There
is nothing more exciting than booking a trip abroad, and preparation
is a must. Anything you can learn about the Chinese culture, history,
or tradition while you are still at home will help you get the most
out of your trip. What better way to do this then by watching some of
the best China movies.
沒有什么比預(yù)定一次出國旅行更令人興奮的了，準備工作是必須的。當你還在國內(nèi)的時候，任何你能學(xué)到的關(guān)于中國文化、歷史或傳統(tǒng)的東西都會幫助你充分利用你的旅行。還有什么比看一些最好的中國電影更好的方法呢。
We
have compiled a list to get you on your way, with specific
suggestions depending on where in China you will be going, or what
you are hoping to learn more about.
我們已經(jīng)編制了一份清單，根據(jù)你在中國將要去的地方或者你希望了解更多的內(nèi)容，列出了具體的建議。
1.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1.臥虎藏龍
Chinese: 臥虎藏龍
Wò Hǔ Cáng Lóng ‘Talented
Individuals in Hiding’
中文：臥虎藏龍
Starring: Chow
Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Pei-Pei Cheng
主演:
周潤發(fā)、楊紫瓊、章子怡、張晨、鄭佩佩
Director: Ang
Lee
導(dǎo)演:
李安
Released: 2000
上映時間:
2000
Length: 120
min
長度:
120分鐘
Filmed
in: Hong
Village, Anhui province
拍攝地:
安徽省洪村
Crouching
Tiger Hidden Dragon is a world famous martial arts film, and is an
obvious place to start with regards to Chinese films. It was so
successful throughout the entire world that it won 40 awards,
including the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film, four
BAFTAs and two Golden Globe Awards, one of which was also for Best
Foreign Film. It is still one of the most famous Chinese films, and
has a good introduction to China’s Dynastic history, as well
as martial arts influence.
《臥虎藏龍》是一部世界著名的武俠電影，也是中國電影的一個顯而易見的起點。它在全世界范圍內(nèi)取得了巨大的成功，贏得了40項大獎，包括奧斯卡最佳外語片獎、四項英國電影學(xué)院獎和兩項金球獎，其中一項還是最佳外語片。它仍然是中國最著名的電影之一，對中國的朝代歷史以及武術(shù)的影響有很好的介紹。
This
film is especially recommended for those who enjoy martial arts, or
those who are planning to visit some of China’s martial arts
historical sights, for example Shaolin Temple in Luoyang, Henan,
which is the home of kung
fu.
這部電影特別推薦給那些喜歡武術(shù)的人，或者那些打算參觀中國武術(shù)歷史名勝的人，例如河南洛陽的少林寺，那里是功夫的發(fā)源地。
2.
To Live
2.活著
Chinese: 活著
Huózhe ‘Live’
中文:
活著
Starring: Ge
You, Gong Li
主演:
葛優(yōu)，鞏俐
Director: Zhang
Yimou
導(dǎo)演:
張藝謀
Released: 1994
1994年上映
Length: 133
min
長度:
133分鐘
Filmed
in: Zhoucun Ancient City, Shandong
province
拍攝地:
山東省周村區(qū)古城
Based
on the book by famous Chinese author Yu Hua, To Live is a dramatic
account of a rich man’s son who is a compulsive gambler. After the
gambler loses all of his property, he loses his family and is forced
to start a shadow puppet troupe during the Chinese Civil War that
ended in the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
The film beautifully follows his life through a lot of hardships
following the establishment of this new nation, but ends hopeful for
everyone’s future.
根據(jù)中國著名作家余華的書改編，《活著》講述了一個有錢人的兒子是個賭徒的戲劇性故事。在1949年中華人民共和國成立后，中國內(nèi)戰(zhàn)期間，賭徒失去了所有財產(chǎn)，失去了家庭，被迫成立了一個皮影戲劇團。這部電影漂亮地講述了他在新國家建立后經(jīng)歷了許多艱難困苦的生活，但最后對每個人的未來都充滿了希望。
This
film really is a must for a quick overview of China’s history,
especially the Mao era.
這部電影確實是快速回顧中國歷史，尤其是毛時代的必看影片。
3.
