"The north wind blows, the snowflakes flutter..." Whenever this melody is heard, people's minds will invariably come up with those classic screen images: Xi'er, Yang Bailao, Huang Shiren...
It has to be said that "The White-Haired Girl" successfully describes a story of "the old society turned people into ghosts, and the new society turned ghosts into people".
It has been staged in many countries and has achieved great success and countless praises over the decades. But few people know that the white-haired woman actually originated from a true story.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > the tragic fate of the Luo family's daughter began to appear</h1>
In the drama "White-Haired Girl", the sharecropper Yang Bailao and his daughter Xi'er are dependent on each other. Xi'er has a beautiful appearance and a generous personality, and the young people of the same age in the village are in love with Dachun, and soon fall in love with each other.
However, the Harvest of the Yang family's fields was not good, and it was difficult to maintain the family's livelihood by relying on crops alone; in desperation, Yang Bailao borrowed usurious loans from Huang Shiren, the landlord of the village. As long as it is not clear, it must be repaid all the time.
Yang Bailao's crop income is not as good as a year, and the debt is accumulating more and more. In the end, he was really unable to repay, so he fled the village with his daughter Xi'er to avoid debts.
However, during the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Yang Bailao could not give up his home, and Xi'er secretly returned to the village. But their whereabouts were somehow detected by Huang Shiren, and this bully, with many evil servants under his command, surrounded Yang Bailao's family.
Huang Shiren took a fancy to Xi'er's beauty and forced Yang Bailao to sell her daughter to pay off her debts. The cowardly Yang Bailao was powerless to resist, but he was unwilling to really sell his daughter into the magic cave; in anger, he drank the salt brine that he usually used to make tofu, ending his life.
Xi'er suddenly lost her protection, at that time she was just a young girl, and was snatched into the Huang family by Huang Shiren and forcibly occupied her body. Xi'er was indignant about the news of her father's death and her own experience, and tried her best to escape from the Huang family and hide in the mountains.
Two years later, Dachun returned to his hometown with the Eighth Route Army. After hearing about the tragic deeds that happened to Xi'er, Dachun and the Eighth Route Army conducted an in-depth search and finally found Xi'er in a hidden cave.
At this time, Xi'er no longer has a beautiful appearance, and even her hair has become gray, which is shocking. At the end, the Eighth Route Army assists the villagers in capturing the demon Huang Shiren, and under the judgment of the whole village, the Huang family's accumulated evil deeds are finally liquidated, and the poor people who have been humiliated in the past finally see the light of day.
The origin of the story of "The White-Haired Girl" varies from some to the story of the "White-Haired Fairy Girl" that took place in the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region in the late 1930s, while others say it happened to Luo Changxiu in Sichuan.
However, there are still people who think that the white-haired girl originated from He Jingzhi's hometown, Yixian County, Shandong Province; of course, this claim is baseless, and is only an over-speculation on He Jingzhi, the screenwriter of "The White-Haired Girl".
All in all, in reality, something that is highly consistent with the experience of the "white-haired girl" Xi'er, that is, the real experience of Luo Changxiu, a Sichuanese mentioned above:
In 1923, Luo Changxiu, the daughter of the Luo family, was born; there was no difference between her and other peasant daughters, and she was born with neither strange celestial phenomena nor supernatural phenomena.
Luo Changxiu was born in Fengyi Township, Yibin County, Sichuan Province, which has the characteristics of Sichuan Province, the basin topography, and the rain is abundant, which is a good place to raise people. As he grew older, as heaven predestined, Luo Changxiu's appearance became more and more delicate.
Good looks can sometimes do good, but it's not eternal. Luo Changxiu's beauty was soon targeted by the local landlord Luo Xilian; from then on, Luo Xilian had a bad heart and wanted to occupy this simple peasant girl.
Luo Changxiu was ignorant of the impending crisis, her family was poor, and she had already taken on the responsibility of supporting her family. Luo Changxiu is not the youngest child in the family, she has an older brother Luo Changbao, and a younger brother Luo Changgao.
A family of 5 people can only rely on a few acres of land left by their ancestors. Crop yields are not optimistic, but it is not a problem to make ends meet.
Luo Changxiu's father was a hard-working and simple farmer, and he always only sweated in silence in the fields, never mentioning his pain to his family.
By the time his family found out that he could no longer go to the field, it was too late, and the tough man had suffered too many injuries and could no longer work. Therefore, the responsibility for supporting the family fell to the mother, Ho, and several children.
Not far from Luo Changxiu's family is Yuchi Bay in the same county, where two brothers of the same ethnic group as Luo Changxiu's family live, Luo Xizhang and Luo Xilian.
Unlike the poor Luo Changxiu, Luo Xizhang and Luo Xilian are landlords, and the situation in the family is very different from that of Luo Changxiu's family.
