Along the road of the brave

Nearly 30 years after his first visit to the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution as a student in 1996, actor Wang Renjun returned last month just ahead of the 98th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army on Aug 1.

This time, Wang was accompanied by the production team of Glorious Struggle, a 40-episode revolution-themed TV drama in which he portrays Chairman Mao Zedong for the fifth time.

Pausing before the oil painting Autumn Harvest Uprising, Wang was reminded of scenes from the show — battle flags waving in the tumultuous years from the 1927 Nanchang Uprising to the pivotal 1935 Zunyi Conference, which shaped the Communist Party of China's course during the Long March (1934-36).