Raise the Red Lantern
3.大紅燈籠高高掛
Chinese: 大紅燈籠高高掛
Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo
Guà ‘Big Red Lantern High Hung’
中文：大紅燈籠高高掛
Starring: Gong
Li, Caifei He
主演:
鞏俐，何彩飛
Director: Zhang
Yimou
導(dǎo)演:
張藝謀
Released: 1991
上映時間:
1991
Length: 124
min
長度:
124分鐘
Filmed
in: The Qiao Family Compound,
Shanxi province
拍攝地點:
山西省喬家大院
Raise
the Red Lantern is a popular Zhang Yimou film, which was consequently
adapted into a ballet by China’s National Ballet. It is set in the
1920s, touching on China’s early modern history, set in the
Warlord Era. The film tells the story of a young woman, Songlian, who
becomes a concubine of one of the wealthy men of the Warlord Era.
《大紅燈籠高高掛》是張藝謀的一部廣受歡迎的電影，后來被中國國家芭蕾舞團改編成芭蕾舞劇。故事發(fā)生在20世紀20年代，講述了中國近代早期的歷史，背景設(shè)定在軍閥時代。這部電影講述了一個年輕女子宋蓮的故事，她成為了軍閥時代一個富人的妾。
The
film was well received on an international level, and is also a must
for those into cinematography as it has been acclaimed for its
artistic merit. One of its first awards was the Silver Lion for Best
Director at 1991 Venice International Film Festival, and it has won
countless awards for Best Foreign Language Film, or Best Film Not in
the English Language, including at the British Academy Film Awards in
1993.
這部電影在國際上廣受好評，對于那些喜歡電影的人來說也是必不可少的，因為它因其藝術(shù)價值而廣受贊譽。它的第一個獎項是1991年威尼斯國際電影節(jié)最佳導(dǎo)演銀獅獎，并贏得了無數(shù)的最佳外語片或最佳非英語片獎，包括1993年英國電影學(xué)院獎。
4.
Yellow Earth
4.黃土地
Chinese: 黃土地
Huáng Tǔdì ‘Yellow Land’
中文:
黃土地黃土地
Starring: Wang
Xueqi, Liu Qiang, Xue Bai
主演:
王雪琪，劉強，薛白
Director: Chen
Kaige
導(dǎo)演:
陳凱歌
Released: 1985
1985年上映
Length: 89
min
長度:
89分鐘
Filmed
in: northern Shaanxi province
拍攝地:
陜西省北部
Yellow
Earth is a Chinese Drama film whose cinematography is by famous
director Chen Kaige. The film has received a lot of acclaim from all
over the world, most notably at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards in
2005, where it was placed 4th on the list of 100 Best Chinese Motion
Pictures.
《黃土地》是一部中國戲劇電影，由著名導(dǎo)演陳凱歌執(zhí)導(dǎo)。這部電影在世界各地廣受好評，尤其是在2005年第24屆香港電影金像獎，在100部最佳中國電影中排名第四。
The
film is set in Shaanxi Province, in central China, in 1939,
during the time when the Chinese Communist Party and Kuomintang
worked together to fight the Japanese. It thus provides a great
insight into this time period, and also a good introduction
to Chinese history.
影片背景設(shè)定在1939年中國中部的陜西省，當時中國共產(chǎn)黨和國民黨共同抗擊日本。因此，它提供了對這一時期的深刻見解，也是對中國歷史的一個很好的介紹。
5.
In Expectation / Rainclouds Over Wushan
5、巫山云雨
Chinese: 巫山云雨
Wūshān Yúnyǔ ‘Wu Mountain Cloud
Rain’
中文:
巫山云雨
Starring: Li
Bing, Xiu Zongdi, Zhong Ping, Wang Wenqiang, Yang Liu, Zhang Xianmin
主演:
李冰，修宗棣，鐘平，王文強，楊柳，張賢民
Director: Zhang
Ming
導(dǎo)演:
張明
Released: 1996
上映時間:
1996
Length: 95
min
長度:
95分鐘
Filmed
in: Three Gorges Dam, Hubei province
拍攝地:
湖北省長江三峽水利樞紐工程
In
Expectation, also known as Rain Clouds over Wushan, following the
lives of two lonely people living in Wushan on the banks of
the Yangtze River during
the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, making it a must for
those planning to visit the Yangtze River, or the Three Gorges
Dam.
