The earliest cognition of the Northwest comes from various film and television works, such as "Red Sorghum", such as "New Dragon Inn", such roughness, majesty, and desolation are completely different from the appearance of the "Land of Fish and Rice" where I live . Later, I went to the Northwest several times, riding camels in the desert, walking the Long March, and eating haggis in Wuzhong. . . There are new discoveries every time, but after all, they are not quite the same as the Northwest in my memory. I only feel at ease when I see the Western Studios of Zhenbeibao. Well, this feeling is finally right.

Zhenbeibao Western Film City is located at the northern end of Xixia District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 25 kilometers away from Yinchuan Railway Station, and about 60 kilometers away from Hedong Airport. This film and television city was established in 1993. For more than 20 years, many famous film and television dramas have been filmed here, and many film and television dramas have gone to the world from here. It has the name of "China's best" and the reputation of "Oriental Hollywood". Here is also a famous national AAAAA tourist attraction.

When the car arrives at the cinema, the first thing that comes into view when leaving the parking lot is a pool of clear water. It is clear, quiet, secluded, and there is an aura in the desolation. The friends in the same company immediately recognized it. This is the moat in the movie "Five Queens". I didn't I've seen this movie, and I'm going to add it soon.

Pass through the "Gate of Knowledge" and formally enter the Western Cinema of Zhenbeibao. On both sides of the door are Zhang Xianliang's handwriting: traveling can gain insight, and walking means reading.

When it comes to Zhenbeibao Western Studios, Zhang Xianliang is the main line that must not be skipped. Zhang Xianliang is a writer, a calligrapher, a collector, and a very famous entrepreneur. "Soul and Flesh", "Green Tree", "Half of a Man Is a Woman", etc. are all its masterpieces. In 1969, he discovered Zhenbei Fort during labor reform in Ningxia, and in the next few years, he introduced it to the film crews of "One and Eight" and "Wrangler", letting the world know Zhenbei Fort for the first time. Then, when the time came to 1993, he founded the Zhenbeibao Western Studios, which made the dead trees of the old castle spring up, and gradually created the landscape of about 700,000 square meters that we see now.

The current Zhenbeibao Western Studios is divided into three parts: Qingcheng, Mingcheng, and Old Yinchuan Street.

Qingcheng was first built in the fifth year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. During this period, the ancient castle was relatively well preserved, and the structure is clearly visible. There is also a rammed earth city wall from the Qing Dynasty. After 300 years, it is still majestic.

The shape of the whole Qingcheng is said to be like a big tortoise, which means "spiritual tortoise descending the mountain, good luck". The more important scenic spots in Qingcheng include Wengcheng, Baihuatang, Governor's Mansion, Bronze Mirror Corridor, Zhang Xianliang Memorial Hall, Bull Demon Palace, Guanyin Pavilion, Gate of Fortune, Gaozi Pavilion, etc.

The inner city gate of Wengcheng is the filming location of many film and television dramas, and many film and television dramas filmed here have gained a lot in box office ratings, or won awards in various activities at home and abroad. Therefore, this city gate also has Known as the "Gate of Fortune", scenes like "Zhu Yuanzhang" and "Flying Apsaras" were filmed here.

Various folk crafts and folk performances are also one of the characteristics of Qingcheng. There are theaters, banks, medical halls, shadow puppet workshops, martial arts halls, opium halls, tofu shops, etc.

This is the Rust Building, and it is also the Juxian Building in the TV series "Jedi Wolf".

There is also the famous Qiao Family Bank in "The Qiao Family Courtyard", where you can also see various "family properties" of the Qiao family.

The locals refer to Qingcheng as "Xinbao", while the relative "Oldbao" refers to Mingcheng. Ming City was expanded on the basis of the old castle, and its area is also the largest among the three major parts of the movie city.

The Moon Gate is the gate of Ming City. This is the place where every tourist who comes to Zhenbeibao Western Studios must check in. It is also the iconic place in Gong Li's version of "Red Sorghum". Anyone who has watched that drama will come here This door feels familiar.

Passing through the Moon Gate is a depression called: Cornucopia. The large screen wall composed of "Chinese films go to the world from here" is also here.

In addition to a small number of remnants of the rammed-earth city walls of the Ming Dynasty, the most important buildings in Mingcheng are the exterior scenes built by various film and television crews. In addition to the Moon Gate mentioned earlier, there are also Tallinn in "Ganda Meilin", the new house in "The Wrangler", the winery room in "Red Sorghum", the police compound in "The Desert Wolf", and "A Chinese Journey to the West". The courtyard and Pansi Cave in "Moonlight Treasure Box", the Yimachang in "Sweat and Blood BMW", and the inn in "New Dragon Inn".

When I read Qian Zhongshu when I was a child, I was always puzzled by a famous saying of Mr. Qian. I don’t remember the original text of that sentence clearly. It probably means: If you eat an egg and think it tastes good, why do you need to know the chicken that lays the egg? Woolen cloth? This sentence has been popular for decades and has been regarded as the truth by countless people, but I have never understood it. If you like a work very much and want to know the background of this work, the author, and even the story behind it are not all Is it normal and meaningful? Maybe it’s because I don’t have enough structure, anyway, I am very curious about the backside of every movie that impresses me, so this trip to Zhenbeibao West Studios made me excited a lot.

Every house and every building here has a story. If possible, if you spend more time here, you will gain more.

To the east of Mingcheng is a street in Yinchuan, where Zhongyin will see a very modern art tower. The tower is built of square bricks, and each brick records the name of a voluntary blood donor and hematopoietic stem cell donor, which is very special and has far-reaching significance.

A street in Yinchuan was built in 2012. It is based on the most prosperous Willow Lane in Yinchuan before liberation. 

The whole street is composed of two small streets intersected by "D". The famous landmarks along the street, such as Juemin Institute, Ningxia Bank, Mingshi Building, Huaiyuan Building, Ningxia Middle School, Ma Hongkui's official residence, etc., are all based on their prototypes. 1:1 copy as it is. 

Old streets, old alleys and old shops, walking on a street in Yinchuan, time seems to have traveled back to the Republic of China.

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Zhenbeibao Western Studios

Address: Beibao Town, Xixia District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Province

Tickets: 80 yuan (76 yuan for online booking)

Famous attractions: Ming City, Qing City, Old Yinchuan Street

transportation:

Take the No. 17 minibus at Nanmen Nanguan Mosque to go directly to Zhenbeibao Western Studios.

Self-driving:

Yinchuan—Beijing Road—Xixia Square—turn right and go north for 18 kilometers to Zhenbeibao West Cinema.

Yinchuan—Helanshan Road—Military Region—National Highway 110 to the north for 8 kilometers to the Western Film City.