Red Detachment of Women (ballet)

Red Detachment of Women
Simplified Chinese红色娘子军
Traditional Chinese紅色娘子軍
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóngsè niángzǐ jūn
Wade–GilesHung2-se4 niang2-tzu3 chün1
IPA[xʊ̌ŋ.sɤ̂ njǎŋ.tsɨ̀ tɕýn]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingHung4-sik1 noeng4-zi2 gwan1

The Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘子军; pinyin: Hóngsè niángzǐ jūn) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964 and was made one of the Eight Model Operas which dominated the national stage during the Cultural Revolution.