Legend of Tianyun Mountain

Legend of Tianyun Mountain simplified Chinese traditional Chinese pinyin Tinynshn chunq is a 1980 Chinese film about Chinese peoples sufferings from the longterm political campaigns from Antirightists in 1950s until the fall of Gang of Four. It depicted the individuals hardship in the political turmoils and critically reflected the impact of that special history after the formation of the Peoples Republic of China. The film was based on the novel written by Lu Yanzhou, and was directed by Xie Jin, starring Wang Fuli, Shi Weijian, Zhong Xinghuo and Shi Jianlan.

This was the first time director Xie Jin focused on AntiRightist Movement, and faithfully displayed that particular history on the screen. The film boldly and intensively revealed that historic tragedy that honest people were mistakenly condemned to rightist. The film tried to analyze the historic lessens from various aspects including politics, ethics and morality, and address the origins of the tragedy. It mixed the individuals personality, emotional changes with the political atmosphere, social problems and history development, underscoring the theme. The film won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Art Design awards in the first Golden Rooster Awards in China in 1981.

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