The Study Of Literature And Art In Taihang Anti-Japanese Base

The literary and artistic work in the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area was carried out along with the creation and development of the base area.During the War of Resistance Against Japan,the Communist Party of China formulated the literary and artistic line based on the principle of "all for the purpose of the Anti-Japanese War" and the literary and artistic policy based on the principle of "serving the people" according to the actual needs.In order to save the nation from subjugation and extinction,the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area had actively carried out various forms of literary and art propaganda and mobilization activities and the struggle against Japan and puppet under the extremely complex and difficult environment in accordance with the various routes,guidelines,and policies formulated by the Communist Party of China to propagate,mobilize,and unite the entire nation’s Anti-Japanese War under the banner of the united front.The mobilization activities and the struggle against the Japanese puppets led to the emergence of many revolutionary literary and artistic workers,who created a large number of outstanding new democratic literary and artistic works.These outstanding works had the characteristics of times,fighting,mass and locality,and had played an important role in inspiring the fighting spirit of the military and civilians in the base area,propaganda and mobilizing the people of all classes to resist the Japan and save the country,and activating the cultural life of the military and civilians in the base area.The government of Taihang Anti-Japanese Base had closely combined folk literature and art with political tasks by a number of measures such as establishing and improving literature and art management organization,improving literature and art work system,developing and expanding literature and art team,uniting and reforming folk artists,etc.Rural literary and art activities had been transformed from folk customs freely organized by the people into revolutionary under the leadership of the government.The activities had been cooperated with the base government to carry out propaganda and mobilization work.The influence of politics on rural society had been strengthened.At the same time,the literary and artistic undertakings led by the Communist Party of China had brought about profound changes in rural society.The people were not only the creators of literature and art,but also the disseminators and acceptors of literature and art.The Communist Party of China had mobilized and educated the people in the base areas through revolutionary transformation of literary and artistic forms,improving the cultural quality of the people The "literary popularization" and "popular literary and artistic" enabled the people in the base areas to achieve the effects of self-directing,self-singing,self-entertainment and self-education.Under the call of political ideology,literature and art gradually became a kind of spiritual power to promote the revolutionary cause and achieve victory in the war of resistance.Objectively,it had promoted the people’s literary and artistic accomplishment and fully mobilized the people’s initiative and enthusiasm to participate in the national liberation struggle.As the popular form of literature and art,drama and song,with their vivid image,intuitive expression and entertainment,had been become a tool of propaganda and mobilization in the Anti-Japanese War.They had successfully completed the difficute task of the propaganda revolution,mobilizing the people,improving the people’s ideological awareness and the transformation of rural society.