Why is a thunderstorm called a thunderstorm?

The symbolic meaning of the title.

The title of "Thunderstorm" points out the natural climate in which the drama takes place: "The weather is gloomier and hotter. The low and humid air makes people extremely irritable." Such weather finally led to thunder and lightning at night , it was stormy. Parallel to the development of this bad weather, a devastating "thunderstorm" was brewing and finally broke out within this large feudal family.

Si Feng and Zhou Chong were electrocuted to death, and Zhou Ping shot herself to death... The "thunderstorm" in nature and within the family actually symbolizes the increasingly acute social conflicts. The author uses the title "Thunderstorm" to tell people vividly: In the semi-feudal and semi-colonial China in the 1920s, an earth-shaking social change was inevitably about to happen.

Creative background

In September 1930, Cao Yu was admitted to the Department of Foreign Languages ??and Literatures of Tsinghua University from Tianjin Nankai University as a sophomore. He has been fond of drama since he was a child and has actively participated in drama clubs to perform plays such as Peking Opera "Fishermen and Killers" and Ibsen's "A Doll's House". His love for drama gave him a strong desire to write a big play. He began to conceive the drama "Thunderstorm" based on his many years of personal experience and knowledge.

In 1931, when the "September 18th Incident" broke out, students at Tsinghua University organized an anti-Japanese propaganda team, and Cao Yu served as the propaganda team leader. He and his classmates from the propaganda team took a train to Baoding to promote. On the train, I met a burly man named Zhao, a worker at the Changxindian Iron Works.

Cao Yu admired the patriotism of this worker from the bottom of his heart. He thought of the drama "Thunderstorm" he was conceiving, and he came up with the character of Lu Dahai in "Thunderstorm". After pondering over the idea several times and spending six months concentrating on writing, Cao Yu finally completed the initial creation of "Thunderstorm". In July 1934, "Thunderstorm" was first published in "Literary Quarterly" Volume 1, Issue 3.