The performance gets underway, and the sounds of various stringed and wind instruments liven up the chilly scene. In today's performance a man named Xue Pinggui is captured by the enemy and his son leads a contingent of troops to rescue his him. On the way, the son meets up with a bandit-woman on Mount Qipan.
洋琴、胖胡、嗩吶吹奏起來，戲正式開演，今日午戲戲碼《棋盤山》，演的是薛平貴遇難、兒子率兵救駕，在棋盤山遇賊婆的故事。