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From the form to the content / the play has a strong western style and typical western cultural characteristics. In the play / all kinds of tough guys / gamblers / bandits / farmers / and aunts all live on the barren land of the Loess Plateau / burdened with heavy feudal shackles / and fight tenaciously against their fate. The characters in the play have distinctive personalities / vivid language / and honest and simple style / which vividly show the warmth / ignorance and cunning of the world. Plot 1: Widow Licorice deeply loves the swordsman Badun / and the small merchant "Luotuo" loves the widow Licorice deeply. The swordsman Badun is threatened by the bandit Ma Jiu and cannot live a good life with Licorice. The swordsman Badun decides to get rid of the bandit Ma Jiu / and designs a life-betting game with Ma Jiu. In order to let the woman he deeply loves live the life he longs for / the small merchant "Luotuo" sacrifices himself to kill Ma Jiu / giving the swordsman Badun a life. Plot 2: The bandit Yang Mingyuan is in the coffin business / and in order to expand his business / he provokes the Li and Hu families to cause trouble and kill people. But he was discovered by Lao Dan (Badun) / which triggered a bloody battle. Plot 3: Lao Dan
根据杨争光 小说《老旦是一棵树》改编而来 西安电视台影视公司摄制的24集电视连续《老旦是一棵树》,是根据杨争光的三部小说《赌徒》、《棺材铺》,《老旦是一棵树》改编合成的。该剧从形式到内容都具有浓烈的西部风情特色、典型的西部古朴文化特点。剧中形形色色的硬汉、赌徒、土匪、农民、婆姨都是生存在黄土高原贫瘠土地上,背负着沉重的封建枷锁,与命运作顽强的抗争。剧中人物有着鲜明的个性、生动的语言、淳厚的古朴之风