Because of their wealth, the Luo brothers became the chief of the township league, but they did not seek welfare for the people in their positions, but used their power to enrich themselves. What is even more hateful is that these two people often rely on their status to arbitrarily fish and meat the people in the village, making everyone miserable.
Originally, the brothers' property was no longer worrying about eating and wearing, but as the old saying goes, "people's hearts are not enough for snakes to swallow elephants", these two brothers secretly stared at the few thin fields left in Luo Changxiu's family.
Their reason for competing for the field was simple – if they could take it for their own purposes, their fields would be connected and would look more pleasing to the eye.
Luo Xizhang originally wanted to trick Luo Changxiu's father into giving away his field. But after all, the father of the Luo family was not a child, and Luo Xizhang's despicable lies could not deceive him.
Seeing that the conspiracy failed, Luo Xizhang was extremely angry, and he first found the former again and threatened and intimidated him; seeing that the former was bitten to death and did not let go, Luo Xizhang contacted a group of thugs and burned down the house of Luo Changxiu's family.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > simple girl was tortured</h1>
After Luo Xizhang did evil deeds, it may be that heaven could not tolerate him, and soon, this villain lost his life due to an accident. But Luo Xizhang's younger brother Luo Xilian is very similar to his older brother, and he is also a scum who does no evil.
Since Luo Xizhang's death, Luo Xilian's oppression of Luo Changxiu's family has not decreased but has increased. In desperation, Luo Changxiu's father had to use the remaining land in the family as collateral and give it to Luo Xilian.
Without the land, the Luo family fell into a desperate situation where it was difficult to make ends meet. At this time, Luo Xilian's wife Tao Tianzhen took the initiative to find Luo Changxiu, who was only 15 years old, and told her that her family lacked a long-term worker and a handmaiden who did things.
Luo Changxiu's mind was simple, he only saw that there was work to be done, and he had never deeply investigated the meaning. After coming to Luo Xilian's house, Luo Changxiu had to go from morning to night, cooking, feeding pigs, mowing grass, sweeping the floor, washing clothes, and taking children.
What is even more infuriating is that although Luo Xilian's family has made great efforts to complete complicated affairs, Luo Xilian and his wife still refuse to let Luo Changxiu go.
When Tao Tianzhen encountered trouble and was in a bad mood, she often thought of taking Luo Changxiu, a little girl, to get angry: Luo Changxiu was always beaten by Luo Xilian and his wife for no reason, and the latter often cut off her normal food.
However, the purpose of Luo Xilian and his wife is far more than just bullying the little girl, what they really want is the remaining family property of Luo Changxiu's family.
One day in June 1938, Tao Tianzhen returned from the market; she saw the piglets in the family arching under the firewood pile, so she picked up a firewood stick and tried to drive the piglets away. Suddenly, many white flowers of rice appeared under the firewood. Tao Tianzhen, who was full of vitality, saw this scene and immediately moved his crooked mind.
She quickly associated Luo Changxiu with the rice on the ground, insisting that Luo Changxiu stole her own rice but did not hide it before she was knocked out by herself.
Tao Tianzhen raised the stick and hit Luo Changxiu the head, arms and back. But what has not been done, how can Luo Changxiu admit it?
After a while, Luo Xilian, who was out of the house, also returned home, and after listening to his wife Tao Tianzhen tell about the "beginning and end of the matter", he was furious, grabbed the fire tongs, and stretched out against Luo Changxiu's body.
But Tao Tianzhen still felt angry, Luo Changxiu was tied to a pillar, waiting for her, another beating.
Luo Changxiu used her only remaining strength to break free of the ropes on her body; she ran all the way without looking back, running and running, and finally ran back to her home.
However, at this moment, Luo Xilian and Tao Tianzhen came out of nowhere and appeared in front of Luo Changxiu. They held sticks and ropes and tied Luo Changxiu tightly again.
Luo Changxiu was tied up like a rice dumpling, and she could neither stand up nor run anymore.
Luo Xilian and his wife raised the leather whip in their hands high and drew it at Luo Changxiu fiercely. The 16-year-old girl, under the inhuman torture inflicted by these two people, did not have any good skin on her body, and the whole person passed out...
The family could not stay any longer, Luo Changxiu thought of cutting herself off; after experiencing such vicious torture, she no longer had the courage to survive. But when he thought of his mother, Luo Changxiu couldn't help but blush.
Luo Changxiu slowly got up, she could not continue to hide in the house, that would affect her own family as well, and it was impossible to return to Luo Xilian's house, the demon's residence.
There is a broken head mountain near the house, and the environment on the mountain is harsh, so few people go there. Luo Changxiu made up his mind and hid in the Broken Head Mountain to escape Luo Xilian's torture. Pacing slowly and heavily, with all her strength struggling to support her, she walked into the Broken Head Mountain and found a hidden cave.
