This opera script outlines the plot for Wo Xin Chang Dan, which describes the political and military intrigues of the Spring and Autumn Period during the Zhou Dynasty in China. Together with other folk mythologies and love stories that are commonly enacted in Chinese opera, storylines such as that of Wo Xin Chang Dan’s often captured the imagination of the common people with their tales of military and social heroism. Furthermore, these scripts are typically based on the great cultural wealth of Chinese history and literary classics, much of which the audience is already acquainted with.
