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Flowers of the Motherland

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Wikipedia article




'Flowers of the Motherland' is a 1955 Chinese black-and-white film, which was produced by Changchun Film Group Corporation. Being the first movie aimed to children after the creation of the People's Republic, the movie follows the primary school students' life after China's founding. It portrayed colorful clothing aimed to inspire viewers with hope.

Story



In Beijing's Beijing Primary School, a fictional school, Class One Grade Five () has more than 40 students. These students are cute, clever and have become Chinese Young Pioneers; except two students: Jiang Lin (), who is mischievous and not hard-working, and Yang Yongli (), who is arrogant, anti-social and doesn't care about others.

On June 1, students get together with the home-bound People's Volunteer Army in Zhongshan Park. Volunteer Yang Zhiping () notices that two students don't wear Red scarfs, which symbolize the Young Pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. Before he leaves, he encourages the students to study hard, help each other, and try to become a model class. Student Liang Huiming () is touched by his words and tries to help the two, but they do not appreciate it. This make Liang feel sad. Classmates sympathize with Liang and lose faith in the two.

The head teacher Feng encourages students to have patience. Later, classmates invite Jiang Lin to do an oxygen experiment, to make him interested in studying. While Yang Yongli's foot is scalded, they helped her make up homework, so that she can take exams with the class. In classmates helping, Yang and Jiang were moved, they progress together in summer vacation.

After summer vacation, the class became to grade six. Jiang Lin and Yang Yongli become Young Pioneers for their progress.

Cast



* Zhang Yunying () - Yang Yongli ()

* Li Xixiang () Jiang Lin ()

* Zhao Weiqing () Liang Huiming ()

* Guo Yuntai () Yang Zhiping ()

* Shi Ling () Yang Yongli's mother

* L Dayu () - Liu J ()[https://books.google.com/books?id=R4xrWxfC_DUC&pg=PT280&lpg=PT280&dq=row+the+boats+performance+anomalies&source=bl&ots=YorVQ7sykr&sig=D1TqaoAB_eVrFx6rqxfzqJBStyw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-m7O48fDTAhXF5CYKHXD9AyEQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=row%20the%20boats%20perf]

In literature



While being tortured by a Beijing agent in the novel 'Performance Anomalies', the spy hero Cono 7Q, partly of Chinese origin, sings the [https://books.google.com/books?id=R4xrWxfC_DUC&pg=PT280&lpg=PT280&dq=row+the+boats+performance+anomalies&source=bl&ots=YorVQ7sykr&sig=D1TqaoAB_eVrFx6rqxfzqJBStyw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-m7O48fDTAhXF5CYKHXD9AyEQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=row%20the%20boats%20performance%20anomalies&f=false lyrics] to the song "Let Us Sway Twin Oars Together" [] by Qiao Yu from the well-known 1950s Chinese propaganda film "Flowers of the Motherland" [also translated as "Bud of the Motherland"].[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msnVIat-16Q] His torturers' recognition of the song causes them to hesitate, saving Cono 7Q's life.[https://books.google.com/books?id=R4xrWxfC_DUC&pg=PT280&lpg=PT280&dq=row+the+boats+performance+anomalies&source=bl&ots=YorVQ7sykr&sig=D1TqaoAB_eVrFx6rqxfzqJBStyw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-m7O48fDTAhXF5CYKHXD9AyEQ6AEILjAC#v=onepage&q=row%20the%20boats%20perf]

Legacy



* Due to the movie's depiction of children's lives, Chinese people usually use the movie title "Flowers of the Motherland" to praise children.

* The interlude song "Let us Sway Twin Oars" () was included in China's primary school music textbook, and became a famous children's song.

References




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