The movie "Xiyingmen" was produced in 1981 and is still one of the films with the highest re-release rate in the country, especially in rural areas. It has been performed for 24 years.

Reflects the life of a rural family, a story about a daughter-in-law who abuses the elderly and gradually feels regretful under the criticism of the masses and the education of the family elders.

Won nine national awards including the Hundred Flowers Award, the Golden Rooster Award, and the Ministry of Culture Outstanding Film Award

Plot summary:

In a mountain village in the north, the Chen family compound was filled with laughter. There was a loud voice as relatives and friends came to congratulate Chen Renwu and Xue Shuilian on their wedding. Sister-in-law Wang Qiangying saw the polyester silk pants worn by the bride and asked her husband Chen Renwen to buy a pair for her.

It happened that Long just came back from the city and gave his girlfriend Chen Renfang a pair of polyester pants. Renfang went to her sister-in-law to make trousers for her. Qiangying thought that her mother-in-law had bought the trousers for her sister-in-law, so she went to her mother-in-law and asked for trousers too. The kind-hearted mother-in-law had no choice but to borrow money to buy pants material for her daughter-in-law. The new daughter-in-law, Shui Lian, found out about this. She took the money she earned from embroidery and gave it to her mother-in-law to buy pants material for her sister-in-law. Qiang Ying thought that her mother-in-law was "a toothpaste person who cannot squeeze out the oil". Renfang couldn't bear to see Qiangying being so greedy. When Qiangying criticized Sang and Huai, he retorted at her.

Qiangying said that the whole family bullied her and forced Renwen to separate the family. When the family was separated, Qiang Ying proposed that her sister-in-law had made a wardrobe when she got married, and her mother-in-law was asked to make one for her when the family was separated. In order not to embarrass the old man, Shui Lian gave up her wardrobe to Qiang Ying. The family was divided, but Qiangying refused to support the old man, which made her mother-in-law sick and hospitalized.

At this time, in order to remove the thorn in the side, Qiangying secretly discussed with Guaguaniao to find Renfang's in-laws far away before Renfang and Long Gang made their relationship public. Guaguaniao took advantage of the opportunity when Renfang's mother came to visit her from the hospital and arranged for Renfang to be hired. Her mother didn't know that her daughter had already fallen in love with Long Gang, so she accepted the clothes. Qiangying told Long Gang about Guaguaniao's matchmaking for Renfang, which caused a dispute between the couple.

Qiangying reluctantly agreed to support her grandfather. During the meal, she took her children Xiaoshan and Xiaohua to eat dumplings stuffed with shrimp and meat, but gave her grandpa steamed buns. In anger, Grandpa reprimanded Renwen and left Renwen's house. Renwen was so ashamed that she slapped Qiangying, and Qiangying went back to her parents' home angrily. Not only did Qiang Yingniang not persuade her daughter, she also waited for Renwen to apologize. Renwen really went, and he proposed to divorce Qiangying. The neighbors sympathized with the grandfather and accused Qiangying of abusing the elderly. Qiangying was shocked. She rushed home, confessed her mistake to her grandfather, and the family started a new life in harmony.

The film revolves around the process of an ordinary peasant family with four generations living under one roof, from union to division, and then division to union again, fully portraying the joys, sorrows, joys, sorrows and joys of several generations in the family as well as their moral sentiments. display, thereby focusing on the theme of respecting the elderly, loving the young, and promoting family harmony, and praising the traditional virtues of our people and the ethical and moral concepts of respecting the elderly and loving the young.

The film is rich in rural atmosphere and comedy, embodies my country's national tradition, and is in line with the appreciation habits of the majority of peasant audiences. It uses Qiang Ying as the running character and organically connects other clues, making the film ups and downs, rich and colorful. It uses a variety of artistic factors to form the "New Year picture style" of the film, making it beautiful in the earth, meaningful and fresh. . In terms of character language, it highlights the characteristics of freshness, richness, humor and liveliness. The music processing is rich in local color, better reflects the national emotions, and enhances the artistic expression of the film.

The film won the Honorary Award and the Best Music Award at the 2nd China Film Bonji Awards in 1982; the Ministry of Culture's 1981 Outstanding Film Award; and the 5th "Popular Film" Hundred Flowers Award in 1982. Best Film Award.

Title: Xiyingmen

Film Type: Feature Film

Region of Production: Mainland China

Year of Production: 1981

Production company: Shanghai Film Studio