Women's Fate and Aesthetic Pursuit in Raise the Red Lantern

There are thousands of years feudal marriage in Chinese patriarchal society, which means ancient women’s marriages were decided by the male family members instead themselves, and a man was able to marry wife several concubines. Lots young women born into low-income families had get married wealthy older men be Still, life being concubine tough, not only physically but also mentally hurt. The film Raise Red Lantern describes tragic story woman who turns from college student psychotic abandoned reflects detriment square-toed ideas yoke for highly gender-unequal marriage, especially concubinage.