Mapping “Historical Consciousness” in Films of 5th generational filmmakers namely Zhang Yimou’s To Live (1994), and TianZhuangzhuang’s The Blue Kite (1993–1994), and Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine

In this paper, I take a closer look at some of the works of 5th generational filmmakers namely Zhang Yimou‟s To Live (1994), and TianZhuangzhuang‟s The Blue Kite (1993–1994), and Chen Kaige‟s Farewell My Concubine. While analysing these films I also make an inquiry into the presence of critical sense of history and historical consciousness in these films. My methodology works through tracing cinematic representation of „grand-narrative‟ of Threeepisodes – Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Finally my paper also looks intothe visualreconstruction of the nationalmemory through reference to the political history of Chinese revolution.