Rewatching the movie "Garland Under the Mountain" again, I don't know how many times I watched this film, even if I know the plot, I still have tears in my eyes unconsciously.
Maybe I will say goodbye and will not come back, do you understand? Do you understand? Maybe I will fall and will not rise again, do you have to look forward to it forever? If so, do not mourn, the flag of the republic has our blood-stained demeanor. If so, don't mourn, the flag of the republic has our blood-stained demeanor. Maybe my eyes will never be opened again, do you understand my silent feelings? Maybe I will not be able to wake up from my long sleep, do you believe that I have turned into a mountain? If so, do not be sad, the soil of the republic has the love we give. If so, don't be sad, the soil of the republic has the love we give. If so, don't mourn, don't mourn, the flag of the republic has our blood-stained demeanor.
The fifteenth moon, shining in the hometown and shining at the border, the quiet night, you also miss me, I am guarding the baby's cradle, you patrol the border line of the motherland, I am cultivating the farmland in my hometown, you are standing guard on duty in the frontier, ah, there is your sweetness in the harvest fruit, there is also my sweetness, military merit medals, there is half of me, there is also half of you, the fifteenth moon, shining in the hometown shining on the border, quiet night, you also miss me and I miss. I honor my parents for hard work and resentment, you dedicate yourself to the motherland at the expense of blood and sweat, I shoulder the heavy responsibility of the whole family, you are defending national security, ah, the prosperity of the motherland has your contribution and my contribution, the reunion of all families is my wish, but also your wish, ah, ah, it is also your wish. "Wreath Under the Mountain", simple language, expresses the hearts of all the soldiers and military wives on the border. It reveals the inner emotional world of the fighters from a new perspective, expresses the voices of the fighters, and satisfies the aesthetic needs of the vast number of officers and soldiers and the people. While enthusiastically eulogizing the Communist Party of China, the motherland, and the army, they also paid more attention to expressing the inner feelings of the vast number of officers and men and praising the spirit of sacrifice and dedication. It is not difficult to see that they are all based on the premise and condition of the sacrifice and dedication of soldiers, so they are not only an expression of "love", but also a praise for the sacrifice and dedication of soldiers.
In 1982, at the age of 36, Li Cunbao wrote the novella "Garland Under the Mountain", which caused a great sensation across the country immediately after it was published in October magazine.
People remembered the names of Jin Kailai, Liang Sanxi, Commander Lei, Zhao Mengsheng, Yuxiu, Liang Damiang and others, and were shocked by their stories, and many people were moved to tears.
At that time, nearly 100 newspapers and periodicals across the country reprinted the novel "Wreath Under the Mountain" in full, more than 50 theater troupes adapted the novel into various plays, and the review article about "Wreath Under the Mountain" was as many as 3 million words.
Because of the reprinting of this novel, the sales of "Novel Monthly" magazine increased sharply, so that "Luoyang paper is expensive" and it is difficult to find a piece of paper. Under the strong demand of readers, the publisher temporarily printed 800,000 copies, which temporarily alleviated the contradiction between supply and demand.
Subsequently, "Garland Under the Mountain" was successively translated into more than a dozen languages such as Japanese, Russian, English, and French, and the novel was not only highly sought after in the Chinese circle, but also full of curiosity among foreign readers.
After 1983, nine more publishing houses across the country released a single edition of "Garland Under the Mountain", and the total circulation soon exceeded the 10 million mark.
At the most "hot" time, the printing house printed this novel at a rate of 1.8 million copies per day, and even so, there were still many bookstores and societies that could not get the goods.
As the author of the book "Garland Under the Mountain", Li Cunbao has naturally become a "star" sought after by everyone.
In the more than a year since the publication of "Garland Under the Mountain", Li Cunbao has received more than 3,000 letters from readers.
In the readers' letters, the readers thanked Li Cunbao for creating such an excellent novel, and at the same time, they also commented on many characters in the novel.
For example, many readers angrily criticized "Zhao Mengsheng" for being greedy for life and afraid of death, and retreating from the battle, and at the same time sad and sad for the arrears of "Liang Sanxi".
There are also some readers who wrote to Li Cunbao, asking Li Cunbao about the home addresses of "Liang Damiang" and "Yuxiu", and said that they would donate money and materials for them.
To Li Cunbao's surprise, there were 300 "complaint letters" among the more than 3,000 readers' letters, and the readers were upset about Jin Kailai and strongly asked Li Cunbao to rewrite Jin Kailai's ending.
In 1984, Li Cunbao entered the Literature Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Art Academy.
According to Li Cunbao's classmates, Li Cunbao is the busiest student in the department.
At that time, a large number of media reporters came to interview Li Cunbao every day, many newspapers and periodicals sent people to Li Cunbao to make an appointment, some literary clubs of colleges and universities invited him to give speeches, and many film studios and theater troupes came to Li Cunbao to negotiate with him about "adapting a novel into a script".
Because there are too many people looking for Li Cunbao, it seriously affects the study and life of the students.
According to Li Cunbao's own words, "'Garland Under the Mountain' has a total of just over 90,000 words, and the entire writing time is only 12 days, and then it was hurriedly sent to the magazine."
Li Cunbao said: "I didn't leave a manuscript at that time, and if the manuscript was not accepted, or if the editor threw it in the trash, the book would have been pulled down." ”
In order to fight the grievances of "Jin Kailai", the workers of the printing factory made a "strike"!
As I said above, after the publication of the novel "Garland Under the Mountain", Li Cunbao received 300 "letters of complaint".
When the novel was republished, Li Cunbao was once again "complained" by readers.
Unlike last time, this time the "complainant" was not a general reader, but a printing factory worker who rushed to print the novel.
One day, comrades from the printing factory called Li Cunbao, and they said to Li Cunbao: "Something has happened in the printing factory, and the workers in the typesetting workshop are 'on strike'.
Li Cunbao quickly rushed to the printing house, and as soon as he walked into the typesetting workshop, a group of typesetting women surrounded Li Cunbao.
