Mention the costume myth TV series "Journey to the West", everyone here should have the impression that in the previous versions of "Journey to the West", most of them use the 86 version shot by director Yang Jie as a template, but what many people may not know is that director Yang Jie filmed "Journey to the West" before and after a total of 6 years, that is, from 1982 to 1988 before it officially ended, during which the "Journey to the West" broadcast was an incomplete version
In six years, director Yang Jie led the crew to go through most of the film and television shooting venues in China, the set was west to Turpan in Xinjiang, east to Qinhuangdao, north to Changbai Mountain, south through Hainan and even Thailand, during which the crew also made a lot of contradictions and interesting things, such as in the episode of Red Child, the fire-breathing monster shooting site was located at the foot of Changbai Mountain, and when the Eight Commandments filmed Gao Laozhuang, the filming was in Weifang Shiwat Garden
But to talk about the really interesting, you have to look at the ninth episode of the original "Journey to the West": "Stealing Ginseng Fruit", because in this play, the two Buddhist and Taoist families also had a small episode in reality
1. False "Zhen Yuanzi" Wu Guiling and True DaoChang
"Stealing Ginseng Fruit" This episode of the plot set in Sichuan Qingcheng Mountain, when there was a Taoist temple on the mountain called Guchang Taoist Temple, is now one of the most famous tourist attractions in China, director Yang Jie selected the shooting location, the "WuzhuangGuan" location was set here, unexpectedly, after the whole crew entered the Ancient Taoist Temple, the local Taoist master and the Daoist children under the door did not welcome them, even if Yang Jie carried a letter of introduction from the National Taoist Association, the other party only had a very cold attitude to let them enter the door to shoot
This made Yang Jie very confused, but also did not know the specific reason, just think that their stationing may have disrupted the Taoist Qing cultivation, and the artist Wu Guiling, who played Zhen Yuan Daxian at the time, seemed to understand something, he deliberately found the most authoritative Taoist leader in the temple to prove the conjecture, and sure enough, it was because of the beliefs of the two families of Buddhism and Taoism that there was a contradiction, because "Journey to the West" has been suppressing the Tao and promoting the Buddha since ancient times, and the Taoist priests in the temple believe that Yang Jie's "Journey to the West" is demeaning the Taoist gods who believe in their own faith, and naturally do not want to see them
After understanding the reason, Yang Jie personally handed over the script of "Stealing Ginseng Fruit" in "Journey to the West" to the Dao Chief, and when the other party saw it, Zhen Yuan Daxian effortlessly held Sun Wukong three times, such an extraordinary means also showed the crew's respect for the ancestors of the Taoist Immortals, so the Dao Commander was very happy and immediately warmly welcomed them
At the beginning of the Wuzhuangguan film, the Dao Commander and his disciples also performed a group performance for free
What is more interesting is that because the location shooting needs to have a close-up of the Wuzhuang Temple, so Yang Jie's crew specially replaced the plaque of the ancient Taoist Temple with the "Wuzhuang Temple" during the shooting, and as a result, on the day of the plaque replacement ceremony, the Dao chief, who was more than 80 years old, saw the sign of the Wuzhuang Temple in front of his home smiling like a child, and his Taoist temple also became the residence of the gods
Finally, after the filming of the plot ended, the Dao Commander took the initiative to ask for a photo with the fake "Zhen Yuanzi" Wu Guiling, and very respectfully let him go to the upper seat to show his respect for Zhen Yuan Daxian
2. 30-year-old "Qingfeng" Daotong
In the plot of "Wuzhuangguan", Zhen Yuan Daxian went to the peach banquet after his appearance, leaving only two female Daoist children qingfeng and Mingyue to entertain the Tang monks and apprentices, but the personalities of these two Daoist children were not very pleasing, and the sharp teeth and sharp mouths were impressive, and their actors at that time were Wang Yang and Cai Lin
The interesting point is that the real identity of Qingfeng actor Wang Yang is not a child, she was born in 1952, she was 30 years old when she played Daotong, her clothing appearance was still a child's appearance, her face was not honest, and later Wang Yang also participated in another famous work "Dream of the Red Chamber", in this play she played Xue Baoqin, the sister of Xue Baochao, in fact, Wang Yang at that time was 13 years older than Xue Baochao's actor Zhang Li
