Xi'er (White-haired Girl) - Yang Bailao's daughter.
Wang Dachun - son of a poor farmer.
Uncle Zhao - a member of the Chinese **** underground party.
Yang Bailao - poor peasant.
Aunt Zhang Er - a poor peasant woman who was robbed and enslaved by the Huang family for many years.
The Eighth Route Army.
The masses.
Huang Shiren - a traitor and a bully landlord.
Mu Renzhi - Huang Shiren's lapdog.
Landlady - Huang Shiren's mother.
Prologue
[The entrance to Huang Shiren's house.
[Before liberation, the peasants of China suffered from the cruel oppression and exploitation of the landlords, the bureaucratic bourgeoisie and the imperialists, and went through
many hardships. But they did not give in.
[Curtain opens.
[The peasants, facing the butcher's knife of the enemy, stood up their chests and put up a heroic and tenacious resistance and struggle.
[Stirring and heavy.
(Female solo)
Looking at the world, thousands of years in the past,
Poor people are exploited and persecuted.
(Male solo)
Look at the world, which piece of land is not ours.
What piece of forest was not planted by us,
What house was not built by us,
(male and female)
What acre of crop was not irrigated by our blood and sweat?
The landlord is a dog and a traitor.
He has taken over the land, and the crops are his private property.
He forces us to pay rent, and he uses usury.
(Male)
How many long laborers are enslaved,
(Female)
How many children suffer,
O poor people,
The earth is a bed and the sky is a blanket.
(Chorus, angrily)
The inexhaustible hatred,
Converges into the waves of the river and the sea!
The fire of rage,
will burn the old dark world!
--Curtain Closing
Scene One
[Curtain Opening.
[Musical intro.
[New Year's Eve of a year during the war against Japan.
[Yang Geshuang, Hebei Province, Yang Bailao's house.
[Solo dance.
[Xi'er is joyfully preparing for the New Year.
[Female solo.
[Slightly slower, innocently and purely "The North Wind Blows"
The north wind blows, the snowflakes float,
The snowflakes float, and the New Year comes.
The wind rolls the snowflakes outside the door,
The wind beats the door and it opens itself.
I hope my father will come home soon.
Happy New Year,
Happy New Year ......
[It is snowing heavily in the sky.
[Yang Bailao has just returned from hiding his debts.
[A solo dance.
[In slow motion, angrily, "Snow and wind in the sky"
(Male solo)
The snow and wind in the sky are white,
The landlord came back home after seven days of hiding from the debt,
The landlord forced me to pay the debt like a tiger and a wolf,
The hatred is full of hatred that I have kept in my heart.
[Dance for two.
[Slightly faster and more lively "Tying the Red Head Rope"
(Female solo)
Other people's daughters have flowers to wear,
My father can't buy them for the small amount of money he has,
They pull up the two-foot red head rope,
and tie it up for me.
Hey, tie it up.
(Male solo)
[Make a gesture of tying a headband.
People's daughters have flowers,
Your father's money is too small to buy them,
Take the two-foot red headband,
Tie it up for my son.
Hey, tie it up.
[Traitor and bully landlord Huang Shiren and his dog Mu Renzhi.
[They are coming towards Yang Bailao's house.
[The two of them want to rob Xi'er by force in the name of forcing her to pay a debt.
[Group dance.
[Yang Bailao resisted resolutely and was killed alive.
[Wang Dachun and the villagers arrive.
[In anguish, "Xi'er Cries for Father"
(Female solo)
The sky and the earth are dark,
Father, father, you died a horrible death,
The townspeople, the townspeople!
The Huangs killed my father!
Folks, folks, folks!
I will avenge my father's death!
[Huang Shiren shoots and threatens the crowd, and snatches Xi'er away.
[Male solo.
[Wang Dachun and others want to fight with the enemy, but Uncle Zhao, a member of the underground party, dissuades them and instructs them to join the Eighth Route Army and start a revolution.
--Curtain closes
Scene 2
[Huang Shiren's house.
[Joy dances alone.
[Joy is humiliated at Huang's house.
[Enraged, "Whip Me, Stab Me"
(Female solo)
Whip me, stab me,
Not afraid to beat me,
The landlord's wolves are cruel,
Killing my father and harming me.
(Scattered)
The blood and tears of revenge are inexhaustible,
The new hatred and the old hatred are deeper than the sea, deeper than the sea,
I want to break out of the Huang family's den of tigers and wolves!
