For the Xu Beihong painting inspired by the play, see Put Down Your Whip (painting).
Put Down Your Whip
Xu Beihong's 1939 oil painting of Wang Ying's performance of the play.
Written by
Chen Liting
Date premiered
10 October 1931
Place premiered
Nanhui County
Original language
Chinese
Setting
Manchuria
Put Down Your Whip, also translated as Lay Down Your Whip (Chinese: 放下你的鞭子; pinyin: Fàngxià nǐde biānzi), is a 1931 Chinese street play written by Chen Liting during the Republican era, who drew inspiration from the earlier play Meiniang by Tian Han.
Originally an anti-government play, it was adapted to take on an anti-Japanese theme after growing Japanese aggression against China. It became the most influential street play during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and was performed countless times throughout China, and even in the White House for President Roosevelt by the actress Wang Ying. The future Madame Mao was also among its many performers.
Wang Ying's performance of Put Down Your Whip inspired Xu Beihong's eponymous painting, which in 2007 set an auction price record for Chinese paintings.
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