Keshan hong ri
Keshan Hong Ri (《柯山红日》"Red Sun over Mount Ke") is a 1959 six-act Chinese-language western-style opera produced by the Opera Troupe of the People's Liberation Army's General Political Department. The music was composed by Zhuang Ying and Lu Ming. The opera tells of the PLA's actions in Tibet at the pseudonymous "Mount Ke".[1] The following year it was made into a musical film Keshan hong ri "The Red Sun over Ke Mountains" 1960 directed by Dong Zhaoqi.[2]
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- ^ People's Republic of China year-book 2005- Page 579 "Red Sun over Mount Ke (Keshan Hong Ri, 1959) — Produced by the Opera Troupe of the People's Liberation Army's General Political Department, the six-act opera tells of the PLA's actions in Tibet at Mount Ke area in West China. The music ..."
- ^ Public Secrets, Public Spaces: Cinema and Civility in China - Page 184 Stéphanie Donald - 2000 "The Red Sun over Ke Mountains - Keshan hong ri 1960 Dong Zhaoqi "