Main characters: Yu Zhanao and Dai Fenglian.
Central theme: The theme of the novel Red Sorghum is interpreted as carrying forward the positive vitality and the spirit of pursuing freedom, yearning for the spirit of personality liberation and rebuilding the spirit of creation. Its original intention is to transform the weak national character with the help of the vitality of the primitive wild culture in Gaomi Northeast Township, call for a strong life form, and call on the Chinese nation to be self-respecting, self-reliant, anti-slave, rebellious, and have a healthy personality and national quality.
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The creative background of Red Sorghum;
1May, 929 to1the first half of 930, Cao Keming came to Wei County as the county party secretary. Afterwards (referring to "wei county Bridge Xishan Riot"), Cao Keming wanted to go home and see, saying that there were still several buttonwood trees at home, and he wanted to sell them and get some money. I was betrayed by my family as soon as I got home. This happened in the spring of 1930. After the Cao Keming Rebellion, the party organization in wei county was destroyed again, and Comrade Yu Qingshu (former secretary of the provincial party committee) was arrested. 1931On April 5th, 2 1 comrades such as Aoki and Deng Enming were all killed. "
After Cao Keming's holiday, he returned to his hometown to attend the local Lianzhuang meeting. And use the United Zhuang Association to pull up a team to recruit some bandits, large and small, nearby, with more than 1000 troops under their command, and become a powerful figure in Gaomi area.
At that time, Li Wenli was the administrative inspector and security commander of the Eighth Administrative Region of Shandong Province in Weixian County. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he reorganized the county self-defense groups, the league committees and local anti-Japanese guerrillas, and reorganized several large-scale units into directly affiliated units. Cao Keming was incorporated into the Sixth Guerrilla Corps and later renamed the Sixth Security Corps of the Eighth Special Zone of Shandong Province, with Cao Keming as the head of the Corps.
On April 1938 and 16, Cao Keming led a beautiful ambush at Sunjiakou, Gudu, Jiaolai River, burning 8 enemy cars and annihilating more than 30 Japanese troops, which caused a sensation in Jiaodong. Cao Keming was also called the "anti-Japanese hero"-this is the ambush on Jiaoping Highway described by "My Grandpa" in Red Sorghum.
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