Cui Qiao (played by Xue Bai), a poor girl on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, was arranged by her father (played by Tan Tuo) since childhood. Gu[Expand All]
Cui Qiao (played by Xue Bai), a poor girl on the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, was arranged by her father (played by Tan Tuo) since childhood. Gu Qing (played by Wang Xueqi), a member of the Eighth Route Army Cultural Troupe, came to Cuiqiao's home to collect folk songs. After some time, he and Cuiqiao's family felt as if they were one of their own. Gu Qing talked about the situation of women's marriage autonomy in Yan 'an. After hearing this, Cui Qiao felt a yearning for it. Although the father was kind, he was also foolish. He wanted Cuiqiao to get married in April. Gu Qing was about to leave and Cui Qiao was going to follow him to Yan 'an. Gu Qing was willing but powerless. Cuiqiao's younger brother, Hanhan (played by Liu Qiang), followed Brother Gu and saw him off for one trip after another. After crossing a mountain ridge, Gu Qing saw Cuiqiao standing on the peak. She sang a sweet voice to bid farewell, and Gu Qing was deeply moved. In April, on her wedding day, Cuiqiao, feeling reluctant, resolutely left her husband's home and rowed a boat across the river to pursue a new life...[Collapse]
