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Thanks Eri for the entertaining and detailed reports of your adventures, together with beautiful pics of seneries and mouth-watering food. Really amazing love .
I like your impressionist style pic of HK night from “top of the world” too – very dreamy. Looking forward to reading more interesting stories Very Happy .
BTW, I’ve been trying to find a pic of “golden pavilion” I saw long time ago in Weibo, so we can compare your pics with that one Wink . So far I am running empty handed Sad . If you don’t mind, I will post it here, in your thread once I find it……
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yitian,

If you can find some pictures, please up load and compare.

I watched this video and captured some scenes, but unfortunately, I didn't see anything resemble of the Golden Pavillion in the studio.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ySIRu575ZY

These scenes were probably at Chikan village.





Golden Pavillion captures from video









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I surfed a little more and found this photo of "stripped to bare bone Golden Pavilion", I guess this place was changed to the TV drama set, by the time I visited.



The entrance looks similar.

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I gave up searching for Golden Pavilion pics in the sea of Weibo. Eri, I think the latest pic you posted resembled very closely (if not identical) to what I saw before.

Instead, I found an article describing Chikan Town, which is the place where WKW shot the Southern scenes for The Grandmaster.

A “Town” changed by films
The shooting lens of “The Grandmaster” bring liveliness to Chikan Town.
web link: http://www.nandu.com/nis/201308/29/103325.html

Sorry this long article is in Chinese. Most part of the article is talking about how film industry, especially shooting of The Grandmaster, bring tourism to Chikan Town and Kaiping.
In this article, it stated that the “Golden Pavilion” was set in the “Ho Family” , while Ip Man’s home was set in the “Chow Family” (Eri, you probably know more which family complex is which). Unfortunately, the furniture in the Golden Pavilion were smashed by Grandmasters after shooting, so the room is now mostly filled with movie posters.
One cute part of this article describes there was a time that both The Grandmaster and Let The Bullet Fly were overlapped during their filming period. These two films coincidentally brought Tony and Carina together in Chikan Town Laughing.

