This drama describes the story of the struggle between the Red Army of Workers and Peasants in western Hunan and Hubei and the Kuomintang reactionaries and the landlord class in the early 1930s. He created vivid images of Han Ying, secretary of the Party branch, and Liu Chuang, captain of the Red Guards. The plot is: The Red Army of Workers and Peasants in western Hunan and western Hubei fought bravely with Peng Zhankui's landlord armed Baiji Association to expand the Soviet area. The whole opera is based on red, which better sets off the fiery revolutionary plot and the fiery heart of the revolutionary pioneers unique to that era. The beautiful dance design of the play is exquisite, which moves the green lotus pond, pink lotus flower and lakeside scenery of Honghu Lake into a stage with distinctive scenic features, with distinct levels and clear distance. When the old song "Hong Hushui, Waves, Waves" sounded, the familiar melody that once haunted countless people in China could not help but make people respond gently: "Hong Hushui, waves, waves, the shore of Honghu Lake is home. Early in the morning, the boat went to cast a net, and at night, the cabin was full of fish ... "Beautiful melody and affectionate singing moved people. During the whole performance, this song played many times and appeared in different moments and scenes. Sometimes heroic, sometimes arrogant; Sometimes sad, sometimes sad; Sometimes it's affectionate euphemism. This is a classic of China's opera.
In my opinion, such a work was not easy at that time. Some post-productions now look a bit old-fashioned, but they are really classic works of China opera. Today, it seems to be far from life. Perhaps, this is a memory left by a specific era to today!