In the early morning, start from Xi'an and drive all the way to Yinchuan, Ningxia in the afternoon, and arrive at Zhenbeibao Western Studios, which is 30 kilometers away from Yinchuan. Due to the popularity of "A Chinese Journey to the West", Zhenbeibao Western Studios has also quickly entered people's field of vision. More than 200 well-known films such as "A Chinese Journey to the West", "Red Sorghum", "Fang Shiyu's Hero Is a Youth" have been filmed here, and many stars who are famous in the international film world have become famous in one fell swoop. Movies go from here to the world".
Walking into the film and television city, you immediately enter the feeling of the Gobi desert. The unique desolate charm of the loess high slope blows your face, which is simple, primitive and rough.
The original site of Zhenbei Fort was the frontier defense castle in Ming and Qing Dynasties, hence the name Zhenbei Fort. After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the castle has been completely eroded by wind, leaving only ruined walls, majestic and simple.
The film and television city is divided into three parts: Qingcheng, Mingcheng and Laoyinchuan Street. It maintains and utilizes the original strange, majestic, desolate, tragic, dilapidated, and undefeated scenes of the castle, highlighting its sense of desolation, loess flavor, and primitive and folk aesthetic connotations.
In the two ancient cities of Zhenbeibao, the original scenes and props of some films have been preserved and restored for tourists to watch. The exhibited scenes include the torture platform of Tang Monk in "A Chinese Journey to the West", the moon gate in the film "Red Sorghum", the brewing workshop, Jiu'er's living room, the sedan chair that Jiu'er took when he got married, the big wine tank, and bowls. The real scene of the "Blacksmith Camp" in "The Ballad of the Yellow River" and the real scene of the Liu Family's deep house compound in the film "Five Kui", and there are also film and television service facilities such as film archives and screening halls.
Being in a scene that is both real and illusory, it is very suitable for taking pictures of ancient costumes. Rent a set of costumes and props of Zhizunbao and Zixia Fairy in Qingcheng, and find a background at random, and it is easy to take good-looking costume photos; Mingcheng is more rough It is more primitive, suitable for taking pictures of the western taste, and you can also take pictures on camels.
Today, more than 200 important scenes of various film and television films are preserved here, allowing you to experience the dream of entering the silver screen. Zhenbeibao Western Studios gathers a large amount of traditional Chinese material and intangible cultures, reproducing our ancestors' lifestyles, production methods, warfare methods and entertainment methods.
Coming here is like walking through a "time tunnel", going back to our lost past. There is a saying: "Increase historical knowledge while playing, and experience the life of the ancients while playing", and you can deeply appreciate the mystery of "traveling for knowledge, walking for reading" while changing scenery.