After seeing the Western Xia Tombs, drive back to the visitor center. I was going to take a bus to see Zhenbeibao Film and Television City, but when I inquired that there was no bus, I had to wait for the passing bus on the highway. I had no choice but to fight.
When we came to the parking lot, a man greeted us and asked us if we were going to the film and television city, and if we went, we could carpool. Only then did I realize that we had arrived by the same bus, so I nodded in approval, called a taxi, and left the Tomb of the Western Xia Dynasty.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
The man we carpooled with was surnamed Liao, a native of Guangxi, who had taken advantage of his vacation to travel alone, and he said that he had just arrived in Ningxia from Northeast China and Inner Mongolia. They are all travel enthusiasts, although they meet in Pingshui, but they chatted and got closer, I said that we started from Ningxia and also went to the northeast of Inner Mongolia.
In 2023, he and Mr. Liao will be in Zhenbeibao Western Studios. ）
The taxi drove fast, and after getting on the 110 national highway, it didn't take long to stop on the side of the road, and the driver informed us that the film and television city had arrived.
There is a fork in the road, there are eight dead wood pillars standing on the side of the fork, several horizontal logs are intertwined with it up and down, weaving seven big wooden frames, and seven black and uneven cowhides are hung with ropes in the frame, and seven big red characters are written on the cowhide in a regular manner - Zhenbeibao Western Cinema.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
After getting out of the car, I slowly descended along the gentle slope of the fork road, and not far away, two obvious square pillars split the road. The pillar is divided into four layers, the bottom layer is made of stone, the front and inside the stone wall are inlaid with milky white marble carvings, and the upper three layers are rammed earth, and the upward gradually decreases. On the front wall of the pillar, two black signboards are erected, one of which is engraved with "China's Unique" and the other with "Western Studios". In front of the square pillar, there are two pitch-black unicorns lying high. **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan Zhenbeibao Western Cinema is located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, more than 30 kilometers away from the downtown, and is named Zhenbeikou in ancient times, which is named after the ruins of two ancient border castles. 
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
I entered the gate, exchanged tickets, and came to the "Gate of Knowledge". On both sides of the "Gate of Knowledge" hangs a pair of "Awakening World" couplets of "Tourist Chief's Insight and Reading by Walking", with iron railings to handle the door, and those who enter need to enter with a ticket.
After entering the door, chatting with Mr. Liao, I walked slowly west along the corridor.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
In 2023, he and Mr. Liao will be in Zhenbeibao Western Studios. ）
After walking a short distance, turn left into the Weng City Gate of Qingcheng. Weng City is not big, there are several huts on the side of the wall, and there is the gate of the Qing City on the earthen city wall on the left. The city gate of Qingcheng is built on a low earthen city wall, the earthen city wall is not very "strict barrier", there is no city tower, no city, and there is no pennant to face the wind, but the gray soil is crooked, and the lower end of the adobe brick arches, arching out a door hole. Above the doorway hangs a log of primary color wood, on which are written two black characters of "Qingcheng", and two faded red lanterns are inserted on the wall upward.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
Entering the city gate, inside the city gate is a narrow loess street, and the street is named "Film and Television Street". Both sides of the street are covered with low houses, either of blue bricks or adobe, wooden pillars and beams, wooden doors and windows, neither carved beams nor painted buildings, nor red and black, but rather rustic and desolate. However, these low-level houses are full of all kinds of industries, such as pharmacies, pawnshops, restaurants, shops, brothels, inns, theaters, temples, occasional private houses, and mansions of wealthy merchants.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
Wander along the street, enter the shops, visit the inn, look at the stage temple, enter the mansion of the people's courtyard, Huamanlou, Ruyi pawnshop, Changsheng gambling house, Guanyin Pavilion, Fu'an Street, Tianwolf Hall, Baihuatang, Sihai Inn, Bull Demon Palace, Wulianghao, etc., appreciate the style of the ancient town in the northwest, and chew on the ancient folk customs. Wandering and wandering, shuttling and shuttling, the scenery and customs in front of you that are completely different from modern make people fresh and novel, amazing and weird, and they are drowning in the world that has long disappeared and is illusory.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
There is also a "Zhang Xianliang Memorial Hall" in Qingcheng, which has many exhibition halls, and the exhibition halls are full of scenery and **. It is said that in 1961, Zhang Xianliang, who was still on the farm, discovered the ancient town of Zhenbeibao and introduced it to the film and television industry in the early 80s. Since then, this ancient town has developed and grown, and has become the filming location of nearly 100 film and television dramas such as "Wrangler", "Red Sorghum", and "New Dragon Gate Inn", which has also made the film and television city famous and has become a check-in place for many tourists to travel to Yinchuan.
