The Red Lantern (Hong Deng Ji)
Overview. The story of The Red Lantern is drawn from the film There Will Be Successors, an outstanding reserved repertoire of the China Peking Opera Theatre; from the 1960s to today many artists have performed it. One of the modern Peking Operas and one of the eight model plays.
Synopsis. The Red Lantern is based on the film There Will Be Successors, whose original author is Huang Yongjiang. There Will Be Successors is a film set against the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, reflecting the Northeast people's resistance; its story takes place at the small "Hui Cui" station on the Hulin railway (within Longzhen, Wudalianchi city, Heilongjiang). In the 1960s the film was released nationwide; soon the Shanghai Hu opera troupe adapted it into Hu opera, and then the Harbin Peking Opera Theatre first brought it to the Peking Opera stage under the name The Revolution Has Successors. This play is an outstanding reserved repertoire of the China Peking Opera Theatre; the whole play has eleven scenes: Scene 1 "Meeting the Courier," Scene 2 "Accepting the Task," Scene 3 "Escape at the Congee Stall," Scene 4 "Wang Lianju Defects," Scene 5 "Painfully Telling the Revolutionary Family History," Scene 6 "Attending the Banquet to Battle Jiuzhan," Scene 7 "The Masses Help," Scene 8 "The Struggle at the Execution Ground," Scene 9 "Advancing Wave upon Wave," Scene 10 "Ambush and Annihilation," Scene 11 "Victory."
Artistic Features. A revolutionary model play, centering on the three generations' "secret code" of the red lantern and the family's revolutionary inheritance.
Why Watch. The Red Lantern is a classic of revolutionary Peking Opera, its "secret code" and "family history" scenes deeply moving.
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