繪本改編自京劇《鎖麟囊》。登州富家小姐薛湘靈出嫁，婚期中途遇雨，在亭中暫避，巧遇另一出嫁新娘趙守貞。薛湘靈見(jiàn)趙守貞因身世貧苦凄涼而悲啼，遂以鎖麟囊相贈(zèng)。六年后登州大水，薛湘靈和家人失散，漂流到萊州，入盧府成為盧家兒子的保姆。機(jī)緣巧合之下，薛湘靈在盧府的小樓里見(jiàn)到了當(dāng)年送出的鎖麟囊，不覺(jué)感泣。原來(lái)盧夫人就是當(dāng)年的趙守貞，她得知真相后，與薛湘靈結(jié)為姊妹，并幫助她一家團(tuán)聚。書后配有相應(yīng)的劇種知識(shí)介紹。書中插圖從人物造型到環(huán)境布局，從亭臺(tái)樓閣到一草一木，都細(xì)膩傳神，充滿了古樸優(yōu)雅的意蘊(yùn)，使讀者仿佛身臨“戲”境，具有極強(qiáng)的藝術(shù)感染力。

The picture book is adapted from the Beijing Opera The Lucky Purse. Xue Xiangling, daughter of a wealthy family from Dengzhou, is getting married. She encounters rain in the middle of her way to the ceremony and takes shelter in a pavilion. She happens to meet another bride, Zhao Shouzhen. Xiangling sees that Shouzhen is crying because of her poverty and misery, so she gives Shouzhen a lucky purse. Six years later, when there are floods in Dengzhou, Xiangling and her family are separated and she follows the refugees to Laizhou, where she enters the Lu Mansion and becomes the nanny of the Lu family's son. By chance, Xiangling finds in a small building of the Lu Mansion the lucky purse that she gave all those years ago to Shouzhen; she can't help but bursts into tears. It turns out that Mrs. Lu was exactly Shouzhen. After the two women learn the truth, they becomes sworn sisters,and Shouzhen helps Xiangling's family reunite. At the end of the book are knowledges of Beijing Opera. The illustrations in the book, both charaters and scenery and all other details, are delicate, expressive, simple and elegant. With strong artistic appeal, the book makes readers feel as if they themselves are in the play.