Red Detachment of Women | |||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 红色娘子军 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 紅色娘子軍 | ||||||||||||||
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The Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘子军; pinyin: Hóngsè niángzǐ jūn) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was made one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during the Cultural Revolution.