"The mountains and rivers are built to be refined, and how much work has been built to build."
Heaven and earth are full of scenery, and fangyuan should be given the name of the great view. ”
More than two hundred years ago
Cao Xueqin uses a poetic literary language
It depicts a garden art image - Daguan Garden
Represents the highest achievement of classical Chinese gardens
More than two hundred years later, a Chinese player
I will imagine the "Dream of the Red Chamber" Jia Fu Grand View Garden
1:1 restoration in a city building game
City: Skylines (CSL)
In the middle of the virtual world
On platforms such as Watermelon Video
It currently has 1.258 million users
"Visited" this one through video
Virtual Jia Fu Grand View Garden
Lions around the gate
From the perspective of Dai Yu's first entry into Jia Province
The houses in this house are displayed one by one
The scribe's veranda, carved beams and paintings, are very exquisite
It's like being immersed in the jia province
From Li Zhao Zhang Yu to the courtyard of four wet nurses
The outer study is a thunderbolt
The most exquisite Jia Muyuan in the Second House of Rongning to Baoyu's wedding room
Madame Wang's courtyard and Jia Zheng's inner study
It was all restored one by one
Afterwards, enter the Grand View Garden
Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Exploring Spring's Autumn Shuangzhai
The embellished brocade building to welcome spring, the warm fragrance dock of xichun
Li Feng's Daoxiang Village, Baochao's Wuyuan
Myoyu's Kushi-a...
An exquisite building that was only glimpsed in the book
One by one, they fall into the eye
The architectural design is also close to the style of the characters
For example, Myoyu's Longcui'an is full of smoke
There are also a little bit of red plums dotted in it
These layers of pavilions are hidden
There are also clues to the fate of the characters in the book
For these details
The builders strive to be fully presented
The location of Daiyu's burial flowers has not fallen either
This breathtaking Jia Fu Grand View Garden
From the hand of Zhang Chao
His fans are more familiar with his screen name "William C William Chao"
In the CSL game world
He is known as the "Big God Player"
CSL officially signed the Chinese city builder
Zhang Chao is an authentic Hangzhou native
He studied architectural interior design at Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts
After graduation, he worked at Alibaba and Zhejiang University
In 2015, he left Zhejiang University
Become a freelancer
After being exposed to CSL games in 2017
He set out to build a "digital twin city" in Hangzhou.
Since then, it has been out of control
August 2020, on the watermelon video platform
"Dream of the Red Chamber" Jia Fu 1:1 Restoration (Part 1) was launched
Zhang Chao took three months
The Grand View Garden in the fictional capital city of Chang'an in the original work
Moved to the foot of the Jade Emperor Mountain on the south bank of the West Lake in Hangzhou
Restored in the game under the name "Red Chamber Park"
As soon as the video was launched, it triggered heated discussion among netizens
Netizens shouted: This is the dream of the Red Chamber in my heart
"Recreate the Grand View Garden
It is what every 'red fan' wants to do,
Readers of dynasties and dynasties
All of them have their own Grand View Garden in their hearts,
I'm just in the game
Realized my 'dream' of the Red Chamber. ”
At the age of 14, Zhang Chao first read "Dream of the Red Chamber"
I always imagined it in my head
The spatial appearance of these joys and sorrows
Now that it is not a year of confusion, the Poinsettia Building
It took three months to recover
For him, it is also the fulfillment of his boyhood wish
In recent years, there have been some Chinese player groups
Committed to video games as a foundation
Use pixel modeling and other figurative expressions
Recreate ancient buildings in the virtual world
There are restorations of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and so on
The reality exists of ancient buildings
Then through B station, Weibo and other platforms
Let more people have a new perspective
Experience the charm of traditional culture
But it will originally only exist in "Dream of the Red Chamber"
Beautiful Grand View Garden
Reproduce in the virtual world
Zhang Chao is also the first person
Unlike a building with traces to follow
A replica of the fictional Jia Fu Grand View Garden
Zhang Chao could only pass
The description in "Dream of the Red Chamber" slowly pondered
Then find sources from a large number of sources and literature
Little by little polished to build
In the end, we were left with the Grand View Garden that will not disappear
It also loads young people with memories of the Dream of the Red Chamber
In addition to creating this stunning mansion
Earlier, Zhang Chao had also recovered in the game
West Lake Broken Bridge, Southern Song Dynasty Royal Garden Deoksugung Palace and other buildings
January this year
Another video of Zhang Chao
"5,000 hours to restore the city of Hangzhou" was released
Although only a few tens of seconds of trailer
Or let many netizens be amazed
Netizen message
"5,000 hours,
This persistence and love alone is awe-inspiring. ”
Zhang Chao said
5,000 hours of work was just done
Restoration of the re-enactment of the surrounding area of Hangzhou's West Lake
I want to fully restore the entire city of Hangzhou
There's still a long way to go
"At the moment only 5% of the plan has been completed.
