One of the animals in Farewell My Concubine is Rooster.

Farewell My Concubine refers to the war between Chu and Han, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Liu Bang, who fought for the throne for more than ten years. In the end, Xiang Yu was defeated in Wujiang and knew that the situation was over. On the eve of the breakout, he had to say goodbye to Yu Ji, and finally committed suicide, making a sad voice of Yu Ji, Yu Ji was helpless.

Farewell My Concubine is a Chinese idiom, which means to describe the tragic scene of a hero's end. Nowadays, it is often used as a metaphor for acting arbitrarily, being separated from the masses, and eventually falling.

Chicken is a kind of poultry. Domestic chicken is derived from wild jungle fowl. Its domestication history is at least about 4000 years. However, it was not until around 1800 that chicken and eggs became mass-produced commodities. Types of chicken include turkey, black-bone chicken, pheasant, etc. And the chicken is also one of the 12 zodiac signs.

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The deeper meaning of Farewell My Concubine

Farewell My Concubine is a classic among mainland Chinese movies. The film uses a special narrative Method: The combination of off-stage narrative and film and television creates a complex narrative structure with a play in the film and an audience in the play. The film is represented by the quintessence of the Chinese art of Peking Opera. It tells the story of the growth of Peking Opera artists as they learn the art, and the development of the story runs through the modern history of China. It can be described as an epic masterpiece.

Cheng Dieyi’s feminine image in the film comes from the male gender castration performed on him three times by three key characters in the film. At the same time, the film also gives the novel deeper meanings such as history, politics, human nature, and society. On the other hand, she presents a great historical and social drama of tragedy and joy. The deeper meaning of Farewell My Concubine is that through Cheng Dieyi's tragic journey, it reveals the cruelty and dehumanization of feudal culture, while also exploring gender issues and identity.

Leslie Cheung’s performance in Farewell My Concubine reached the ultimate realm of humanity and art.

The character he plays, Cheng Dieyi, is a tragic character. His interpretation completely grasped the character's ups and downs, joys and sorrows, and showed the character's inner struggle and pain. On the stage, he is a proud overlord, but in life, he is a soft woman. He interprets a very sharp character conflict and fully displays the tragedy and complexity of the character.

Such superb acting skills have conquered countless audiences and is hailed as the pinnacle of the film industry.