Did you ever have this question when you were a kid, why is Plains Combat so similar to Plains Guerrilla? The story content can be described as a one-to-one correspondence.
You are really blinded by your childhood, and the modern Peking Opera "Plains Combat" is based on the movie "Plain Guerrillas".
The movie "Guerrillas of the Plains" was released in 1955, when the "Li Xiangyang Whirlwind" was blown. Jiang Qing has always had a high opinion of the film "Guerrilla in the Plains", and in 1964, Jiang Qing instructed the Peking Opera House of China to adapt the film "Guerrillas of the Plains" into modern Peking Opera.
One thing you may not expect is that the modern Peking Opera "Plains Combat" was put on the stage almost in sync with the "Red Lantern" at the head of the model play.
The official performance of the modern Peking Opera "Red Lantern" was in Shanghai in March 1965, and the response was strong, and the Shanghai media wrote an article calling it "model" and began to call it "model play".
The modern Peking opera "Plains Combat" was also formed in 1965, with Qian Haoliang playing Li Xiangyang, Yuan Shihai playing Lao Qinye, Jing Rongqing playing the Japanese chief Matsui, and Gu Chunzhang playing the traitor Yang Shouye.
This version of 1965 completely copied the content of the feature film to the Peking Opera stage, this mechanical copy ignores a law, some scenes of the feature film are not suitable for presentation on the Peking Opera stage, such as the fight between Li Xiangyang and Matsui, the film's picture cut and the scene scheduling of Peking Opera are completely two time levels, this version of "Plains Combat" appears to be protracted and disorganized, Jiang Qing was very dissatisfied after review, and did not take it out for performance.
In 1965, "Red Lantern" Qian Haoliang was not yet a starring actor, or an unknown B-corner.
In 1969, Jiang Qing, who had been obsessed with "Plain Guerrilla", once again mentioned the Peking Opera version of "Plain Guerrilla". This time, according to Jiang's instructions of "starting another stove", this adaptation can be described as a drastic move, removing some complicated details, and the complicated story has become no longer messy. With the movie "Plain Guerrilla", there was a change of birth, the script was officially named "Plains Combat", Li Xiangyang's name was changed to Zhao Yonggang, and Li Xiangyang's mother was replaced by Zhang Da Niang. The traitor Yang Shouye was replaced by Sun Shoucai, and the Japanese chief Matsui was replaced by Kameda. Li Xiangyang's two "double boxes" were replaced by a "single box".
Modern Peking Opera "Plains Combat" is becoming more and more meticulous in continuous polishing, and the dazzling and varied martial arts scenes have become one of the characteristics that distinguish "Plains Combat" from other modern Peking Operas.
In 1973, when Jiang Qing met with the crew of "Haixia", he asked: "Who will shoot the play "Plains Combat"?" Director Xie Tieli and photographer Qian Jiang recommended Cui Wei at the same time. Cui Wei was still in labor reform at that time, and some people raised objections, but Xie Tieli and Qian Jiang repeatedly insisted and made a package ticket to Jiang Qing, and Jiang finally agreed, "Oh, then try it!" ”
Xie Tieli successfully directed the modern Peking opera "Wise Tiger Mountain", "Cuckoo Mountain", "Harbor", "Song of Longjiang", Qian Jiang is the son of the famous "Longtan Sanjie" Qian Zhuangfei, both of whom are friends with Cui Wei, and they want to take this opportunity to "liberate" Cui Wei.
Cui Wei, who has been delegating labor for 8 years, cried when he heard the news of his "liberation" and began directing the Peking Opera movie "Plains Operation" with illness, which can be described as a painstaking and personally adapted "Capture the Turret" scene, which made Qian Haoliang, who sat on the scene and has become a central leader, shoot the case.
The cast of "Plains Combat" can be described as extravagant, Li Guang, Wu Yuzhang, Gao Yuqian, Li Weikang, Yuan Shihai, Du Zaitian, Gu Chunzhang... The running hall guy, a small role that did not even have a singing voice, actually used Gu Chunzhang, who had played For Mei Lanfang.
In 1974, the modern Peking Opera "Plains Combat" was released nationwide, and Li Guang also became popular with his handsome appearance and solid skills in both culture and martial arts.