[Mu Renzhi beat Xier.
[Auntie Zhang is on the stage.
[Auntie Zhang helps Xi'er escape from the Huang family.
--Scene Closed
Scene Three
[By the reed pond, dense reeds grow.
[Joy goes up.
[Solo dance.
[Joy flees in a panic all the way. Hides in the reeds.
[Mu Renzhi quickly catches up.
[Male solo.
[Mu Renzhi and the others find Xi'er's lost shoes by the river and burst out laughing, mistakenly believing that Xi'er has thrown herself into the river and died.
[Xier saw this in the reeds and was furious. Her hatred was like water that could not be scooped up or fire that could not be extinguished.
[Stirringly, "I want to take revenge"
(Female solo)
Want to force me to die, blind your eye sockets,
I am the water that can't be scooped up, the fire that can't be extinguished.
Fire will not be extinguished, water will flow forever.
Generations of hatred,
Everlastingly engraved in my heart.
To be avenged!
(Chorus)
To be avenged, to be avenged!
--Curtain Closes
Scene Four
[Deserted Mountain.
[A snowstorm pounces on the sky.
[Joy has spent many springs, autumns, winters, and summers battling the winds and beasts in the barren mountains.
[Joy on.
[Her black hair has turned white, but her character has become more courageous and tenacious. She waits for the time to take revenge
[She looks forward to the sun rising in the east, and the peasants turning over a new leaf to be emancipated.
[Firmly "Hope for the Red Sun in the East"
(Female Solo Leader)
The wind and snow filled the sky, and Xi'er was in the deep mountains.
Missing all the folks, he suffers under the whip.
It is hard to get rid of the hatred, and the enmity is boundless.
The heart is raging like a wave.
Spring, summer, autumn and winter come and go,
The will to avenge hatred is stronger,
The wolf howls and the tiger whistles, what is there to be afraid of,
(Chorus)
The wolf howls and the tiger whistles, what is there to be afraid of,
(Female solo)
Heir is not happy if he doesn't exterminate the jackal,
Heart anxious for the vengeance of the hatred,
I am looking forward to this, I look forward to it.
This is the first time I've ever seen a woman in the world!
I look forward to the red sun in the east,
I look forward to the red sun in the east.
-Curtain closed
Scene 5
[At the head of the village.
[The Eighth Route Army has liberated Yanggezhuang.
[Group dance.
[The villagers come warmly to welcome and sympathize.
[The Big Red Jujube is Sweet and Fragrant
(Female Chorus)
The Big Red Jujube is sweet and fragrant,
Give it to our relatives to taste.
One date, one heart,
Ah, ahem, yoho, heart to the ****anufacturing party.
Ah! Aaah! One date, one heart,
The heart is for the ****ing Party.
The army and the people are united,
To defeat the enemy and protect the homeland.
The will to revolutionize is as strong as steel,
Ah, ahem, yoho, always follow the ****ing Party.
Ah! Aaah! Revolutionary will is as strong as steel,
Follow the ****ing Party forever.
[Group dance.
[Wang Dachun and the Eighth Route Army squad stay in Yanggezhuang to mobilize the masses and carry out work.
[Slightly faster and more forceful "The Army and the People"
(Men and women sing in unison)
The army and the people,
We are one family,
Ah we are one family.
Fighting the enemy and protecting our home town,
We must be of one mind,
We must be of one mind,
That's how we'll win the battle,
We must be of one mind,
That's how we'll win the battle!
The army and the people,
we are one family.
We are a family.
Revolution for liberation,
We must be united,
We must be united,
To turn the world around,
We must be united,
To turn the world around.
We must be united,
We must be united,
To turn the world around,
This is the only way to win the war!
[Auntie Zhang's story of what happened to Xi'er arouses nostalgia and anger.
[Group dance.
[Uncle Zhao and Wang Dachun call on the people and the army to unite and fight against the traitorous and evil landlord Huang Shiren.
[A maid of the Huang family comes to report that Huang Shiren and Mu Renzhi are trying to escape.
[Uncle Zhao and Wang Dachun immediately lead the masses to follow and pursue them.
[The crowd descends.
--Scene Closed
Scene Six
[Grandmother's Temple. It's pouring rain, lightning and thunder.
[Joy goes up. She dances alone.
