Raise the Red Lantern

How it feels

In 1930s China, a former university student becomes the fourth concubine of a wealthy man. Her mind gradually unravels as she competes with the other wives for favor under the household's rigid rituals.

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What happens

Raise the Red Lantern (traditional Chinese: 大紅燈籠高高掛; simplified Chinese: 大红灯笼高高挂), originally known as Wives and Concubines (Chinese: 妻妾成群; pinyin: Qīqiè Chéngqún), is a 1990 novella by Su Tong, published by Yuan-Liou Publishing Co. (遠流出版公司), that describes a female former university student whose mind is broken by the concubine system in 1930s China. It was adapted into the 1991 film, Raise the Red Lantern, by Zhang Yimou. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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