The following is the entire article in Chinese
被电影改变的一座“城”
《一代宗师》们的镜头对准赤坎后,带来戏外的繁华
《让子弹飞》这部影片,让整个大中华圈都知道了赤坎;不过,赤坎布满的却是《一代宗师》的痕迹。
只有三平方公里的赤 坎古镇已有350多年的历史,早年移民欧洲和美洲等地的赤坎华侨,从国外带回建筑图纸,融合开平本地的建筑艺术,在古镇建成了大批商铺式的楼房。早年即在 此居住着关族和司徒氏两大族人,把古镇清晰地分为两个部分,西边主要居住关族,东边则主要由司徒族人聚居和经营。
其实,赤坎一直受到影视圈的青睐。上个世纪八十年代开始,《三家巷》、《孙中山》等三十多部以历史为题材的影视作品就曾在这里取景拍摄,早己有“电影街”的头衔。20 0 4年,古镇关族图书馆旁兴建了“三家巷”,成为了赤坎影视城。
让赤坎名声大震的是2010年上映的《让子弹飞》,但姜文的选择并非大导演中的首吃螃蟹。《一代宗师》虽然在去年底才上映,王家卫却早于姜文在这里取景,而正是王家卫的进入,让赤坎的改变可用“惊天动地”一词来形容。
古镇的居民,欣喜地接纳了《让子弹飞》的宣传以及《一代宗师》留下的巨变,赤坎古镇的影视拍摄和旅游业正欣然起步。
低调睇场 无人认出王家卫
2009年的夏天,王家卫一行5人到开平赤坎为《一代宗师》寻访景点。当时负责接待的工作人员是现任广东开平碉楼旅游发展有限公司自力村分公司部门经理徐满源,“我带着他们到自力村、赤坎影视城、立园、风采堂、锦江里码头一带走了一转,还和他们合影留念了”。
而实际上,徐满源接待时只知道一行人中有著名导演陈勳奇,并不知道王家卫来了,为此,他还遭同事梁敏仪“埋怨”一番,“怎么王家卫来了都不说”。
据徐满源介绍,王家卫当时戴着鸭舌帽和大墨镜,遮得非常严实,看场全程很少说话,非常低调,“不得不说,王家卫是个很细致的人,开平有个荒废已久的百合公社,以前看场时都只在外面扫一眼,王家卫还到里面去了”。
“《一 代宗师》时代背景和赤坎很契合,而且赤坎影视城是修建出来,专门用来拍戏的地方,虽然小,但接待一个剧组很方便,灯光位、机器位很符合拍电影的要求”,据 碉楼旅游发展有限公司副总经理张向宁介绍,看场后不久,剧组便开始与公司商谈合作事宜,“谈合作的时候,王家卫说拍摄时间不超过六个月,合同里他们还具体 到开机、杀青的时间,但我一看合同,觉得不行,如果这个电影是王晶来拍,我就相信,但是这个电影是王家卫来拍,我就不敢相信了。”结果真如张向宁所料,王 家卫一拍就是三年多。
真材实料 每一个场景都能住人
进入赤坎影视城后,《一代宗师》剧组的道具“奢华”程度 让广东开平碉楼旅游发展有限公司营销中心总经理陈资聪惊呆了,他在赤坎影视城工作多年,甚少见到有对道具和场景如此执着和严格的导演。“所有道具均是真材 实料,叶问拜祖神龛、房间内的家居摆设,金楼打斗时的桌凳,包括一个小小的杯子全都是买来或者租来的真货,所有主演的衣服全部是定制。”他不禁感叹,王家 卫电影拍摄的任一个场景,都可以住人。“他就不会像有些导演拍剧,用塑料、劣质的摆设道具过完镜头即可。如此大的血本,够某些导演拍十部电影了。”他说。
陈资聪认为,王家卫不仅对道具场景质量要求高,对场景道具的摆设和审美还是条“变色龙”,经常让剧组人员改场景。“做道具的同事最怕王家卫去看场景了,看一遍改一遍,总是没有个最终的定案。”这也让他觉得,王家卫作为导演可谓是极挑剔的。
不过,让他颇觉得痛心的是,这些几经更改的真材实料的道具,在拍完打斗戏之后就被毁了。“诸如神龛之类还好,现在还原封不动地保留在原处;但像金楼的家具,拍完打斗戏,几乎全被毁了。”他告诉记者,这些道具搁在现在任何一个房子里,都是上好的家具。
要求很高 不在当地请群演
据 江门五邑影视文化协会常务副会长、《一代宗师》外联制片梁庭辉介绍,王家卫对演员的素养要求很高,影片里有许多在雨里打斗的场景,有些人在雨里一躺就是好 几个小时,因此群众演员多是从群演公司请来的。广东开平碉楼旅游发展有限公司副总经理张向宁也提到,“群演都是剧组从其他地方请过来的,不会在我们这里随 便拉一个充数。”
张向宁也介绍说,除了对群演要求高之外,王家卫对拍摄镜头的要求也很严格。一部两个多小时的影片,剧组在赤坎前后共拍摄大概有3年多的时间。他说,在这拍摄期间整个影视城完全封闭,不对外开放,让现场很干净不至于穿帮。
在开平巷取景时,剧组也是用车封闭了道路两旁,有时,在开平巷一旁的开平酒家营业的商铺,只能选择关门避让了。“他们大多晚上在拍戏,所以关门的时候也不是很多。”一位姓徐的阿婆告诉记者。她称,有次看到梁朝伟穿着戏服走过,“很靓仔!”
张向宁并不忌讳向记者谈论剧组和影视城的合作价格问题,他称,拍摄期间剧组向影视城支付每个月约10万的租金。“这部分资金主要就是用来支付员工工资和景区维护,算起来是亏的,门票收入应该不止这个数。”张向宁说道。
影片资料
《一代宗师》
拍摄地:开平
开机时间:2009年
上映时间:2013年1月8日在中国内地上映,2013年1月10日在中国香港上映。
