Heroic Little Sisters of the Grassland [Caoyuan yingxiong xiao jiemei]

Release Year
1965
Runtime
40m
Genres
Animation
Directed By
Yunda Qian
Tang Cheng
Heroic Little Sisters of the Grassland

This film was made by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and is based on contemporary events in February, 1964. It’s a retelling of how Mongolian sisters Long Mei and Yurong, ages 11 and 8 respectively, successfully walked nearly 70 kilometers after having been surprised by a blizzard while grazing their father’s sheep. Both girls survived with severe frostbite.

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