Sesame Hutong is a short story of old Beijing.

The sauce making process shown in the play.

Showing that Beijingers "pay attention to beauty", the screenwriter said Liu Bei's role was his favorite. "Sesame Hutong" is another masterpiece created by director Liu Jiacheng after "Love Full Courtyard" and "Little Women under Zhengyang Gate". The scene of quadrangles, old neighborhoods, pickled vegetable yards, bustling streets and crowded downtown, which are full of Beijing flavor, outlines the appearance of old Beijing. Before directing the film "Sesame Hutong", Liu Jiacheng admitted that he had made up his mind not to take over the Beijing style children's drama. "There are too many. I said don't limit myself to Beijing style dramas." What changed Liu Jiacheng's mind was the script of Sesame Hutong, which was very accurate and delicate from the story structure to the characters created. "I can't let this play go."

Show the old Beijing people's face and inner

The story of "Sesame Hutong" is set in the old Beijing in 1947 and spans more than 30 years. In the eyes of Liu Yan, a screenwriter, the most distinctive feature of old Beijing is not only the "leniency, caution, tolerance and sincerity" of old Beijingers, but also the sense of humor in the language. "Beijingers have their own regional characteristics, especially their language, which is sticky. For example, this person is stingy. We will call him Iron Rooster, Glass Mouse, Glass Cat, etc. These adjectives can't be replaced by stingy or stingy." With his love for old Beijing, Liu Yan in Sesame Hutong, It describes the feeling of the old Beijingers, their fastidiousness, and their "stubbornness" and "axis".

Liu Jiacheng said that he was the old Beijing. When people mentioned Beijing before the founding of New China, they usually thought of "Longxugou" and "Camel Xiangzi". They were poor, dirty, messy and poor, which did not show the Beijing people's attention. In Liu Jiacheng's opinion, Beijingers have to pretend for a while while while talking about both sides. "Like a man in Beijing, he seems simple and indifferent, but no matter how poor he is, he will have one or two good clothes," Liu Jiacheng explained. "For example, my grandmother always drinks good tea, which is better than her standard of living. I see old photos of Beijing in the 1940s. The cheongsam has a variety of colors, and the texture is very good. You see, the cloth shoes and hats he wears are very simple, in fact, they are time-honored brands." In "Sesame Hutong", Beijing people will show their "beauty".

Don't worry about the regional restrictions of Beijing opera

In the Love Full Courtyard directed by Liu Jiacheng, He Bing's silly column is actually an example of Beijing people. Liu Jiacheng said that the real Beijingers may be more like Yan Zhensheng in "Sesame Hutong". He has a kind of forbearance. According to the speech of Beijingers themselves, he is more careful about his life, and he will not try hard when things really happen. "On the contrary, he was extremely tolerant, and the outburst at that moment reflected his male side. Such characters are more real and delicate."

As for "Beijing Opera", will it be limited by regional influence? In this regard, Liu Jiacheng said that over the years, he has been in the midst of such doubts. The highest doubts were raised when Love was Full of Siheyuan, and Beijing opera could not cross the river. "At that time, someone came up with an idea to change the quadrangle into a tube shaped building. I said that we should stop filming. How can the unit building go out front and push the door of the neighbor's home back? That's not the case. But I believe that good works will not be restricted by this." Teahouse "is not only performed nationwide, but also around the world. The last thing to see is the characters and emotions."

Wang Ou Challenge 30 years old

From the previously exposed "Sesame Hutong" film, we can see that Mu Chunhua, played by Wang Ou, and Lin Cuiqing, played by Liu Bei, have completely different characteristics in terms of image and design.

Chihua Zhongmu Chunhua wears a simple and clean white dress, and has beautiful short hair, which highlights her neat and courageous character. In Wang Ou's opinion, Mu Chunhua is a Beijing girl who is very smart, decisive, chivalrous and has great love.

After joining the group, in the process of chatting with the director, He Bing and Liu Bei, Wang Ou had a different feeling about this character. Mu Chunhua had to go through a 30-year age span in the play Wang Ou believes that Mu Chunhua's affection for Yan Zhensheng originates from the master's "grace to save life", and "repay" has become Mu Chunhua's original motivation He and his sister have a special relationship between two women. "

If Mu Chunhua is the daughter next door to a small family, then Lin Cuiqing, played by Liu Bei, is a mature and shrewd "big woman" who takes charge of the Yan family's household affairs and helps Yan Zhensheng keep the Yan family in order; She said nothing and saw through it. It can be said that she lived clearly. In her life, Lin Cuiqing likes Shanghai style pop songs and pays attention to every detail. However, she is very traditional in her treatment of husbands and wives.

Lin Cuiqing, who lives in such a comfortable life, was greeted with the sad news that her husband is going to marry Mu Chunhua. Liu Yan, the screenwriter, said frankly that Lin Cuiqing is one of his most beloved characters and has devoted the deepest feelings to her, "I pity her and pity her. When something happens in a normal family, the married couple must feel more aggrieved than anyone else. Lin Cuiqing is also a typical figure of women suffering in modern China." With the development of the plot, Lin Cuiqing also appears to be mean and unruly. He has his own selfishness and scheming, but remains unchanged, and is still kind-hearted.

Liu Bei said that there was only one relationship in Lin Cuiqing's heart, but with the development of the plot, a friendship developed between Lin Cuiqing and Mu Chunhua

Create a sense of age with "sauce heart"

Since he is the owner of a pickle shop, the non-material cultural heritage - pickle production technology has also been introduced into "Sesame Hutong". In order to deliver this intangible cultural heritage to the audience, the director Liu Jiacheng personally visited the time-honored pickle factory with a hundred years of history, learned about the process of pickled pickles, and tried to restore the most authentic pickle production process. The pickles presented in the film also come from the century old pickle brand. In Pianhua, Yan Zhensheng follows the traditional pickle production process, carefully selects the ingredients, and personally supervises every production process of pickles.

In addition, in order to present a more authentic imprint of the times, the director added some symbolic regional cultural elements, such as old Beijing folk arts and crafts, street acrobatics on the overpass, to the play, and reproduced the flavor of life in the alley. From the flowers, we can see that the scenes in Zhima Hutong, whether they are walls, doors and windows, or props such as rickshaws and foreign cars with a sense of age, strive to restore the reality of the times. It is reported that the courtyard where the Yan family lived in the play, the overall structure and scenery of the quadrangle, the layout of each room, furniture furnishings, and the purchase of many old objects are all restored one by one based on historical data.

According to Liu Jiacheng, the crew built a front yard, a back yard, an alley and a pickle yard, covering a total area of 15000 square meters. Fuhuadao has no budget restrictions, and strives to ensure quality. "If you do well, you can do it." He Bing said that the professionalism of the set is very helpful to the actors. "The most difficult thing for actors is to believe in this scene. They need help from the location, the set, and the clothes." (Liu Wei)

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