What is a revolutionary model theater

November 28, 1966, the Central Cultural Revolution Leading Group held in Beijing, the capital of the proletarian cultural revolution in the literary and artistic circles of the General Assembly, then head of the Central Cultural Revolution Group, Kang Sheng, announced at the meeting: Peking Opera, "Wisdom Takes the Tiger Mountain", "Tale of the Red Lanterns", "Harbor", "Shajiabang", "Attack on the White Tiger Troupe", and ballet, "The White Hairy Maiden", "Red Army of the Maiden", as well as the symphonic music, "Shajiabang" and so on, eight literary and artistic works as "revolutionary model theater". The eight works of literature and art are the "revolutionary model theater".

From May 9 to June 15, 1967, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Mao Zedong's "Speech at the Yan'an Literary and Artistic Symposium", the relevant departments held a general performance of eight revolutionary model plays in Beijing. The performance lasted 37 days, ***218 performances, received nearly 330,000 audiences, and Mao Zedong, Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai and other members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group watched some of the performances. The People's Daily wrote: "The eight revolutionary model operas prominently publicized Mao Tse-tung's thought, which was so bright that it glorified the workers, peasants and soldiers. This performance is a major event in the history of revolutionary literature and art, and has greatly increased the proletariat's ambition and destroyed the bourgeoisie's prestige....... It has set a glorious example for the proletariat's revolutionary literature and art."

In addition, the Peking Opera "Ode to the Dragon River" (officially finalized in 1970), "Cuckoo Mountain" (officially finalized in 1973), "The Red Detachment of Women", "Fighting on the Plain", "Granite Bay", and "The Tale of the Red Lanterns" with piano accompaniment, as well as the piano concerto "The Yellow River", etc., had also been included in the model operas after the Eight Parts and were filmed as color films in the national exhibition. were filmed into color films in the national exhibition.