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Wang Qi (1918-2016)

The Fire Phoenix, Martyr of the Red Crag Lives Forever

1977

Woodblock print

61 x 42 cm

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Jiang Zhuyun (1920-49) was a communist resistance fighter and revolutionary martyr. She is the basis of the character of Jiang Xueqin, or "Sister Jiang" in Red Crag, a 1961 semi-fictional work set in the Civil War (1946-49), written by two former inmates in a Guomindang (Kuomintang, Nationalist) prison. The book played an important part in China’s heroism culture and was adapted as an opera and television series. Like the artist, Wang Qi, Jiang Zhuyun was a native of Sichuan province.

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