playwright and pioneer of the modern theater movement

playwright and pioneer of the modern theater movement

Tian Han (March 12, 1898 to December 10, 1968) was originally named Tian shouchang, whose real name was he'er. His pen names include Tian Han, Chen Yu, Bo Hong, han'er Yisheng, Shou Jia, Shao Bo, Shu Ren, Chen Zhesheng, Ming Gao, Jia Ling, Zhang Kun, etc. Male, Han nationality, from Changsha County, Hunan Province. Playwright, dramatist, film writer, novelist, ci writer, poet, literary critic, literary activist, one of the three founders of modern Chinese drama.

The first paragraph of his song "the Great Wall" later became the lyrics of the National Anthem of the people's Republic of China "March of the volunteers". When Tian Han studied in Japan in his early years, he signed himself as "Ibsen of China's future". In 1968, Tian Han was forced to die in prison during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

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Life of the characters

On March 12, 1898, he was born into a poor peasant family in maopingtian, Dongxiang, Changsha County, Hunan Province;

In 1912, he studied in Changsha normal school;

In 1916, he was admitted to Tokyo Normal University;

In 1919, he joined the young China society organized by Li Dazhao in Tokyo and began to publish poems and comments;

In 1920, he published his first work, van Elyn and the rose;

In 1921, he and Guo Moruo organized creation society to advocate new literature;

In 1922, he returned to China and was employed by Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company;

In 1924, he and his wife Yi Shuyu founded the semi monthly magazine of the south. Later, he successively taught in Changsha First Normal University, Shanghai University and Daxia University (now East China Normal University);

In 1926, he founded Nanguo film and drama club with Tang huaiqiu in Shanghai;

In the autumn of 1927, he went to Shanghai University of arts as the director and President of the discipline of literature, and created drama "Suzhou night talk" and "the death of celebrities". At the end of the year, the "fish dragon club" was held with Ouyang Yuqian and Zhou Xinfang, which had a wide influence;

In 1928, with Xu Beihong and Ouyang Yuqian, Nanguo Academy of art was established. In the autumn of the same year, Nanguo society was established. It promoted the new drama movement with the spirit of storm. It performed in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and other places for many times. At the same time, it edited Nanguo monthly;

From the winter of 1929, he actively participated in political activities as well as literary activities;

In March 1930, as one of the founders, he participated in the founding meeting of the left wing writers' League of China and was elected as one of the seven member executive committees. Then he joined the great League of Chinese freedom movement. In June of the same year, Nanguo society was closed down, and the left-wing troupe alliance was reorganized into the left-wing dramatist alliance. He was one of the initiators and organizers;

In 1932, after joining the Communist Party of China, he participated in the party's leadership of literature and art. He and Xia Yan entered the film field and wrote three modern women, Youth March and other progressive film literature scripts for Yihua, Lianhua and other film companies, which made film literature take on a new look from thought to art;

In 1934, he wrote the three act drama "song of spring return" and the film story "children of the wind and cloud" (later changed to film version by Xia Yan, and the theme song was "March of the volunteers" composed by Tian Han and Nie Er. He wrote the opera storm on the Yangtze River;

In February 1935, Tian Han was arrested and released on bail;

After the July 7th incident in 1937, he created a five act drama "Lugou Bridge" and held a labor performance. In August, he went to Shanghai to participate in the national salvation work of the cultural circles. After the fall of Shanghai, he went to Changsha and Wuhan to work on the Anti Japanese United Front. He is one of the organizers of the all China Anti enemy Association of drama circles, which was established in December;

In 1938, at the beginning of the year, he and Ma Yanxiang published the Anti Japanese war drama semi monthly, and then went to Changsha to organize the Anti Japanese War daily. In February, he went to Wuhan to participate in the third office of the Political Department of the Military Commission of the national government and was responsible for art propaganda. Together with Hong Shen, he set up 10 anti enemy drama teams, 4 anti enemy propaganda teams and 1 children's drama company;

In 1940, he went to Chongqing and founded drama spring and autumn with Ouyang Yuqian. Later, he went to Guilin to lead the formation of new China drama society and Peking Opera, Hunan opera and other folk Anti Japanese drama groups;

In the spring of 1944, he and Ouyang Yuqian hosted the first southwest drama exhibition in Guilin, which promoted the unity of the drama team and the progressive drama movement;

After 1949, Tian Han served as director of the drama improvement bureau and art Bureau of the Ministry of culture;

In 1968, he was persecuted to death during the cultural revolution;

In April 1979, a grand memorial meeting was held in Beijing for Tian Hanping's rebellion.

marriage and family

There are four lovers in Tian Han's life. The first lover was Yi Shuyu, the daughter of his uncle Yi Meichen. In 1916, his uncle paid to send Tian Han and his daughter to Japan to study. Tian Han and Yi Shuyu are childhood friends. They both like poetry and agree. So he betrothed his daughter to him. At the end of 1920, Tian Han married Yi Shuyu in Japan. Unfortunately, Yi Shuyu died in 1925. On his deathbed, Yi introduces his classmate friend Huang Dalin to Tian Han, hoping that they can get married. Although Tian Han has a new lover, he has no previous taste. Nevertheless, in 1927, Tian Han married Huang Dalin.

