A famous Beijing Opera play adapted from a Chinese detective story The Magistrate Shi's Cases. Dou Erdun, the lord of stockaded village, had been hurt in a duel with Huang Santai, the royal guard. Dou was setting out to take revenge.

Yuan Shihai (1916-2002), a native of Beijing. In his early years he was trained at the Fuliancheng in hualian. After that training he had performed with the Shang Xiaoyun Troupe and other troupes. In 1940 he offered himself as a pupil of Hao Shouchen and later co-performed with Li Shifang and Li Shaochun. After the founding of new China he was appointed as deputy head of the Beijing Opera Experimental Working Troupe of Chinese Academy of Traditional Opera (now China Beijing Opera Theatre). He sings and acts in a vivid and unconstrained way and is distinctive and exquisite in the portrayal of his characters. Based on the Hao style performing art, he has evolved a unique style of his own. He has co-staged General and Minister Are Reconciled, the Wild Boar Forest and the Story of the Bandits with Li Shaochun and performed the Black Whirlwind and Peach Blossom Village, which mainly feature the hualian role. His Meeting of Heroes and Wild Boar Forest have been put into films. In a modern piece the Red Lantern he successfully played the part of Hatoyama, a Japanese army officer.

Fang Rongxiang (1925-1989), born in Beijing. He was under tuition of Shang Xiaoyun in his childhood. In 1938 he took Zhang Xinkui as his teacher for tongchui hualian. He had devoted solely to the Qiu style since 1940 when he acknowledged Qiu Shengrong as his master. He gave performances in Beijing, Baoding, Shijiazhuang and the Northeast. In 1958, together with Li Shibin and Li Guihua he wrote and directed the modern opera Surprise Attack on White Tiger Regiment. Later hw was transferred to Shandong Beijing Opera Theatre. His voice was sonorous and mellow and he was natural and creative on the stage. The plays he was skilled in included General Yao Qi, Town of Chi Sang, Execution of a Royal Member, General and Minister Care Reconciled, Stealing the Royal Horse, etc.

Wu Yuzhang (1940-), a native of Beijing. At China Traditional Opera School he specialized in hualian under instruction of Song Futing and Zhao Rongxin. Since graduation in 1958, he has concentrated his study on the singing art of Jin Shaoshan. His voice is sonorous and his singing has a special charm in it. His repertoire includes Assassinating King Liao, Five Dragons Subdued, General Yao Qi and Execution of a Royal Member.

Li Guang (1941-), a native of Tianjin. He was enrolled in China Traditional Opera School in 1952, specializing in lao sheng, and educated by Guan Dayuan, Ru Fulan, Sun Yukun, Liu Yanfang, Zhang Yunxi, Gai Jiaotian and Li Shaochun. He has been an actor of China Beijing Opera Theatre since graduation. He often acts in Shi Xiu Visits the Village, the Tiger Village, Wild Boar Forest, Battle of Chang Ban Po, the Crossroads, etc. and also in Battle on the Plain, a modern opera.