A female worker said with tears in her eyes: "What's wrong with Jin Kailai? Why don't you make meritorious contributions to Jin Kailai?"
Li Cunbao explained: "Jin Kailai is a fictional character, and there is still a gap between literary and artistic creation and real life. ”
The female worker said reluctantly: "We understand what you mean, but we still have to fight for Jin Kailai, Jin Kailai is too wronged, and Jin Kailai's wife and children are too pitiful!"
Li Cunbao said helplessly: "There are indeed people like Jin Kailai in real life, and some unfair and unreasonable things will happen. ”
Several female workers insisted: "We ask you to rewrite the ending of Jin Kailai, Jin Kailai should make a first-class meritorious service, if you don't agree, we won't typeset!"
Of course, Li Cunbao would not revise the works because of the demands of the female workers, and in the end, with the communication and coordination of the relevant departments, the female workers stopped the "strike".
Although this incident made Li Cunbao very embarrassed, Li Cunbao was moved by the words and deeds of the female workers.
Li Cunbao thus believes even more that "Garland Under the Mountain" has successfully resonated with readers.
Truth-seeking and realistic, "Li Cunbao is bold enough!"
It took Li Cunbao only 12 days to write "Garland Under the Mountain", but the preparation for the creation took almost a year, including seven months of front-line interviews.
In order to create this novel, Li Cunbao rushed to the front line several times to interview, and the cumulative time was as long as 7 months.
Soon after the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam began, Li Cunbao rushed to the front line in Yunnan, where he recorded in detail the course of the battle and the results of the battle, and at the same time interviewed some combat heroes and learned about their heroic deeds.
With the passage of time, Li Cunbao recorded more and more content, but the content that really moved and memorably moved him became more and more "fragmented". Like what:
One day, several military trucks drove into a Dai village and stopped by the stream outside the village.
Subsequently, a group of Dai girls brought water from the stream and carefully washed the bodies of the martyrs.
When the girls were busy, an old Dai father came over slowly.
Seeing the girls wiping the bodies of the martyrs with stream water, the old father quickened his pace and walked over, his face was full of anger, and he couldn't help but ask the girls to "stop".
The girl didn't know what she had done wrong, so she stopped what she was doing one by one and stood there helpless.
The old father trembled and rebuked the girl, saying, "How can you be so ruthless...... The water in the mountains is too cold, and the warriors will not be able to stand it. ”
The girl immediately understood what the old father said, and without saying a word, they immediately went back to their respective houses to boil hot water.
After a while, the girl came back with a bucket full of hot water......
When he heard this, Li Cunbao's heart trembled: those soldiers had been sacrificed for a long time, and they were no longer conscious, and they couldn't feel the warmth and cold.
However, the villagers still have to wipe their bodies with hot water, so considerate, so attentive, what a holy feeling!
Li Cunbao also wrote down an incident he saw with his own eyes.
One day, Li Cunbao went to the field hospital alone for an interview, and when he passed by a Miao village, he saw a touching scene on a roadside stall.
Li Cunbao saw that a teenage girl was bargaining with an old grandmother who sold eggs.
The little girl said, "If I buy more, can it be cheaper?"
The old grandmother said, "It can't be cheaper, or I'll lose money." ”
The little girl insisted: "Otherwise, I will buy all your basket of eggs, and you can give a good price." ”
The old grandmother asked, "Why do you eat so much?"
The little girl said: "I didn't eat it alone, I gave it to the wounded of the People's Liberation Army in the hospital." ”
As soon as she heard this, the old grandmother suddenly stood up, and while she picked up the basket and handed it to the little girl, she said angrily: "Child, why didn't you say it earlier." ”
The old grandmother picked up another basket full of eggs, and said to the little girl without saying anything: "Don't talk about money, I'll go to the hospital with you and give these eggs to the wounded of the People's Liberation Army." ”
It was at this time that an even more touching scene appeared at the scene.
As soon as the old grandmother and the little girl left, the people who set up the stall with the old grandmother all stood up in unison.
As agreed in advance, some of them carried bamboo baskets full of eggs, some carried fruits, and some carried home-made pastries, and walked together to the PLA field hospital not far away.
Li Cunbao wrote in his notes that day:
"In these days on the front line, I have seen the cruel side of war, but also the warm side".
"I must write what I have seen and heard in the novel, tell my readers what I have seen, and pass on this warmth to my comrades on the bloody battlefield. ”
When interviewing the officers and soldiers participating in the war, Li Cunbao saw a suicide note left by the instructor of a certain company to his wife.
The instructor wrote in his suicide note:
"I have a brand new military coat, I leave it to our daughter, and when she gets married, you give her the military coat and tell her that it is a wedding gift from her father. ”
Li Cunbao also saw a suicide note from the commander of a certain company, saying that it was a suicide note, but it was more like a "bill owed".
On this "bill owed," the company commander wrote down in detail the date of the loan, the amount of the loan, and the amount owed.
According to the company commander's plan, after his own death, the government will give his family a pension, which can pay off part of the arrears.
What about the remaining arrears?
The company commander wrote in his suicide note: "Sell the pig at home, and we can pay off all the arrears." In short, people can't die if they die. ”
Li Cunbao saw several suicide notes like this, he summarized the identity, experience and personal characteristics of these martyrs, and successfully created the heroic character "Liang Sanxi" in "Garland Under the Mountain".
Writing such content as "owed bills" in literary and artistic works, Li Cunbao took a lot of risks.
At that time, this kind of content was still a forbidden area for literary and artistic creation, so Li Cunbao's friends said: "Li Cunbao is bold enough." ”
What makes Li Cunbao both "heartwarming" and "heartwarming"?
During an interview with a certain department, Li Cunbao heard a "heartwarming" thing.
A soldier of a certain "Sharp Knife Company" told Li Cunbao that before the "Sharp Knife Company" was about to leave for the front line, an officer in the regiment received an "order."
The big war is coming, where is this officer going to be transferred?
The soldier said, "Where else can I go? It must be far away from the battlefield!"
The news spread throughout the camp and the soldiers were furious.
