Tale of murder, revenge and tragedy

Jinzi is adapted from renowned playwright Cao Yu's drama Prairie (Yuan Ye) which is set in 1930s. Landlord Jiao Yanwang murders Chou Hu's father to gain the Chou family's land. Jiao throws Chou into prison and forces his fiance Jinzi to marry his son Daxin, who was also Chou's childhood friend.

After 10 years behind bars Chou escapes and reunites with his beloved Jinzi. However, Chou vows to kill innocent Daxin for revenge. Despite Jinzi's protests, Chou kills Daxin and later kills himself.

The opera was selected into the China National Stage Treasures Project 2002-03, and it is considered as a cultural treasure of Chongqing.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/07/2007 page19)