Thoughts on Yu Opera "Queen Daming"

Queen Daming mainly tells the story of the Lantern Festival in Hongwu in the second year. Wang Yong, a scholar, wrote a riddle entitled "Queen Bigfoot" when he was visiting the Lantern Festival. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. In order to catch this mystery, he did not hesitate to throw thousands of innocent scholars into prisons in Beijing. At the moment when the tragedy was about to happen, Ma Huanghou relied on wisdom and courage to resolve the invisible contradiction, and finally saved the lives of Wang Yong and many innocent people.

In the play, ingenious dramatic conflicts are set up, combined with delicate performances, so that the artistic image of Ma Xiuying, the queen of Bigfoot, is outlined from different sides like beads. What the audience sees is not only a clever, witty, kind and considerate wife who satisfies her husband's face, but also a virtuous queen who is full of responsibility and love for the country and the people.