What is the influence and significance of the film Dingjun Mountain?

Common sense: the first Peking Opera film-Dingjun Mountain

As one of the four classical novels, Romance of the Three Kingdoms has many characters, grand scenes, and countless counselors and heroes. Every character and story is very distinctive and wonderful. There are also many stories about the Three Kingdoms that have been put on the stage of Beijing Opera, such as Empty City Plan, Catch and Release Cao, and so on. The birth of China's first film is also directly related to The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

1905, Ren Qingtai (1850- 1932, word Jingfeng), the owner and photographer of Fengtai Photo Studio, who opened in Beijing Liulichang market, filmed the scenes of Please Fight, Dance Knife and Fight starring the famous Peking Opera master Tan Xinpei in Dingjun Mountain. For this precious first time, the authoritative film History of China in China film industry commented: "This short film is the earliest opera film in China and the first film made by China people themselves. The first time China tried to make a film, it was very meaningful to combine it with the traditional form of Chinese drama. "

Obviously, Ren Qingtai, the studio owner who studied photography in Japan, is a man of great brains. When he made his first film, he not only chose Peking Opera, which is artistic, full of artists, and has a deep mass base, and is deeply loved by the audience, but also filmed Dingjun Mountain, the representative work of Tan Xinpei, the king of music who is "good at singing, reading, doing and playing", which objectively laid the foundation for success.

Dingjun Mountain, also known as "Taking Dongchuan" or "Success in World War I", is a traditional repertoire of Peking Opera, based on the seventieth and seventy-first chapters of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. According to legend, in the 20th year of Jian 'an, that is, AD 2 15, Cao Cao settled Hanzhong and sent generals Xia and Zhang Bu to stay at Dingjun Mountain and Tiandang Mountain Pass. Wei Jun took the opportunity to lead a large number of military forces to invade Shu. Zhuge Liang did not send his generals, but provoked them first, making them all ready and eager to try. In particular, veteran Huang Zhongxin is in high spirits and can't help but recommend himself. In order to show that he is old and strong, the mighty Huang Zhong immediately made a bow with a knife, which dispelled Zhuge Liang's doubt that Lian Po was too old to eat. Huang Zhong took orders and led his troops to Tiandang Mountain. Zhang was defeated and fled. Huang Zhong, pursuing a 56-point victory, went all the way to Dingjun Mountain, the land where the grain was distributed in Cao Jun. Xia, the garrison commander, is brave and good at fighting, and is a great shock to the Central Plains. After some fierce battles between the two sides, in the end, Huang Zhongqiao chopped Xia with a drag knife and captured Dingjun Mountain in one fell swoop.

Tan Xinpei was a martial artist in his early years. His martial arts skills are solid and skillful, and his skills are vigorous and steady. So no matter how he plays tricks, arrows and pleats, he can be flexible and clean. It has been highly praised by people inside and outside the industry. When portraying characters, he not only pays attention to the truth of the image, but also stresses the beauty of art, and has his own unique creation in singing, reading and playing. There are many innovations in lyrics and performing arts in Tan Xinpei's plays, which can foster strengths and avoid weaknesses according to their own characteristics. Because of his clear appearance, he doesn't often perform Elvis Presley's plays. When he played Huang Zhong in Dingjun Mountain, he wore a scarf instead of a handsome helmet to cover up his shortcomings and give full play to his strengths.

1905 It was Tan Xinpei's 60th birthday, and Ren Qingtai had a whim to make a film for this master. This idea was quickly accepted by Tan Xinpei. The film was finally directed by Ren Qingtai, filmed by Liu and starring. Together, the three of them created China's avant-garde films.

According to the people present at that time, the shooting of Dingjun Mountain was like this: "There are two red columns under the porch, and a piece of white cloth is hanging slowly. The house became the temporary residence of Boss Tan, and his minions, pianist and drummer all came. In the courtyard outside, the camera called "mobile box" is placed on the back wall of the front yard. Liu, a photographer, is the best photographer in Fengtai. Although I practiced several times a few days ago, I was still a little nervous when I really went into battle. After the sound of gongs and drums, an ancient military commander with a flowing mouth and a broadsword flashed behind the curtain. This is the old yellow bell of Dingjun Mountain, which is the best in Tan Xinpei. I saw him standing in a column with gongs and drums, shaking his mouth and his knife flat. I heard someone shouting,' Shake it', and Liu shook it hard. At that time, the film was only 200 feet long, and it soon shook, so it ended. "

"Dingjun Mountain" was influenced by the West in shooting techniques, but its materials combined with China traditional national opera and classical literature, which was very in line with the audience's appreciation habits at that time. The film was then taken to the Qianmen Daguanlou for screening, and there was a grand occasion of empty lanes.

After the release of Dingjun Mountain, Ren Qingtai, who was deeply encouraged, went on to shoot a number of famous Peking Opera dramas such as Changbanpo, such as Sunroom (1906), Sanzang (1907) and The Leopard. Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera, has co-produced many films with the Film Department of the Commercial Press and Minxin Company, which are deeply loved by the audience.