About troupe
Children Theater Company (2)
"Anti-Japanese War produced an exquisite pool of blood," which nineteen thirty Mao Dun wrote eight years at the time of Wuhan a complimentary remarks, which vividly tells of the "child troupe" extraordinary experience. "September 18" Incident, the Japanese invaders pressing harder and harder, occupation of Northeast my country, North China most of the territory, culminating in the July 7, 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, opened a full-scale invasion of the curtain. Shortly after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a sensation the world, "August Thirteenth" to make war broke out. While soldiers fought a bloody war front, the Shanghai community also launched a patriotic movement in full swing, including the group over the age of fifteen or sixteen children. In November, the fall of Shanghai, Wu Jia led the troupe of 22 people (about 8 to 16 years old) to leave Shanghai, the Nantong, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, in January 1938 arrived in Wuhan. April 1938, the child troupe was incorporated Military Affairs Commission of the Political Department, led by the third department director Guo Cai Fu - sheng any political director, Zheng Junli any arts instructor. January 1939, the troupe moved to Chongqing. Divided into two teams Sichuan rural towns around the anti-Japanese propaganda, and sent a work team to help schools and nursery children singing and theater rehearsal organization performance. Detachments performance return, they focus on learning culture, politics and the arts curriculum. In September, Wu Jia tune Yucai school work, by the Communists forest plow (such as Xu Han) the head of his successor.1941, the KMT authorities to create "Wannan Incident", in order to strengthen the control of theater, three times ordered the children troupe redeploy the jurisdiction of Chongqing garrison headquarters, forcibly reorganized and leading cadres at all levels to replace the original troupe. In Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao concern and care, some members rushed to the liberated areas, the majority remain in the Kuomintang areas go to school or work.
Today children troupe statue is located in the Changchun Street, Hankou District, Wuhan riverbank Elementary School (World Campus).
Branch of nine children troupe River National Studies Museum should be shipped eighty years after the rebirth of September 3, 2017 at.
Daily life
born in the smoke of gunfire "Children Theater," the early days of only 22 people. Members, the oldest 16-year-old Zhang Ying, Wu Pei Ni youngest was 9 years old. Secretary General Wu Po students but also 19 years old. Although only a group of teenagers is not a small group composed of children, "Kids Theater," but has a strict discipline and good organization. In order to ensure the implementation of the "order of life table", "Children Theater," in addition to the Director-General will Consul General Services group is responsible for performance issues and stage manager Affairs Ministry, was set up in charge of the daily management of the Ministry of life management. This is a clear division of organisms: fitness equipment unit is responsible for good water every day, morning exercises urge to exercise, personal hygiene supervision to ensure the healthy members of; Unit is responsible for borrowing books, storage and collection of books, magazines; reading shares A, B two groups. assigned reading task, discuss study methods and urge self-study; lectures once a week Unit is responsible for lectures, speeches while assigning tasks; compiled newspaper stocks a, B two groups will be reading newspapers, a day after the party newspaper in turn, analysis , who can not read newspapers, write notes every day affairs, custody papers, presided over the affairs discussion; Finally, the Unit is responsible for baggage check-in baggage, numbers, and other bundled items and assign each one. Theater Company also manages the troupe members in packet form. The main responsibility is the head of the inspection team members of health (clothing, shoes, socks, body, disease, pain, etc.) and self-study (diary, reading, reading the newspaper, etc.). Separate proctor, two turns as responsible for sweeping the floor every day, wiping the table, entertain visiting guests, write diary group, the convenor of the meeting and other matters.
"child troupe" There is a very detailed "order of life table" to regulate children's lives and learning from the time. 6:30 to get up in the morning, a 30-minute finishing time of the House, then an hour of practice sound, morning exercises. After breakfast take a break, 8:40 to work self-study, including rehearsals, music, Mandarin, explain the basic problem, lectures, readings, drawings, essays and other forms flexible. 11:30 lunch time, 13:00 to 4:30 continue to work self-study. 4:30 After an hour of exercise, rest time. 5:30 start dinner. 7:00 start simple party, various ministries share reports you need to know, there is a problem, we put forward to resolve the dispute. There followed the newspaper, journal time, 21 o'clock on time to rest.
The early establishment
Jiantuan early child troupe, performed a neighborhood street in Shanghai Wu Xue director of "Put Down Your Whip" and "benevolence Dan Beard", "catch traitors," " street, "etc.