The comrade of the "Sharp Knife Company" said: "The motherland is ours and his, and everyone has a role to play in defending the homeland and the country, so why should he stay out of the matter?"
Some soldiers shouted: "We must not let him go! Doesn't he want to be transferred? Okay, then transfer him to our Sharp Knife Company!"
The fighters said to Li Cunbao: "You should write about such a thing."
This incident made Li Cunbao both "heartwarming" and "heartwarming", if he hadn't gone to the front line, he couldn't believe that there would be such a thing.
Later, this incident was written into the novel by Li Cunbao, and in "Garland Under the Mountain", Li Cunbao used this officer as the prototype of the character to create a character like "Zhao Mengsheng", the son of a high-ranking cadre.
At the same time, Li Cunbao also created another character - "Captain Lei".
In "Garland Under the Mountain", "Captain Lei" was furious and personally sent "Zhao Mengsheng" to the battlefield.
In real life, the relevant departments promptly corrected their mistakes and transferred the officer to the "sharp knife company" with the most arduous task and the greatest danger.
Like the ending of "Zhao Mengsheng", in the "Sharp Knife Company", this officer regained the blood of a soldier and regained his personal dignity.
He was brave and fearless and outstanding in later battles, and received meritorious service and awards.
What touched Li Cunbao was that there were "Zhao Mengsheng" who retreated on the front line, and there was also "Little Beijing" who was incognito.
If "Zhao Mengsheng" made Li Cunbao feel hot and heartfelt, then another character "Little Beijing" in "Garland Under the Mountain" deeply moved Li Cunbao.
In the front-line troops, "Zhao Mengsheng" and "Little Beijing" have real character prototypes.
In the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam, many sons and daughters of high-ranking cadres actively participated in the local war to defend their homes and the country.
Like "Little Beijing," the son of "Commander Lei," their parents were all founding heroes of New China and senior military officers, and they all had the ability to transfer their children away from the front line.
However, instead of using their power, they actively encouraged their children to go to the battlefield, and even did not hesitate to "go through the back door" and do everything possible to win the opportunity for their children to sacrifice their lives for the country.
The "Captain Lei" in "Garland Under the Mountain" is the incarnation of these old soldiers, and in the character of "Captain Lei", Li Cunbao integrates the images of several real people.
Among them, the archetypal character that Li Cunbao borrowed the most from is named Zhang Zhixin.
Zhang Zhixin is a native of Weihai, Shandong Province, he was born in 1927, participated in the revolution in 1945, and participated in the four wars and four peaces, two dozen Zhangwu, Liaoshen Campaign, Pingjin Campaign, Hunan and Jiangxi Campaign, Guangdong Campaign, and Jincheng counterattack in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
After withdrawing from China with the army in 1958, Zhang Zhixin participated in the Tibetan counterinsurgency and counterattack against India.
During the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, Zhang Zhixin was the commander of the 160th Division of the 54th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
As soon as the war began, Zhang Zhixin tried every means to send his son Zhang Zhang to the battlefield.
Before receiving the order, Zhang Zhang was participating in a training camp somewhere in North China, and if it weren't for his father's "privilege", Zhang Li would not have participated in that cruel and fierce war.
After arriving at the front, Zhang Li served as the deputy squad leader of a reconnaissance squad, performing the most dangerous tasks at the front.
Because he didn't want others to take extra care of him, Zhang Li concealed his life experience, and no one knew that he was the son of Zhang Zhixin's teacher.
On February 27, 1979, Zhang Li and others carried out a reconnaissance mission on the 267 heights outside Gaoping, and suddenly encountered a large group of enemy troops.
In the breakout battle, Zhang Li was witty and decisive, heroic and tenacious, but unfortunately he was seriously injured and fell into a coma on the spot.
Because he was far away from the rear, he was seriously injured and was not treated in time, so he unfortunately died.
Before dying, Zhang Zhang disclosed his life experience to his comrades-in-arms, and the comrades-in-arms of the Zhang Zhang team said: "Please tell my father that his son did not disgrace him!"
The news reached the headquarters of the 160th Division, and Li Zhaogui, the political commissar of the 160th Division, first learned the news.
Political Commissar Li has seen Zhang Li, and he also knows how much Zhang Zhixin dotes on his son.
Since the unit was at a critical moment of "attacking fortified positions," Li Zhaogui did not immediately tell the division commander the bad news.
However, Political Commissar Li's abnormal behavior still aroused Zhang Zhixin's vigilance, and under Zhang Zhixin's repeated questioning, Political Commissar Li had no choice but to tell the truth with tears.
After learning of his son's sacrifice, Zhang Zhixin immediately stayed where he was, and about three minutes later, Zhang Zhixin endured his grief and said: "If there is war, there will be sacrifice, and Zhang Li sacrificed his life for the country and died as he deserved."
After saying this, Zhang Zhixin shook his spirits and quickly returned to his command post.
Because of the conditions, Zhang Zhixin was unable to see his son's remains.
Like "Captain Lei", Zhang Li's body was buried in the martyrs' cemetery, along with his comrades who died gloriously.
Zhang Zhixin said: "My son is a martyr, of course he must be buried with other martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country."
Xie Jin said: ""Garland Under the Mountain" can't be famous, I won't make movies in my life!"
The novel "Garland Under the Mountain" quickly attracted the attention of the film industry. At that time, many film studios wanted to get the "adaptation right", but Li Cunbao handed over the "adaptation right" to the Shanghai Film Studio.
This is because the Shanghai Film Studio promised Li Cunbao that the film would be directed by Xie Jinlai.
At that time, Xie Jin's name was the guarantee of quality and reputation, and the sincerity of Shanghai Film Studio could be seen.
However, before the filming of the movie started, some comrades of "Shangying" reminded Xie Jin: ""Garland Under the Mountain" already has a TV series version and a drama version, and now it is made into a movie, will anyone still come to see it?"
Xie Jin said: "I have finished filming "Garland Under the Mountain", if I can't make any fame, I won't make movies for the rest of my life!"
