Thereis nothing more exciting than booking a trip abroad, and preparationis a must. Anything you can learn about the Chinese culture, history,or tradition while you are still at home will help you get the mostout of your trip. What better way to do this then by watching some ofthe best China movies.

没有什么比预定一次出国旅行更令人兴奋的了，准备工作是必须的。当你还在国内的时候，任何你能学到的关于中国文化、历史或传统的东西都会帮助你充分利用你的旅行。还有什么比看一些最好的中国电影更好的方法呢。

Wehave compiled a list to get you on your way, with specificsuggestions depending on where in China you will be going, or whatyou are hoping to learn more about.

我们已经编制了一份清单，根据你在中国将要去的地方或者你希望了解更多的内容，列出了具体的建议。

1.Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

1.卧虎藏龙

Chinese:卧虎藏龙Wò Hǔ Cáng Lóng 'TalentedIndividuals in Hiding'

中文：卧虎藏龙

Starring:ChowYun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Pei-Pei Cheng

主演:周润发、杨紫琼、章子怡、张晨、郑佩佩

Director:AngLee

导演:李安

Released:2000

上映时间:2000

Length:120min

长度:120分钟

Filmedin:HongVillage, Anhui province

拍摄地:安徽省洪村

CrouchingTiger Hidden Dragon is a world famous martial arts film, and is anobvious place to start with regards to Chinese films. It was sosuccessful throughout the entire world that it won 40 awards,including the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film, fourBAFTAs and two Golden Globe Awards, one of which was also for BestForeign Film. It is still one of the most famous Chinese films, andhas a good introduction toChina's Dynastic history, as wellasmartial arts influence.

《卧虎藏龙》是一部世界著名的武侠电影，也是中国电影的一个显而易见的起点。它在全世界范围内取得了巨大的成功，赢得了40项大奖，包括奥斯卡最佳外语片奖、四项英国电影学院奖和两项金球奖，其中一项还是最佳外语片。它仍然是中国最著名的电影之一，对中国的朝代历史以及武术的影响有很好的介绍。

Thisfilm is especially recommended for those who enjoy martial arts, orthose who are planning to visit some of China's martial artshistorical sights, for example Shaolin Temple in Luoyang, Henan,which is the home ofkungfu.

这部电影特别推荐给那些喜欢武术的人，或者那些打算参观中国武术历史名胜的人，例如河南洛阳的少林寺，那里是功夫的发源地。

2.To Live

2.活着

Chinese:活着Huózhe 'Live'

中文:活着

Starring:GeYou, Gong Li

主演:葛优，巩俐

Director:ZhangYimou

导演:张艺谋

Released:1994

1994年上映

Length:133min

长度:133分钟

Filmedin:Zhoucun Ancient City,Shandongprovince

拍摄地:山东省周村区古城

Basedon the book by famous Chinese author Yu Hua, To Live is a dramaticaccount of a rich man's son who is a compulsive gambler. After thegambler loses all of his property, he loses his family and is forcedto start a shadow puppet troupe during the Chinese Civil War thatended in the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.The film beautifully follows his life through a lot of hardshipsfollowing the establishment of this new nation, but ends hopeful foreveryone's future.

根据中国著名作家余华的书改编，《活着》讲述了一个有钱人的儿子是个赌徒的戏剧性故事。在1949年中华人民共和国成立后，中国内战期间，赌徒失去了所有财产，失去了家庭，被迫成立了一个皮影戏剧团。这部电影漂亮地讲述了他在新国家建立后经历了许多艰难困苦的生活，但最后对每个人的未来都充满了希望。

Thisfilm really is a must for aquick overview of China's history,especially theMao era.

