"Peking Opera Film Project" screening films hit record highs,"Manjiang Red" and "Red Mane Fierce Horse" premiered

Jiuzhiwang Film Beijing News The quintessence of national light and shadow has been passed down for a century. 2025 coincides with the 120th anniversary of the birth of China films. From the first brilliant performance of the Peking Opera "Dingjun Mountain" in 1905 to today's film technology empowers the art of Peking Opera, the integration of Peking Opera and film has always witnessed the integrity and development of Chinese culture, inheritance and innovation. On April 21, the 15th Beijing International Film Festival "Peking Opera Film Project" film screening and the press conference for the premiere of "Manjiang Red" and "Red Mane Fierce Horse" were held at the China Film Museum. Ren Yue, deputy general manager of China Film Company Limited, Wang Yong, president of the National Peking Opera Theater, Qin Yan, president of the Beijing Peking Opera Theater, Huang Xiaowei, director of the China Film Museum, Feng Zhiming, director of the Propaganda Department of the Chaoyang District Committee of Beijing City, and Peking Opera artists, drama critics, musicians and senior film directors of the "Peking Opera Film Engineering Art Steering Group", artists and leading creators who participated in the filming of the Peking Opera films "Manjiang Red" and "Red Mane Horse" attended the event.

Photo note: The press conference for the screening of the "Peking Opera Film Project" film at the 15th Beijing International Film Festival and the premiere of "Manjiang Red" and "Red Mane Fierce Horse"*

The "Peking Opera Film Project" is a national-level project, historic project, moral and artistic project, and rescue project implemented under the personal initiative and promotion of the central leadership and with the strong support of the Central Propaganda Department. The Beijing International Film Festival has continued to present an important screening activity of the "Peking Opera Film Project", a cultural project of great significance, for ten consecutive years. It aims to present the fruitful results and extensive social impact of the project one by one. This year, the number of films screened is the largest in history, including 21 films that showcase the extremely high attainments of Peking Opera art, including "Dragon and Phoenix Comes","Farewell to My Concubine","The Champion Media","Qin Xianglian","The Troubles in Heaven" and "Jiujiangkou", demonstrating the cultural influence and cultural value of the project on promoting the development of national culture and Peking Opera art.

At the premieres of the Peking Opera films "Man Jiang Hong" and "Red Mane Fierce Horse", the Chinese spirit of loyalty, courage, and loyalty in Peking Opera culture not only moved theater fans again, but also shocked the young movie audience on the scene. In the behind-the-scenes sharing of film creators and famous Peking Opera artists, the deep details of Peking Opera are described, and the story of Peking Opera under the power of light and shadow technology is also endowed with an arc across the times, illuminating the future picture of creative transformation and innovative development of China traditional culture together.

21 Peking Opera films gathered!

The 15th Beijing Film Festival "Peking Opera Film Project" film screening shines brightly

As a historic key cultural project to promote excellent national culture, the "Peking Opera Film Project" not only records the richness, breadth and depth of Peking Opera art, but also displays the superb achievements of contemporary Peking Opera artists in the inheritance, development, integrity and innovation. It is of far-reaching significance in exploring the contents of classic Peking Opera plays. Since its launch, with the support of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, it has taken more than ten years to gather the country's top Peking Opera troupes and artists. It has received the joint participation and active cooperation of relevant provincial and municipal propaganda departments, as well as the Peking Opera and film industries.

Picture note: Ren Yue, Deputy General Manager of China Film Company Limited *

In this cultural project that spans the times, China Film Corporation has taken on the mission of a "national team" and has continued to give full play to the advantages of the entire industrial chain for more than ten years. It has led the production and distribution of 12 classic plays such as "Red Mane and Fierce Horse","Manjiang Red" and "Silang Tan Mu","Red Tower Two Youths","Heroes Gathering·Borrowing the East Wind","Wen Ji Returning to Han" and "Jiujiangkou". It has made every effort to help build a large-scale Peking Opera movie treasure house at an annual creative rhythm of almost once a year. Ren Yue, deputy general manager of China Film Corporation, said in her speech: "China Film Corporation has built a wide and diverse publicity path for Peking Opera films, actively communicated and cooperated with various ministries and commissions, deeply cultivated grassroots cultural positions, and brought Peking Opera films to the broad masses of the people. This year, China Film Corporation will also gather its own publicity and distribution forces. Starting from the end of April, it will lead 119 controlled cinemas across the country to launch a nationwide long-term screening of Peking Opera films, spare no effort to let more people see Peking Opera films and write about China's excellent traditional culture. An answer to the times of creativity transformation and innovative development." As a firm practitioner of this cultural inheritance project, China Film Corporation has always adhered to the creative guidelines of "Peking Opera is the foundation, film is the use". While maintaining the essence of opera art, it innovatively uses film technology to make traditional art shine with the glory of the times.

