Yang Hansheng Hometown, Gaoxian County, Sichuan(2015-02-24 Photo by Zhong Yongxin)
Author: Zhong Yongxin
There are many literati engaged in theatrical creation in southern Sichuan, such as Leshan Guo Moruo, Fushun Chen Quan, Gaoxian Yang Hansheng, etc., all of whom are famous for their works and have greatly promoted the cultural contribution of China's War of Resistance.
Among them, Yang Hansheng's former residence is located in Luochang Town, Gao County, Yibin City, during the Spring Festival in 2015, he visited Gao County, and there were mini-buses that could arrive quickly, traveling in the southern Sichuan area, remembering that many years ago there was a happy trip to Xingwen, Jiang'an, Changning, and Juexian County, but this time it was to find the hometown of celebrities.
Entering luochang, people on the street came to make noise, there were many visitors, called two rounds, told to go to the former residence, located next to Luochang Primary School, a large number of wall paintings on both sides, showing the school motto and the view of governance, patrolling again, is more commensurate with Yang Hansheng Dewang.
Regrettably the former residence is closed, but from the outside can see the whole picture, for the left and right wing room plus the middle hall house layout, there are stone ladders, blue tile stone walls, should belong to the town civilian family, another introduction to the old site of the school there is Yang Hansheng back to the hometown inscription, and then go to the view and return.
(First draft april 2015, revised in June 2017, revised in February 2018)
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Yang Hansheng (1902~1993) was a Chinese playwright and organizer of the modern theater movement. A native of Gaoxian County, Sichuan. In 1926, he became an instructor in the political department of the Whampoa Military Academy and began to work under the leadership of Zhou Enlai. In 1927, he participated in the Nanchang Uprising. After the failure of the uprising, he went to Shanghai and joined the Creation Society. In 1929, he participated in the preparation and establishment of the Chinese Left-Wing Writers' Union, led the Left-Wing Drama Federation in the division of labor, and began to write and engage in the organization of the drama movement. He is the author of the novel "Earth Spring", the film script "Iron Plate Red Tears", the drama "The Night Before", etc. After 1937, he engaged in anti-Japanese united front work in the literary and artistic circles, and participated in the initiative to establish the All-China Theater Industry Anti-Enemy Association, the All-China Film Industry Anti-Enemy Association, and the All-China Literary and Art Circles Anti-Enemy Association. He has written plays such as "Li Xiucheng, King of Loyalty" (1937), "Spring and Autumn of Heaven" (1941), "Hero of Grass Mang" (1942), "Two-Faced Man" (1943), "Song of Hibiscus" and so on. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Kunlun Film Company was established in Shanghai and created the movies "Ten Thousand Lights" and "Sanmao Wandering". After 1949, he served as the vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and composed the drama "Threesome" and the movie "North Country Jiangnan". He has published 1 volume of "Selected Yang Hansheng Film Scripts", 2 volumes of "Yang Hansheng Drama Collection", 5 volumes of "Yang Hansheng Anthology", and memoir "Fifty Years of Wind and Rain". (Source: Encyclopedia of China)
【Yang Hansheng Introduction】Nanhua Street, Luochang Town, Gao County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province
【Photos of Yang Hansheng's hometown】
Yang Hansheng Hometown, Gaoxian County, Sichuan(2015-02-24 Photo by Zhong Yongxin)
【Selected Works of Yang Hansheng】
Sail east to free body
The water of the Jinjiang River is clear and clear,
The bottom swimming fish are exceptionally bright;
Don't be afraid of tigers and wolves.
Sail east to free body.
(November 1922)
- "Yang Hansheng Poetry Manuscript"
"Grass Hero" re-edition prologue
Yang Hansheng
The play "Heroes of the Grass Mang" is written about a heroic struggle of the Sichuan Baolu Comrades Association (Note) against the Manchu Qing government on the eve of Xinhai. This struggle was a prelude to the Xinhai Revolution and a great uprising of the Sichuan people against imperialism and feudalism.
That was nearly seventy years ago, when I was a seven- or eight-year-old doll, and I was still reading the "Three Character Sutra" in my private school, "At the beginning of man, nature is good." One day
In the night, a storm suddenly broke out, and the ruler of our village, the three sons of a tuanzong surnamed Zhou, were killed overnight. Early the next morning, the team of the Baolu Comrades' Association occupied the regimental training bureau and the township office.
When the dolls on our field played, they were also divided into two teams. One team disguised as Zhao Erfeng (then the governor of Sichuan), and the other disguised as the Baolu Comrades' Association. At dusk, a battle began in the open space in front of the main temple. Braking time, the earth is flying, the dust is flying, the two sides are inseparable, and the adults of each family come to persuade each other, but they cannot be persuaded.
In the townships, streets and alleys, streets and alleys, everywhere you can see swords, swords, whips and hammers, dart shotguns, front boring single sounds, earthen cannons and wooden cannons, and ethnic flags displayed. On the training ground, the drums are sounding in unison, and the killing sound is tremendous, which is really a good heroic guard!
