In addition to organizing them to read novels and memoirs that reflect the revolutionary struggle of the Red Army era, Xie Jin also asked every actor who played the female army to wear leggings, perform military exercises, and practice military actions to make these actions become their lifestyle habits. In the preliminary film script, there was a romantic relationship development between Wu Qionghua and Hong Changqing. Xie Jin agreed, and also filmed many scenes where Hong Changqing and Qionghua admired each other. However, under the influence of the political atmosphere at the time, these plays were later cut off. The film won the best picture, best director, best actress and best supporting actor of 1st Hundred Flowers Award in 1962. The film also won the ten best films of Chinese Film Century Award in 1995 along with films like "The Goddess" and "Street Angels". The story was turned into a ballet and later a Beijing opera during the Cultural Revolution and became famous in the West for its gun-toting ballerinas. The ballet was immortalized on film in 1970 and is now considered a foundational work of Chinese indigenous ballet. In 2006, at a time when the TV play had become the most influential genre in China’s flourishing TV industry, and the revival of the Red Classics was in full swing, The Red Detachment of Women was remade as a 21-episode TV series as a collaborative production of Hainan Radio and TV, Beijing TV, Beijing TV Arts Centre, and the Eastern Magic Dragon Film Company under the direction of Yuan Jun.