In 2023, Zhang Xianliang Memorial Hall of Zhenbeibao Western Cinema. ）
In 2023, at the Zhang Xianliang Memorial Hall in the Western Cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
After seeing the Qing City, I went out of the city gate and came to a street in the old Yinchuan. This street is not old enough, it is a street scene in the fifties and sixties. Compared with the Qing Dynasty, there is no quaintness and vicissitudes of life, and it is slightly modern, which makes people feel particularly familiar and cordial.
Stop at the street entrance and look up: there are two blue brick pillars standing at the street entrance, and an iron frame is erected horizontally at the top, and "loyalty, filial piety and benevolence" are hung on the iron frame, and the blue brick pillars are hung with two signboards that are not related to each other. On the white wall at the entrance of the street, Zhang Xianliang's "Old Yinchuan Street" is particularly eye-catching.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
At the entrance of the street, step on the old Yinchuan street. The street is not wide, the gravel floor, and there are blue brick bungalows on both sides of the street. The bungalows are old and rustic, without so many bells and whistles, but they are uneven and messy. Most of the bungalows are mixed houses, shops, and workshops, and there are also banks and offices. For those of us born in the 50s, the impression of the city is like this, so it is easy to be pulled back into the pale yellow old scene and pull out the emotional memory.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
Lantana Snack Bar, Najia Mutton, Wangji Tofu Workshop, Boyo Yayan Restaurant, Ningxia Bank ......At the end of the street is a sizable row of blue brick bungalows. The blue brick bungalow was horizontal, and the path was broken. The bungalow is very good, with red doors and red windows, a red five-star on the forehead of the door, and then "Old Street Theme Pavilion" is written in black on a white background. There is a long corridor in the theme pavilion, and on both sides are offices, where desks, chairs, benches and bookshelves are placed.
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
After walking the "old Yinchuan street", we moved to Mingcheng. The gate of the Ming City is a curved arch made of adobe, the arch stands on a decadent earthen wall, and the two sides of the door are painted with "a unique Chinese place" and "a treasure of Ningxia" that are too straightforward and tasteless "couplets". The rudimentary and decay of the city gate completely lost the meaning of the city gate, and it was only a symbolic sign of the existence of the city.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
When I entered Mingcheng, I was greeted by a house in the filming location of "Wrangler". The houses are low, the walls are made of stone and mud, the wooden doors are dilapidated and narrow, the wooden lattice windows, and a few sticks of yellow corn hang from the walls. The door is open, and when you enter the house, there is a clay kang in the bedroom, and there is a quilt on the clay kang, and the tables, chairs and benches in the house are worn, but they are all available; There is a stove in the kitchen, and pots and pans are in their places, but the stove is cold and there is no firewood, and there is no smoke. The dirt house is not big, and it is not visible, but it deduced a "Wrangler" that was famous in China at that time.
In 2023, the filming location of "Wrangler" in Zhenbeibao Western Cinema. ）
A still from the movie "Wrangler". ）
After watching the cabin where "Wrangler" was filmed, I continued to move forward and came to the "Zhou Family Compound". The compound is very large, with a vacant lot in the middle and a circle of houses around it, as if it were a yard in the shape of a production brigade. In the courtyard, there is a stage, a rostrum with an open-air venue, as well as a team department, a supply and marketing cooperative, a health center and other institutions.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I was fascinated by the open-air rostrum. The rostrum, knee-high, built against the wall, is made of blue bricks, and in the middle of the stage is a table covered with red cloth, on which are placed microphones and speakers. On the background wall of the rostrum is a shining military uniform photo of the leader and the Tiananmen Tower, a section of "Supreme Instruction" is painted on the semi-oblique red walls on both sides, and a slogan that does not match that era is painted on the white wall at the top of the semi-inclined wall: "Self-improvement, Ambition, Virtue, and Dreams." ”
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
Standing under the stage and watching for a long time, I suddenly felt as if I had returned to that era, and I couldn't stop the desire to perform, so I stepped onto the rostrum in two steps, sat behind the table, and faced the empty audience, and began to speak like a captain: Today, I will talk about two things, one is to grasp the revolution and promote production, and the other is to grasp the ...... family planning
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
After laughing with Mei for a while, he ended the performance and walked out of the Zhou family compound.
