Research On The Dramatic Work Of The Communist Party Of China In The Shandong Anti-japanese Base Area

After the beginning of the all-round anti-Japanese war,the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(the CPC)issued instructions to Communist Party organizations around the country on expanding the anti-Japanese and national salvation campaign in order to consolidate and expand the anti-Japanese National United Front.In response to the call of the Central Committee of the CPC,the Shandong Party organization of the CPC began the propaganda and political mobilization of the anti-Japanese war in Shandong.The propagandistic methods of the Shandong Party organization of the CPC were various,especially the literary and artistic propaganda,which played an important role in the work of mobilizing masses.In many forms of literature and art,drama played an important role.Drama was one of Shandong people’s favorite literary and artistic forms.The dramatic work was an important way of political mobilization for the Shandong Party organization.The dramatic work of the CPC in Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area was launched under the double attacks of Japanese invasion and Kuomintang’s anti-Communist actions.From being scattered and unorganized to gradually getting on the right track,and then to promoting the booming development of the dramatic movement in the base area,the Chinese Communist Party in Shandong anti-Japanese Base Area had undergone a long and tortuous process.At the beginning of the establishment of Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area,the Shandong Party organizationof the CPC did not attach enough importance to the construction of political right.The lack of systematic leadership led to the slow development of dramatic work.Under the instructions of the Central Committee of the CPC,they began to attach importance to and strengthen the political right construction.With the establishment of the Shandong Wartime Work Promotion Committee and the Shandong Cultural Salvation Association,the dramatic work in the base area had been under unified leadership,and it had gradually entered the right track.In order to carry out dramatic work better in the base area,the Shandong Party of the CPC being guided by the correct line and guidelines of the Central Committee of the CPC,adopted a series of measures to develop troupes,expanded the construction of drama work team constantly and led the people to make drama creation.Those promoted the booming development of the drama movement in the base area.The dramatic work was closely around the political and economic tasks of the base area.The drama movement had helpfully promoted the implementation of the policies.At the same time,the Shandong Party organization of the CPC strengthened the contact with the Shandong people and mobilized the masses better.It not only guaranteed the development of Shandong’s anti-Japanese war and other undertakings but also greatly enriched the spiritual and cultural life of the people.The development of the CPC’s dramatic work in Shandong Anti-Japanese Base Area was an important part of the CPC’s practical activities in the revolutionary historical period.Its success provides a useful reference for the development of socialist literature and art in the new era of China.