The Main Contents of Dingjun Mountain in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

See the seventieth and seventy-first chapters of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms about Dingjun Mountain, with different plots. One of them, Take Dongchuan, also known as Success of World War I, has this drama in Han Opera, Sichuan Opera, Yunnan Opera, Anhui Opera, Shaanxi Opera, Shanxi Opera, Tongzhou Bangzi and Cantonese Opera, and Hebei Bangzi Opera.

Plot: During the Three Kingdoms, Shu and Wei fought. Huang Zhong and Yan Yan, veterans of the Shu army, fought with Zhang He, the general of Wei. Although Huang Zhong was old, his skill was high, and Zhang He was defeated and defeated Dingjun Mountain. Xia Houyuan, the commander of Dingjun Mountain, is fierce and brave, and he is powerful in the Central Plains. Zhuge Liang, a military strategist in Shu, deliberately ignored Huang Zhong and Huang Zhong's plan of Zhuge Liang when he sent his generals, and resolutely volunteered to attack Dingjun Mountain. The two armies will meet and capture each other's generals, and the two sides agreed to change their horses for prisoners. When changing prisoners, Huang Zhong shot Wei Jiang, and then cut Xia Houyuan with a drag knife.

This drama is an old-fashioned play, which pays equal attention to singing, reading and playing. Yu Sansheng's masterpiece in his early years. After Tan Xinpei changed the handsome helmet into a scarf, and decorated and polished his figure and singing, which had a great influence on later generations. Because Huang Zhong's appearance from "Qinglongmen" (the next gate) is very rare; In addition, the title of "Success of World War I" is very auspicious, and it is listed as "auspicious play" when it is performed in the Spring Festival or at a church meeting. After Yu Shuyan, Yan Jupeng, Tan Fuying, Chen Shaolin, etc. Qian Jinfu plays Xia Houyuan, who is fierce and fierce, and sets each other off.

Dingjun Mountain is China's first attempt to shoot a film, which was shot by Beijing Fengtai Photo Studio in 195, with three black and white copies. There is no copy of the movie now. Director Ren Jingfeng, photographer Liu Zhonglun, starring Tan Xinpei.

The only production equipment for this film is a French-made wooden-shell hand-held camera and 14 rolls of film purchased by Ren Jingfeng from Qi Luofu Foreign Company in Minxiang, the eastern suburb. In order to meet the requirements of the creation of silent films, the singing was deleted and the performance was emphasized. In the open square, three clips of scenes such as "Pleading", "Knife Dancing" and "Confrontation" were filmed by daylight, which became the earliest silent drama martial arts documentary short film in China, and Tan Xinpei became the first performing artist in China to set foot in the film industry.

The shooting techniques of Dingjun Mountain are influenced by some western countries, but the materials are combined with traditional Chinese traditional national operas and classical literature, which is very in line with the audience's appreciation habits, making China's films have distinctive national characteristics once they come out, which is different from the development of films in other countries. After the film was released, it was warmly welcomed, and there was a grand occasion of empty lanes. Therefore, the film is extremely valuable from the perspective of film history and the preservation of the artistic essence of Beijing opera.