After all, a marriage without love is not happy. After marriage, Tian Han began to get in touch with Lin Weizhong, a female teacher in Singapore, and communicated with each other for three years. Lin Weizhong ran away from Nanyang because of escaping marriage. She is graceful and graceful. She always wants to find a husband with culture. And Tian Han's talent happened to enter her sight, she boldly wrote a letter to Tian Han, confessed his love. In this way, Tian Han and Lin Weizhong, who have just been remarried for one year, can't control their feelings by delivering letters and photos. In frequent correspondence, the two establish an unusual emotional relationship. It was not until after the new year in 1929 that Tian Han and Huang Dalin parted amicably.

In 1929, the great revolution failed. In order to win the support of Tian Han, a great playwright in literature and art, the Communist Party of China put an'e beside Tian Han as a secretary. From then on, an'e entered Tian Han's field of vision. An'e not only took care of Tian Han's life, but also smoothly influenced Tian Han's thoughts. However, frequent contacts and exchanges also greatly enhanced their feelings. In the autumn of 1930, an'e and Tian Han lived together. The news of their cohabitation was soon learned by Lin Weizhong, so under the pressure of Lin Weizhong and his family, Tian Han reluctantly married Lin Weizhong who had made an engagement. Although they have been married, but married life is not happy, because Tian Han has been irreparable to an'e. In March 1946, Lin Weizhong had no choice but to divorce Tian Han, ending their painful marriage. Tian Han and an'e, after emotional setbacks, finally came together. Later, they spent more than 20 years of happy old age, until the late 1960s, Tian Han was unfortunately detained and criticized by the Cultural Revolution rebels, and died in 1968. Eight years later, in August, 71 year old an'e left with Tian Han.

Anecdotes of characters

Learning around

Changsha County, Tian Han's hometown, is the place where Xiang opera and shadow opera are popular. Since he was five or six years old, Tian Han often rode on his uncles' shoulders and went to see the temple opera for more than 20 miles. Every time he went to see the opera, he went home. After joining the student army, the soldiers didn't need money to go to the theater, so he often went to "sanzunpao" to see Beijing opera. With the atmosphere of learning everywhere and the spirit of loving learning everywhere, Tian Han initially mastered the form of opera art and understood some stage handling methods. At this time, the traditional opera Sanniang Godson inspired his creation, so he rewritten his first work new Godson based on this play. The script was published in Changsha daily at that time, while Tian Han was only 13 years old.

True or false Tian Han

In 1929, Tian Han led Nanguo society to perform in Xiaozhuang, Nanjing. It was warmly welcomed by President Tao Xingzhi, students of Normal University and farmers. At the meeting, Tao Xingzhi delivered a very emotional and vivid welcome speech: "today I welcome Tian Han as" Tian Han ". Xiaozhuang is a school for farmers. Farmers are good friends of teachers and students in Xiaozhuang. Our education is for farmers So I welcome Tian Han here as the representative of "Zhong Tian Han."

Tian Han, on the other hand, said in the same witty language: "Mr. Tao said that he welcomed Tian Han with the qualification of" Tian Han ". As a matter of fact, I'm a fake Tian Han. I'm really honored to be welcomed by Mr. Tao, a real Tian Han. We must learn from him. "

rise to one 's full height and smite the table

After the publication of Jin Bo Ji, an adaptation of Tian Han's biography of the White Snake, he got a lot of praise. At this time, Dai Bufan, a little-known figure, wrote an article criticizing the play. Many people were dumbfounded, but Tian Han clapped his hands on the table - not in anger, but happily. He repeatedly praised: "well written, courageous and talented!" He actively inquired about Dai Bufan and recommended him to the relevant parties, which finally enabled Dai Bufan to give full play to his talents and make certain achievements in the theoretical research of traditional opera.

personal works

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works in traditional opera

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Other works

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artistic characteristics

Ideological content

Tian Han's early plays are mainly to promote personality and highlight the May 4th movement

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