The environment of the deep mountains is extremely unfriendly to people, and when he first arrived at Broken Head Mountain, Luo Changxiu could hardly find anything to eat. At the same time, she not only had to worry about the sudden attack of the mountain beasts on her, but also consider her own food and clothing.
For several days, Luo Changxiu couldn't find anything to eat, and she had to prevent the wounds on her body from deteriorating, which made her bitter. But Luo Changxiu is a determined girl, and the thought of her family has become the only motivation for her to persevere.
She thought of many ways to survive: when she was thirsty, she went to find mountain spring water to drink; when she was hungry, she went to find wild fruits in the mountains to fill her hunger. For clothes, Luo Changxiu did not require it, she used rattan and weeds to weave into a dress, wrapped around herself, only for simple shelter.
Due to the lack of nutrients caused by the perennial consumption of simple food, Luo Changxiu's skin gradually turned black, and her body and limbs grew long and thick brownish yellow hairs. To make matters worse, due to the long period of time without salt intake, Luo Changxiu's hair became gray and messy.
In order to better survive in the mountains, Luo Changxiu has developed an "animal skill" - she is as agile as an ape - jumping up and down, climbing trees and rivers, all without a problem.
However, these skills come at a price, and Luo Changxiu is becoming more and more accustomed to "wild" life, but also increasingly losing his personality as a human being. After a long time, she could no longer speak, and even the appearance of her own family was forgotten.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" > returned from savage life to society</h1>
In 1949, after the founding of New China, Fengyi Town, a town occupied by bandits and bullies, also ushered in its own light.
Two years later, when the land reform policy was fully implemented, when the government staff came to Luo Changxiu's home and asked his mother how many people there were in the family and where they were, her mother, He Shi, pointed to the Broken Head Mountain not far away and signaled to the staff, "My daughter is there." ”
This was so unbelievable that the staff did not react for a moment and a half. After inquiring, they learned that He Had a daughter named Luo Changxiu, who had been away from home for more than ten years, and there was still no news. But the people in the village, especially He, are convinced that Luo Changxiu is still alive.
Before that, something strange had happened in the village. One winter morning, Ho found a neat stack of firewood in front of his house.
At first, she was very puzzled, thinking that it was given to her by a neighbor; after asking for a circle of fruitless questions, the three words "Luo Changxiu" came to He's mind, and she immediately wet her eyes. He Shi never believed that his daughter was dead, and this bundle of firewood confirmed her idea.
After that, there were always people in the village who saw a white-haired savage wandering around Luo Changxiu's house in the middle of the night. Everyone was worried, but only He Shi always covered his mouth and told himself over and over again in his heart: "That's Luo Changxiu, that's my daughter!" ”
Sure enough, after some searching, the staff quickly locked a cave that appeared to be inhabited, and they quickly reported the situation to the local authorities. And the government was not ambiguous, and immediately issued an order: Take Changxiu down the mountain!
However, Luo Changxiu has lived in the deep mountains and wild forests for a long time and has lost his human characteristics. When the staff found her, she saw everyone as an intruder and posed threatening to them. After a long period of appeasement, people finally brought the white-haired woman back to human society at the age of 33.
But at this time, Luo Changxiu still showed distrust of the people around her, and the only thing she remembered was her mother; while the other people— brothers and brothers, uncles and uncles, and third sisters and six aunts, Luo Changxiu didn't know them at all.
Fortunately, with her mother taking care of her, after a few years, Luo Changxiu gradually recovered her ability to speak and gradually became able to integrate into the world of the people around her.
In the spring of 1957, Luo Changxiu fell in love with Wen Shurong, the leader of the united society production team in the same village. This is after the death of his mother, Luo Changxiu once again felt warmth and love in a person.
Decades later, she left human society and returned to human society. Many people are only interested in her life experience, but they can't empathize with her, which undoubtedly makes Luo Changxiu feel a lot of pain when he integrates into society again.
After getting married, Wen Shurong cherished Luo Changxiu very much, and her mother-in-law also loved this special daughter-in-law very much. Soon, Luo Changxiu gave birth to a son and lived a happy life. Her story was interviewed by the media and spread throughout China.
In April 1958, Marshal Chen Yi came to Sichuan to inspect, and he had heard about Luo Changxiu before; this time, Shunshi received the couple.
Chen Yi's concern made Luo Changxiu very moved. The government's help for himself and his concern for himself, this bit, Luo Changxiu saw in his eyes and remembered in his heart.
As "The White-Haired Girl" wants to convey, "The old society makes people ghosts, and the new society makes ghosts become people." After witnessing the trial scene of the poisonous woman Tao Tianzhen and being elected as a member of the CPPCC county committee, Luo Changxiu felt that the world in which he lived was particularly clear and clear.