Matamata Town is a famous town in the North Island of New Zealand, which is rich in dairy cows. It is also the breeding base of New Zealand fine breed cows, and cows from many provinces and cities in China are imported from this small town. The residents in the town mainly manage farms, and their income ranks among the top in the country. According to preliminary estimates, the daily income of each family is about 30,000 yuan (including tax).
Matamata is the main shooting location of the Hobbit Village Shire in the magical blockbuster The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its prequel The Hobbit 1: Unexpected Travel. In this film, the town of Waikato Matata is depicted as a hobbit village that is almost isolated from the world.
It is said that Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings, started looking for location from 1999, and finally found a place that can reproduce the customs and customs of 7000 years ago-New Zealand. When the directors and staff saw the rural area of Matamata, the North Island of New Zealand, they immediately decided that it was the best scene in Habitun.
In order to present the leisurely pastoral life of the hobbits in the book, the film crew went to the farm to plant 5,000 square meters of vegetables and flower beds one year before shooting, so that they had enough time to grow naturally. Therefore, the Habi village in the film is a completely "real" beauty, and even the doors, fences and houses of the dwarfs in the play are real scenes.