War on the Plains is one of the Eight Modern Revolutionary Beijing Operas from the Cultural Revolution.
The story is based on the Japanese Resistance in a rural Northeastern Chinese village. A small group of villagers fought gorilla warfare in support of the war against Japan.
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Below is a short video clip from the opera.
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War on the Plains is one of the eight Modern Beijing Revolutionary Operas.
This is a ceramic souvenir stand with Mao Zedong’s image imprinted on the front with his childhood home below his bust. The characters below his home say, “The Sun Rises Over Shaoshan. Mao was often referred to as the Red Sun of China. There is…
Print # 1 in the Appreciation of Modern Art Volume 3
The lotus shoe used by women with bound feet. The feet are called Golden Lotus, referred to as the “Three ‘thumb’ Golden Lotus” 三寸金莲 in Chinese. Three thumb lengths was considered the perfect size for the foot. This was a practice that eluded to high…