Later facts proved that "Garland Under the Mountain" directed by Xie Jin was a great success.
In 1985, "Garland Under the Mountain" won four major awards, including the Best Screenplay Award, the Best Editing Award, the Best Actor Award, and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards.
At the 8th Film Hundred Flowers Awards held in the same year, "Garland Under the Mountain" won four awards, including the Best Actor Award, the Best Feature Film Award, the Best Supporting Actor Award and the Best Supporting Actress Award.
In order to thank the leaders of Shanghai Film Studio and the colleagues of the crew, after the completion of the work, Li Cunbao took out all the more than 2,000 yuan of remuneration he received and held a lively dinner for everyone.
Many years later, Li Cunbao said such a sentence: "Literary and artistic creation is inseparable from life practice, and good literary and artistic works cannot be created behind closed doors and made up nonsense." ”
Only by going deep into life and being close to reality can literary and artistic workers create excellent works with strong charm and can infect readers.
With a fiery real life foundation, literary and artistic works will have a foundation, a source, a complexion, and a soul!
From February 17, 1979 to March 31, 1993, in order to safeguard national dignity and national honor, the mainland was forced to launch a 14-year arduous self-defense counterattack against Vietnam.
In 1979, the writer Li Cunbao went to Vietnam as a war correspondent, witnessed countless successions, loyal to the country, lasted 3 years to complete the novella "Wreath Under the Mountain", and was awarded the third class merit, he said, "I have published a lot of works before, but I am deeply disturbed and ashamed, I don't have the courage to reread it, because I know that these works do not reflect the moving scenes in the war, why?" I thought about it and realized that there was too much depiction of the battle and that there was a lack of something that revealed the human heart, and this is the source of touching power, so I wanted to create a work that would deeply show the hearts of the heroes, and it was "Garland Under the Mountain".
Director Xie Jin has considered adapting "Garland Under the Mountain" when filming "Qiu Jin", the novel cleverly links the rejuvenation of the country and the nation with personal destiny, and tells the story of Zhao Mengsheng, a photography officer played by Tang Guoqiang, who relied on his mother's relationship and was transferred back to his hometown by exercising the "curve" from the military region to reunite with his family. But during the period when the ninth company served as an instructor, the company commander Liang Sanxi postponed his family leave, and caught up with the outbreak of war, Liang Sanxi, platoon commander Jin Kailai and other comrades died heroically on the battlefield, Zhao Mengsheng witnessed the sacrifice of his comrades-in-arms, no longer timid and afraid, and realized self-redemption, comforted the families of the martyrs after the war, and decided to stay in the company and continue to fight in the spirit of his comrades.
Cream Xiaosheng Tang Guoqiang played the male protagonist Yu Hualong in the movie "South China Sea" in 1975, when he was still a little young, but in 1978's "Little Flower", he has been able to fully control the image of a naval soldier, "Wreath Under the Mountain", he grew from a timid and fearful to a heroic hero, although he did not die on the battlefield, but the unyielding will of the company commander and other comrades-in-arms has been the most real and vivid inheritance and development, although "Wreath on the Mountain" is tragic and sad, but noble, magnificent, but did not avoid some prominent social problems at that time, so that the theme of the film is not limited to "patriotism", but the brilliance of human nature and today's hard-won happiness and cruel war are related, director Xie Jin uses artistic expression to reflect on social issues, according to his words, "only by moving the director, can the audience be moved".
01. The contrast between strength and weakness: highlighting the inheritance and development of the revolutionary will
Since the Nanchang Uprising on August 1, the People's Liberation Army has gone through the process of growing from small to large, from weak to strong, and has gradually become famous and mighty. Zhao Mengsheng, Liang Sanxi, and Jin Kailai in this film are not perfect, and Zhao Mengsheng at the beginning of the film is even a little annoying, because he deviates from the revolutionary will of "the head can be broken and the blood can be shed, and the motherland cannot lose an inch of land", just like a pampered flower in a greenhouse that cannot withstand the slightest setback.
In terms of character building, Zhao Mengsheng's weakness is contrasted with the strength of Liang Sanxi and Jin Kailai, highlighting Zhao Mengsheng's growth history, this process is actually the inheritance of the will from a recruit to a veteran, from having no combat experience to seeing death as home, and this revolutionary will does not belong to a person, but to their parents, wives, and descendants.
Zhao Mengsheng had a military mother, Wu Shuang, who rescued the current military commander Lei Zhen from the pile of dead people in 1947, which became a bargaining chip for him to intervene without fear. Zhao Mengsheng was transferred back to his hometown on the one hand based on his mother's care, and on the other hand, his wife was separated from each other and suffered from lovesickness.
After ten days of vacation, his wife and Zhao Mengsheng listened to the beautiful sound and enjoyed the romantic world that belonged to the two, and they were immersed in the hotbed of hedonism and longed to have a happy life. On the other hand, Liang Sanxi and Jin Kailai, they also have families, Liang Sanxi put the overall situation first when his wife was pregnant and was about to give birth, and gave up the family visit leave approved by the battalion commander, Jin Kailai is the oldest soldier in the company, he said every time he was ready to retire and go home to accompany his wife, but he gave up because of his nostalgia for the army.
Different parents and families develop different qualities. Liang Sanxi's mother suffered all her life, did not enjoy a day of happy life, three sons have died in the War of Resistance against Japan, the War of Liberation, the counterattack against Vietnam, which must have the influence of the mother, even after Liang Sanxi sacrificed, the mother and wife could not bear to take the car to the company, walked for more than ten days with the child to the company, on the way, the mother was reluctant to eat noodles, and comforted the daughter-in-law "not for herself but for the child", but the daughter-in-law picked up the bowl of noodle soup.
Since marrying into the Liang family, his wife has worked day and night, and the pigs in the family have been fed to more than 100 catties. In this sense, Liang Sanxi shoulders the hope of the whole family, he is strong, brave, optimistic, and upward, and this spirit is not only passed on to Zhao Mengsheng, but also to the children who were born soon.