In particular, Luo Ren, president of the Gaoxian Baolu Comrades' Association, when he went to the county to take up his post under the protection of comrades from various townships and towns, the welcome cannons and firecrackers resounded for a whole day and a night. At dawn the next day, we ran to the street to have a look, and the streets were full of firecracker slag, which was always three inches thick.
The boiling scene of the masses of the people rejoicing and full of vigor has left a very deep impression on my mind, and I still remember it vividly.
Historians have shown us that without the struggle of the Sichuan Baolu Comrades' Association, there would have been no victory in the Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu Qing. Why? Because Comrade Baolu of Sichuan would kill the governor of Sichuan, Zhao Erfeng, in Chengdu, he shocked the Manchu Qing court. The Qing court urgently ordered duanfang, the minister of Chincha, to lead two divisions of new troops from Wuhan into Sichuan, determined to wash Sichuan in blood and quell the "rebellion." Unexpectedly, as soon as Duanfang's new army arrived in Zizhong and Neijiang, it joined forces with the Sichuan Alliance, the Secret Association, and the Baolu Comrades' Association to kill Duanfang. Therefore, the banner of uprising was erected in the area of Zi and Nei. At this time, the Qing court's military strength in Wuhan was empty, and the Xinhai Revolution took the opportunity to rise up, and finally overthrew the Manchu Qing court and won a great victory.
This script of mine is written about the historical struggle of the Sichuan people that shook the Qing court.
"Heroes of the Grass" is written after the "Anhui Southern Incident", when the Kuomintang set off another anti-communist upsurge. The Kuomintang reactionaries intensified their repression and exploitation of the people of Sichuan. Under the brutal rule of the Kuomintang reactionaries, the masses of the people in Sichuan could not bear it any longer, and many places had risen up to wage struggles. In some places, such as Huaying Mountain, guerrilla groups have been established and armed struggles have been waged under the leadership of the Party. In this situation, as soon as the script of "Hero of grass recklessness" was written, it was praised and encouraged by many comrades inside and outside the party. But, on the other hand, the reactionaries also stepped up their fascist domination of culture. When the script of "Heroes of grass recklessness" was sent to the "Script Review Committee" headed by the reactionary leader Pan Gongzhan for review, it was immediately banned: "Prohibit publication, prohibit performance, confiscate the original manuscript." The crime was "to incite the people of Sichuan to rise up and riot in a vain attempt to overthrow the Kuomintang government, so it must be strictly prohibited!"
It was not until August 1945, when Comrade Mao Zedong went to Chongqing to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek and signed the "Double Tenth Agreement", that he was able to win a little bit of freedom on the surface. It was also at this time that the "Grass" drama was published and performed. Of course, there were many difficulties in the performance process, but due to the enthusiastic support and great efforts of friends in the theater industry (director Shen Fu, starring Xiang Kun), the performance of this play finally achieved great success.
The drama "Heroes of grass recklessness" was written under the care of Comrade Zhou Enlai. One of the memories I will always remember was that shortly after the "Grass" drama was written, Comrade Enlai asked me to go to Hongyan Village to read the script of "Grass Hero" to the comrades. Comrade Enlai personally presided over the meeting. When I finished reading the script, many comrades spoke enthusiastically and insightfully about their views. Finally, Comrade Enlai made an extremely incisive speech. He analyzed and expounded the historical background written in this play, and profoundly pointed out: "The struggle of the Baolu Comrades' Association and the victorious fruits of the Xinhai Revolutionary Movement were successively turned into the royalists of the revolutionary party and usurped by the Beiyang warlords headed by Yuan Shikai; The leaders of the uprisings in Hunan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other provinces were massacred, and this bitter lesson must be remembered. Moreover, history shows us that the bourgeois-democratic revolution can succeed only under the leadership of the proletariat. ”
The course of the course of the Chinese revolution has completely proved this truth.
In September 1979 in Beijing
Note: Before the Baolu Comrades' Association - Xinhai, the Manchu Qing government promised the people of Sichuan and Hubei provinces to invest in the construction of the private Sichuan-Han Railway. The people of the two provinces, the towns, the villages, and the families in the counties have enthusiastically funded the construction of this railway. But after a large amount of money had been raised, the Manchu Qing government suddenly ordered that the railway be confiscated and nationalized, and subsequently sold the right to build the railway to imperialism. This fraudulent exploitation of the people and traitors by the Manchu Qing government provoked a raging fury of the people. The people of Sichuan and Hubei provinces, counties and townships, scattered throughout the provinces, organized the Baolu Comrades' Association to wage a heroic struggle against the Manchu Qing government's betrayal of China's sovereignty and the interests of the people. According to several Sichuan comrades, at that time, Elder Wu Yuzhang was the president of the Baolu Comrades Association in Rong County, Sichuan Province.
- "Yang Hansheng Drama Collection"
[Wentu 丨 Mr. Zhong Zi, self-proclaimed Puxi Sanren, the author's original name is Zhong Yongxin. He is a member of the editorial board of the Lili Sinology Network and the editor-in-chief of the Humanities Channel. 】