这部电影确实是快速回顾中国历史，尤其是毛时代的必看影片。

3.Raise the Red Lantern

3.大红灯笼高高挂

Chinese:大红灯笼高高挂Dà Hóng Dēnglóng GāogāoGuà 'Big Red Lantern High Hung'

中文：大红灯笼高高挂

Starring:GongLi, Caifei He

主演:巩俐，何彩飞

Director:ZhangYimou

导演:张艺谋

Released:1991

上映时间:1991

Length:124min

长度:124分钟

Filmedin:The Qiao Family Compound,Shanxi province

拍摄地点:山西省乔家大院

Raisethe Red Lantern is a popular Zhang Yimou film, which was consequentlyadapted into a ballet by China's National Ballet. It is set in the1920s, touching onChina's early modern history, set in theWarlord Era. The film tells the story of a young woman, Songlian, whobecomes a concubine of one of the wealthy men of the Warlord Era.

《大红灯笼高高挂》是张艺谋的一部广受欢迎的电影，后来被中国国家芭蕾舞团改编成芭蕾舞剧。故事发生在20世纪20年代，讲述了中国近代早期的历史，背景设定在军阀时代。这部电影讲述了一个年轻女子宋莲的故事，她成为了军阀时代一个富人的妾。

Thefilm was well received on an international level, and is also a mustfor those into cinematography as it has been acclaimed for itsartistic merit. One of its first awards was the Silver Lion for BestDirector at 1991 Venice International Film Festival, and it has woncountless awards for Best Foreign Language Film, or Best Film Not inthe English Language, including at the British Academy Film Awards in1993.

这部电影在国际上广受好评，对于那些喜欢电影的人来说也是必不可少的，因为它因其艺术价值而广受赞誉。它的第一个奖项是1991年威尼斯国际电影节最佳导演银狮奖，并赢得了无数的最佳外语片或最佳非英语片奖，包括1993年英国电影学院奖。

4.Yellow Earth

4.黄土地

Chinese:黄土地Huáng Tǔdì 'Yellow Land'

中文:黄土地黄土地

Starring:WangXueqi, Liu Qiang, Xue Bai

主演:王雪琪，刘强，薛白

Director:ChenKaige

导演:陈凯歌

Released:1985

1985年上映

Length:89min

长度:89分钟

Filmedin:northernShaanxi province

拍摄地:陕西省北部

YellowEarth is a Chinese Drama film whose cinematography is by famousdirector Chen Kaige. The film has received a lot of acclaim from allover the world, most notably at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards in2005, where it was placed 4th on the list of 100 Best Chinese MotionPictures.

《黄土地》是一部中国戏剧电影，由著名导演陈凯歌执导。这部电影在世界各地广受好评，尤其是在2005年第24届香港电影金像奖，在100部最佳中国电影中排名第四。

Thefilm is set inShaanxi Province, in central China, in 1939,during the time when the Chinese Communist Party and Kuomintangworked together to fight the Japanese. It thus provides a greatinsight into this time period, and also a good introductiontoChinese history.

影片背景设定在1939年中国中部的陕西省，当时中国共产党和国民党共同抗击日本。因此，它提供了对这一时期的深刻见解，也是对中国历史的一个很好的介绍。

5.In Expectation / Rainclouds Over Wushan

5、巫山云雨

Chinese:巫山云雨Wūshān Yúnyǔ 'Wu Mountain CloudRain'

中文:巫山云雨

Starring:LiBing, Xiu Zongdi, Zhong Ping, Wang Wenqiang, Yang Liu, Zhang Xianmin

主演:李冰，修宗棣，钟平，王文强，杨柳，张贤民

Director:ZhangMing

导演:张明

Released:1996

上映时间:1996

Length:95min

长度:95分钟

Filmedin:Three Gorges Dam, Hubei province

拍摄地:湖北省长江三峡水利枢纽工程

InExpectation, also known as Rain Clouds over Wushan, following thelives of two lonely people living in Wushan on the banks oftheYangtze Riverduringthe construction of theThree Gorges Dam, making it a must forthose planning to visit theYangtze River, or the Three GorgesDam.