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, stimulated people's anti-Japanese enthusiasm. After arriving Zhengzhou, the Longhai Park auditorium premiere Wu Jia new director of children's one-act drama "help our guerrillas." After that, the troupe has performed a succession Wu Jia New children's drama "Children of blood", "how to do this," "the children stand up," collective creation of children's pantomime troupe "Kids do not want to be slaves," Shu Qiang creation the child drama "for everyone" and the adult drama "Da Guizi go", "revenge", "last meter", Rip Zhao compiled, the new opera composer Xian Xinghai, "rural song", these performances have gained intense publicity. The spring of 1941, the troupe performed a six-screen director Dan Linghe child drama "Paradise March", for exposing corruption in the dark KMT been blocked and forced to delete the play "stimulate" the plot. After "Wannan Incident", in December 1942 the troupe performed the Shiling He, Zhang Ying and other "bald bald king", the Kuomintang authorities and Chiang Kai-shek ordered alluding to excuse the play banned according to Zhang Tianyi 5 screen adaptation of the novel of the same name pantomime, after negotiation and modification, the drama name changed to "monkey king" may only show.displaced
After the fall of Shanghai, on instructions from the party's life, went to Shanghai to evacuate rear. November 18, 1937, the troupe of 22 people (including 3 girls) in five batches dressed as refugee children or brothers and sisters, by ship to break through the enemy blockade Wusong port, arriving in Nantong, Jiangsu Tianshenggang. Took to the streets to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda work. There is a very old man moved to say: like you all know that small children up anti-Japanese, Chinese certainly not dead.
111 Northeast Army division stationed in Nantong County, troupe to perform to the troops. After listening to the soldiers when we sing "Anthem" and "fight go home" and other songs, read "Revenge" and other plays, an officer took to the stage, picked up a troupe 8-year-old boy, tears of the audience of soldiers, said: brothers! Who no parents, no wife and children who see these mutilated Japanese devils fled out of the children, who start feeling sorry ah! Brothers, little brothers and sisters as revenge for the Northeast compatriots, the Chinese nation to take revenge! Many officers and soldiers started crying gun shouting:! "! Revenge for the little brothers and sisters," "Down with Japanese imperialism" and "fight go home!" The children are also passionate slogan was moved to tears.
1938 early spring, the troupe came to Hankou. The children not only in urban areas but also to small towns and rural suburban performances. Lan Ling in Hankou Road, a theater, participated in the mass singing of the General Assembly, chaired by the Xian Xinghai, sang "Children troupe Mission Song", "sacrifice has come to the last minute" and other national salvation songs, was warmly welcomed by the masses. We finished the second time, the audience is still not satisfied, enthusiastic applause requirements sing. Xian Xinghai in order to meet the people's repeated requests, beckoned us to sing it again. The children sang a third time, the audience was let children off the stage.
Wu Jia, his school called St. WU, he was born in 1918. Wu can be considered to be a middle-class bias at home, living in a big yard Yichang, although not very rich life is also very happy. My mother is a primary school at a church school in Yichang school, the school is run by the British, the school is presided over two nuns from the United Kingdom. Although the church school, after the war began, school teachers thought the anti-Japanese propaganda to students inside and outside the classroom, we have been the British nun approval.
Children Theater Company (2)
1933 Nian Wu Jia 15-year-old junior high school, influenced by school principals and teachers, he was admitted to a Sichuan middle school, he and a big year-old than his classmates King Tong Degui (later changed his name to a Henry NC Wong, senior officials became Shino) by ship from Yichang to Shanghai home to look for the Communist Party. His grandfather had three sons, but only a man of his grandson, the baby he is. So his family to Shanghai to find relatives looking back, not long afterwards, Wu Jia also went to Shanghai, so the family went to Shanghai to get him home, not long afterwards, the third time he went to Shanghai. Wu Jia final in Shanghai took part in the revolutionary ranks, by the Shanghai underground party committee sent east green schools teach.1938 Nian 1 Yue Wu Jia and children troupe has come to Wuhan. He wrote home to mobilize large sister Sophie and her two year old St. sister Wu Shu holy child to go to Wuhan troupe. Sophie St. since 1937, primary school, there is a class called French Tudor wrote "Last Lecture" in the sixth grade Chinese textbook, written last century, France was Germany defeated, a region must ceded from France to Germany, in the French teacher area of the French students last French lesson, very sad, tragic, so in her little heart, afraid to do conquered people.
Historical evaluation
"Paradise March" and "monkey king" of the show, marking the dramatic arts troupe of children towards a new phase of large-scale theatrical performances. Since the establishment of child troupe was forced to the end of September 1942, five years toured eight provinces, municipalities and dozens of rural towns to drama singing as a weapon to mobilize and inspire the majority of children and people struggle against Japan enthusiasm for the anti-Japanese propaganda to make a positive contribution.