Trivia / Raise the Red Lantern

• Banned in China: A particularly egregious example, as the film was made in and about China, by Chinese people! It's also a curious example in that the film could actually be used as propaganda for the People's Republic of China: The repressive world depicted therein is gone because of them.
• The Cast Showoff: He Saifei (the actress playing Meishan) is actually a famous Yue opera performer in her own right, and did not need a Talent Double to sing for her.
• Dawson Casting: Gong Li was twenty-six when she played the nineteen year old Songlian.