n the exhibition hall on the second floor of Ruijin central revolutionary base History Museum, there is a special-shaped make-up mirror on display. This is a unique performance make-up mirror with irregular triangle shape. Its sides are not equal in length, and the bottom is slightly curved. The frame is made of bamboo poles of bamboos, and the back is fixed in a cross shape with bamboo pieces. Although the mirror looks a little fuzzy, there is a clear and legendary moving story behind it.

Bayi Troupe

The make-up mirror is related to the red school Bayi troupe during the Agrarian Revolutionary War. At that time, there were Soviet troupes and Gorky drama school in the Central Soviet area. The drama movement in the Central Soviet area started from the army. At that time, in addition to fighting, the Red Army had to publicize the revolution, organize the masses, and establish the workers' and peasants' political power. Therefore, all units attached great importance to propaganda work.

In the spring and summer of 1932, with the encouragement and promotion of Ouyang Qin, director of the Political Department of the Red Army School of workers and peasants, and led by the drama Management Committee of the red school club, the first drama troupe of the Central Soviet Area, the red school Bayi troupe, was established in Ruijin. The main members of the troupe are Huang Huoqing, Huo Buqing, Wu Xiuquan, Li Bozhao, Wei gongzhi, Cai Renxiang, song Fenfen, Zhong Weijian, Hongshui, Zhang Xin, and Cui Yinbo, Shi Danfeng, Shi Lianxing, Peng Shunhua, Liu Yuehua. They have made important contributions to the drama movement of the proletariat and have a certain position in the history of modern literature and art.

In the summer of this year, Shi Lianxing, together with the actors of Bayi troupe, went to the camp of the first Red Army to give a publicity performance.

The establishment of this unit named after "August 1" is one year earlier than the anniversary of the founding of the Red Army. Although in June 1932, the CPC Central Committee put forward the concept of "red August 1 anti imperialist war day", it did not link August 1 with the establishment of the Red Army. In June 1933, it was clearly mentioned in the Central Committee's resolution on "August 1 anti imperialist war day": this year's "August 1 anti imperialist war day" is suitable for commemorating the founding of the Red Army. The next day, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, the CPC Central Committee Bureau issued the "decision of the Central Bureau on" August 1 "international anti war day and commemoration of the founding of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army", and put forward several requirements for carrying out commemorative activities. On June 30, 1933, Xiang Ying, acting chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, signed and issued the order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission on deciding "August 1" as the founding anniversary of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. The order pointed out: "on August 1, 1927, nanchang uprising led by the Communist Party, a proletarian party, took place. The uprising was the beginning of the anti imperialist agrarian revolution and the source of the heroic workers' and peasants' Red Army. In the arduous wars over the years, the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army has broken the previous attacks of the imperialist Kuomintang and fundamentally shaken the rule of the imperialist Kuomintang in China. It has become one of the basic levers for the upsurge of the revolution, the organizer of the revolutionary struggle of the Chinese working masses, and the main force for thoroughly carrying out the national revolutionary war, It is hereby decided that August 1 of each year will be the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army since 1933. "

As soon as the Bayi troupe was born, it was welcomed by the people of the whole revolutionary base area. Letters inviting performances and asking for scripts and materials were sent from the front and the rear. The Provisional Central Government holds various meetings or important activities, and often invites troupes to perform. The plays performed include "I - the Red Army", "for whom to sacrifice", "squirrel", "living Bodhisattva", "Zhu De in the United States", "Shenyang cannon", "armed", "class", "whose sin", "final victory belongs to us" and so on. The troupe is often invited to villages, towns and battle fronts to publicize in various forms (such as live newspapers, etc.) popular with the masses. Sometimes they performed in the border markets of the Soviet Area, and some enemy soldiers quietly came to watch. After receiving a lot of education, they voluntarily surrendered or deserted, and raised their guns when fighting with the Red Army.

The establishment of Bayi opera company marked the development of the Central Soviet Area from spontaneous mass and temporary drama performance to organized and leading drama movement. Although it was only a troupe of the Red Army school, many amateur troupes were set up one after another in various localities and units under its drive and influence, which made the dramatic activities flourish in the Central Soviet area.

Performance in danger

At that time, as long as an independent revolutionary team won a battle, entered a city and occupied a town, it would hold a mass meeting and a victory congratulation meeting, and perform several plays. In addition, when the troops take advantage of the war gap to rest and rectify, in addition to washing clothes, playing straw sandals, polishing weapons, carrying out the political work and cultural entertainment work of the troops, they also hold evening parties and perform several dramas with the resident as the unit, so that dramas become an indispensable part of the political work of the troops.