《期待》，又称巫山云雨，讲述了三峡大坝建设期间长江三峡水利枢纽工程建设期间，巫山两个孤独的人的生活，使得那些计划游览长江三峡水利枢纽工程的人们不得不去参观。

Itwas produced with the Beijing Film Studio, and is a great depictionof rural life in China. It gradually started receiving a lot ofpositive feedback, winning the Dragons and Tigers Award fromVancouver International Film Festival in 1997. At Torino FilmFestival, it also won the Best Feature Film Award, and the FIPRESCIPrize.

它由北京电影制片厂制作，是对中国农村生活的一个很好的描述。1997年获得温哥华影展“龙虎奖”。在都灵电影节上，它还获得了最佳故事片奖和FIPRESCI 奖。

6.Shower

6.淋浴

Chinese:洗澡Xǐzǎo 'Take a Shower'

中文：洗澡洗澡

Starring:JiangWu, Zhu Xu, Pu Cunxin

主演:姜武，朱旭，浦存信

Director:ZhangYang

导演:张扬

Released:1999

发行时间:1999年

Length:92min

长度:92分钟

Filmedin:Beijing

拍摄地:北京

Apopular Chinese film, Shower is a dramatic comedy surrounding thenostalgic dramatization of loss in modern China. Following itspremier at Toronto International Film Festival in 1999, it won theFIPRESCI Prize (from the International Federation of Film Critics).

流行的中国电影《淋浴》是一部围绕现代中国失落的怀旧戏剧化的戏剧性喜剧。继1999年在多伦多国际电影节首映之后，它获得了国际影评人协会奖。

Thefilm follows a family-run bathhouse in Beijing, and explorestheChinese 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经营的澡堂为背景，探讨中国的家庭、友谊和传统文化价值观，让观众深入了解首都的家庭生活。

7.The Spring River Flows East

7、一江春水向东流

Chinese:一江春水向东流Yī Jiāng Chūn Shuǐ XiàngDōng Liú 'A River's Spring [season] Water Flows East'

中文:一江春水向东流，一江春水向东流，一江春水向东流，一江春水向东流

Starring:BaiYang, Tao Jin, Shangguan Yunzhu, Shu Xiuwen, Wu Yin

主演:白洋、陶进、上官云珠、舒秀文、吴寅

Director:CaiChusheng, Zheng Junli

导演:蔡楚胜，郑俊礼

Released:1947

上映时间:1947

Length:210min

长度:210分钟

Filmedin:Chongqing

拍摄地:重庆

TheSpring River Flows East, sometimes translated as The Tears ofYangtze, is one of the best Chinese films of its time. The filmdepicts the life of a family during the Second Sino-Japanese War,before, during and after, delving deep into some of the social issuesof the time, and proving a great introduction to culture and life atthe time. It was so popular that there is also a TV adaptation from2005, which has been translated as The River Flows Eastwards.

《春江东去》是当时中国最好的电影之一，有时被翻译成《长江的眼泪》。影片描述了第二次中国抗日战争前后一个家庭的生活，深入探讨了当时的一些社会问题，对当时的文化和生活进行了很好的介绍。这部电影如此受欢迎，以至于2005年的一部电视剧也被改编成了《江东去》。

Watchthis film if you are interested inChina's wartime society.

如果你对中国的战时社会感兴趣，请观看这部电影。

8.Beijing Bicycle

8.十七岁的单车

Chinese:十七岁的单车Shíqī Suì de Dānchē'17-Year-Old Bicycle'

中文:seven 岁的单车shíq Suì de nch‘17岁的自行车’

Starring:CuiLin, Li Bin, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhou Xun

主演:崔林，李斌，高元元，周迅

Director:WangXiaoshuai

导演:王小帅

Released:2001

2001年上映

Length:113min

长度:113分钟

Filmedin:Beijing

拍摄地:北京

BeijingBicycle is a Taiwanese-French production that won the Jury Grand Prixat its premier at Berlin International Film Festival. The two leadingactors, Cui Lin and Li Bin, were awarded the "New Talent Award".

