Ping Opera "Liu Qiao'er"

"Liu Qiao'er" is a Chinese Ping Opera work. Author Wang Yan. It is adapted from the 1943 Yuan Jing script "Liu Qiao Complains" and the storyteller Han Qixiang's rap "Liu Qiao Reunion". In 1950, it was premiered in Beijing by the Capital Experimental Pingju Troupe.

Actor list

Xin Fengxia, Zhang Defu, Song Changwen, Zhang Shuqin, Yu Shaohai

Liu Qiaoer prototype

Liu Qiaoer: original name was Feng Zhiqin, April of the lunar calendar in 1924 On the 15th, Feng Zhiqin was born in Fanpingzhuang, Zhuanzuizi Village, Chenghao Township, Huachi County, Gansu Province, with her nickname Peng'er. When she was young, Peng'er was promised by her father to Zhang Jiabai'er as his wife. As they grew older, the two often interacted with each other and fell in love with each other. However, due to the poverty of the Zhang family, Peng'er was promised by his father to the Gao family, another Zhang family, and the Zhu family, but Peng'er rejected them all. Seeing that his father kept harassing Luo's mother-in-law for Peng'er, Zhang Bai'er's family was worried about the long nights and dreams, so they gathered their clan members to break into Feng's house at night, snatch Peng'er back, and marry the two of them. Feng's father went to the county government to sue the Zhang family for "robbing civilian daughters." The county judicial office declared the marriage invalid without conducting an in-depth investigation. The changeable marriage did not make Peng'er lose her mind. Inspired by her new life in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, Peng'er walked hundreds of miles to Qingyang City, where the Qingyang Special Administrative Office was stationed, to sue "parents' orders and matchmaker's words" for interfering with her marriage and the county's anti-Japanese democratic government for unfairly deciding the case. , fight for the right to autonomy in marriage. Ma Xiwu, who was the commissioner of the Longdong division and the chief judge of the Longdong branch of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region High Court at the time (and served as the vice-president of the Supreme People's Court after liberation), adopted a combination of investigation, mediation and trial, and coordinated with the county government to convene mass appeals. The meeting held a public verdict, correcting the wrong judgment of the anti-Japanese democratic government of Huachi County, allowing the lovers to finally get married, and the "Ma Xiwu Trial Method" was born. This civil case fighting for marital autonomy not only impressed the surrounding people, but also caused a sensation in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, becoming one of the eight famous cases in China in the 20th century. At that time, Yan'an's "Liberation Daily", Chongqing's "Xinhua Daily", "Longdong News" and others reported on it one after another; subsequently, the famous artist Han Qixiang compiled it into the Northern Shaanxi Express "Liu Qiao Reunion", Longdong Middle School Teacher Yuan Jing created the Qin Opera "Liu Qiaoer's Complaint" which was widely spread in the border areas; after liberation, the Chinese Pingju Theater compiled it into a Pingju Opera "Liu Qiaoer" starring the famous actor Xin Fengxia, and was later adapted by Changchun Film Studio. The screen spread the story of "Liu Qiaoer" throughout the country, and even promoted the popularization of the first "Marriage Law". Since then, Peng'er has been known as "Liu Qiao'er" by women and children, and her story has become a household name. "Liu Qiaoer" has become a female model and a symbol of women's liberation in New China. "Qiaoer's Former Residence" has now become a popular tourist attraction. After becoming a celebrity because of his pursuit of his own happiness, various honors came one after another. As a rural woman, Peng'er also used her "fame" to actively promote the party's policies, advocate new trends in marriage and childbirth, and participate in politics. She has served as a deputy to the provincial and county people's congresses, a member of the county CPPCC, a township and village women cadre, and attended the provincial Model Worker Conference. Nowadays, whether leaders at all levels or ordinary people, when they come to Huachi County, they all go to Feng Zhiqin's residence to see the true face of "Liu Qiaoer" in Lushan. To this end, from 1984 to 2003, Feng Zhiqin built three "Qiaoer New Residences" with the support of the local government, and now there are three new "Liu Qiaoer Deeds Exhibition Halls". In March 2005, the Huachi County Party Committee and County Government included "Liu Qiaoer's Former Residence" in the tourism plan for the former Soviet government site in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, one of the 100 red tourist attractions in the country, and planned to build the "Longdong Women's Liberation Deeds Memorial Hall" Give priority to development and construction. In the dedicated exhibition room of "Liu Qiaoer"'s deeds, simple words, pictures and objects record the glory and twists and turns of this rural woman for most of her life. It has led to the creation of many happy families in the local area. Is the marriage life that "Liu Qiaoer" bravely fought for a happy one? Feng Zhiqin said that although they lived in a rural area, she and her husband Zhang Boer were very loving and lived in harmony. Until Zhang Boer's death in 1991, the couple had almost no quarrels. The old man's son said that in his memory, except for occasional quarrels, his father and mother had never really blushed. Speaking of family harmony and mutual respect between husband and wife, Feng Zhiqin shared his own experience: "If anything happens, you must discuss it first, understand each other, be harmonious, and communicate more."

After her marriage, Feng Zhiqin often used her own experiences to promote the "Marriage Law" and teach young people how to deal with love and marriage problems. Feng Zhiqin said that his two daughters, one adopted son, and three nieces all fell in love and got married freely, and he never interfered. Not only that, Feng Zhiqin also actively promoted other "junior generation" lovers to get married. Driven by Feng Zhiqin, many happy families with "good mothers-in-law", "good daughters-in-law" and "fewer children and faster prosperity" emerged in Baozi Village, Yuele Town.

The old man’s son said that since 1989, in addition to participating in CPPCC activities, his mother has no longer participated in other social affairs, and she no longer works in the fields. Cheerful. At the age of eight, Feng Zhiqin founded a folk handicraft company under the name "Liu Qiaoer" and registered the trademarks "Qiaoer paper-cutting" and "Qiaoer sachet". His works have become famous all over the country and have become famous brands in Huachi, Qingyang and even Gansu. A humanistic “business card”. Feng Zhiqin was also named "Master of Chinese Folk Arts and Crafts" by the China Folk Arts and Crafts Committee.