A Brief Introduction to China Film History 1000 Words

Writing Thought: Write down the development course of China's films, including the origin, development and present situation.

From 1896 to the 1920s, although foreign investors occupied a monopoly position in the film market in China, they could not stop the film activities in China. 1903, German students returned to China with films and projectors, and rented Tianle Tea Garden in Qianmen Grinding Factory in Beijing to show films. 1905 Ren Qingtai of Beijing Fengtai Photo Studio filmed a Peking Opera "Dingjun Mountain" starring Tan Xinpei for his birthday.

From the beginning, China's films were combined with China's traditional opera and rap art, forming a unique film type. However, Fengtai photo studio, which first tried to shoot this kind of film, was only a small enterprise, not a film institution.

It was not until the appearance of the "Film Department" of the Commercial Press that it truly represented the beginning of the film industry in China. During this period, in addition to business, film production institutions appeared one after another, including Asian film companies invested by American businessmen, Magic Fairy, China, Shanghai and New Asia.

Because most of their members came from the drama stage, the theme and content of the films at that time mostly came from Chinese opera and civilized drama. In addition, they also began to shoot short stories and feature films, and made the most preliminary exploration and attempt on film art.

China's films were born in 1905, and have gone through various historical stages such as China's semi-feudal and semi-colonial period, revolutionary war period, new China construction period, cultural revolution period, reform and opening up period, and the new period of building a well-off society in an all-round way. It has gone through the technological transformation process from silence to sound to stereo, from black and white to color to stereo (3D), from analog to digital, and from tradition to modern.

At different stages of development, China's films have left outstanding masterpieces:1In the pioneering period of the 1920s, there were progressive films with the theme of social change, such as "The Orphan Save the Ancestor"; During the Anti-Japanese War and National Salvation, there were films such as "Crazy Flow" and "Chinese Sons and Daughters" that inspired fighting spirit and promoted patriotism. After the Anti-Japanese War, eight thousand miles of clouds and the moon, and a river of spring water flowed eastward. Profoundly reveal social contradictions and essence, and form a realistic creation trend.