Huang Shiren, a villain, appeared in The White-haired Girl, which was created collectively by Lu Xun Art College in Yan 'an. Huang Shiren is a typical representative of a bully landlord and an old rich man. He deceives men and bullies women, lends usury and does all kinds of evil. This image symbolizes the long-term oppression of the poor by the feudal landlord class.
This classic villain image first appeared on the screen, and was played by the famous actor Chen Qiang in the opera White-haired Girl.
Huang Shiren is the first landlord image on the new China screen. He and Lu Xun Art Institute in Yan 'an are the main characters in the opera White-haired Girl. According to 1940, the opera "White-haired Girl" was adapted and created according to the folklore of "White-haired Girl" circulating in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region.
Its theme is "The old society turned people into ghosts, and the new society turned ghosts into people".
The synopsis of The White-haired Girl;
Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lived alone with his daughter Xi 'er, who fell in love with Da Chun, a young farmer in the same village. Forced by life, Yang Bailao borrowed usury from Huang Shiren, the bully landlord, and then went out to escape the debt.
Yang Bailao sneaked home on New Year's Eve. When Huang Shiren heard the news, he forced Yang Bailao to sell women to pay debts, and Yang Bailao committed suicide by drinking the brine used to make tofu (Huang Shiren shot him with a pistol in the ballet). My daughter was robbed into the Huang family, raped, and fled into the mountains, and her hair was all white.
Two years later, Da Chun returned to China with the Eighth Route Army, found Xier in the cave and avenged her. Finally, the villagers and their children held a meeting to criticize the crimes of the Huang family and celebrate the re-emergence of the poor.