and it became a model for Ming drama as it was the favorite opera of the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Plot

The play is set during the Han dynasty. Based on an older play, Zhao zhen nü (The Chaste Maiden Zhao), it tells the story of a loyal wife named Zhao Wuniang who, left destitute when her husband Cai Yong is forced to marry another woman, undertakes a 12-year search for him. During her journey, she plays the

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