Photo note: Wang Yong, President of the National Peking Opera Theater *

Photo note: Qin Yan, President of Beijing Peking Opera Theater *

In addition, President Wang Yong of the National Peking Opera Theater emphasized that starting from the "Peking Opera Film Project", we will continue to deepen interconnection and co-creation with film art in the future, actively embrace the wave of digitalization and intelligence, and develop a Peking Opera art that is oriented to modernization, the world and the future.! Qin Yan, director of the Beijing Peking Opera Theater, pointed out,"Since the launch of the 'Peking Opera Film Project' in 2011, from theaters to theaters, offline to the cloud,'Born Dan Pure Ugly' has entered more people's lives, and 'Singing, Reading, Doing Fighting' is transformed into expressions that span generations."

Photo note: Wei Haimin, chief actor of Taiwan Guoguang Troupe and Peking Opera performing artist *

Photo note: Yu Kuizhi, artistic director of China Opera Academy and Peking Opera performing artist *

At the same time, Wei Haimin, a well-known Taiwanese Peking Opera performing artist, was specially invited to review emotionally his experience in participating in the competition: "With the progress of the times, the film and television industry is constantly innovating. Peking Opera actors of our generation have the honor to leave our artistic features on the big screen. During the filming process, we also felt that when making a movie, we must eliminate the evil and preserve the essence and more exquisitely present the performance characteristics of Peking Opera's Four Skills and Five Methods." Yu Kuizhi, a famous Peking Opera performing artist, even shared his thoughts as the star of "Man Jiang Hong":"I hope this work can leave some information for our Peking Opera art."

Photo note: Feng Zhiming, Member of the Standing Committee of the Chaoyang District Committee of Beijing City and Minister of the Propaganda Department *

Photo note: Huang Xiaowei, Director of China Film Museum *

As a regular screening at the annual Beijing International Film Festival, the screening of the "Peking Opera Film Project" film has received strong support from the Beijing City government. Feng Zhiming, director of the Propaganda Department of the Chaoyang District Committee of Beijing City, said,"'Peking Opera Film Project 'is a national-level and historic cultural project that embodies the perfect combination of contemporary Peking Opera art and film art." As an important hall for protecting and inheriting human civilization, China Film Museum attaches great importance to the promotion and dissemination of Peking Opera culture. Director Huang Xiaowei happily shared the good news, saying that China Film Museum is preparing for the digital conversion of the "Peking Opera Film Project" exhibition to further explore new carriers and new paths for inheriting and disseminating Peking Opera art.

A gathering of famous artists demonstrates the inheritance of Chinese spirit

The premieres of "Manjiang Red" and "Red Mane Horse" set off a "whirlwind of youth"

The Peking Opera film "Man Jiang Hong" tells the story of Yue Fei, the anti-Jin hero of the Southern Song Dynasty, leading his army to fight against the Jin soldiers. He won many battles and won consecutive battles, but was recalled by the court's twelve gold medals and was killed by the court on charges of "unwarranted" rebellion. Accompanied by the heroic poem of "Man Jiang Hong", a generation of loyal and brave soldier Yue Fei generously died in Fengbao Pavilion. This epic story, through the clever integration of Peking Opera art and film narrative, not only retains the freehand aesthetics of the opera, but also enhances the visual impact through film special effects. It also vividly demonstrates the feelings of family and country and heroism of the hero Yue Fei.

Photo note: Opening ceremony for the premiere of the Peking Opera film "Man Jiang Hong"*

At the premiere, starring Yu Kuizhi and Li Shengsu took the stage to share the wonderful behind-the-scenes of the film with the audience. They not only shared the differences between Peking Opera film filming and stage performances, but also talked about the inspiration of filming on Peking Opera performances: "Stage art is amplified, and movies are more natural and close to life expressions. Grasping the balance between the two will also be very helpful for our future Peking Opera performances." Although Zhang Yonghe did not attend the re-arrangement, he sent a affectionate letter. He wrote in the letter,"Yue Fei's actions are those who dare to take responsibility and are willing to contribute." After "Man Jiang Hong" was made into a Peking Opera movie, it brought closer to the times, making the Peking Opera movie "Man Jiang Hong" a good film that promotes positive energy and sings the main theme!" The film received enthusiastic response from the audience after the screening. Some young viewers said: "I didn't expect Peking Opera films to be so shocking. Yue Fei's impassioned arias brought tears to my eyes and ignited the strong feelings of family and country in my heart.""The combination of Peking Opera and film gives us the younger generation more opportunities to contact Peking Opera art and understand Peking Opera culture. Yue Fei's spiritual core of loyalty to the country has achieved cross-era resonance through the language of the film lens."

