Text/Yang Jianjun
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“A big river with wide waves, the wind blows rice and flowers on both sides…” Whenever I hear this familiar song “My Motherland”, I will naturally think of the scene of watching movies in the open-air theater of the group in the 1970s. “Shangganling”, “The Flower Girl” and the never-ending “Tunnel Warfare” take us into the difficult era that haunts our dreams.
My home is in the 25th Regiment of the Second Agricultural Division of Xinjiang. Selfless dedication has written a new chapter of the group field. At the end of the 1970s, the regiment farm was not rich, and the workers of the whole regiment were paid wages by the agricultural collective economy, and people’s living standards were constantly improving. To make people’s spare time meaningful. The group built the best open-air theater at that time, and added a projector that could relax the screen. At that time, it was the first time we saw such a clear movie, and it felt really cool.
There was no TV at that time, and every time the movie was shown in the group venue at night, posters would be written on the big blackboard in the shopping mall in advance, and the villagers in the surrounding communes would gather in groups and walk 20-30 kilometers Going to the theater to watch a movie, those who have experienced that era will definitely remember it fresh. At that time, watching a movie cost a dime for adults and only 5 cents for children. The dumb son of an old revolutionary in the regiment field was in charge of collecting the tickets. Although he can’t speak, he will never be sloppy with his work, and he will not let a guy who cheats tickets slip through the net.
At that time, our children had no entertainment activities, but we just hoped that it would get dark earlier every day, and took our own stools to the theater to occupy a seat in advance. Movies have become the most anticipated entertainment for the workers in the troupe. Before the official film is shown, there will be a “News Briefing” and people can read the briefing while learning about major national events. At that time, there was such a catchphrase among us when watching movies: “China’s ‘news briefings, Vietnam’s aircraft cannons, North Korea’s crying and laughing, and Romania’s hugging and hugging'”. Through watching movies, we learned about the outside world, and customs of some countries. North Korea’s “Flower Girl” made me hear the crying in the theater for the first time, and I was extremely angry at the exploitative society. The movie “Three Smiles” set a record of being screened twice in one night and the shows were sold out. The Yue opera movie “Dream of Red Mansions” was also full of water, and a group of “Shanghai ducks” also sang “Sister Lin fell from the sky…” Although we don’t understand Yue opera, we think the tune is very beautiful. Watching movies, talking about actors, and learning to sing model operas became the fashion at that time. When the big speakers in the troupe played songs, there would always be a group of people learning to sing. The country singer was buried like this.
I remember watching the movie “Newsboy” one summer, which was the children’s favorite. It was overcast and we brought a large piece of plastic sheeting to keep out the rain. The rain wasn’t heavy at first, but when the movie was halfway through, the rain poured down so heavily that our rain cloths were useless, and we were all drowned, with the rain running down our hair. The movie is also suspended for the time being, and people are dripping with rainwater up to their feet, scrambling and running all the way home. Since there are movies every week in the cinema, our pocket money is limited, but we movie fans can’t get rid of our dependence on movies, so we fight our brains. We found out that some big brothers have the secret of being able to watch movies every time without buying movie tickets. It turned out that they jumped from the skylight of the movie theater toilet to watch movies for free, and some adults also participated. We followed their example, one of us bought a ticket first to enter the toilet of the cinema, watched for us, and jumped from the skylight while no one was there. Some clothes were torn, and some feet were sprained. But the enthusiasm for watching movies has not changed at all. Later, the administrator of the movie theater found out that the skylight was blocked, which also blocked our desire to grab tickets.
In this way, we absorb nutrition in the theater of the regiment field, and feel the bitterness, bitterness, bitterness and sweetness in the long river of gilded movies. The little heroes in “Chicken Feather Letter” have also become the goals that our young hearts are constantly pursuing. Watching movies and talking about movies has become a topic of discussion after dinner, and moving stools to occupy seats has become something we enjoy endlessly.
With the development of society, the open-air theater in the group field has long since been bulldozed and disappeared, fading out of people’s sight. They were replaced by indoor high-end movie theaters. However, I rarely go to the cinema now, feeling that it is a paradise for young people. Although theaters are now guaranteed by modern technology, they always feel that they lack a sense of flavor and lack of family affection between people. The genes of the older generation of military soldiers flow in my blood, and I miss the spirit of the times of the old military pioneers who worked hard and cultivated and guarded the border. I believe that everyone who has a Corps complex will miss that period of history and find himself in countless memories.
Ah! You did not leave a single historical photo of the open-air theater in the regiment field, but you recorded every detail of the construction of the regiment field by the old military settlers.
Ah! The cinema in Tuanchang, you are the root of the Corps wanderers, and you are the sail for my dreams. You have influenced our generation and let us know more about movies. In our sleep, let us walk into the time tunnel and relive the love and hatred in the movie.
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