What is "red cliff"

Red Cliff or Red Cliffs may refer to:

• Chibi City, a city in Hubei, China, the name is translated as "Red Cliff(s)"
  • Battle of Red Cliffs (208-209 AD), battle at the end of the Han Dynasty in China taking place in Chibi near modern Chibi City
    • Red Cliff (Peking opera), a Peking opera play based on the Battle of Red Cliffs
    • Red Cliff (film), 2008 Chinese film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs
• Red Cliff, Colorado, a town in the United States
  • Red Cliff Bridge
• Red Cliff, East Riding of Yorkshire, boulder clay cliff on the humber estuary bank, archaeological site
• Red Cliffs, Victoria, a town in Victoria, Australia
• Red Cliff, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, a band of Ojibwe Indians in Wisconsin

Red Cliff is a 2008-09 Chinese epic war film, based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (AD 208–209) and the events at the end of the Han dynasty and immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. The film was directed by John Woo, and stars Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun and Lin Chi-ling . It is Woo's first major film since 2003's Paycheck and his first Chinese-language feature since 1992's Hard Boiled, also starring Leung.

In China and much of Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts, totaling over four hours in length (288 minutes). The first part (146 minutes) premiered in Beijing on 2 July 2008 and the second (142 minutes) was released in China on 7 January 2009. Outside Asia, a cut-down single 148 minute version was released in 2009. However, the full-length two-part version was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2009, and in the United States and Canada on 23 March 2010.

The first part of the film grossed US$124 million in Asia and broke the box office record previously held by Titanic in mainland China.

is a song by Chinese singer Alan, from her debut Japanese-language studio album Voice of Earth (2009). Written by Gorō Matsui and composed by Taro Iwashiro, it was used as the theme song for the Chinese epic film Red Cliff. "Red Cliff (Shin-Sen)" is Alan's fourth single in the theme of traditional elements; representing fire in the Japanese Godai and Tibetan Bön. The single released on October 15, 2008, and peaked at number twenty-three on the Oricon charts.

The song is a Japanese version of "Xin·Zhan (Red Cliff)" from Alan's Mandarin-language EP Xin Zhan: Red Cliff (2008). A slightly longer end roll version was included on the Red Cliff original soundtrack album released in Japan. A modern rock version of the song was used to promote the PlayStation 2 video game Dynasty Warriors 6: Special Edition, which later appeared as a bonus track on Voice of Earth, when the album was pre-ordered from Tower Records.

Red Cliff (赤壁 chì bì) is a traditional Peking opera. The China NCPA made a new modern adaption of the opera which premiered at the first anniversary of the National Grand Theatre in 2008. The director was the choreographer and PLA lieutenant general Zhang Jigang, best known as deputy chief director of the Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies.

In China the opera appeared in three versions - for older singers, youth, and children - as part of the educational purpose of the project. The opera then toured Europe.