The Orphan of Zhao (Qinqiang)

Introduction

Adapted by Ma Jianling in 1954 and first staged by the Qinqiang troupe of the Shaanxi Opera Research Institute

The Qinqiang Orphan of Zhao is the version adapted by Ma Jianling in 1954 and first staged by the Qinqiang troupe of the Shaanxi Opera Research Institute. It takes up the story of the Zhao orphan, which Ji Junxiang of the Yuan also wrote as a zaju of the same title.