Chinese Storytelling Research Database
The Wu Song Project
Genre definition:     Written genres for performance and reading
shumiande biaoyan diben yu duwuxingde zhonglei
書面的表演底本與讀物性的種類
Drama literature
xiju wenxue
戲劇文學
Beijng opera
jingju
京劇



Da hu
打虎

Fighting the Tiger
Episodes included in this version of the story:

Hunters on duty The hunters from Yanggu County are on duty to kill the tiger
The warning The innkeeper/waiter warns Wu Song about a tiger on Jingyang Ridge
The tiger appears The tiger appears
Breaking the staff Aiming for the tiger with his staff, Wu Song (misses and) breaks it
The fighting The fighting between man and beast
The killing The tiger is killed
The hunters Hunters (dressed in tiger's fur) meet Wu Song