Why did Gan Ting Ting's The New Water Margin take place in Dongping, Tai 'an, instead of Liangshan, Jining?

At present, the newly filmed TV series "The New Water Margin" is being broadcasted by many TV stations. The play has made bold innovations in character selection, plot, performance, scene and other aspects, and it should be said that it has been loved by most audiences!

But Dongping was chosen as the base for filming Water Margin, because Water Margin Film and Television City was built there. It is true that Dongping has unique advantages, such as Dongping Lake, but Jining City does not have the hardware conditions to shoot Water Margin now. In particular, the local government in Liangshan County has no subjective desire to promote local culture and compete for local fame and fortune, which is really not allowed by objective conditions. Is it impossible to dig water around Liangshan for the time being?

Shandong Dongping Water Margin Film and Television City is the most important shooting scene of the new version of Water Margin. There are yamen, hero compound, street pavement, street merchants, restaurants, tea shops, religious temples, prison camps, Zishi Street and other imitation buildings of the Song Dynasty. They are rich in ancient style, exquisite workmanship and meticulous realism, which created a specific historical atmosphere in the Northern Song Dynasty. Most of the interior scenes in the new version of Water Margin were shot in Water Margin Studio. Liugongshan Shuihu Dazhai is located on Dongping Lake, where heroes of Shuihu gather. Now, after reconstruction and expansion, it has become the largest water margin village in the world.

Dongping's natural environment is superior, and the plain is divided into three parts, which meets the needs of all the location plays in the new version of Shuihu. There are also Songjiazhuang, Zhujiazhuang, Taohua Shanzhai, Erlong Shanzhai and Sun Erniang Hotel around Dongping Lake, all of which are real scenes of restoring the water margin. So 85% of the new water margin was shot in Dongping.