1 951June1day, the China People's General Association to resist US aggression and aid Korea issued a call to the people all over the country to donate planes, cannons and tanks, and a nationwide campaign to donate weapons began. Chang Xiangyu, a famous actress of Henan Opera, and her "Xiangyu Drama Club" are determined to tour benefit performances in major cities all over the country, and use the proceeds from the benefit performances to buy a fighter plane for the volunteers.
To this end, Chang Xiangyu sold the child's gold lock and jewelry and sold the car. First, he donated 40 million yuan (old coins), and the rest of the money was used as funds for the benefit performance of the drama club to buy things needed for the benefit performance. Chang Xiangyu entrusted three children to Xi 'an Nursery School for a benefit performance.
Driven by her, all the actors in the drama club are patriotic and enthusiastic and tireless. Since August, 195 1, they have performed more than 170 performances in six provinces including Henan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Jiangxi, with an audience of more than 300,000. After half a year's benefit performance, Yu Xiang Drama Club finally realized its wish to donate a plane for volunteers. The plane was named "Chang Xiangyu". Therefore, Chang Xiangyu is known as a patriotic artist and has a great influence throughout the country.
In the War Hall of China People's Revolutionary Military Museum to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there is a faded performance summary donated by Yu Xiang Drama Club in the past six months. This Minute truly records the performance of Xiang Opera Club in six provinces and cities from August 195 1 to February 1952.
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Historical background
1950 In August, in order to consolidate the capitalist camp in Asia, American imperialism extended its claws to the Korean peninsula, and bombed the Yalu River on the border between China and North Korea in May the following year, bringing the war closer to China. In order to resist the arrogance of U.S. imperialism invading Korea, Chairman Mao issued the call of "resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea and defending the country" to the people of the whole country in June 1950, and set off a wave of donations to support the just war of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is at the most critical moment of decisive battle. News came from the battlefield in North China that more than 100 enemy planes bombed indiscriminately, the soldiers of the whole company died heroically, and their positions were lost, which shocked the whole country, and the people of South were immersed in extreme grief and indignation. Chang Xiangyu, then vice president of Xiang Yu Drama Club of An Drama Performance Art Troupe, couldn't sleep after hearing the radio.
The next day, she pulled her husband Chen Xianzhang up early and said, "Chater, it is very difficult for volunteers to fight on the Korean battlefield. Can we do something for them? " Chen Xianzhang is the vice chairman of Yu Xiang Drama Club, and she understands her feelings. "Let's donate a plane to volunteers with a benefit performance!" "Our weapons and equipment are backward, and the advanced weapons in the United States are too rampant."
After repeated discussions, Chang Xiangyu and his wife decided to donate a fighter plane in the form of a charity performance. Xi Zhongxun, secretary of the Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, found Chang Xiangyu and said, "Let's give a donation performance in the name of the warrior Xiangyu Drama Club!" Ma Yunchang, Mao and Jing Hua were assigned to assist the drama club in donating performances.