Is the new version of Water Margin good to watch? What’s the highlight?

Not bad? Since the new version of "Water Margin" became popular, a new wave of "Water Margin" fever has set off across the country, and the story behind the new version of "Water Margin" has also attracted much attention. When the filming of the new version of "Water Margin" started, major media reported that the new version of "Water Margin" would be shot in real-life locations in Shandong, where the story of the Water Margin originated. Now that the new version of "Water Margin" has begun to hit the airwaves, its filming base - the Shandong Dongping Film and Television Shooting Base, where the eight hundred miles of water pool described in "Water Margin" is located, has also unveiled its mystery. It is understood that 85% of the scenes in the new version of Water Margin were shot in Dongping.

Water Margin culture is distributed in the southwestern part of Shandong Province, with its main centers in Dongping, Yuncheng, Yanggu and other counties and cities. However, the CCTV version of "Water Margin" missed Shandong. In March 1996, the filming crew of CCTV's "Water Margin" visited the birthplace of Water Margin culture in Dongping, Shandong Province. Due to various objective conditions, the crew finally settled in Wuxi Water Margin to start filming. The start of filming of the new version of "Water Margin" has become a good opportunity for Shandong to expand cultural tourism of Water Margin and start Shandong's film and television industry. Because of its rich Water Margin culture and unique natural advantages, Dongping County shouldered the heavy burden. Dongping County is the hometown of Luo Guanzhong, the author of "Water Margin". It has a natural landscape with Dongping Lake as the core, a cultural landscape represented by Water Margin culture, and the only remaining water area of ??800 miles of water ponds described in "Water Margin". Dongping has always been the core area of ??Water Margin cultural tourism in Shandong Province.

Dongping Lake is the only remaining water area of ??the eight hundred miles of water described in "Water Margin". Dongping Lake Scenic Area has the densest concentration of Water Margin legend relics and the most concentrated legendary stories in China. The style of "Water Margin" is preserved It is a tourist destination that is intact and has the most realistic image. It is the only primitive area where people can experience the coexistence of waterfronts and cottages, vast mountains and dangerous waters, and reed ponds and harbor branches. In Dongping, you can still appreciate the vast water surface with "mountain rows of huge waves and water reaching the sky", and feel the legacy of the Water Margin of "big bowls of drinking wine and large chunks of meat". Water battle scenes such as the three heroes of the Ruan family fighting He Tao and the defeat of Gao Qiu by the heroes of the Water Margin were all filmed in Dongping Lake.

Water Margin Film and Television City is the main filming location for the new version of "Water Margin". The Water Margin Film and Television City includes mansions, yamen, heroes' mansions, street shops, market merchants, restaurants and teahouses, religious temples, Lao Chengying, Zishi Street, Water Street, Prince's Mansion, Taishi's Mansion, Taiwei's Mansion, Brothel, and Fanlou. , Wengcheng, Yulongfang, Tokyo Bianliang Royal Road and other imitated Song Dynasty buildings, with strong ancient style, exquisite craftsmanship, meticulous and realistic, creating a specific historical atmosphere of the Northern Song Dynasty; most of the interior scenes in the new version of "Water Margin" were filmed in the Water Margin Film and Television City. Liugong Shanshui Margin Dazhai is located on the edge of Dongping Lake. It was the place where the heroes of the Water Margin gathered in the past. Now after renovation and expansion, it has become the largest Water Margin village in the world. The magnificent village at the beginning of each episode of the new version of "Water Margin" is the Liugong Shanshuihu Dazhai. Standing on the commanding platform of the Water Margin Dazhai, looking at the 800-mile waterfront in the past, it feels like pointing out the country.

In addition, Dongping has a superior natural environment, with plains, lakes, and mountains dividing the world, which meets the needs of all location scenes in the new version of "Water Margin". There are also Songjiazhuang, Zhujiazhuang, Taohua Village, Erlong Village, Sun Erniang Hotel, Zhugui Hotel, etc. around Dongping Lake, all of which restore the real scenes in "Water Margin". Therefore, 85% of the shots in the new version of "Water Margin" were shot in Dongping.

The real-life shooting of the new version of "Water Margin" in Dongping Lake not only greatly increased the authenticity and artistry of the new version of "Water Margin"; the popularity of the new version of "Water Margin" also made Dongping's tourism popular. Since the launch of the new version of "Water Margin", Dongping has attracted a large number of tourists every day. It is expected that when the new version of "Water Margin" will be broadcast on major satellite TV stations in August this year, Dongping will have the largest tourist peak of this year's "Water Margin".