导演:王家卫
剧情
广 东佛山人叶问,年少时家境优渥,师从咏春拳第三代传人陈华顺学习拳法,师傅“一条腰带一口气”的告诫,支持他走过兵荒马乱的混乱年代。1936年,武术界 乱云激荡,八卦拳宗师宫羽田年事已高,承诺隐退,然而其所担任的中华武士会会长职位,引起武林高手的关注,宫二,白猿马三,关东之鬼丁连山,一线天,谁才 称得上一代宗师?叶问由两广国术馆推举,与宫羽田过手,取胜。宫家二姑娘不服,给叶问递帖相约一决高下,叶问因比拼中踏裂梯级木板而算落败。抗战爆发,叶 问、宫二、一线天……这些当年的武林高手,各自流落。
戏外明星
赵本山戏外蛮严肃
陈资聪眼中的赵本山是个很有气场的人,不似他在荧屏上那般幽默,赵本山反而是很严肃,给人感觉难以靠近。“他坐私人飞机到佛山机场,然后坐着奔驰一路到开平。我们工作人员很难接近,更别说交谈了。”
章子怡和助手逛益华
“我 们同事见过章子怡和她的助手一起逛益华,当时还戴着墨镜,被拍下后上传到了网上。”广东开平碉楼旅游发展有限公司黄莉文告诉记者,同事们有幸见到了剧中的 大牌红星章子怡。“她们也是普通人嘛,逛逛街也是必要的,只是有人要求拍照时,经纪公司会有规定,她们不会随便跟你拍。”黄莉文说道。
伟仔嘉玲跨剧组约会
在赤坎影视城拍摄时,演员们吃的也是在附近订的工作餐,《一代宗师》整个剧组有五六百号人,一天的工作餐费就差不多一万多块钱。据透露,演员们多住市区的海伦堡大酒店。“海伦堡出口多,明星们容易避开‘跟随者’。”
而 梁朝伟住在海伦堡大酒店拍摄《一代宗师时》,刘嘉玲也刚好在开平参加《让子弹飞》的拍摄。“《一代宗师》剧组先来,《让子弹飞》后来,但两个剧组刚好有同 时在这边拍摄的时段,两人便跨剧组约会住一起了。”只是,虽然《一代宗师》先来开平拍摄,但最终还是比《让子弹飞》后上映。
他们看到的明星
被“打假”:王家卫
有 一次,因需要配合电影选家具,我陪同王家卫和剧组人员去台山某家具城寻找古老的家具。当天王家卫没有戴墨镜,看家具的过程中又比较挑剔,看来看去都不买, 销售小姐就不爽了,颇有微词。“我就对她说是王家卫过来找拍戏用的家具,就让他挑一挑啦。”销售小姐的回答让陈资聪差点笑喷。“你别耍我,王家卫是戴墨镜 的。”当场的人都笑了,包括王家卫。之后,因为家具比较贵,剧组希望能租,但家具城担心会有损坏,双方便没达成交易。
———广东开平碉楼旅游发展有限公司营销中心总经理陈资聪
最豪放:吴奇隆
吴奇隆当年还未穿越成四阿哥的时候,事业第二春也没到,他和陈德容一起拍摄《大码头》,当时他就赤裸上身在景区穿梭买东西,很多人都不认得他。当年他还不是“四爷”的时候,在剧组还帮忙搬东西做苦力。
———广东开平碉楼旅游发展有限公司市场部经理黄莉文
最亲民:周润发
某 天中午我特地去找发哥拍合影,他正穿着戏服在看剧本,我离他大概还有十来米的时候,三个保镖拦住了我。他看到我便站起来走前两三米,指着自己的衣服意思称 正在工作,不能拍照,并称下班后再跟我合影。我以为他在推脱,6点钟收工了我就走了突然接到同事电话说:“你去哪了,发哥找你拍照片。”真难得他还记得这 个事情。印象中发哥不喜欢和官员一起拍照,他喜欢四处走走,了解周边居民的生活状况。
——— 陈资聪
最难搞:周星驰
星爷计划拍《功夫2》,来过我们这里看景,提的要求很高。看景后回香港的上船地点改来改去,真是苦了他的随行人员。
——— 陈资聪
赤坎影视城
周家民宅翻身成豪宅
按《三家巷》内容建设而成的影视城主要建筑包括“洋买办”的陈家洋楼、封建地主何家的大宅和小市民阶层的周家民宅,而在《一代宗师》之后,何家大宅内较之以前空了许多,周家则从民宅翻身成了大豪宅。
何家 大宅变身岭南金楼
进 入影视城后,首先看到的便是陈家洋楼,一楼拍摄了马三授勋场景,二楼是佛山旅馆场景。在影视城工作了8年的黄莉文坦言,剧中马三授勋的情节光线较亮,能看 清背景,而佛山旅馆几乎认不出来。她告诉记者,由于拍的是1940年马三投靠日本人后的授勋仪式,当时大厅内挂的是日本旗帜,但后来工作人员担将旗帜换成 了五星红旗。
被王家卫改头换面得最彻底的莫过于何家大宅,也就是影片中金楼,据介绍,王家卫为了拍摄《一代宗师》“霸王夜宴”戏 份,花了2年多时间打造了这座具有岭南风格特色的金楼。“金楼非常精致,木制的墙面,手工的雕花,包括扶手都是用金箔包裹”。不过,金楼在众宗师的“绝招 下”,被“摧毁”得面目全非,金楼的辉煌仅存留在了电影当中,现在看到的就是一间铺满了《一代宗师》海报的宅子。
周家 叶问家的神台原样保留
小 市民阶层的周家民宅则因王家卫而翻身成了大豪宅,《一代宗师》主场景之一叶问和张永成的家便在此取景,剧中叶问家的神台、张永成化妆的地方仍然原样保留了 下来,只不过为了便于游客观赏,工作人员将张永成梳妆台上的“民国时期最贵重的化妆用品及首饰”用胶水粘了起来,另外,还在叶问夫妻俩的床边摆放了一件叶 问穿的黑色长衫大褂和礼帽。在记者采访时,还有游客兴致勃勃地与宋慧乔的剧照合影留念。此外,叶问练功房的木桩也保留下来。

