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Feng portrays the intimate relationship between the people
of Yan’an and the military during the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945).
The Communist Red Army was largely a peasant army and depended upon the
support of the masses. Mao likened this relationship to fish and water—without
the support of the people the army could not survive. The location is
clear from the rounded window, typical of the northern Shaanxi yaodong
(cave home) used by local peasants. |
