"The General’s Attendant Guard" - Film screening with JIANG Nengjie & TANG Xuedan

Featured Film

Documentary “The General’s Attendant Guard”

This film tells the extraordinary story of a soldier named Tang Menglong. After the breakout of the Lukouchiao Incident (“卢沟桥事变”爆发) in 1937, the young Tang Menglong joined the army with the passion and love to defend the motherland and accidentally became the attendant guard of the famous Anti-Japanese War General Song Xilian. He followed Song to fight battles throughout the length and breadth of the country. After the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War in 1945, he was admitted to the 9^th Branch of Huangpu Military Academy (aka Dihua Branch) and became a student in the Department of Infantry and Cavalry.

In 1948, Tang Menglong served as the commander of the Cavalry Regiment which got involved in the Civil War and was captured. After his demobilization, he returned to his hometown, got married and had children. His wife was a female soldier of the PLA Art Troupe. In the 1950s and 1960s, Tang’s fate took a turn for the worse. Because of his identity as a former Kuomingtang’s soldier, he suffered the hit of all the previous political campaigns. His wife and children were deeply implicated.

In his later years, Tang suffered from poverty and illness. However, he was fortunate to receive the attention and care of the local government and civil veterans volunteers, and enjoyed the comfort of dying.

纪录片《将军的卫士》

本片讲述1937年“卢沟桥事变”爆发，少年唐梦龙抱着保家卫国参加抗战，阴差阳错成了抗日名将 - 宋希濂将军的卫士。唐梦龙随宋将军征战南北，1945年抗战胜利后，还入黄埔军校第九分校（迪化分校）骑兵科继续学习。

1948年唐梦龙担任连长的骑兵连卷入内战被俘，后卸甲归田，回到老家后结婚生子，太太是解放军文工团女战士。上个世纪五六十年代，唐梦龙命运急转直下，历次运动与革命都受冲击，因唐梦龙国军出生，太太和子女也深受牵连。

晚年唐梦龙贫困与疾病交加，有幸得到当地政府，以及民间关爱老兵志愿者的发现与关爱，享受临终慰籍。

Speakers

JIANG Nengjie (Director) is an independent documentary filmmaker from China. His award-winning works, such as "The Children of Village School" and "General’s Attendant Guard" explore themes like left-behind children and war veterans and have garnered international recognition.

TANG Xuedan (Echo) is a Berlin-based film curator and cultural producer. Embracing her multifaceted, interdisciplinary interests in cinema, feminism, and socially engaged practices, she founded CiLENS and ICCW in 2022.

CiLENS e.V. is a Berlin-based film curation collective that fosters transcultural dialogues by engaging audiences in an in-depth exploration of contemporary China and the broader Sinophone world. Through interdisciplinary events centered around thematic film screenings, we create a public space for meaningful connections and exchanges.

This event is part of the Studying Global China Workshop.

No registration required.