Third sister Liu (刘三姐)
The legendary Liu Sanjie, Tang dynasty (7th-9th century AD) peasant singer of the Zhuang nationality and heroine of a 1960 musical film, is shown confronting oppressors. Price: 11 fen
- In Collection:
- 1 poster ; 53 x 77 cm
- 刘三姐
- Liu Sanjie
- Third sister Liu
- 35, 105
- Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
- From the collection of Barry Till.
- [caption below image:] Legend has it that in ancient times there was a village girl of the Zhuang people in Guangxi who was clever, bold, industrious, and beautiful; she loved life and was a great singer, often using her songs to praise labour and nature. She loved freedom and did not fear despots, and often exposed and complained of the exploitation and oppression of the common people by the feudal landlord class, and expressed the aspirations and longings of the labouring people. For this, she won the love and admiration of the labouring people, and everyone called her Third Sister Liu. The picture depicts the scene in which she overcomes in song three scholars sent by the local landlords, making them flee in panic.
- Scanned and edited by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and KM. Migration metadata by KD.
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