Naming the child Panpan, in fact, he secretly hopes for the return and the beautiful long-cherished wish of peace, and the same is true of Jin Kailai's children. When Jin Kailai could not obtain a third-class merit because of the sacrifice of cutting sugarcane, Commander Lei said, "If Kailai does not receive a commendation, heaven will not tolerate it", Zhao Mengsheng gave his military merit medal to Jin Kailai's son, and the son brought this military merit medal to his chest, proud of his father, interpreting the inheritance and development of the revolutionary will. 02. The confrontation between the descendants of generals and the children of peasants: tracing the roots of the Yimeng spirit
Later, Zhao Mengsheng was born with a sense of superiority as a general, which was in stark contrast to Liang Sanxi and Jin Kailai, typical peasant children from rural backgrounds and poor families. Liang Sanxi is from the Yimeng Mountains, and Zhao Mengsheng's hometown is also Yimeng, what the film wants to express is to trace the roots of the Yimeng spirit.
Director Xie Jin said: "The spirit of Liang Sanxi's family is the spirit of our nation, the soul of the nation, and the ethics of the nation." In the final analysis, this spirit is the Yimeng spirit, and the Yimeng spirit, like the Yan'an spirit, the Jinggangshan spirit, and the Xibaipo spirit, is the precious spiritual wealth of the party and the country. The spirit of Yimeng is embodied in the following characteristics: hard-working, courageous, never admit defeat, dare to win, love the party and the army, forge ahead, hard work, and selfless dedication.
This film has two screenwriters: Li Cunbao, the author of "Garland Under the Mountain", and the famous writer Li Zhun. Li Cunbao was 36 years old at the time, but he had 20 years of military experience, and he was very familiar with the military environment, and he was even more familiar with the deeds of soldiers. Li Zheng is rooted in the countryside and has a deep understanding of rural life, so the two complement each other's abilities and resources, and jointly complete the road of imaging literary works. In this process, the deputy political commissar of a certain regiment was also invited to assist, and he told three stories:
The deputy company commander of a company, who has not visited relatives for eight years, has a fiancée and elderly parents who have not passed through the door at home, and was going to go home to get married, but because of the war had to participate in the war, and finally was hit by a shell while holding the position, and died at a young age, his fiancée concealed the news after learning about it, and took care of the two old people as usual, she said, "Mom and Dad, I will be with you for the rest of my life, and Jiayi (deputy company commander) is fine in the army."
A scout was killed by the platoon commander in the line of duty, and in order to retrieve the platoon commander's body, they fought to the death with the enemy, and as a result, five comrades were wounded.
A soldier was wounded by enemy artillery fire while building fortifications, and the first thing he said when he woke up was: I am still young, I was wounded before the battle, I have not fulfilled my responsibility, please heal me quickly, I will go to the battlefield! But this comrade was not successfully treated, and he was only 19 years old when he died.
The spirit of these three real characters actually corresponds to Liang Sanxi, Zhao Mengsheng and Jin Kailai in the film. What is the spirit of Yimeng? It can be summed up in eight words: "water and milk are blended, life and death are shared." Whether it is the descendants of generals or the children of peasants, they are all comrades-in-arms who depend on each other for life and death in the army, and none of the sacrificed lives are humble, and they are extremely moving because they cherish the motherland.
Before the war, Liang Sanxi reprimanded Zhao Mengsheng, "Soldier, you don't know that you are wearing a military uniform! Now, you are at a hurdle, it is better to take a step forward, what are you when you take a step back?" This sentence was extremely weighty, and made Zhao Mengsheng change his mind and realize the passivity and burnout of his thoughts.
When the war came, Jin Kailai, the "grumbling king," was finally promoted to deputy company commander, and he said: "Since my superiors promoted me before the war and gave my brother the rank of the first to die, then I, Jin Kailai, will learn that I will repay my kindness! Don't worry, I will die in the position of deputy company commander."
Focusing on who would bring the sharp knife platoon, Jin Kailai said to Liang Sanxi, "I have four brothers, one dies and three others, and your two brothers are sacrificed, they are the only seedlings, and they can't bring the sharp knife platoon", but Liang Sanxi said, "I have already thought about it, I can only bring it!" In the face of life and death, comradeship is to leave the hope of life to others and the burden of death to yourself. Liang Sanxi sacrificed because of saving Zhao Mengsheng, and Zhao Mengsheng said to his mother, "I can't go, I feel ashamed in my heart", and the Yimeng spirit has since completed the migration of classes, from commoners to "nobles", and the spirit has been passed down from generation to generation.
03. The interweaving of cruel war and warm humanity: sacrifice knows no class and age, although people die, their ambition cannot be lost
In the face of brutal war, warm humanity is more and more precious. When Zhao Mengsheng was accused by Jin Kailai insinuatingly, he said in front of the soldiers of the whole company, "I am also a soldier, and I also have the dignity of people, from now on, whoever says that I Zhao Mengsheng is greedy for life and afraid of death, I will see him with a bayonet, whether it is a hero or a bear, we will see you on the battlefield."
One of the reasons why the film is so touching is that it does not feel the fragile humanity. Jin Kailai is the most characteristic person in the whole film, he is upright, righteous and awe-inspiring, he is truthful, from the bottom of his heart, he is not used to the pampered Zhao Mengsheng, "let him wash his own clothes", "eat like eating poison", "If you really transfer away during the war, I will sue you when I go to Beijing at my own expense". The company commander said, "Jin Kailai dares to put forward opinions and open fire on those crooked ways within us", but it is such a real and brave person who has been rejected many times because of "complaints", reflecting the game between the environment and human nature.
At the pre-war mobilization meeting, he ignored the instructions of his life-saving benefactor, and directly began to reprimand, "There is a noble lady who called me and asked her son to withdraw, I don't care if she is the wife of the god or the wife of the earth, who dares to walk to the battlefield through the back door, I prefer to let her son be the first to carry the explosives bag to blow up the bunker", open-minded, fair and selfless, from the army commander to the soldiers, there is no one who is greedy for life and afraid of death, which greatly enhances the appeal of the film.