The south of the courtyard of the Zhou family is the city wall of the Ming city, the city wall is not high, the loess is rammed, the years are long, the wind invades the eclipse, the sand and gravel are piled up, the wall is peeled off, and the miserable remnant wall is broken and lying on the loess low. At the corner of the wall, there is a gentle staircase that leads to the top of the wall, and at the top of the wall is a doorway that curves out like a moon. The Moon Gate is not beautiful or elegant, the upper end is full of teeth, and the two ends are languishingly on the city wall, and there is a wooden pole on the left side of the door, and a white vermilion red flag floats on the wooden pole. The steps in the doorway slowly descend the dirt slope, and after five or six floors, they split into two, each falling along the wooden guardrail.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
Climb the stairs, pass through the moon gate, behind the door is a platform, stand on the platform and watch, the entire Ming City will be laid under the feet at a glance. The Ming city intersects with the Qing city, more rough and simple, the adobe houses rammed by loess are different in shape, the scales are proportional, the courtyard is square or long, one by one, the walls and fence gates made of tree branches are arbitrarily vertical and horizontal, and the pieces of heaven and earth are delineated. In the distance, it is gray and gray, covering the entire city outline.
Go down the city wall, enter the castle, and in front of the lobby of the Dingzhou Governor's Mansion, watch the tourists ascend to the court to try the case; In the SF dart game, the tiger sat on a high chair, went to the table to shoot the case, and played a good game of majesty; Visiting the Qingfu Town Police Brigade, looking at the watchtower, entering the case room, not afraid or afraid, he was happy to Taotao, and then came to the filming location of "Red Sorghum". After "Red Sorghum" became famous, the traditional and rugged wine workshop was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the audience.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
In 2023, in the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
The two-story wooden building of the wine workshop has wooden pillars and beams, wooden doors and windows, wooden walls, wooden ladders to the upper room, and the red and black carved on the top of the dilapidated gate is "The main scene of the movie red sorghum".
Stills from the movie "Red Sorghum" in Zhenbeibao Western Studio. ）
There is a courtyard in front of the workshop, and in addition to a pavilion in the courtyard, there are thick and round wine vats everywhere. Dozens of wine tanks are lined in rows, rows and rows, vertical or crooked, and the tanks are overflowing with the aroma of wine. In the 30-square-meter wine workshop, the wine cabinet and jars are filled with the entire workshop. The steaming trumpet of winemaking seems to still be echoing, the rough and fiery love is still continuing, and the indomitable national spirit is still hidden here, volatile and imperceptible.
In 2023, it will be the filming location of "Red Sorghum" in Zhenbeibao Western Cinema. ）
I have watched the movie "Red Sorghum", and it seems that I am no stranger to everything here, but I just revisit the old place, looking for the footprints and shadows of the heroes of the past. There are not many tourists in the workshop, so I watched quietly for a while, wandered for a while, and only then stepped out of the "Red Sorghum" wine workshop after being full of feelings.
After watching the "Red Sorghum" wine workshop, visiting the tofu workshop, going to the hero village, climbing the martial arts platform, passing through Changbanpo Street, and crossing the Longmen Inn, I went out of Ming City, talked about my feelings with Mr. Liao, and walked towards the gate of Zhenbeibao step by step.
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）
Zhenbeibao Western Cinema is simple, primitive, rough and desolate, with its unique peculiar, majestic, desolate, tragic, dilapidated, declining and undefeated scene, highlighting the sense of desolation, loess flavor and primitive and folk aesthetic connotation, as much as possible to retain its special aesthetic value, let people enjoy the western scenery here, appreciate the vicissitudes and mysterious charm that have long been lost, and evoke endless memories and imagination. ”
In 2023, the view of the western cinema of Zhenbeibao. ）