The Shining Red Star is a children's movie that tells the story of dozens of poor families under the rule of the tycoon Hu Hansan in a village called Liu Xi, the red cradle of the Chinese revolution in Jiangxi Province in the 1930s.
The story takes place during the Red Army's fight against the Japanese invaders. The young man Pan Dongzi's father responded to the call and joined the Red Army to fight against the enemy, leaving his mother and Dongzi to fend for themselves. His mother was also an activist in the fight against the enemy, and even though he was only 11 years old, Dongzi was determined to join the Red Army and fight against the Japanese when he was old enough.
One day, the Japanese army led by the traitor Hu Hansan came to arrest Dongzi's mother, and Dongzi's mother decided to stay behind to cover the retreat of the other people. After throwing two hand grenades to kill many enemies, Dongzi's mother also died heroically. After witnessing his mother's tragic death, Dongzi decided to use his own strength to avenge his mother's death.
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The Shining Red Star is a story about Mashong, a revolutionary base in the Dabie Mountains of the E.Y.A. and Anhui Provinces. In an interview with China Broadcasting News, Mr. Li Xintian said, "The prototype of Pan Dongzi in my novel is Bao Shengsu, who is the son of General Bao Xianzhi, a founding lieutenant general of Hubei's Macheng."
This began with General Bao Xianzhi.
Bao Xianzhi, born on March 6, 1911 in Baojiawan, Shunhe Town, Macheng City, Hubei Province, a poor peasant family. 1926 autumn, Bao Xianzhi into the revolutionary propaganda activities, and joined the children's team, served as the captain of the 1930 was elected chairman of the village soviets, that October to join the Chinese workers and peasants in the Red Army.
After the Red Army's Long March, the Kuomintang returned Bao Xianzhi's wife to a foreign country and his son, Bao Shengsu, to a landowner. Bao Shengsu was tortured in the landlord's house.
After liberation, Bao Shengsu found his father, Bao Xianzhi. In view of the low cultural level of Bao Shengsu, in 1961, Bao Xianzhi asked Bao Shengsu to study at the Army Cultural Accelerated Middle School organized by the Nanjing Military Region. At that time, Li Xintian was the instructor of the Army Culture Instant Middle School. Because Bao Shengsu was the older of the students, he often chatted with Mr. Li Xintian after class.
Then Bao Shengsu told Li Xintian about his childhood experiences, about the viciousness of the landlords and the Homecoming Troupe, about the beauty of the red azaleas in the mountains of Macheng, and about his hope that the Red Army would return to his hometown. Bao Shengsu miserable childhood y moved Li Xintian, "Pan Dongzi" image finally jumped to his face, for his later creation of the "Shining Red Star" provides favorable material.
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