Pledge to struggle to liberate all mankind -- study the revolutionary modern ballet "Red Detachment of Women"

誓为解放全人类而奋斗 -- 学习革命现代舞剧“红色娘子军”
Shi wei jiefang quan renlei er fendou -- xuexi geming xiandai wuju "Hongse niangzi jun"
Pledge to struggle to liberate all mankind -- study the revolutionary modern ballet "Red Detachment of Women"
1970, December
Shandong renmin chubanshe (山东人民出版社)
77x53 cm.
BG E37/526

The textile worker holds a copy of the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党章程), adopted April 1969. In the background is Wu Qionghua (吴琼花), heroine of the revolutionary model ballet The Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军). It had been made into a film in 1961, then into a ballet in 1964, and then once more into a film in 1971. The story takes place on Hainan Island.

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