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'Dingjun Mountain' was a 1905 Chinese silent film directed by Ren Qingtai () a.k.a. Ren Jingfeng (), who was assisted by his cinematographer Liu Zhonglun (). This film, made by Beijing's Fengtai Photography (),Hu, Jubin (2003). 'Projecting a nation: Chinese national cinema before 1949', Hong Kong University Press, p 39. constitutes the first Chinese film ever made.Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "The Fifth Generation" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=MIkc8os0WPwC&pg=PA128 'Encyclopedia of Chinese Film']. Taylor & Francis, p. 128. .

The film consisted of a recording of Peking opera superstar Tan Xinpei dressed in the character Huang Zhong and singing some arie from the Peking opera of the same name. The play is a dramatised account of Battle of Mount Dingjun (219 AD) and based on an episode in the 14th-century historical novel 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'.

The only print was destroyed in a fire in the late 1940s.

In popular culture



Two films tell the (fictitious) events leading up to this film.

'Shadow Magic', a 2000 US-China co-production directed by Ann Hu, stars Xia Yu as Liu Jinglun (based on Liu Zhonglun), Liu Peiqi as Master Ren (based on Ren Qingtai), Li Yusheng as Tan Linmei (based on Tan Xinpei), L Liping as Ren's wife, and Li Bin as Empress Dowager Cixi. It also stars Jared Harris and Xing Yufei.

The 2005 Chinese film 'Dingjun Mountain' () was made to celebrate 100 years of Chinese cinema. Directed by An Zhanjun, it stars Yang Lixin as Ren Jingtai (based on Ren Qingtai), Tan Yuanshou as his great-grandfather Tan Xinpei, Hao Rongguang as Liu Zhonglun, L Zhong as Empress Dowager Cixi, and Qu Ning as Ren's wife. It also stars Liang Jingke.

See also



* List of media adaptations of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'

References



Category:Lost Chinese films

Category:1905 films

Category:Peking opera films

Category:Films based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Category:Films set in 3rd-century Han dynasty

Category:Chinese silent short films

Category:1900s war films

Category:1900s historical films

Category:Chinese war films

Category:Chinese black-and-white films

Category:1900s lost films

Category:Lost war films


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