Photo note: Yu Kuizhi and Li Shengsu, the stars of the Peking Opera movie "Man Jiang Hong", shared behind the scenes *

At the premiere of the Peking Opera film "Red Mane Fierce Horse", 11 creative guests including Liu Changyu, an artistic index expert of the "Peking Opera Film Project" and Peking Opera performing artist, and Xiao Feng, film director, witnessed the premiere. Among them, Zhao Jingbo, an artistic index expert and stage director, and starring Du Zhenjie, Zhang Huifang, Wei Haimin, Ni Maocai, Hou Danmei, and Zhao Baoxiu had in-depth exchanges with the audience around the theme of the film and behind-the-scenes filming. "Red Mane Fierce Horse" tells the story of Queen Wang Yunzhi of the Tang Dynasty throwing a ball to choose a son-in-law. Xue Pinggui was in the ball. After eliminating her father's obstruction, she married Xue Pinggui. She was loyal to love and marriage, stayed in the cold kiln, and went through a series of hardships. The story of finally obtaining happiness. The beautiful qualities of justice, tenacity and intelligence of ancient China women have become more vivid through the rendering and expression of film technology. The inheritance and interpretation of the traditional spirit of China by Peking Opera art also deeply moved the audience."Through the support of film technology and the delicate performance of Peking Opera actors, Wang Baochuan's loyalty to love has been vividly portrayed." "The opposing performances of several leading actors were brilliant and had endless charm between singing, reading, and fighting. They also witnessed the extraordinary charm of Peking Opera art in telling traditional stories through light and shadow."

Photo note: Opening ceremony for the premiere of the Peking Opera movie "Red Mane Horse"*

"Red Mane Fierce Horse" has carried out various bold innovations on the basis of respecting tradition. It not only retains the charm of Peking Opera during filming, but also adapts to the expression techniques of the film. Zhao Jingbo, an expert in art and stage director, believes that Peking Opera films use modern light and shadow to record the classics of Peking Opera, and use the best audio-visual support to promote the best performance status of contemporary artists. Starring Du Zhenjie said that he was deeply honored to participate in the filming of the "Peking Opera Film Project"."When I was filming, I always told myself to do everything I had learned and record the charm of Peking Opera art." The leading actor Zhang Huifang shared that "the stylized performances of Peking Opera, hand-eye steps, singing, reading, and beating recorded in the film are unique expressions of opera, which is something that needs to be passed down as a Peking Opera actor." Leading actor Ni Maocai believes: "In the AI era, retaining the art of Peking Opera in digital form is a kind of pride for us as Peking Opera people and a new expression and expression method of our national cultural confidence." Starring Hou Danmei thanked the many behind-the-scenes staff during the filming,"They did a lot of work for the incubation of Peking Opera films. Every teacher is very rigorous and also meticulous about my performance from beginning to end, so I participated in the filming. I am very lucky." Regarding the details of the filming of the film, leading actor Zhao Baoxiu finally shared: "The Peking Opera film" Red Mane Fierce Horse "involves many Peking Opera genres. This is also a valuable inheritance. The 'Peking Opera Film Project' is dedicated to the contemporary era and benefits for the future."

It is reported that the 15th Beijing International Film Festival has specially set up a unit for the "Carnival-Peking Opera Film Project Films" in Beijing, and the ten Peking Opera films of the "Peking Opera Film Project" will be screened at the Daguanlou Cinema, the birthplace of China films. After the film festival, Daguanlou Cinema and Capital Cinema will jointly carry out long-term fixed-point screening of 21 films from the "Peking Opera Film Project".

The series of related activities of the 15th Beijing International Film Festival "Peking Opera Film Project" not only provided fans and fans with an audio-visual viewing of Peking Opera art, but also provided the "Peking Opera Film Project" in more than ten years of screenings. The release of the cultural power accumulated in deep cultivation and development-it witnessed the courage and courage of countless Peking Opera people and filmmakers to persevere in tapping the development potential of Peking Opera art, dare to innovate and echo the times, and also witnessed the use of the wings of light and shadow, Peking Opera art breaks through stage boundaries across time and space, reaches more audiences, injects strong impetus into the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese culture, and provides a valuable and nourishing cultural picture of the new era for the improvement of the cultural connotation of China's film industry.

The Peking Opera film "Manjiang Red" is produced by China Film Corporation, the National Peking Opera Theater, and the Capital Jinghu Art Research Society; the Peking Opera film "Red Mane Fierce Horse" is produced by China Film Corporation, Beijing Peking Opera Theater, and the Capital Jinghu Art Research Society. Both films are supported by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and released by China Film Corporation. I look forward to meeting Peking Opera this spring and feeling the charm of the collision of national quintessence and light and shadow!