White rainbow

Author: Gu Tu
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The work portrays the joys and sorrows of a family, the conflicts between love and revolution, as well as revolution and loyalty and filial piety, blending humor with solemnity, and realism with. The plot is full of suspense, the characters are vivid and well-drawn, making it highly readable. One year before the July 7th Incident, on the night of June 13, a dazzling white rainbow appeared in the northern sky. The appearance of the rainbow shattered the peaceful rural life, plunging the Gan family in Tuo River Village into turbulent times. The eldest son, Gan Yuqi, fell in love with the only daughter of the shopkeeper, Xingzi, but his tyrannical mother married him to a ugly refugee woman. The second son, Yulin, left home to join the anti-Japanese resistance in Huandong, but when he returned for a visit, his mother forcibly married him to his younger sister Yaoya, leading Yulin to escape the wedding. The younger brother, Xin Yuzhu, developed a Communist underground organization, recruiting a guerrilla force. His grandfather, Gan Huangyu, who had once been a bandit and participated in the 1911 Revolution, disillusioned with the world, had become a Taoist priest but joined the anti-Japanese resistance again under the threat of Japanese invasion. The cavalry commander, Zhang Peiyun, fought bravely against the enemy, miraculously surviving but being reported as deceased. She went into hiding under a new name, Zhi Xi, while the commander sent assassins to kill her. In the besieged city, the devoted Yuqi was dragged away by the enemy to be shot to death in a collective execution, while Xingzi had an affair with her cousin in a cellar. Yulin, wounded and escaping, was saved by a young girl, and the two fell in love, but they could not forget their beautiful and strong younger sister. Their twice-escaped marriages were out of desperation, and they endured countless hardships, ultimately leading to a tragic end. The rainbow is a symbol—war and peace, humanity and... (The sentence appears to be incomplete).