[Joy descends.
[Huang Shiren and Mu Renzhi encounter rain on their way to escape and take refuge in the grandmother's temple.
[Xier goes up and meets Huang Shiren and Mu Renzhi.
["White-haired Girl" (Xi'er) meets her enemies who are not ****dying, she is full of indignation and chases after Huang Shiren and Mu Renzhi.
[Angrily "Seeing the enemy burning with fire"
(Female solo)
Seeing the enemy burning with fire!
I hate! I hate!
I hate to trample down Grandma's temple.
I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll tear you into a million pieces.
[Uncle Zhao and Wang Dachun catch up.
[Group dance.
[Uncle Zhao and Wang Dachun find Huang Shiren's umbrella, and the group follows in pursuit.
[Double dance.
[Wang Dachun stays behind to search for the "White-haired Girl" and follows her.
-Curtain Closes
Scene 7
[Cave.
[Joy runs by. Wang Dachun arrives.
[Dance for two.
[Wang Dachun and Joy recognize each other.
[Excitedly, they recognize each other
(Female solo)
Look who is in front of you,
Familiar and strange at the same time,
Who is it? Who is it?
He seems to be a relative,
He seems to be, he, he, he is Dachun.
[Wang Dachun and Xi'er have not seen each other for many years, and they recognize each other at this time, full of joy and gratitude.
[Dance for two.
[Grateful and joyful "The Sun is Coming Out"
(Chorus)
The sun is coming out,
The sun is coming out,
radiant.
Thousands of years up and down,
Suffering and suffering,
Today we see the sun coming out,
Today we see the sun coming out.
The sun is Mao Zedong.
The sun is the ****production party.
[Dance for two.
[Wang Dachun leads Xie'er and the townspeople out of the cave in the face of the sun.
--Curtain Closed
Scene 8
[Square.
[Joy and the crowd go up.
[Group dance.
[Joy returns to her liberated hometown, excited to see her relatives.
[A thousand years of vengeance to be avenged, ten thousand years of injustice to be redressed. Xier angrily accuses Huang Shiren's evil to the townspeople.
[Hatefully "A Thousand Years of Vengeance to be Avenged"
(Men and women sing in unison)
A thousand years of vengeance to be avenged,
Ten thousand years of wrongs to be redressed,
Suffering Xie'er will be the master of the house today.
Thousands of pounds of iron chains.
Beating it to pieces,
We, the sufferers,
will be turned around today.
[Group dance.
[The crowd rises up to complain.
[Angrily "Complaint"
(Male)
Look at the world, we didn't build that piece of land, we didn't plant that forest, we didn't build that house, we didn't build that house, we didn't plant that house, we didn't sweat and water that crop!
The landlord is a dog and a traitor.
He has taken over the land, and the crops are his private property.
He has forced us to pay rent, and he is a usurious lender.
(M)
How many long laborers were enslaved,
How many children suffered.
Poor people,
The earth is a bed and the sky is a blanket.
There is no end to the hatred!
Converging into the waves of the river and the sea.
The fire of anger,
will burn up the old dark world!
[Group dance.
[The peasants celebrate their liberation.
[Slowly and with great excitement, "Dear Chairman Mao, the Great Savior of the People"
(Chorus)
Ah! The beloved Chairman Mao, the great savior of the people.
[Emotionally, "Millions of Workers and Peasants Rise Up Together"
(Men and Women)
Look to the East, millions of workers and peasants are rising up together,
The wind and smoke are rolling in.
Revolutionary, the peasants and workers have turned over a new leaf,
Overthrowing the old world.
(Female)
How many happy children have turned over a new leaf,
The beautiful mountains and rivers are shining.
(Men and Women)
How many happy children have turned over,
The beautiful mountains and rivers are shining.
(Chorus)
Look to the East, millions of workers and peasants are rising up together,
Smoke is rolling in.
Revolutionary, the peasants and workers have turned over a new leaf,
Overthrowing the old world.
Follow Chairman Mao forever,
Follow the ****ing Party forever.
Follow Chairman Mao forever,
Follow Chairman Mao forever,
Revolution to the end!
-Curtain Closing
Ending
[Square.
[Group dance.
[Dachun leads the Eighth Route Army squad to the front, "White-haired Girl" (Xi'er) and the townspeople join the line of battle
columns and resolutely carry the revolution to the end.