In war, sacrifice does not distinguish between class and age. Commander Lei let his son participate in the war together, everyone didn't know that "Little Beijing" was the son of Commander Lei, Little Beijing was familiar with military books since childhood under the influence of the commander, and the ideal was to "be a marshal", this ambition represents the future of the motherland, there are ideals and pursuits, dare to fight and dare to sacrifice, Commander Lei did not ask for preferential treatment because he was his son, and Little Beijing did not reveal his identity. Commander Lei wrote to his wife and said, "The ancients said that loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, Kaihua sacrificed his life for the country, and we should feel honored to have such a child", and when publicizing the martyrs, Commander Lei instructed that "to publicize Kaihua, we must seek truth from facts, and my name is not allowed to appear in the report articles, Kaihua is Kaihua, and we are not allowed to use Kaihua to promote me or praise me at all."
Commander Lei also said something to Aunt Liang, which can be regarded as the spiritual source of the soldiers' sacrifice for the country, "It's not that I don't care about human feelings, but I have heavenly principles and national laws behind me, and my fathers and mothers are the same all over the world, who doesn't love their children." Martyrs like Liang Sanxi and Jin Kailai were also born and raised by their fathers and mothers, and everyone has wives and children, so is it possible that our children come to the army just to go through the motions, and when it is time to shed blood and sacrifice, let the children of the common people go to the army? This is not the Communist Party!"
Before Liang Sanxi died, he handed over a bill owed to Zhao Mengsheng, and at the bullet hole where the blood gushed out, a note soaked in blood was densely written with the names of 17 comrades, and the amount owed was 620 yuan. "When a person dies, the account can't be rotten" became the finishing touch of the whole film, and Liang Sanxi's last letter to his wife before the war was also his last words, especially telling them to use the pension and the money from selling pigs to repay the debt, which once again confirmed their original intention of being reluctant to take the car: Although people are dead, their ambition cannot be lost.
The story behind the heartbreaking prototype of "Garland Under the Mountain": After Captain Lei lost his beloved son
Today, 38 years seem fleeting. Once considered a miraculous masterpiece, this work, which has been enthusiastically sought after and continues to thrive over the past few decades by fans and military fans alike, contains a profound intellectual and artistic value that is expected to dominate similar themes for years to come.
The film is full of youthful passion and deep thinking, and currently has a rating of 9.8. In the past, it has won numerous awards and produced eight top actors, some of whom have made their mark, some have disappeared, some have gone through difficult marriages, and some have left the industry......
Jin Kailai, played by He Wei
The role of Jin Kailai was played by He Wei, a 28-year-old man from Northeast China. He is both rough and delicate in his performances, showing loyalty to the role in his complaints. He Wei's outstanding performance in the film won him the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 5th China Film Golden Rooster Awards and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 8th Film Hundred Flowers Awards.
As soon as Jin Lai appeared on the stage, his rugged appearance and the shocking lines when he spoke strongly demonstrated his characteristics as a northern man, which formed a sharp difference from the delicate speech and civilized language of the southern soldiers.
When he saw Zhao Mengsheng's "little white face" for the first time, there was a trace of contempt in his eyes. Because Zhao Mengsheng was accustomed to brushing his teeth with toothpaste and wiping his face with a white towel, he felt uncomfortable with the simple diet of the grassroots company, and it could be seen at a glance that he was a rich kid who lived a luxurious life.
As a result, he was ridiculed by Jin Kailai's outspokenness and scolding Huai Huai:
He (Zhao Mengsheng) grew up drinking milk, while I grew up eating sweet potatoes and potatoes, and he ate a meal as if he were taking medicine, which was his grandmother's habit.
Jin Lai's series of cold words and sarcasm seem to reveal the fundamental reasons why he has not been promoted and reused for many years, and at the same time, it also makes the audience feel the negative emotions of that era, and quickly shortens the psychological distance between the audience and Jin Lai.
When the company was preparing to go to the front, instructor Zhao Mengsheng was busy with the "curve transfer", which was undoubtedly a practice of destroying the morale of the army in the war, and it was also full of unfair treatment of civilian children, which angered the platoon commander Jin even more:
If this mother (Zhao Mengsheng's mother) dares to transfer him, a playboy, back to the front line of the army, if I don't go to Beijing to sue him out of my own pocket, I won't be Jin Lai!
I call the film's ability to pass censorship a miracle, mainly because the film doesn't shy away from this acute issue of the army. Jin Lai's complaint makes the idea of the movie very profound, and it can also bring deep reflection to a large number of audiences, even the high-level back then.
This reflects the appeal and far-reaching influence of art, and at the same time shows its unique artistic appeal. In his view, everything in the war is "fake" and unreal, and art is to restore the historical truth, the war itself, and the human heart. Although these constructive remarks seem to be what Jin Kai said, they are actually questioning, digging deeper, and artistically reproducing the deep-seated problems in the military in the past.
When the army entered the imminent stage of battle, the propaganda officer of the regiment headquarters was sent to the ninth company to check the pre-war mobilization ability of the officers and men. Jin Kailai expressed his dissatisfaction with this kind of "trickster" who was out of touch with the actual situation, and he had just been promoted to deputy company commander before he went to the battlefield, so he once again "opened fire" mercilessly:
He wrote a little book with great words, every word, every sentence shining with a golden light... Before the battle, he rewarded me with an officer who was sent to his death, really!
On this occasion, he treated the propaganda officers of the regiment headquarters as high-level leaders as a way to express dissatisfaction with certain issues. When company commander Liang Sanxi criticized him, he used the methods of "rewarding officers" and "humming" to express his dissatisfaction and anger. "I'm an official, and I just want you to know who I am. These two sentences are concise and powerful, containing deep meaning and a strong sense of tension.
The film's continued popularity is mainly due to its courage to face all kinds of problems, rather than simply praising and extolling, making every character seem lifelike, just like ordinary people like Jin Kai in our lives.
