''Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker'' () is a 1994 film directed by He Ping and starring

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, Zhao Xiaorui, Gao Yang, Xu Zhengyun and Zhao Liang.

Plot

A young woman inherits her father's

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, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day an itinerant

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory for

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. The woman, forbidden to marry as it would involve outsiders in the factory ownership, is drawn to the headstrong painter. When they fall in love, the situation throws her entire life into disarray.

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* * * 1994 films Chinese romantic drama films 1990s Mandarin-language films Films based on Chinese novels Films set in the 1910s Films directed by He Ping 1994 drama films {{China-film-stub