Tieli Xie

Idealistic youth fed up with the injustice of the society and tries to find a land of purity in remote rural region, but the dream was ruthlessly crashed for that it was discovered that even somewhere as remote as distant village, the escape of social injustice is impossible. The story is told in the form of love triangle of two men and a woman, and outside the love triangle, a young widow.

One of Jin Xie's model operas made during the Cultural Revolution.

Taking Tiger Mountain was the very first model film produced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Set during the civil war in 1946, it follows a detachment of the People's Liberation Army in Mandchuria as they are fighting a group of bandits hiding in the mountains. Based on a novel from the 50s, Taking Tiger Mountain was first a revolutionary opera before being made into film by director Xie Tieli. (themoviedb)

The decline of the Jia clan in imperial China. (imdb)