Why is Zhang Yimou called a Buddhist?

Zhang Yimou is called a Buddhist because he directed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games. At that time, the magnificent opening ceremony made friends from all over the world witness the beauty of China and the development of science and technology, and Zhang Yimou was praised by Chinese people. In foreign countries, such large-scale activities are generally planned and hosted by Buddhist masters, so many people call them Zhang Yimou Buddhist masters.

Zhang Yimou, 1950 was born in Xi, Shaanxi Province on April 2, 1950. He is a China film director, one of the representatives of the "fifth generation directors" and an honorary doctor of Boston University and Yale University in the United States.

1978 entered the photography department of Beijing Film Academy. 1982 was assigned to Guangxi Film Studio after graduation. ? 1984 worked as a photographer for the first time in the film One and Eight, and won the China Film Excellent Photographer Award. 1986 starred in the first film "Old Well" and won three best actors. The first film "Red Sorghum" directed by 1987 won the Golden Bear Award at the first China International Film Festival.

From then on, I began to realize my own trilogy of film creation, from photographer to actor, and finally to director career. From 1987 to 1999, his films, such as Red Sorghum, Chrysanthemum, Hanging the Red Lantern, The Story of Autumn Chrysanthemum, Living, No Child Left Behind and My Father and Mother, won numerous film awards at home and abroad, and he won three Oscars.

After 2002, the commercial films "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Golden Flower in the City" and "flowers of war" directed by the transformation set new box office records in China twice and won the annual Chinese box office champion four times.

Early experience

From 1957 to 1962, Zhang Yimou attended Fang Tongji Primary School in Xi 'an. 1962 to 1966, studying in Xi 'an No.30 Middle School. 1968 to 197 1 year, worked in rural areas of Ganxian county, Shaanxi province after graduating from junior high school. 197 1 zhuan 1978, a worker of the eighth cotton mill in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. 1September, 978, after the college entrance examination resumed, he entered the photography department of Beijing Film Academy. 1982 After graduating in July, he worked as a photographer in Guangxi Film Studio, and his household registration was also transferred to Nanning, Guangxi.