My dream is to completely restore the city of Hangzhou in my lifetime. ”
Zhang Chao also based on Hangzhou's existing urban planning and street appearance
Viaducts, parking lots, schools, hospitals were built
and other necessary modern infrastructure
And the style of the imperial city of the Southern Song Dynasty
Together with the development of the times by the high-rise buildings
The historical sites covered have been restored one by one
Let the overall landscape of the city be the same as the past
Hangzhou's "Digital Twin City"
Under the mechanics of the game
There are more than 100,000 people in the restored city of Hangzhou
Experience the ups and downs of life
Decades since its birth
Video games have been dubbed the "Ninth Art"
It is comparable to traditional arts such as architecture, music, and theater
Thanks to the continuous efforts of game producers and enthusiastic players
The game is no longer a plaything's lost pot man
And it began to be given more meaning
Zhang Chao uses the way of the game
Expressing his love for his hometown
And "hardcore" players like him
There are many more in China
They depict their cities in the game world
Shanghai, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen and so on
They were drawing the city at the same time
It also shows China's urban changes in front of people all over the world
"I think games can not only fight and kill, but also create very good things and restore things that are basically impossible in reality." I hope that these video works of mine can let foreigners see what Chinese cities are now, not only with good scenery, but also with modern infrastructure, highly developed commerce, and perfect integration with history and culture. ”
Zhang Chao is with many "players"
In their own way
Telling the "China Story"
Zhang Chao in real life
At first glance, the fairy breath flutters
A black robe with long hair and long hair
If only there was another sword around his waist
He is almost in martial arts novels
The appearance of the "great hero" wandering in the shadow of the sword and light...
Zhang Chao is not only committed to reviving Chinese architecture in the game
In addition to "building a city"
Zhang Chao is also with friends this year
Formed the first Chinese armor boy band "Iron Feather Tabai"
Together with his old friend Wen Chenhua, he revived The Chinese Armor Culture
Wen Chenhua is one of the top professional armor makers in China
Known as "the first person to restore the Tang and Song dynasties"
"The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", "Qing Ping Le" and other dramas
The armor worn by the actors is from their hands
At an event in August of this year
Member of "Iron Feather White"
For the first time, the "Refining Armor" studio was demonstrated
Newly improved and restored Dragon Scale Bright Light Armor (Zhao YunJia)
"We pay attention to the production of armor,
It also pays attention to the performance of armor culture.
Put on dozens of pounds of armor,
When showing this culture to the world,
in order to feel in their own hearts
The courage and enthusiasm of a Chinese boy
A steady stream of them emerges. Zhang Chao said.
I have seen the works of Zhang Chao and the team "Iron Feather Stepping White"
Learn about the effort they put into it
and after the harvest from it
Who can deny them
They are all the same as the craftsmen of our ancestors
With an extremely precious ingenuity
Inherit the excellent traditional Chinese culture
Restore buildings in the game and restore armor in reality
It seems like different fields, different ways
But the same is the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture
At the moment, more and more people
Willing to be in the ever-changing era of connectivity
Will be traditional Chinese culture
Re-give cultural meaning or use scenes
Make it fresh and interesting
As Zhang Chao said
"Culture does not die,
It just waits quietly to wake up. ”