When the Ninth Company was ordered to carry out the interspersed mission, the upper leaders criticized its insertion speed for being too slow, and Jin Kai's complaints reached a peak. This kind of line that goes deep into the bone marrow has not appeared in film and television works in the next few decades.
Leaders usually use a ruler to measure the map so that they can understand that this mountain and this road are not walked by people, and that people are not running, and that they are being climbed.
The problems reflected in these complaints may have existed in the early days of the self-defense and counterattack war against Vietnam. The novel of the same name, written by Li Cunbao, is not groundless, but was created after months of hard work in the frontline troops. As a soldier at that time, Li Cunbao's unique views and deep affection for his family and country further enhanced the reliability of his works.
It is no exaggeration to say that an iron-blooded soldier like Jin Kailai was destined to pay the price of his life from the moment he made his debut. Because Jin Kailai has deep feelings for this country in his heart, and what he said in prison is also the sharpest interpretation of love.
Jin Lai collapsed due to a few bundles of sugar cane, and when I saw it at the time, tears flowed uncontrollably.
"We want them to know that we're not doing something bad, we're helping them," he said. Cutting down sugar cane from the Vietnamese people is a violation of discipline, but Jin Kai describes them as "wolf cubs who can't be fed even by tens of billions!" In addition, if the Ninth Company had no water, then the entire army would have been wiped out, which provided moral legitimacy and legitimacy to the "sugar cane" operation.
In Jin Lai's view, those behaviors that violate discipline should not be dealt with by the company commander or instructor, but should be handled by him, the "cannon barrel." This not only shows Jin Lai's courage and sense of responsibility, but also brings him noble qualities.
The biggest contradiction in the plot is that Jin Kai failed to win the honor of third-class merit after the war, which also made the audience shed sad tears.
It is a pity that after He Wei won the award, his works have never received widespread praise and attention. Now, at the age of 65, he has "disappeared without a trace", but the outstanding film and television role of Jin Kailai that he left us will always exist.
Zhao Mengsheng, played by Tang Guoqiang, and Zhao Mengsheng's mother's name is Wu Shuang, played by Liu Yansheng.
In "Garland Under the Mountain", Tang Guoqiang, as a representative of high-ranking cadres, shows through artistic means how this specific group forged indestructible steel in the baptism of blood and fire, and how they changed from fear of death to brave death."
The transformation of Zhao Mengsheng's life is not only full of deep feelings for his family and country, but also reflects his sublimation of ideals during the war. This transformation also reveals his unwavering faith in the face of life and death, culminating in his endless loyalty and deep love for his country.
Zhao Mengsheng is a real rich child, his father is a revolutionary martyr, his mother is a high-ranking official and once saved the life of Commander Lei, he is also the only son of a revolutionary family, and on the surface, he deserves fair and private care.
As a senior leader, Wu Shuang knew in advance that the south might face the threat of war, which made him consider transferring Zhao Mengsheng, the son of his military propaganda officer, to the rear. However, Commander Lei, who was known as the "God of Thunder," strictly forbade the transfer of cadres in government agencies.
Therefore, Wu Shuang chose the strategy of "curve mobilization" to realize his dream. In her opinion, as long as her son can be admitted to university, it is the greatest support for herself and the best reward for herself. She originally thought that if her son could be gilded in the grassroots companies on the front, then he would be able to experience the glory and experience of the troops who participated in the battle, so he was naturally transferred back to the rear.
It is for this reason that Zhao Mengsheng took the way of parachuting and "promoted" from a propaganda officer to the instructor of the Ninth Company, which made us deeply feel Wu Shuang's strong energy and deeply understand his deep meaning as a mother.
However, Zhao Mengsheng, a rich child who has been spoiled since he was a child, has never experienced the hardships of a grassroots company?
He is so accustomed to eating bread and drinking milk that he finds it difficult to swallow steamed buns in his hand in the cafeteria, he is keen on outdoor activities and photography, so he chooses to rest in the sun instead of physical exercise in the morning, and he has become accustomed to a well-fed and warm lifestyle, and has completely lost basic self-care skills.
As a result, he had the worst results in the company's long-distance training, and even the instructors did not want to see him when he was bullied on the training ground...... But he was such a soldier who "did not smile!" When the messenger washed his clothes, Jin Lai made a cold mockery about him; although the company commander Liang Sanxi repeatedly accommodated him, when the instructor arrived, the company commander's fatigue further intensified.
The playboy has become the object of ridicule of the entire company.
It wasn't until the war was about to break out that Commander Lei and the company commander completely "woke him up."
Commander Lei's scolding cut off Zhao Mengsheng's passage back to the rear.
Liang Sanxi's scolding touched his inner passion and character.
When the young intellectuals entered the countryside, you high-ranking young people joined the army one after another because they were afraid of going to the countryside and bearing difficulties. Now is the time of battle, and you are going to risk your lives to return to the big city, get out of here~
After a thousand days of training, only a period of troops was used. This kingdom belongs to me as well as to you!
Zhao Mengsheng was reprimanded by the usually amiable company commander, which inspired the manhood in his heart, so he rushed out of the house and shouted loudly out of control:
Whether it's a hero or a bear, we can all meet on the battlefield!
Zhao Mengsheng experienced his first "forced" transformation, and the second transformation was a huge sacrifice for Jin Kailai. Although in Jin Kailai's eyes, Deputy Company Commander Jin's "mud legs" were despised, Jin Lai's selfless dedication deeply moved Zhao Mengsheng.
Zhao Mengsheng experienced his third and complete transformation, and all of this was a sacrifice made by Liang Sanxi for him.
It is true that this country was founded by Liang Sanxi and Jin Lai, but it is also a descendant of him Zhao Mengsheng. If there were not so many warriors who died bravely for the country, would he Zhao Mengsheng's "son-in-law life" still be able to continue?
What's more, in this war of blood and fire, the enemy is simply unable to distinguish between the offspring of ordinary soldiers and high-ranking officers? In the eyes of the enemy, the children of civilians are "traitors" and they themselves are "lackeys"? Although the enemy regards Liang Sanxi as a Chinese and believes that the lives of civilians are also lives, Liang Sanxi is willing to pay the price of his life?
