Village, Song Liang sends two spies, Yang Lin and Shi Xiu, into the village to gather information. Yang Lin, unfamiliar with the village lanes, is captured. But Shi Xiu, with the help of an old man, makes his escape and brings back information on the secret signals used by the villagers/