Apart from mainland China, The White Haired Girl also received great reputation in other parts of the world. Even though most capitalist countries were not showing the film due to ideology differences, over 30 countries and regions had publicly shown The White Haired Girl in the 1950s. The film itself won the Special Honorary Prize out of all 38 Prizes at the Sixth Karlovy Cary International Film Festival in 1951 in Czech Republic. French film historian Georges Sadoul also praised The White Haired Girl in his The History of Film Art.