One performance was held in an uneven open space, full of Red Army soldiers and local people. On that day, when the show was in the middle of the performance, suddenly the enemy plane came, and the chief commanded everyone to hide. However, the local people ran around in confusion. Suddenly, with a bang, I don't know who smashed a make-up mirror used in the performance. The enemy plane was still hovering over his head, but Shi Lianxing returned to the performance without fear. When she saw the broken glass all over the floor, she felt remorse and remorse because it was the props she was responsible for carrying. Although it's just a common make-up mirror, it's a weapon for the actors to fight. How can we say it's gone without it! Shi Lianxing picked up a slightly larger lens from the debris, felt extremely sad and indignant, and shed tears.

At this time, a cry came from behind: "hide quickly, don't die!" Shi Lianxing was quickly pulled to a safe place. When I came back to myself, I found that it was Zhong Weijian, a tactical teacher of the central military and political school, who was standing beside me. At this time, Zhong Weijian saw that she was holding a piece of make-up mirror in her hand. After a while of blame, she seemed to have more pity.

To Shi Lianxing's surprise, Zhong Weijian stopped her the next day when she packed up for the next performance, and handed her a triangle mirror that had been processed and decorated. Shi Lianxing was very excited. He took the make-up mirror and looked at it repeatedly. Isn't this the triangular lens he picked up from the debris yesterday? Shi Lianxing couldn't help smiling.

It turned out that Zhong Weijian knew that Shi Lianxing was worried about the broken make-up mirror, so he carried Shi Lianxing on his back, took the triangular lens, and found a villager's home. With the help of the villager, he cut a piece of bamboo to frame it, but the lens was irregular and curved on one side. To fix the whole make-up mirror, he had to use a bamboo tube to fix it at the same time. Therefore, Zhong Weijian and his fellow villagers took a saw and an iron stamp to cut the bamboo tube into two sections, one long and the other short, according to the length of the broken lens. The fellow villagers used a knife to cut the middle part of the long bamboo tube in half, roasted the two sections of bamboo tube slightly with fire, quickly bent it according to the shape of the lens, and finally poked a small hole at both ends of the bottom bamboo tube to fix it, It becomes a complete and firm triangular mirror. The next day, Zhong Weijian gave the mirror to Shi Lianxing.

Heroic life experience

In May 1907, Zhong Weijian was born in a peasant family in Taohua Township, Liling county (now Shatian village, Guanzhuang Town, Liling City), also known as Zhong Weijian, Zhong Jilian and Zhong Wen. In 1922, Zhong Weijian entered Changsha Changjun Middle School and organized the "new thunder society" with Zeng third class progressive students. In 1925, he took part in leading the patriotic student movement and joined the infantry division of Huangpu Military Academy in the autumn of the same year, during which he joined the Communist Party of China. He graduated in the autumn of 1926 and was assigned to the 17th division of the 6th army of the national revolutionary army. He successively served as the political instructor, commander and deputy head of the company. He took part in the battle of conquering Nanchang and attacking Nanjing in the northern expedition.

After the failure of the great revolution, Zhong Weijian went to Wuhan to engage in military work. Later, he secretly got some guns from the Kuomintang army, got a sailing boat, sailed out of Wuhan overnight, went up the river, got in touch with he long in Huarong, Hunan, and went with he long to Sangzhi, Western Hunan. In March 1928, he took part in Sangzhi uprising and served as the staff officer of the Fourth Army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' revolutionary army. In August 1928, he was sent to Japan by the party organization to study in Tokyo Sergeant school, then transferred to Waseda University to study social science, and actively participated in the activities of the special branch of the Communist Party of China in Japan.

During that time, Zhong Weijian was arrested by the Japanese police and tortured to death, but he still put his life and death aside. In April 1930, with scars and revolutionary enthusiasm, Zhong Weijian returned to Shanghai to carry out the party's underground work.

In March 1932, during the period of anti "encirclement and suppression" in the central revolutionary base, Zhong Weijian volunteered to go to the Central Soviet area. After arriving at Ruijin, the red capital of the central revolutionary base, he successively served as the tactical teacher of the central military and political school and the leader of the superior cadre team. He had good military quality, well planned and meticulous lectures. He was praised by the students and trained a large number of military and political cadres for the Red Army. In November of the same year, he served as deputy commander in chief of Ruijin military parade.

In the spring of 1933, Zhong Weijian was appointed head of the fifth military regiment of the Red Army school, and in August he was appointed head of the sixth military regiment. In October of the same year, he participated in the organization and establishment of Ruijin Red Army University and served as the director of training department.

