八十年代中国电影在国际影坛崭露头角以来，有一种说法在电影工作者和普通观众中间广为流传：张艺谋投合西方固有的对中国的丑恶心态，炮制伪民俗作品，向西方献媚、为他们提供意淫中国的机会，因而得到西方赏识。近几年，这个说法经我们中国的大学教授以进口的“后殖民主义” Since the 1980s, when Chinese cinema came to prominence in international cinema, there was an argument widely circulated among filmmakers and ordinary audiences: Zhang Yimou met the West’s ugly mentality toward China, fabricated fake folk customs, offered flattery to the West and offered them Obsessed with China’s opportunities, which won the Western appreciation. In recent years, this view has been adopted by our Chinese university professors to import “post-colonialism”