1949, after receiving letters from more than 30 friends in the literary and art circles, he decided to return to China. 10 left the United States and 12 arrived in Tianjin.
1950, China Folk Literature Research Association was established and served as the vice chairman.
195 1 was awarded the title of "People's Artist" by the Beijing Municipal People's Government.
1978, Lao She was rehabilitated and the title of "People's Artist" was restored. The tombstone is engraved with a sentence from Lao She: "A conscientious pawn in the literary and art circles lies here."
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Most of Lao She's works focus on citizen life. He is good at describing the life and fate of the urban poor, especially the conservative and backward middle and lower class citizens who are soaked by feudal patriarchal ideology under the impact of ethnic contradictions and class struggles and new historical trends. The ambivalence of confusion, hesitation and loneliness, and the ridiculous behavior of being in a dilemma and being at a loss.
He likes to reflect common social conflicts through ordinary daily scenes, and his brushwork often extends to the excavation of national spirit or the thinking of national destiny, which makes people taste the seriousness and heaviness of life from relaxed humor. Colorful natural scenery rendering and meticulous description of customs and human feelings add to the life breath and interest of the works.
In the history of modern literature, Lao She's name is always closely related to the citizens and the theme of Beijing. He is an outstanding painter of local conditions and customs in modern literature in China, especially in Beijing.
As a great man, the social reality he reflected may not be broad enough, but within the scope he described, he combined history with reality, from the natural scenery throughout the year, the social atmosphere and customs of different times to the joys and sorrows and subtle mentality of all kinds of people, colorful and vivid, forming a complete world full of "Beijing flavor". This is a special contribution of Lao She in the history of modern literature.
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