The film “White Haired Girl” was made in the beginning period of the 1950s, which was recomposed according to the opera with the same name composed by He Jingzhi and Ding Yi. The foreigners who come to learn Chinese in China should also know that the inspiration came from the mysterious folk legends in Hebei province.
One thing that the foreigners who study Chinese in China should know is the plot of the film “White Haired Girl”. The tenant peasant Yang Bailao lives with his daughter Xier. The brutal landlord Huang Shiren takes a fancy to her so he forces Yang to sell his daughter to Huang for paying the debt. Yang kills himself and Huang takes Xier. The young man Da Chun who loves her joins the Eighth Route Army for saving her out. Some of the foreigners who study Mandarin in China may know that she is saved two years later. Then, they lived a happy life after marriage.
One point that the foreign learners should realize when they learn Chinese in China is that the film “White Haired Girl” is an important film of exploring national styled films. It won many prizes at that time.