272 Beijing Opera Masks - Shi Qian - Number 164

Shi Qian

Beijing Opera - "The Wild-Goose-Plume Armor"

Shi Qian with a warrior-clown face is the leading character in the opera "The Wild-Goose-Plume Armor." Shi Qian is one of the outlaws of Liangshan. A man of great agility who can scale walls and climb roofs with ease, he is chosen by Wu Yang, the outlaw's military advisor, to go to the Eastern Capital of Song to steal the Wild-Goose Plume armor. See Mask 155 for the story.