开平酒家
剧组留场景 参观请付费
开平酒家位于赤坎镇下埠,是典型的民国时期骑楼建筑。如果不留意,一时间或许看不到墙壁上老旧的“开平酒家”几个字。而由影视剧组添设的诸如“沧州大旅馆、清真国术社”等名号反而更加清晰。
建于1925年 鼎盛时雇70人
据赤坎镇文化站工作人员李爱云介绍,民国十四年(1925年),司徒有燕在下埠开设开平酒家,以幽雅的环境,衣着整齐大方的女侍应和安装无线电收音机接收广州市中山公园广播音台的音乐节目等多种手段招徕顾客,生意十分红火,鼎盛时期雇工高达七十人。
记者在现场看到,开平巷中道具招牌林立,留下了不少剧组的痕迹,还有不少被人用纱布遮住,并标有”禁止拍照”等字样,目前酒家已分成多个铺位,商家多借以“影视基地”的名号吸引顾客。
据赤坎镇政府办公室主任李海峰介绍,上个世纪六七十年代,这里仍以茶楼的形式经营。而有据可查的记录中,最早在开平酒家附近取景的影片可以追溯到1939年司徒慧敏拍摄的纪录片《保护大四邑》。“《一代宗师》是第一部改造开平酒家内部的影片”,李海峰说道。
五层楼大改造 持续了三年多
司徒先生租下开平巷旁的开平酒家25-29号之后,本打算将这个有五层的骑楼用来做店铺门面。一代宗师剧组来到赤坎后,他的这五层楼也被“收编”进行“大改造”。
从 2009年开始房子除了二楼之外的其他楼层都进行了装修,除了墙壁和一些指定的地方不允许剧组“动刀”之外,其他都被翻新了。这个改造过程直到去年方结 束,持续了三年多,房子的租金从7000块一年涨到14000元一年。现在,这栋楼一楼已经写着硕大的几个字——— 上海第一浴室。“整个街景复原四五十 年代的香港百合街,装修得很漂亮。”但是,影片出来后却让司徒先生有些失望:“整个场景都黑漆漆的,看不出我们这些楼的特征。影片也是,都不知道王家卫在 讲什么。”
不过,王家卫留下的东西还是有用的,从今年年初开始,只要进“上海第一浴室”参观的,都收取25元一人一次,因为游客较 少,常年都是优惠价特惠价长期开到12元一人一次。现在,街景几乎都还是一代宗师剧组改造后的样子,司徒氏的人并未对房子做大改变。“听说他们明年还要继 续回来拍摄其他片子。”当记者问是什么类型的片子时,司徒先生直摆手:“王家卫这个人要干什么,没有人知道的。”
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many thanks , Yitian
.....for translating the essence of this interesting article Giving a kiss thumbleft
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Eri, I think I need to get some facts straight if you don`t mind ...

