Raise the Red Lantern, for instance, describes four concubines in a big old house, fighting for the love of their husband. It works as a political metaphor. In the whole movie, you never get a good look at the old patriarch, and everyone is clear about whom he is supposed to represent.
以《大紅燈籠高高掛》來說，這部描述四位姨太太在一座古老宅院，為爭寵而勾心鬥角的電影，含有相當深的政治隱喻，片中永遠看不清楚面貌的老太爺，究竟指的是誰，大家心知肚明。