《期待》
，又稱巫山云雨，講述了三峽大壩建設(shè)期間長江三峽水利樞紐工程建設(shè)期間，巫山兩個孤獨的人的生活，使得那些計劃游覽長江三峽水利樞紐工程的人們不得不去參觀。
It
was produced with the Beijing Film Studio, and is a great depiction
of rural life in China. It gradually started receiving a lot of
positive feedback, winning the Dragons and Tigers Award from
Vancouver International Film Festival in 1997. At Torino Film
Festival, it also won the Best Feature Film Award, and the FIPRESCI
Prize.
它由北京電影制片廠制作，是對中國農(nóng)村生活的一個很好的描述。1997年獲得溫哥華影展“龍虎獎”。在都靈電影節(jié)上，它還獲得了最佳故事片獎和
FIPRESCI 獎。
6.
Shower
6.淋浴
Chinese: 洗澡
Xǐzǎo ‘Take a Shower’
中文：洗澡洗澡
Starring: Jiang
Wu, Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin
主演:
姜武，朱旭，浦存信
Director: Zhang
Yang
導(dǎo)演:
張揚
Released: 1999
發(fā)行時間:
1999年
Length: 92
min
長度:
92分鐘
Filmed
in: Beijing
拍攝地:
北京
A
popular Chinese film, Shower is a dramatic comedy surrounding the
nostalgic dramatization of loss in modern China. Following its
premier at Toronto International Film Festival in 1999, it won the
FIPRESCI Prize (from the International Federation of Film Critics).
流行的中國電影《淋浴》是一部圍繞現(xiàn)代中國失落的懷舊戲劇化的戲劇性喜劇。繼1999年在多倫多國際電影節(jié)首映之后，它獲得了國際影評人協(xié)會獎。
The
film follows a family-run bathhouse in Beijing, and explores
the Chinese cultural values of family, friendship and tradition,
giving a great insight into family life in the capital city.
影片以北京一家家庭經(jīng)營的澡堂為背景，探討中國的家庭、友誼和傳統(tǒng)文化價值觀，讓觀眾深入了解首都的家庭生活。
7.
The Spring River Flows East
7、 一江春水向東流
Chinese: 一江春水向東流
Yī Jiāng Chūn Shuǐ Xiàng
Dōng Liú ‘A River’s Spring [season] Water Flows East’
中文:
一江春水向東流，一江春水向東流，一江春水向東流，一江春水向東流
Starring: Bai
Yang, Tao Jin, Shangguan Yunzhu, Shu Xiuwen, Wu Yin
主演:
白洋、陶進、上官云珠、舒秀文、吳寅
Director: Cai
Chusheng, Zheng Junli
導(dǎo)演:
蔡楚勝，鄭俊禮
Released: 1947
上映時間:
1947
Length: 210
min
長度:
210分鐘
Filmed
in: Chongqing
拍攝地:
重慶
The
Spring River Flows East, sometimes translated as The Tears of
Yangtze, is one of the best Chinese films of its time. The film
depicts the life of a family during the Second Sino-Japanese War,
before, during and after, delving deep into some of the social issues
of the time, and proving a great introduction to culture and life at
the time. It was so popular that there is also a TV adaptation from
2005, which has been translated as The River Flows Eastwards.
《春江東去》是當時中國最好的電影之一，有時被翻譯成《長江的眼淚》。影片描述了第二次中國抗日戰(zhàn)爭前后一個家庭的生活，深入探討了當時的一些社會問題，對當時的文化和生活進行了很好的介紹。這部電影如此受歡迎，以至于2005年的一部電視劇也被改編成了《江東去》。
Watch
this film if you are interested in China’s wartime society.
如果你對中國的戰(zhàn)時社會感興趣，請觀看這部電影。
8.
Beijing Bicycle
8.十七歲的單車
Chinese: 十七歲的單車
Shíqī Suì de Dānchē
’17-Year-Old Bicycle’
中文:
seven 歲的單車
shíq Suì de nch‘17歲的自行車’
Starring: Cui
Lin, Li Bin, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhou Xun
主演:
崔林，李斌，高元元，周迅
Director: Wang
Xiaoshuai
導(dǎo)演:
王小帥
Released: 2001
2001年上映
Length: 113
min
長度:
113分鐘
Filmed
in: Beijing
拍攝地:
北京
Beijing
Bicycle is a Taiwanese-French production that won the Jury Grand Prix
at its premier at Berlin International Film Festival. The two leading
actors, Cui Lin and Li Bin, were awarded the “New Talent Award”.
