The sector for the second wife

　Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991)

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A Siheyuan,   the location of 'Raise the Red Lantern'

Red Lanterns, foot massage......

The story is based on the novel 'Wives and
Concubines' by Su Tong, which describes China in 1920s with the complex and tragic lives of one master and four wives.

The well organized Siheyuan spaces which dominate the film, are deemed to suggest the social institution and family custom which put women under restraint and foster their jealousy. Though the Siheyuan spaces consisting of many buildings around juxtaposed courtyards are compositionally stable,  and calm and static, they have been activated into breathtaking scenes by the dramatic change of the camera's shot level.

From the above of fourth wife, Songlian (Gongli) 's sector  　

The Chinese house type, Siheyuan, is deemed to be the embodiment of the Confucian institution which has dominated the traditional Chinese society.

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