Cultural References
In Chinese idiomatic usage, "Feast at Hong Gate" has often been used to refer to a trap or a situation ostensibly joyous but in fact treacherous. Another idiom that relates to the event is Xiang Zhuang wu jian, yi zai Pei Gong (simplified Chinese: 项庄舞剑，意在沛公; traditional Chinese: 項莊舞劍，意在沛公; pinyin: Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn, yì zài Pèi Gōng; literally "Xiang Zhuang performing a sword dance, he is actually aiming at the Duke of Pei"), meaning that a person's actions were intended to be a veiled attack on another person.
The Chinese title of the 2011 film White Vengeance is a reference to the Feast at Hong Gate, while the plot itself is based on this historical incident and other events in the Chu–Han Contention.
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