Yimeng Red Sisters: Analysis And Their Contemporary Social Values

The famous "Yimeng Red Sisters" is the brilliant image of Yimeng women supporting the army and the front. It is the collective images of Yimeng women in the revolutionary period. Yimeng "Red Sisters Spirit"—diligence, bravery, selfless dedication, loving the party and supporting the army, is the outcome cast by both the excellent quality of the working women of Chinese nation—kind, tenacious, fearless and the revolutionary beliefs—not afraid of sacrifice and selfless devotion. "Red Sisters Spirit" is also an important part and the concentrated expression of Yimeng spirit, the excellent representative of the spirit of Chinese nation, and the precious spiritual wealth of Yimeng women. The Yimeng women gestate the "Red Sisters Spirit", and "Red Sisters Spirit" encourages the Yimeng women. Their relationship of dialectical unity not only promotes the progress and development of Yimeng women but also enriches and deepens the "Red Sisters Spirit".The key to the research of "Red Sisters" phenomenon and the analysis of its historical value is to learn "Red Sisters Spirit", inherit and promote the glorious revolutionary tradition of the Yimeng women reflected by the "Red Sisters" phenomenon. In today's society which centers on economic construction, it is more urgent to use "Red Sisters Spirit" to educate the young, advocate the new trend, and play its unique model functions in realizing the great renaissance of Chinese nation. This dissertation, mainly from four aspects, makes a detailed and comprehensive elaboration of "Yimeng Red Sisters" and the connotation of "Red Sisters Spirit".The first chapter introduces in details the outcome of the addressing term "Red Sisters". By collecting historical materials and consulting various memoirs, the present study points out that the outstanding behavior of the Yimeng women in revolutionary period move and influence people in the cultural sector, and it is through their pens and various kinds of performances that widely spreads "Yimeng Red Sisters". From then on, Yimeng women, especially the outstanding women represented by "Red Sisters" in Yimeng begin to be known and understood, and they set a brilliant example nationwide. The eulogization of art works and the praise of leaders at all levels make the addressing term "Red Sisters" widespread and quite famous in the whole nation, and it becomes the glory and pride of Yimeng women.By consulting historical materials and visiting the revolutionaries still alive and the prototype of "Red Sisters", chapter two selectively introduces in details the glorious achievements of the outstanding representatives of "Yimeng Red Sisters" within three generations. According to the chronological order, "Yimeng Red Sisters" can be categorized into three generations in general. The first generation Red Sisters is represented by Zu Xiulian, Ming Deying, Wang Huanyu, etc. in the anti-Japanese war period. Most of them passed away, and the living ones are beyond ninety years old. The second generation is represented by Yi Shuying etc. who are known as "Yimeng Liujiemei" in the liberation war period. Four of them are still alive now, and most of them are beyond seventy years old. The third generation is represented by Qi Honggui, Hu Yuping, Zhu Chengrong, etc. in the new era, and they are about fifty years old.The third chapter mainly analyzes the cultural origin of "Red Sisters Spirit." It is pointed out that in Yimeng, there is the profound and long traditional cultural accumulation, the ceaseless self-improvement and vigorous and promising life attitude in the excellent traditional culture, the philosophy of life based on ethics and believing in "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, the combination of the values of harmony between man and nature and priority to the overall, and the firm political belief and the great spirit of dedication to the liberation of both the country and the nation, which makes the excellent qualities of the Yimeng women undergo the qualitative leap, achieve the revolutionary sublimation, and form the complete connotation of Yimeng "Red Sisters Spirit": loving the party and the army, working hard, selfless dedication and sacrificing one's own interests for the sake of others. At the same time, "Red Sisters Spirit" is also the spirit of communist party with unique Shandong characteristics, and it is the resonance between the excellent qualities of the communists and the traditional folkway of Yimeng people: honest and kind, diligent and brave, loyal and uninhibited.Chapter four analyzes the historical value and practical significance of Yimeng "Red Sisters Spirit" from the perspective of historical theory. It is pointed out that Yimeng "Red Sisters Spirit" was born in the wartime, and it grows and develops in the construction period, and enriches and develops ceaselessly with the development of practice. The basic connotations of Yimeng "Red Sisters Spirit" are loyalty, philanthropism, self-improvement and dedication. "Red Sisters Spirit" and Yimeng spirit are complementary. The former is an important part and the concrete expression of the latter, and "Red Sisters Spirit" is the precious spiritual wealth of Yimeng women. Although "Red Sisters Spirit" is an important part and carrier of Yimeng spirit, it also has some unique features, for instance, it prominently exhibits a kind of collective culture, female culture. Reinforcing the exploration of "Red Sisters Spirit" is not only the necessary requirement to deepen and specify Yimeng spirit, but also the inner need to demonstrate the unique charm and value of "Red Sisters Spirit".