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1、RaisetheRedLantern（大红灯笼高高挂）isafilmdirectedbyZhangYimouandstarringGongLi.ItisanadaptionbyNiZhenofthe1990novelW认$andConciMnesbySuTong.ThefilmwaslateradaptedintoanacclaimedballetofthesametitlebytheNationalBalletofChin*directedbyZhangYimouhimselfThefilmiss
2、etin1920sChinaduringthewarlorderaandtellsthestoryofayoungwomanwhobecomesoneoftheconcubinesofawealthyman.Itisnotedforitsopulentvisualsandsumptuoususeofcolours.Nineteen-year-oldSonglian（公页蓮，playedbyGongLi）,whosefatherhasrecentlydiedandleftthefamilybankru
3、pt，marriesintothewealthyChenfamily,becomingthefourthwifeorratherthethirdconcubine一or,assheisreferredto,theFourthMistress一ofthehousehold・Inthepalatialabode,master,herhusband,decidesonadailybasistheconcubinehewillspendthenightwith;whomeverhechoosesgetshe
4、rlanternslit,receivesthefootmassage,getsherchoiceofmenuitemsatmealtime,andgetsthemostattentionandrespectfromtheservants.Pittedinconstantcompetitionagainsteachother,thethreeconcubinesarecontinuallyvyingfortheirhusband'sattentionandaffections.Songlianfei
5、gnspregnancy,attemptingtogamerthemajorityofthemaster'stimeand,atthesametime,attemptingtobecomeactuallypregnant.However,aservantYan'er（燕兒,playedbyKongLin）whofindsandrevealsapairofbloodiedundergarments,suggestingthatSonglianhadrecentlyhadherperiod,anddis
6、coversthepregnancyisafraud.Infuriated,themasterordersSonglian'slanternscoveredwiththickblackcanvasbagsindefinitely.BlamingthesequenceofeventsonYan^r,SonglianrevealstothehousethatYan^efsroomisfilledwithlitredlanterns,showingthatYanerdreamsofbecomingaMis
7、tressinsteadofalowlyservant.Yanerispunishedbyhavingthelanternsburnedwhileshekneelsinthesnow,watchingastheysmolder.Shefallssickandultimatelydiesafterbeingtakentothehospital.Songlian,whohadbrieflyattendeduniversitybeforethepassingofherfatherandbeingforce
8、dintomarriage,comestotheconclusionthatsheishappierinsolitude;sheeventuallyseesthecompetitionbetweentheconcubinesasauselessendeavor,aseachwomanismerelya"robe”thatthemastermaywearanddiscardathisdiscretion.AsSonglianretreatsfurtherintohers
