What was the first film in China?

China's first film "Dingjun Mountain" was released in China (Qing Dynasty) on February 28th, 905, with a duration of only 30 minutes.

China's first film was ten years later than the world's first film "Train Entering the Station". The appearance of Dingjun Mountain marks the birth of China films and ends the history that there is no domestic film in China. The recorded contents are scenes such as "pleading", "knife dance" and "confrontation" performed by Tan Xinpei, a famous Peking Opera performer. The shooting location is Fengtai Photo Studio, the first photo studio in Beijing. This is the first film made by China people themselves. Therefore, this year is considered as the birth year of China films.

Dingjun Mountain is based on the seventieth and seventy-first chapters of the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The main plot is: Wei will attack Zhang He, and veteran Huang Zhong will invite the strategist Zhuge Liang to meet the enemy. Zhuge Liang deliberately angered him, but he was too old to allow it. Huang Zhong's argument failed and he couldn't help being angry. He danced with knives and bows in public to show his strength, and Zhuge Liang finally allowed him to play. Huang Zhong went into battle, fought hard to kill Zhang He, won Dingjun Mountain, and beheaded Xia, the general of Wei Jun, with a drag knife, and finally won.

The film Dingjun Mountain is a combination of the quintessence of Peking Opera. The view that Dingjun Mountain was China's first film originated from the film history of China. At present, the only thing left in Dingjun Mountain is a black-and-white stills of Tan Xinpei, but the authenticity of this photo has not been verified.

Tan Xinpei, dressed in ancient costume, plays Huang Zhong in front of the camera, singing and playing, with loud gongs and drums, full of pride. Liu shook the handle by hand, and the camera was facing the panorama, shooting continuously. A 200-foot film was shot quickly, and then stopped to load the film. The actors rested and loaded the film before shooting, and Tan Xinpei continued to perform. In this way, I stopped filming for three days in a row, and filmed three clips of "pleading", "dancing knife" and "confrontation" in Dingjun Mountain. The length of the finished film is three, about 600 feet. According to the screening speed at that time, 10 minutes could be screened.