《北京自行车》是一部台湾和法国合作的电影，在柏林国际电影节首映式上赢得了评审团大奖。两位主要演员崔林和李斌获得了“新人奖”。

Thefilm offers good insight into thestruggle of those from thecountryside 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 couriercompany gives him a bicycle, which gets stolen, and he has to lookfor it. The film beautifully winds together the life of Guei, and theboy who ends up buying the stolen bicycle, demonstrating theclashand cooperation between countryside and cityin China.

这部电影很好地展现了那些从农村来到城市找工作的人们的挣扎，讲述了一个名叫桂的小男孩来到北京找工作的故事。他在一家快递公司的工作给了他一辆被偷的自行车，他不得不去找。这部电影美丽地将桂的生活和最后买了偷来的自行车的男孩的生活交织在一起，展示了中国农村和城市之间的冲突与合作。

9.Seven Years in Tibet

9.西藏七年

Chinese:西藏七年Xīzàng Qī Nián 'Tibet SevenYears'

中文:西藏七年x 藏q 年‘西藏七年’

Starring:BradPitt, David Thewlis

主演:布拉德· 皮特，大卫· 休利斯

Director:JeanJacques Annaud

导演:Jean Jacques Annaud

Released:1997

上映时间:1997

Length:136min

长度:136分钟

Filmedin:Tibet

拍摄地:西藏

Especiallyinteresting if you are going to pass through Tibet during your timein China, Seven Years in Tibet stars Brad Pitt as a mountain climberwho escaped to Tibet duringWWII, and who eventually ended upbefriending the Dalai Lama in Lhasa.

尤其有趣的是，如果你在中国期间要经过西藏，《西藏七年》中布拉德· 皮特饰演一个在二战期间逃到西藏的登山者，他最终在拉萨和达赖喇嘛成为了朋友。

Basedon the true story of Heinrich Harrer, it is a great introductiontoTibet's unique culture, and will get you even more excitedabout your trip as the camera perfectly captures some of thebeautiful scenery and natural landscapes that the region has tooffer.

根据海因里希哈勒的真实故事，这是一个伟大的介绍西藏独特的文化，并会让你的旅行更加兴奋，因为相机完美地捕捉到了一些美丽的风景和自然景观，该地区提供了一些。

10.Hero

10.英雄

Chinese:英雄Yīngxióng 'Hero'

中文:英雄雄“英雄”

Starring:JetLi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Chen Daoming, Zhang Ziyi,Donnie Yen

主演:李连杰、梁朝伟、张曼玉、陈道明、章子怡、甄子丹

Director:ZhangYimou

导演:张艺谋

Released:2002

2002年上映

Length:96min

长度:96分钟

Filmedin:Jiuzhai Valley, Sichuan province;Guilin, Guangxiprovince; Ejina,Inner Mongol

拍摄地点:四川省九寨谷，广西桂林，内蒙古Ejina 广西壮族自治区

Herois a film that is based on the true story of Jing Ke's attempt toassassinate the first Emperor ofthe Qin Dynasty—Qin Shi Huang in 227 BC, during the Warring States period.

《英雄》是一部根据战国时期荆轲刺杀秦始皇的真实故事改编的电影。

Atthe time of its release, it was the most expensive project, and thehighest-grossing motion picture in Chinese film history. It took twoyears to make it to American theaters, but was a success there too.Afterwards, the film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language FilmOscar at the 2003 Academy Awards, and received a lot of internationalrecognition in the film world, mainly for cinematography.

在上映时，它是中国电影史上最昂贵的项目，也是最卖座的电影。它花了两年时间才进入美国影院，但在美国也取得了成功。此后，影片获2003年奥斯卡最佳外语片提名，并在电影界获得多项国际认可，主要是在摄影方面。

Thisis the perfect film if you want to get a better idea ofimperialChina, and learn more about the Warring States period.

如果你想更好地了解中华帝国，更多地了解战国时期，这是一部完美的电影。