The Great General (碧血青天珍珠旗) is a 30-episode 1994 Hong Kong TV series produced by ATV. It is the sequel to the series Heroic Legend of the Yang's Family, featuring mostly the same cast.
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The Generals of the Yang Family
The Generals of the Yang Family is a collection of Chinese folklore, plays and novels on a military family from the earlier years of imperial China's Song Dynasty (960–1279). The stories recount the unflinching loyalty and the remarkable bravery of the Yangs as they sacrificed themselves to defend their country from foreign military powers, namely the Khitan-ruled Liao Dynasty (907–1125) and Tangut-ruled Western Xia (1038–1227).
Yang Ye committing suicide by ramming his head against a stele dedicated for Li Ling. From one 1823 print of the novel Complete Legends of Northern Song's Golden Spears (北宋金鎗全傳).
Haotian Pagoda in Beijing, where Yang Ye's bones are said to have been kept by the Khitans after his death. According to legend, the tombs of Jiao Zan and Meng Liang are next to the pagoda today.
A 2006 Sichuan opera performance of a Generals of the Yang Family story, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
A 19th-century mural painting at the Long Corridor of Summer Palace, Beijing, depicting Yang Zongbao's capture by his future wife Mu Guiying.