Where was Raise the Red Lantern filmed?
1991 film by Zhang Yimou
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) was filmed in Pingyao and Qiao's Compound, 2 places named in its Wikipedia article, in China. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as China. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 2 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Qiao's Compound
🇨🇳 China
Courtyard house in China
“The film was shot in the Qiao Family Compound near the ancient city of Pingyao, in Shanxi Province.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Pingyao
🇨🇳 China
town in central Shanxi, China, preserving Ming and Qing era architecture
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in China, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: China
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Raise the Red Lantern have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 2 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.