Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City

Zhenbeibao Western Cinema is 35 kilometers away from Yinchuan City and was built on the basis of an original castle. Here we maintain and make use of the original peculiar, majestic, desolate, tragic, dilapidated, decaying and undefeated scene of the castle, highlighting its desolate loess flavor and primitive and folk aesthetic connotation, and retaining the old energy. Its special aesthetic value allows film artists to fully unleash their imagination and creativity in this western scenery.

The movie "Red Sorghum" went to the world from here, when it won the 38th West Berlin International Film "Golden Bear Award". Since then, the number of film and television films produced here, the number of stars rising, and the number of international and domestic awards it has won are all among the best among film and television cities in the country, and it is known as "one of the best in the country." At present, more than 50 films and television films have been shot here. Many domestic and foreign "movie kings", "movie stars" and "stars" have emerged from here. This is also where "smart" directors frequently "dabble" in film and television award-winning opportunities. place. Zhenbeibao Western Cinema was born in two ancient castles that had been forgotten by the world. The ancient castle along the road is commonly known as "Old Castle". It was built during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty. It was a barracks for an ancient military fortress. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the third year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1738). It has a history of 500 years. According to legend, when General Han Yu, the general of the Ming Dynasty, was preparing to build a castle in the Helan Mountain area, he asked the so-called "Feng Shui Master" to see the "Feng Shui" here. The gentleman walked around and said that this place is located in the Helan Mountain Mountains. "Shadow Crouching Dragon Holding Pearl", and a "dragon vein" extends down, predicting that "emperors and generals will appear here" in the future, so Han Yucai decided to build the castle here, and it became the current Zhenbei Castle. Emperors have come here since ancient times. There were no generals, but there were many film and television works, stars, and famous directors that made a splash in the world of cinema. In the Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent foreigners from taking advantage of the opportunity, there were many buildings next to the destroyed "Old Fort". At a place 200 meters away, Yu built an earthen castle that was slightly smaller than the "Old Castle". This is the so-called "New Castle". It was completed about two years after the old castle was destroyed by the earthquake, that is, during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. Five years ago (1740), it has a history of more than 290 years. This kind of castle is commonly known as "Tuwei" in the local area. It is a unique "earth-covered building" in the northwest of China. Ancient people also paid attention to adapting to local conditions and using local materials. There is not a single brick in the castle wall, and it is entirely made of rammed loess. After hundreds of years of rain, snow, wind, frost and man-made destruction, by the 1950s and 1960s, the beauty of the border fortress was gone. , The wise see the wisdom.

In 1961, Zhang Xianliang, who was working on the nearby Nanliang farm, discovered that it had a vigorous and unbeatable momentum and a tenacious vitality coming from the depths of the loess. After he was rehabilitated, he wrote Zhenbei Fort into his novel "Greening Tree" for the first time, calling it "Zhennan Fort" in the book, and introduced it to the film and television industry, including the movies "Wrangler", "Red Sorghum", " "The Ballad of the Yellow River" was filmed during this period and won the international award. This magical land is the base of the "Western Film and Television City" founded by the famous writer Zhang Xianliang and his colleagues, and the "National Unique" Zhenbeipu Western Film City .