''Chunmiao'' is a 1975 Chinese film directed by Xie Jin, Yan Bili and Liang Tingduo, starring

Li Xiuming Li Xiuming is a mainland Chinese film actress. She won both of Golden Rooster Award The Golden Rooster Awards () are film awards given in mainland China. The awards were originally given annually, beginning in 1981. The name of the award cam ...

as the titular village girl who became a barefoot doctor through political struggle. Like all films released in the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

, it is a propaganda film, in this case promoting the Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius movement. The ultra-leftist political message aside, the film is considered well-made artistically. It was shot in the countryside near Shaoxing,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

. It was Xie Jin's only film during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976).

Cast

as Chunmiao *Feng Qi as Qian Jiren *Da Shichang as Fang Ming *Liu Zinong as Li Aqiang *Gao Baocheng Uncle Shuichang *Li Lingjun as Auntie Ah Fang *Bai Mu as Du Wenjie *

Zhang Yu Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ''Z ...

as Lianlian

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* Chinese drama films Films shot in Zhejiang Films set in 1965 Films directed by Xie Jin 1975 films 1970s Mandarin-language films Chinese propaganda films Medical-themed films {{Xie Jin

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