Da hong deng long gao gao gua

Raise the Red Lantern (Simplified Chinese: 大红灯笼高高挂; Traditional Chinese: 大紅燈籠高高掛; pinyin: Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà; literally "Hang High the Big Red Lantern") is a 1991 Chinese film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It was adapted by Ni Zhen from the 1990 novel Wives and Concubines by Su Tong. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992, the film was shot in Qiao's Compound in the ancient city of Pingyao, in Shanxi Province of Northern China. Although the screenplay was approved by Chinese censors, the final version of the film was originally banned (it has been featured since on commercial TV in China). This is unsurprising as the film is often read as a veiled allegory against Chinese Communist authoritarianism.

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