Blessing was adapted by Xia Yan from Lu Xun's novel of the same name. Sister Xianglin in the film is a typical poor peasant woman squeezed by feudal ethics. After her husband died, her cruel mother-in-law wanted to betray her. She was forced to flee and worked as a servant at Master Lu's house in Luzhen. She was despised, discriminated against and abused. Soon she was robbed again and sold to the royal family for marriage. He Laoliu is a simple and honest farmer. She obeyed and soon had a son, Amao. However, fate is changeable. He Laoliu was physically and mentally destroyed by the landlord and died. Soon, Amao was eaten by a wolf. Sister Xianglin, who suffered a double blow, looked like an idiot, but people still said that she was "guilty" when she remarried and asked her to donate a threshold to "atone". After her efforts to donate money, she can't get rid of people's discrimination. Finally, she begged in the street and died in the street with firecrackers on New Year's Eve. In the tearful complaints, the film strongly lashed out at the sufferings of the working people in the old society, especially the feudal ethics. The film has a rigorous structure and profound brushwork, which not only maintains the cold and dignified artistic style and tragic atmosphere in Lu Xun's works, but also highlights many film characteristics. For example, pay attention to using the body movements and expressions of characters to depict characters; Give priority to with visual image, reveal the character's character concisely and clearly; The added plays, such as Xianglinsao's Cut the Threshold, have the significance of re-creation.

Xia Yan is a famous literature, film producer, playwright, literary critic, translator and social activist in China. One of the pioneers, organizers and leaders of the left-wing film movement in China. His original name was Shen Naixi. My family was poor when I was a child. 19 19 participated in the May 4th Movement in his hometown, and initiated and founded the first progressive publication "Double Ten" in Zhejiang at that time with his classmates (the second issue was changed to "Zhejiang Fashion"). 1920 went to Japan to study and began to accept Marxism. 1924 Joined the Japanese Nationalist Party on the recommendation of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and served as the Standing Committee of the General Branch of China Nationalist Party and Minister of Organization Department. 1927 After the failure of the Great Revolution, he joined the China * * * Production Party, engaged in the workers' movement, and translated Gorky's Mother and other foreign classics.

1929, he participated in the preparatory work of the left-wing writers' union, and was elected as a member of the executive Committee of the left-wing writers' union the following year. Together with Zheng, Shen Xiling and others, he founded the first drama group under the direct leadership of China * * * Production Party, which promoted the development of the revolutionary drama movement. After 1933, he became a member of the Shanghai Cultural Committee and the head of the film group, and became the pioneer and leader of the progressive film in China.

After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Xia Yan presided over Wang Jiu Daily and Huashang Daily in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Guilin and Hong Kong, and then moved to Chongqing, where he served as the deputy head of the Cultural Group of the Southern Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Under the direct leadership of Zhou Enlai, he presided over the cultural movement in the rear area, especially the drama movement, and engaged in the party's United front work. He is the acting editor-in-chief of Xinhua Daily.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he led the Party's cultural work in Shanghai, Nanjing and Hong Kong.

After the founding of New China, he led the cultural undertakings in Shanghai and founded the Institute of Film Literature. 1954 was appointed as the deputy minister of culture, in charge of film and foreign affairs, and contributed to the cultivation of new forces in the film industry. He was brutally persecuted by Lin Biao and the Gang of Four during the "Cultural Revolution". After 1977, he served as the vice chairman of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the vice chairman of the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Standing Committee of the Fifth CPPCC. 1982 was elected member of the Central Advisory Committee and chairman of the Chinese Film Association.

Xia Yan 1900 10 was born in a house with five rooms and seven depths in Yanjialong, Renren County, Hangzhou. He is a writer and playwright. Formerly known as Shen Naixi, the word begins and ends. Hangzhou, Zhejiang. 19 15 entered Zhejiang a industrial school. 19 19 participated in the creation and editing of Zhejiang trendy, and began to embark on the literary road. 1920 After graduation, I went to Japan to study, accept Marxism and participate in the Japanese left-wing movement. 1927 after the "April 12th" coup, he worked as a worker's movement and translator in Shanghai, translating Gorky's Mother and other famous works. 1929, Zheng and others organized the Shanghai Fine Arts Society and took the lead in putting forward the slogan of "proletarian drama" to carry out proletarian drama activities. /kloc-joined the "Left League" in 0/930 and was elected as the Executive Committee of the "Left League". 1933, he served as a member of the Shanghai Cultural Committee and the head of the film group, and was the pioneer and leader of the progressive films in China.