Di Nü Hua [SEP] characters
Di Nü Hua
Di Nü Hua is a Chinese fictional story about Princess Changping of Ming Dynasty and her husband/lover Zhou Shixian. First (original) version was a Kunqu script written in Qing Dynasty while the second version was a first Cantonese opera from early 1900s later found in Japan and Shanghai. Little information is available from this early 1900s version. The contemporary popular version, not meant to be historically accurate, comes from the second Cantonese opera script. 
They meet and get engaged, with the blessing of parents
took on a very demanding, physically and emotionally, iconic role as male lead in Di Nü Hua as already scheduled. (Her absence would mean huge financial loss for the investor but not for her since she was not paid for those jobs.)
"Prepared but be spontaneous to keep the performance refreshing in every show, as if it were the first show even for the Nth time in the same role", a bar set by mentor Yam for Loong, resulted in close to 40 versions of each of those