272 Beijing Opera Masks - Lei Zhenzi - Number 60

Lei Zhenzi

Beijing Opera - "The One Hundred Sons"

Lei Zhenzi with a blue symbolic face in The One Hundred Sons, adapted from an episode in Canonization of the Gods. Lei Zhenzi was an adopted son of King Wen of the Zhou dynasty. One day when the king was still a marquis, he was summoned to the capital by King Zhou of the Shang. Passing over Mount Yan, he met young Lei Zhenzi and was so impressed by the man's talent that he adopted him as his one hundredth son.