Eri wrote:

We took the star ferry to go to Central and met Heike at the Lantau Ferry port.

It was Pier No4, the Lamma Island ferry pier. Wink


Eri wrote:
Then, we decided to go to the peak, as I haven't been there this time yet. (Heike has been there almost everyday, but she said she doesn't mind)

Sorry, I haven`t been there almost every day. Twice within 10 days. This would be a bit too much. Even for me.

Eri wrote:
We stopped at a stall selling drinks near this park where the staff remembered Heike who was a regular customer.

I really don`t think they remembered me, because I cannot remember buying there anything the last time. scratch
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heike,

Sorry, it was not correct, I wasn't careful and mixed up with the names.
Oh,"almost everyday" was too exeggerated. Rolling Eyes (but "the Peak" means not the peak park, The peak tram station level)


yitian, thanks for the article.

I read Chikan was very busy with people coming by tour buses only for a short time and when we went there, only few people. I think local tourism was not expanded as much as local officials expected. (Even though Hoi Ping is the World Heritage Site)

I remember one building for Yip Man's house, one building used to be the Golden Pavillion was used for TV drama and a big building which now " Hotel Paris".

This studio was used for a lot of different movies in the past.



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Day 9 (20 April)

The last day in HK.

We had a light breakfast today to eat something for lunch.
So we went to the Macau Restaurant and had pork chop barger, soy milk and egg tart.

I did some last minutes shopping at near by supermarket and packing suitcase to check out the hotel.

We had the one dish I always have in HK, Hainanese Chiken Rice for lunch. The famous restaurant for this dish was closed on Sundays, so we went to another one. This one was also fine.

http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=9943

Then I took a bus to Kowloon station and checked in for taking airport express.
At the airport, I went to the airline lounge to eat some snacks and the last noodles in HK.
When I was walking towards my gate, I found Bruce Lee exhibition for passengers, so I did take some photos.

Boading time, good bye to HK and watched some movies on the flight which was special HKFA selection. (actually I watched some on the way to HK as well.)

After 3 + hours flight, I arrived at my local airport in heavy rain. It was wet and cold, I wished I could stay in HK a little longer.
Anyway, I was lucky I didn't have to go out and took the train home.

That's all for my travel diary and hope you can get some idea of my travel or for some people who hasn't been to HK, some reference to the places.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Breakfast



Lunch

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Noodles at the lounge.



Bruce Lee Exhbition at the airport gate







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