Lao She danced in Taiping Lake, not Weiming Lake. On August 23, 1966, that afternoon, he and a dozen or twenty other old writers and artists were dragged by revolutionary generals to the "Confucian Temple" of the Imperial College, which has been a sacred place for Chinese scholars for thousands of years.
The young revolutionary generals asked these old writers and artists to kneel down and hang signs on their bodies, just like the old man Tianyou in "Four Generations Under One Roof" who was going to parade in the streets with signs hanging on them. Lao She and the others knelt on the floor of the Confucian Temple and were beaten, scolded, and criticized from time to time.
Then the young revolutionary generals began to burn books and some old costumes in the open square, very fine costumes. They made these old men dance a kind of dance around the fire. Most of us today probably don’t know that it’s called the “Ox, Ghost, and Snake Dance”.
Lao She was greatly humiliated that day. He was picked up and beaten again in the middle of the night until early in the morning. Lao She is really like Tianyou in "Four Generations Under One Roof", he is also a person who can't let go. He had never been so angry or insulted in his life.
So on the morning of August 24th, he went out to the waterside and arrived at the edge of Taiping Lake. At that time, a section of Deshengmen city wall could still be seen by Taiping Lake. The familiar scenery of Beijing. Without exception, they walked into the water and sank themselves, ending their lives.
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Lao She has always worked selflessly throughout his life. He is a well-deserved "model worker" in the literary and art circles. He himself said: "I write desperately all year round, whether it is published or not published, I have to touch the pen every day." Because of this, he worked diligently on writing and created "Camel Xiangzi", "Four Generations Together" "Tang", "Teahouse", "Two Horses".
He has written a large number of literary works such as the short stories "Crescent Moon" and "The Soul-Breaking Gun", and his creation "Longxugou" has won the high praise of "People's Artist" and is loved by people. Among them, many works have been compiled into primary school textbooks, such as "Our Cat", "Spring Festival in Beijing" and so on. "She Yu" and "Lao She" are true reflections of his selfless spirit throughout his life.
The main works in his life include: "Cat City", "Old Zhang's Philosophy", "Camel Xiangzi", "Four Generations Under One Roof" and the unfinished "Under the Red Flag", the drama "Dragon's Beard" Ditch", "Teahouse", etc., and many famous articles, such as: "Winter in Jinan", etc. have been selected into the texts of primary and secondary schools. Among them, "Teahouse" is extremely famous.
Baidu Encyclopedia——Lao She