While there may be differences in people's economic status, there is no such thing as status in the eyes of the enemy on the battlefield. Zhao Mengsheng has a deep understanding of this, and he also learned that Liang Sanxi has a daughter he has never met.
The company commander sacrificed his life for Zhao Mengsheng, which made him experience a huge transformation from body to mind. When he picked up the grenade and rushed towards the enemy's bunker without hesitation, he was no longer a frivolous rich kid, but completely transformed into a Chinese hero full of blood.
In the end, Liang Sanxi, the representative of justice, the "Little Beijing" full of youthful passion, Jin Lai, who often complains, and Zhao Mengsheng, who is afraid of death, have all become like-minded hot-blooded soldiers in the baptism of war, which makes the core spirit of the whole movie completely ignited.
Now, Liu Yansheng, who plays the national first-class actor and Wu Shuang, is 92 years old. Although she does not appear much in the film, she succeeds in portraying an overly narcissistic, proud, and arrogant noblewoman.
In front of Commander Lei, she lowered her head in shame, and then looked back at those soldiers who died bravely for the country, and the audience seemed to enjoy the cold sweet spring water in the hot summer, and tasted the sweetness to the fullest.
However, the work "Garland Under the Mountain" is different, not only with villains like Wu Shuang, but also with the appearance of Han Yuxiu and Liang Damiang, whose appearances are full of noble emotions, and also show the deep reasons for the emergence of Chinese heroes.
At only 26 years old, Gaike successfully portrayed the character of Han Yuxiu, her beauty is not stunning, like a mimosa hidden in the flowers, calm, restrained, shy, but her gaze is clear, determined, innocent, and at the same time full of traditional female loyalty.
Her feelings for Liang Sanxi are deep, firm and long-lasting. When she touched the relics left by her husband and sat at his grave and wept, her every look, the quivering corners of her mouth and her trembling words spoke of her longing and attachment to the person separated by life and death.
In the depths of Han Yuxiu's heart, Liang Sanxi is not only a soldier who sacrifices his life for the country, but also a pillar of her whole world and spirit. Now that the pillar in her heart has completely collapsed, how can she suppress the tears that poured out like a tide?!
Her love for people is deep and patient, only when she is alone, she will cry silently, and when facing her mother-in-law and others, she does not dare to cry out loud, because she knows that the pain of her mother-in-law losing her child due to old age is also like a knife.
At the end of the movie, we see one of China's most ordinary families, including a mother, a son, a daughter-in-law and a daughter. But now, the only male member of the family has died, leaving only three women from three generations.
When Mrs. Liang asked the question of "how should they survive?", she opened the handkerchief layer by layer with a trembling hand and firmly decided to use the proceeds from the sale of pigs and the pension to pay off her son's debts, which perfectly demonstrated the noble qualities of rural Chinese women. She said she was defending her dignity in her own way. This is exactly the message that is conveyed to the audience in a shocking way:
Although they may seem weak on the outside, they are resilient on the inside.
When Aunt Liang and Han Yuxiu walked to the cemetery, they called softly in an inseparable tone: "Mother is gone, ........" At this time, the audience in the entire cinema was immersed in sadness, and some even wanted to rush into the screen and shout "Mother."
Although the film of Han Yuxiu and Liang Damiang only has a few scenes and a few lines, it makes the whole movie full of emotion and tears again. More importantly, the film has been significantly improved in terms of ideology and artistic penetration, and this kind of performance is undoubtedly amazing?
The soldiers in "Garland Under the Mountain" supported the backbone of the Chinese nation with iron bones. The selfless dedication of the parents and the silent military wife, let us see the truth of the cruel war and the sincerity of warm human nature, director Xie Jin used vivid characters to interpret the revolutionary will and Yimeng spirit, they are flesh and blood, affectionate and loving, both far away from us, but also live by our side, the garland under the mountain covers the monuments worth remembering and telling, and practices the style of defending the country and life with blood. Maybe I will say goodbye and will not come back, do you understand? Do you understand? Maybe I will fall and will not rise again, do you have to look forward to it forever? If so, do not mourn, the flag of the republic has our blood-stained demeanor. If so, don't mourn, the flag of the republic has our blood-stained demeanor. Maybe my eyes will never be opened again, do you understand my silent feelings? Maybe I will not be able to wake up from my long sleep, do you believe that I have turned into a mountain? If so, do not be sad, the soil of the republic has the love we give. If so, don't be sad, the soil of the republic has the love we give. If so, don't mourn, don't mourn, the flag of the republic has our blood-stained demeanor.
The fifteenth moon, shining in the hometown and shining at the border, the quiet night, you also miss me, I am guarding the baby's cradle, you patrol the border line of the motherland, I am cultivating the farmland in my hometown, you are standing guard on duty in the frontier, ah, there is your sweetness in the harvest fruit, there is also my sweetness, military merit medals, there is half of me, there is also half of you, the fifteenth moon, shining in the hometown shining on the border, quiet night, you also miss me and I miss. I honor my parents for hard work and resentment, you dedicate yourself to the motherland at the expense of blood and sweat, I shoulder the heavy responsibility of the whole family, you are defending national security, ah, the prosperity of the motherland has your contribution and my contribution, the reunion of all families is my wish, but also your wish, ah, ah, it is also your wish. "Wreath Under the Mountain", simple language, expresses the hearts of all the soldiers and military wives on the border. It reveals the inner emotional world of the fighters from a new perspective, expresses the voices of the fighters, and satisfies the aesthetic needs of the vast number of officers and soldiers and the people. While enthusiastically eulogizing the Communist Party of China, the motherland, and the army, they also paid more attention to expressing the inner feelings of the vast number of officers and men and praising the spirit of sacrifice and dedication. It is not difficult to see that they are all based on the premise and condition of the sacrifice and dedication of soldiers, so they are not only an expression of "love", but also a praise for the sacrifice and dedication of soldiers.
