Hua Rong is handsome youth with red lips, white teeth, a narrow waist and broad shoulders. He is renowned for his skill in archery and his ability to tame wild horses. He is nicknamed "Little Li Guang". Hua Rong is one of the Eight Tiger Cub Vanguard Generals of the Liangshan cavalry. After Song Jiang died, he and Wu Yong commit suicide together by hanging themselves on a tree near the graves of Song Jiang and Li Kui.