In p>1996, Xie Jin was going to make the film The Opium War as a gift for the return of Hong Kong, and Zhang Xianchun, the artist of Beijing Film Studio, chose scenes with him everywhere. First arrived in Guangzhou, the forefront city of reform and opening up is already full of high-rise buildings, and I didn't choose it; Xie Jin was originally from Zhejiang, and he had heard of Lu Zhai in Dongyang. He came here and took a fancy to it, and decided that the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi was here. Xie Jin was accompanied by the propaganda minister of Hengdian, who just dragged him to see two old houses in Hengdian Cultural Village. Zhang Xianchun told reporters that the 18 kilometers from Dongyang to Hengdian at that time were dirt roads, and the mountains were desolate. It was just a small town developed by industry, and it could not be found on the map. They felt very disappointed, but Xu Wenrong was full of enthusiasm. He intuitively felt that the return of Hong Kong was a great event and the film must be a sensation. At that time, Xie Jin also had difficulties. He had retired from Shanghai Film Factory. The film was operated by private capital, and the funds were tight. Xu Wenrong promised to invest himself to build Guangzhou Street for the crew, which will be completed in three months. On the first day, Xu Wenrong signed an agreement with them. On the second day, he visited the scene. On the third day, he blew up three mountains. Zhang Xianchun supervised the design of so many film and television bases, and this speed is really unprecedented.
"Guangzhou Street" is located in the north of Hengdian, and it cost 23 million yuan to restore the streetscape of Sanyuanli and Jiuhua Street in Guangzhou in the 174s. The most conspicuous house is the "No.1 teahouse in the world". Zhou Guoping, deputy general manager of Hengdian Yuanming New Garden Co., Ltd., who showed the reporter around, said, "Xie Jin used an American red maple for the trunk of the house, and this antique wooden building alone cost several million yuan." The stone road at the foot is bumpy, the houses on both sides of the street are low and old, and the signs of "rice and soy milk" and "umbrella in soup stock" are being laid out for tomorrow's play, as if walking into old Guangzhou. "It looks like an antique, right? In fact, the houses on the street are specially made old and burned with gas. " After the Opium War was filmed, Hong Kong Street was built next to it. The former Queen's Wharf made many Hong Kong people come to remember it.
"Guangzhou Street only pursues realistic effect, and the street width and house spacing are rebuilt according to the original site, but not enough shooting space is reserved for the crew. After the withdrawal of the Opium War, it brought inconvenience to tourists' travel and subsequent crew leasing. " Designer Zhang Xianchun concluded. Even so, the popularity of Opium War still attracts an endless stream of tourists to visit here, and Xu Wenrong has tasted the sweetness of building a film and television city. Then came Chen Kaige, who shot "Jing Ke Stabbed the King of Qin". Like Xie Jin, the artist designed the Qin king Palace for three years, suffering from no land to build, and the funds and time became more and more tense. Zhang Xianchun introduced them to Hengdian, and Xu Wenrong took out 1 million yuan to blow up five mountains, which were completed in eight months. The artist cried with excitement.
Qin king Palace covers an area of 6 mu, and its buildings are made of black wood, which is magnificent. But it's just that there is a grand shelf from a distance, and it's easy to see through the "confusing the real with the fake" here. Xu Wenrong slapped the pillars outside the temple vigorously. "It's all fake!" The mottled city wall was formed by spraying yellow mud on the cement with a high-pressure water gun. The four dragons on the high steps were originally made of glass fiber reinforced plastic, and later changed into cement, imitating bronze effect. At this time, Hengdian Group has begun to form a film and television industry chain. The purpose of building a city is very direct, and it is built for filming, as long as it does not wear gangs. Visitors are often disappointed when they look closely: so rough! It's hard to imagine that such a delicate picture can be shot in a movie. But the tour guide will take you to another time and space immediately. "When you shoot Qin, it is a red background, Hero is changed to black, Hanwu the Great is brass, and forbidden kingdom is bronze. The Panlong on the pillar is also different from top to bottom, with the lower end built by Chen Kaige and the upper end added by Zhang Yimou. The main hall was originally a passage. In Hero, it was turned into a pool, and the ceiling was opened for lighting. With this imagination, it seems that there is a reason for these roughness-it is convenient for the next play to be superimposed again. After entering the play, tourists are more willing to rent clothes worn by the characters in the play and imitate the plot to take pictures. There are also Qin Shihuang and his loyal hundreds of terracotta warriors and horses in the underground palace, with a size of 1: 1. Qin Shihuang even talked with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the virtual performance of "Dream Back to Qin and Han Dynasties".
The p>6-mu Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival was built by Hengdian Group, which is more pragmatic. No one cares about its correspondence with the painting "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival". Although it is modeled after the houses inside, only some large courtyards are built, and the layout is more compact, all for the convenience of filming. This kind of ancient residence is the most common, and it can shoot plays of several dynasties and be filmed by dozens of crews. The name of the house in front of the house is also changed every day. Liaozhai and Songci have even developed a variety of games to let tourists experience the reincarnation of life and death. The extras gather here from early in the morning, so it is always the most lively.
The Ming and Qing Palace completed in p>26 is the culmination of this round of city-building movement. It is said that 13 small peaks were blown up, covering an area of 1,5 mu, with an investment of 8 million yuan, which was completed in three years. "Shooting in the Forbidden City is too expensive, 3, yuan per hour, and it can only be filmed for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon. I suggested Xu Wenrong, why not build another Forbidden City?" Zhang Xianchun became the designer of Hengdian "Forbidden City" again. The similarity between here and the Forbidden City in Beijing is shocking. The single buildings are all 1: 1 imitations, except that Tiananmen Square is reduced by 2%, and the name is also "Chengtianmen" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties-too similar, too sensitive. Daming Gate, Chengtianmen Gate, Wumen Gate, and then directly to Taihe Gate, with Ganqing Palace as the end of the central axis. "There are only the central axis, the Treasure Hall and the garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing that tourists often visit, and no one else goes, so we save some similar halls and it is unnecessary to film." Zhou Guoping said. On both sides of the central axis is another world. Old Beijing gray brick houses have been transplanted, as well as the Wengcheng, Tianqiao and Eight Hutong ... Many things that disappeared in Beijing reappear here.
"From nothing to nothing to everything, Hengdian now only lacks Gobi desert, desert and grassland, and everything else." "Transforming mountains and rivers" brought Xu Wenrong a great sense of accomplishment. He pointed to the opposite mountain. "There are 5 life-size arhats on that mountain now, and I plan to build a 1.5-kilometer Great Wall there. In fact, the desert is not impossible to build. I also thought about building 15 mu, but what should I do after the filming? How to develop tourism? "