Due to changes in the war situation, in October 1934, the Red Army University and the Infantry School of the Red Army formed a cadre regiment of the Military Commission. Chen Geng was the head of the regiment, song renqiong was the political commissar, and Zhong Weijian was the chief of staff. Immediately, he was changed to the chief of staff of the first column of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, assisting the commander Ye Jianying to lead the organs of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and the units directly under it to embark on the long march, He dashed through the four blockades set by the Kuomintang army. In the middle of December of the same year, the first and second columns of the Revolutionary Military Commission were co organized in Liping, Guizhou Province as the columns of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. Zhong Weijian was still the chief of staff, assisting Liu Bocheng, Chen Yun and Ye Jianying to command the columns to advance into northern Guizhou and settle in Zunyi.

Be bound by the mirror

Besides, Shi Lianxing was born on June 1, 1914 in Chengguan Town, Huangmei County, Hubei Province, formerly known as Shi Lianxin. In 1926, he entered Hankou women's No.2 Middle School and actively participated in the propaganda activities of revolutionary literature and art. In 1927, he went to Nanjing with his father to study in Nanjing women's middle school; He returned to Wuhan the next year and studied in Hubei Provincial No.1 middle school and provincial high school.

In 1932, she was still a high school student. Because she yearned for revolution, she joined the red fraternity in Shanghai; In the summer of the same year, she went to Ruijin, the Central Soviet Area, through many hardships. She successively worked as a cultural teacher and actor in Lenin normal school, Red Army school nursing company, Gorky drama school and Central Soviet Area spark theater company.

At that time, the drama movement in the Central Soviet area had just started. Shi Lianxing was a revolutionary literature and art soldier in the period of the Red Army of workers and peasants, and one of the pioneers of red drama in Ruijin period of the Central Soviet Area of the Communist Party of China. Together with Li Bozhao (later Mrs. Yang Shangkun) and Liu Yuehua, she was praised as the "three red stars" of the Soviet Area by the masses of the Red Army and the Soviet area.

Unexpectedly, this triangular mirror turned out to be the "matchmaker" of Zhong Weijian and Shi Lianxing, witnessing their relationship from acquaintance, acquaintance, love to a revolutionary partner. Shi Lianxing also regards this triangular mirror as a part of her life. As long as she goes out to perform, she will take it with her.

After the victory

In late January 1935, Zhong Weijian took part in commanding the column to cross the Chishui River to Zhaxi. In February, the army was downsized, and Zhong Weijian was appointed chief of staff of the 5th division and 10th regiment of the 3rd Red Army. On February 28 of the same year, in the battle of Laoya mountain in the Zunyi campaign, the Red 10 regiment took on the task of guarding the main peak position. The enemy's shells crisscrossed, Laoya mountain smoke, rocks flying, the enemy like ants through the mountain. All the officers and men of the Red 10 regiment fought with the enemy in a desperate battle. The battle lasted five or six hours and was still stuck. In the fierce battle, the Red Army was unable to provide ammunition. At the critical moment of life and death, Zhong Wei, the first soldier of his sword, stepped out of the trench and rushed to the enemy. Under his leadership, the soldiers stormed out of the trench and fought with the enemy with bayonets. The enemy was losing and retreating. While the Red Army was pursuing the victory, the heavy artillery bombarded Laoya mountain again. Zhong Weijian was shot in the abdomen. At the age of 28, he stayed on Laoya mountain forever and failed to witness the final victory of the whole campaign.

After Zhong Weijian's long march with the Central Red Army, Shi Lianxing stayed in the Mars troupe in the Central Soviet area. With the triangular mirror and the endless yearning for his relatives, together with the comrades of the troupe, holding the revolutionary belief of victory, he fought in the most simple stage of the Soviet Area with simple and true feelings in the hard struggle environment.

Later, the battlefield situation became worse and worse, so the troupe had to be dissolved, and the personnel were dispersed to all the troops to guerrilla. Because the size of the cosmetic mirror was too large to carry, it was left in the homes of the people in the Soviet area. In a collection of cultural relics after liberation, this make-up mirror was collected into the museum.

After the founding of new China, Shi Lianxing actively devoted himself to the cause of people's film. In 1949, in the film "Zhao Yiman" shot by northeast film studio, she successfully created the heroic image of revolutionary soldier Zhao Yiman, which created a sensation in New China and greatly inspired hundreds of millions of people. Since then, she has also starred in the struggle on the lake and other films, participated in the directing work of the wind from the East CO produced by China and the Soviet Union, worked as an actor in Beijing Film Studio, and taught acting and directing courses in Beijing Film Academy. At the Fifth International Film Competition in 1950, "Zhao Yiman" was warmly welcomed, and Shi Lianxing won the "excellent performance award" for it, which won honor for the film industry of new China and became a well-known Chinese drama and film performing artist recognized by the people. She has been the fifth specially invited representative of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Sixth National Committee, member of the first Council of China film workers association, member of China Dramatists Association, member of Beijing Federation of literary and art circles, and member of Beijing Branch of China Dramatists Association. Shi Lianxing died on August 1, 1984 at the age of 70.