Many ordinary Chinese citizens were familiar with the arias in these model operas and would sing them at home or on the streets.

Explores the culture produced including the eight "model operas."

But model operas were very special, and we can't just ignore them.

For these people, there is nothing at all controversial about model operas.

But people look at model operas with rather complicated hearts.

These people are mostly older, and they never want to see or hear model operas again.

Young people who were not yet born during the Cultural Revolution, on the other hand, have no memory and little knowledge of model operas.

A few are curious about model operas, but they think the political parts are ridiculous.

They think that if you can separate out the politics, model operas are a kind of artistic experiment.

So many talented people worked on model operas, and many say we'll never match that quality again.