《北京自行車》是一部臺灣和法國合作的電影，在柏林國際電影節(jié)首映式上贏得了評審團大獎。兩位主要演員崔林和李斌獲得了“新人獎”。
The
film offers good insight into the struggle of those from the
countryside looking for work in the city, as it follows a young boy,
Guei, who comes to Beijing to look for work. His job at a courier
company gives him a bicycle, which gets stolen, and he has to look
for it. The film beautifully winds together the life of Guei, and the
boy who ends up buying the stolen bicycle, demonstrating the clash
and cooperation between countryside and city in China.
這部電影很好地展現(xiàn)了那些從農(nóng)村來到城市找工作的人們的掙扎，講述了一個名叫桂的小男孩來到北京找工作的故事。他在一家快遞公司的工作給了他一輛被偷的自行車，他不得不去找。這部電影美麗地將桂的生活和最后買了偷來的自行車的男孩的生活交織在一起，展示了中國農(nóng)村和城市之間的沖突與合作。
9.
Seven Years in Tibet
9.西藏七年
Chinese: 西藏七年
Xīzàng Qī Nián ‘Tibet Seven
Years’
中文:
西藏七年
x 藏
q 年‘西藏七年’
Starring: Brad
Pitt, David Thewlis
主演:
布拉德
· 皮特，大衛(wèi)
· 休利斯
Director: Jean
Jacques Annaud
導(dǎo)演:
Jean Jacques Annaud
Released: 1997
上映時間:
1997
Length: 136
min
長度:
136分鐘
Filmed
in: Tibet
拍攝地:
西藏
Especially
interesting if you are going to pass through Tibet during your time
in China, Seven Years in Tibet stars Brad Pitt as a mountain climber
who escaped to Tibet during WWII, and who eventually ended up
befriending the Dalai Lama in Lhasa.
尤其有趣的是，如果你在中國期間要經(jīng)過西藏，《西藏七年》中布拉德
· 皮特飾演一個在二戰(zhàn)期間逃到西藏的登山者，他最終在拉薩和達賴喇嘛成為了朋友。
Based
on the true story of Heinrich Harrer, it is a great introduction
to Tibet’s unique culture, and will get you even more excited
about your trip as the camera perfectly captures some of the
beautiful scenery and natural landscapes that the region has to
offer.
根據(jù)海因里希哈勒的真實故事，這是一個偉大的介紹西藏獨特的文化，并會讓你的旅行更加興奮，因為相機完美地捕捉到了一些美麗的風(fēng)景和自然景觀，該地區(qū)提供了一些。
10.
Hero
10.英雄
Chinese: 英雄
Yīngxióng ‘Hero’
中文:
英雄雄“英雄”
Starring: Jet
Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Chen Daoming, Zhang Ziyi,
Donnie Yen
主演:
李連杰、梁朝偉、張曼玉、陳道明、章子怡、甄子丹
Director: Zhang
Yimou
導(dǎo)演:
張藝謀
Released: 2002
2002年上映
Length: 96
min
長度:
96分鐘
Filmed
in: Jiuzhai Valley, Sichuan province; Guilin, Guangxi
province; Ejina, Inner Mongol
拍攝地點:
四川省九寨谷，廣西桂林，內(nèi)蒙古
Ejina 廣西壯族自治區(qū)
Hero
is a film that is based on the true story of Jing Ke’s attempt to
assassinate the first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty —
Qin Shi Huang in 227 BC, during the Warring States period.
《英雄》是一部根據(jù)戰(zhàn)國時期荊軻刺殺秦始皇的真實故事改編的電影。
At
the time of its release, it was the most expensive project, and the
highest-grossing motion picture in Chinese film history. It took two
years to make it to American theaters, but was a success there too.
Afterwards, the film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film
Oscar at the 2003 Academy Awards, and received a lot of international
recognition in the film world, mainly for cinematography.
在上映時，它是中國電影史上最昂貴的項目，也是最賣座的電影。它花了兩年時間才進入美國影院，但在美國也取得了成功。此后，影片獲2003年奧斯卡最佳外語片提名，并在電影界獲得多項國際認可，主要是在攝影方面。
This
is the perfect film if you want to get a better idea of imperial
China, and learn more about the Warring States period.
如果你想更好地了解中華帝國，更多地了解戰(zhàn)國時期，這是一部完美的電影。
