Cultural References
Personal accounts of the earthquake are related by two characters in Xinran's debut novel The Good Women of China (2002) and is addressed in Liu Zongren's book about the Cultural Revolution from a Beijing resident's perspective called 6 Tanyin Alley. Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's 2010 film Aftershock gives a dramatic account about this tragic earthquake.
The 2011 Malaysian Television Series Tribulations of Life wrote it into its plot for one of its episodes, to reinforce the setting of it during the 70's and used as a storyline where villagers show their charitable side.
Read more about this topic: 1976 Tangshan Earthquake
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