3. What exactly is the "ginseng fruit" in the crew?
"Journey to the West" has been broadcast for so many years, which has appeared a lot of props and magical items in the mythological world, such as the most eye-catching one in the Wuzhuang Temple is the ginseng fruit tree and the so-called "ginseng fruit", when watching this scene, many people are speculating what this so-called fairy fruit is? According to the plot alone, the props of the crew at that time should be a kind of fruit, because the breeze and bright moon are very crisp and there is a lot of water when eating
Later, when the reporter interviewed the members of the "Journey to the West" crew, the other party only unveiled the mystery, in fact, the real identity of the so-called "ginseng fruit" was a cold potato, the reason why it grew into the appearance of a child, Yang Jie invited the painter of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts to carve it out with a knife and tools, when the crew prepared hundreds of ginseng fruits, only less than 10 were used when filming, often when the actors were filming, the group actors and videographers next to the camera also had a snack to quench their thirst
The only difference is that the ginseng fruit that the Eight Commandments first ate was not a cold potato, because the size was too big for the actor to swallow, so ma Dehua ate glutinous rice paper, which was edible
4. In order to shoot ginseng fruit trees, Li Chengru searched for saplings
We all know that there is a famous ginseng fruit tree in Wuzhuangguan, which is the root of the earth qi, and its fruit is also extraordinary, three thousand years of flowering, three thousand years of fruit, nearly ten thousand years of maturity, the effect is comparable to the peach, and at that time, in order to restore this sacred tree, the crew shared three prop trees, one of which was specially built in the courtyard by the crew, only close-ups and close-ups
Another shot of Sun Wukong angrily pushing down the ginseng fruit tree, in fact, this tree is a bonsai, and only one shot completed the shot of the fruit tree tearing down and rebirth, that is, two times the camera was reversed, and the shot of Sun Wukong disrupting the ginseng fruit was also shot in this way
The most difficult shot should be the props when Qingfeng Mingyue hugged the tree roots and cried, because there was no way to fake, so only the real tree roots could be found instead, Yang Jie sent his assistant Li Chengru to find the roots, Li Chengru found more than a dozen nearby counties and towns and did not find it, but coincidentally, on the way back to the crew, Li Chengru just bumped into the engineering team to build a road, and dug out the root of a towering giant tree on the way, which was very suitable for being a prop, and Li Chengru pulled it back to the crew
5. Yang Jie directed the scene to mourn his father
Many people may not know that director Yang Jie was originally from Sichuan, her father's name was Yang Bokai, a famous revolutionary during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in 1947, not long after the Liberation War, Yang Bokai was arrested by the Kuomintang, two years later, on the eve of the founding of New China, Yang Bokai was secretly executed by the Kuomintang in Chengdu Twelve Bridges, and his body was buried in Chengdu Cultural Park
At that time, when director Yang Jie took the crew to Qingcheng Mountain, the site where the ginseng fruit tree was set up was in Chengdu Cultural Park, which is near the mausoleum of Yang Jie's father, and after the filming was completed, Yang Jie went to the mausoleum alone to mourn his father, and hoped that his spirit in heaven could rest in peace after seeing his daughter's achievements
In addition, in addition to being the filming location of Wuzhuang Temple, Qingcheng Mountain is also the filming location where Sun Wukong learned his art from bodhi ancestors, so there will be a scene in the plot of Ginseng Fruit describing Sun Wukong going to the master to seek the healing tree immortal formula
From a personal point of view, for the directors and actors who participated in "Journey to the West" in that year, it is not so much that they are playing the characters in the play, but rather that these predecessors really experienced 81 difficulties, because the difficulties are far heavier than the price paid for learning the scriptures
I don't know what all of you think?