272 Beijing Opera Masks - Gao Qiu - Number 167

Gao Qiu

Beijing Opera - "Wild Boar Forest"

Gao Qiu with a watery white full face plays a part in the opera "Wild Boar Forest." A powerful eunuch and high official, he connives with his son in abducting the wife of Lin Chong and then falsely accuses Lin Chong of attempting an assassination and banishes him to Cangzhou. See Mask 144 for the story.