This group of new directors, called the fifth generation, includes such figures as Chen Kai-ge and Tian Zhuang-zhuang. They share some things in common. Because of the cultural revolution, they all lost the chance to study. Among those 20 million intellectual youths dispersed to the remote regions to live with the peasants, they know about these places 'odd customs.
這批被通稱為第五代的新導演，如陳凱歌、田壯壯等，有個共同特色：他們因文革失去了念書的機會，隨著兩千萬名知識青年分發到偏遠省份，和農民一起生活，見識到各地的奇風異俗。