Feminism In Chinese Cinema--Taking "Big Red Lanterns Hanging High" As an Example

Abstract

Zhang Yimou, as one of the representatives of the "Fifth Generation Directors", most of his films are dominated by men, while women are always subordinate to men. However, as history continues to change and the development of society gradually abandons these old morals and ethics for women, in the contemporary era when the status of women continues to rise, the development of women's ethics can be glimpsed in the way out and the direction of women's ethics when women's lives are examined through movie works. Specifically, in Zhang Yimou's films, he scrutinizes traditional values and feudal ethics, and at the same time, he also touches upon the development and return of women's ethics in a sideways or even positive way. This study takes the film "Big Red Lantern High Hanging" as material to study the dissolution and sympathy for feminism in the male-dominated society. Through the study of the character of the protagonist, the audiovisual language and the director's consciousness, and by using the methodology of textual analysis, the study concludes that women have always been in a disadvantaged and oppressed position in the male-dominated society. This study points out that the status of women is affected by the period of society, and the women represented by Song Lien in the movie are consumer goods and substitutes for the patriarchal society. It aims to explore the expression of female ethics in a particular historical period, which is important for the study of women to break the traditional values and perspectives.