Based on the historical background of the burning of Yuanmingyuan by the British and French allied forces, the film tells the story of how Cixi grew from an unnoticed girl to a favorite of Emperor Xianfeng. 1September 2, 9831day, the film premiered in Hong Kong; In the same year, the film won the special award of excellent film issued by the Ministry of Culture.
Burning the Yuanmingyuan is a film work created by filmmakers from China, Hongkong and China.
During the Second Opium War, China suffered a humiliating history: 1860, British and French allied forces invaded Beijing, and they broke into Yuanmingyuan, taking away everything that could be taken away, and destroying and destroying anything that could not be taken away.
Finally, in order to destroy the criminal evidence, the invading army set fire to the Yuanmingyuan and burned it to ashes. 1980, director Li Hanxiang had the idea of putting this history on the big screen. He consulted a lot of historical materials, consulted many experts in Qing history, changed the script, and finally finished the script creation of Burning Yuanmingyuan.
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Brief Introduction to the Story of Burning Yuanmingyuan
1852, Yulan, who was born in an official family and was quite beautiful, was elected to the palace and was conferred as a noble. However, due to the feud between the Yehenala family to which Yulan belongs and the Aisingiorro family, it failed to get the attention of Emperor Xianfeng. Yulan struggled to get into the body, and finally attracted Xianfeng with a lingering and sad tune, and then won her favor.
In the future, the clever magnolia was always with the emperor. A year later, due to the birth of Zai Chun, Yulan was named Yi Guifei by Xianfeng, and her position in the palace was similar to that of the queen. At this time, the Qing dynasty was beset with domestic troubles and foreign invasion, and the crisis was everywhere. Britain, France and other Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Guangzhou and Tianjin, and then went straight to Beijing. The imperial court was in chaos.
Xianfeng adopted Yi Guifei's proposition and ordered Prince Sengqin to lead troops to defend the enemy. In the battle of Baliqiao, the Qing army was defeated and all the soldiers involved in the war were killed. Xianfeng immediately led his concubines and minister Su Shun to the Jehol Palace, leaving his younger brother Prince Gong, Yi Xin, to negotiate with foreigners in Beijing.
In the Jehol Palace, Xianfeng ignored the state affairs, and Youzi had fun all day, and the throne was read by Yi Guifei. The arrogant British and French Coalition forces bullied him and attacked Beijing with foreign guns. Burning and looting everywhere, doing all kinds of evil, robbed the world-famous "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens" Yuanmingyuan and set it on fire.
"Burning the Yuanmingyuan" was originally played by Zhang Jinling as Cixi and Liu Xiaoqing as Ci 'an. However, Zhang Jinling gave up the chance to play the role of Cixi because she was pregnant, so Liu Xiaoqing played the role of Cixi instead.
Because Tony Leung Ka Fai looks like Emperor Xianfeng, director Li Hanxiang chose Tony Leung Ka Fai to play first hero in the film. Zhou Jie, the actor of Li Fei in the film, didn't participate in the audition of Burning Yuanmingyuan. She danced a short dance in the editing car of director Li Hanxiang, and Li Hanxiang decided that Zhou Jie would play Li Fei.
During the filming of "Burning Yuanmingyuan" in mainland China, the relevant departments fully cooperated, and the opening of the Imperial Palace for the first time provided a convenient shooting scene for the film. In the film, hundreds of officials went to court, military aircraft discussed politics, Mulan's autumn inaugural ceremony, and Yuanming Ruins were all real scenes.
In addition, in order to shoot the scene of Yuanmingyuan, director Li Hanxiang persuaded New Kunlun Film Company to build a simulated location of Yuanmingyuan in Changping, Beijing at a cost of 640,000 RMB, and set it on fire at the end of shooting.
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Baidu encyclopedia-burning Yuanmingyuan