Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works - Communism Is Truth



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Posted: April 26, 2006
Description: An example of Chinese-propoganda opera which flourished after Mao Tse... (more)
Description: An example of Chinese-propoganda opera which flourished after Mao Tse Tung's wife banned traditional Chinese opera.

History changes all the time. What is good today can be considered bad tomorrow. During the ten years of Cultural Revolution, traditional opera was banned by Mao's wife Jiang Qing, and replaced by a new kind of art in which the world was presented in a much simpler way: all the good guys were farmers and revolutionary soldiers, always singing and dancing in the broad spotlight. All the bad guys were landlords and anti-revolutionaries, who wore dark make-up and were poorly lit. Pure propaganda told in beautiful images and stories, in an innovative way incorporating the most modern techniques of cinematography, song, and dance, thus becoming a new art form in Chinese culture: Revolutionary model opera - the Yang Ban Xi.

More than 13 were created, but eight of these carefully crafted model works were most popular and went into history as 'the eight model works". They were filmed in bright Technicolor and Scope, and were the only kind of entertainment allowed in the theatres, on television and radio. Their influence was beyond measurement. The main performing characters became instant stars, revered in every household. Then, the storm of the Cultural Revolution subsided. Jiang Qing was convicted as a member of the Gang of Four. Intertwined with Jiang Qing, the propaganda operas spun into a downfall, reviled as a despicable art for a long period. (less)

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