“The green trees are long overcast in the summer, and the terraces are reflected into the pond.”
Speaking of summer in Chengdu, what do you think of? Strolling in the wet and rainy weather, the leisure of the old tea house gently shaking the fan, or the carnival in the swimming pool of the chasing bay?
Whether it’s the hit film “My Sister” in Qingming file this year, or the award-winning film “Summer Night Knight” released not long ago at the Tokyo Film Festival, they all tell stories that took place in Chengdu in the summer. It is particularly worth mentioning that in the main creations of the two films, there are figures of Chengdu people. In their hearts, there are private memories of Chengdu summer.
“Grandma Wang is selling tea, and three Guanyin come to eat tea; three horses in the back garden, two children playing a dozen.” In the summer of Chengdu, the younger brother was lying on the bed, and her sister Zhang Zifeng gestured, carrying the old man in Chengdu dialect. Chengdu Nursery Rhymes, this warm scene is a scene from the movie “My Sister”.
“My Sister” stills according to the filming party
“My Sister” screenwriter You Xiaoying is from Chengdu and graduated from the Department of Drama and Literature of the Central Academy of Drama. You Xiaoying expressed that she hopes that through her creations, the city gas and fireworks in Chengdu can be reflected, and the story of this ordinary family and ordinary person in the movie will bring some resonance to everyone.
Not long ago, “Summer Night Knight” directed by Chengdu director You Xing born in the 1980s was released. The summer of Chengdu in the film was hot and humid, and cicadas cried. Tian Tian lies side by side with his cousin on the ground, his eyes are slightly closed, the temples of his forehead are soaked with fine sweat, and the sky above his head is like a quiet stream flowing slowly, reflecting two childish and thoughtful innocent faces. , Revealing a refreshing breath unique to Chengdu Summer Night.
“Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party “Summer Night Knight” is adapted from the childhood experience of director You Xing. It tells the 8-year-old boy’s helplessness and resentment when facing his grandmother every day when he encounters a car thief. In the midsummer of China, I spent an unforgettable childhood.
“The summer in Chengdu is accompanied by ice powder.” ——You Xiaoying, screenwriter of “My Sister”
“The summer in Chengdu is accompanied by ice powder.” ——You Xiaoying, screenwriter of “My Sister”
“My Sister” screenwriter You Xiaoying according to the film The summer in Chengdu is accompanied by ice powder. The best ice powder I have ever eaten in my memory is at the entrance of the original Mengchaiwan swimming pool. At that time, I was only five or six years old. My dad took me to learn to swim. The coach was very fierce. He threw me into the swimming pool on the first day. I was so frightened that I threw and cried. After drinking a lot of water, my young soul stayed. There was a huge shadow, but fortunately the bowl of ice powder at the entrance of the swimming pool comforted me. “”My Sister” stills according to the film party “My Sister” stills according to the filming party The ice powder is hand rubbed, and Bai Yingying is wrapped in a lot of bubbles, just add a little brown sugar and two raisins, it tastes very refreshing.Occasionally, it will be served with a five-dime tea egg or egg-baked cake. At that time, whether it was ice powder or egg-baked cakes, there were not many auxiliary materials and flavors to choose from, but the wild ones were very tasty. After eating, the fingers wrinkled by the pool water can basically be restored to their original state, the clothes have long been stuck to the body, and my dad is carried back in sweat. “My Sister” stills according to the filming party In the evening, I continued to practice apnea in the yard of the house. The length of the apnea is not counted by the time. It is counted by the cicada’s cries. If you count twenty to thirty, you can change your breath. Sometimes the cicadas don’t scream for a long time, as if Playing with me on purpose, I’m going to be suffocated to death. There were very few people who installed air-conditioning in those two-year-olds. Neighbors in the neighbourhood were all outside the yard to enjoy the cool. They would comment that my frequency was wrong, my posture was wrong, my hands and feet were not long enough, and I was too fat to swim… They are all swimming experts, so they made me angry. I had trouble with my dad several times. If I hadn’t been supported by the bowl of ice powder, I would definitely not go to school.Of course, I didn’t learn to swim in the end, butDeveloped my “fundamentalism” aesthetic of ice powder. It must be hand-rubbed, with bubbles, only with brown sugar and raisins, and the rest are all cottages.. To this day, ice powder is my first proof of my return to Chengdu Summer. “My Sister” poster, according to the film
“My Sister” screenwriter You Xiaoying according to the film The summer in Chengdu is accompanied by ice powder. The best ice powder I have ever eaten in my memory is at the entrance of the original Mengchaiwan swimming pool. At that time, I was only five or six years old. My dad took me to learn to swim. The coach was very fierce. He threw me into the swimming pool on the first day. I was so frightened that I threw and cried. After drinking a lot of water, my young soul stayed. There was a huge shadow, but fortunately the bowl of ice powder at the entrance of the swimming pool comforted me. “”My Sister” stills according to the film party “My Sister” stills according to the filming party The ice powder is hand rubbed, and Bai Yingying is wrapped in a lot of bubbles, just add a little brown sugar and two raisins, it tastes very refreshing.Occasionally, it will be served with a five-dime tea egg or egg-baked cake. At that time, whether it was ice powder or egg-baked cakes, there were not many auxiliary materials and flavors to choose from, but the wild ones were very tasty. After eating, the fingers wrinkled by the pool water can basically be restored to their original state, the clothes have long been stuck to the body, and my dad is carried back in sweat. “My Sister” stills according to the filming party In the evening, I continued to practice apnea in the yard of the house. The length of the apnea is not counted by the time. It is counted by the cicada’s cries. If you count twenty to thirty, you can change your breath. Sometimes the cicadas don’t scream for a long time, as if Playing with me on purpose, I’m going to be suffocated to death. There were very few people who installed air-conditioning in those two-year-olds. Neighbors in the neighbourhood were all outside the yard to enjoy the cool. They would comment that my frequency was wrong, my posture was wrong, my hands and feet were not long enough, and I was too fat to swim… They are all swimming experts, so they made me angry. I had trouble with my dad several times. If I hadn’t been supported by the bowl of ice powder, I would definitely not go to school.Of course, I didn’t learn to swim in the end, butDeveloped my “fundamentalism” aesthetic of ice powder. It must be hand-rubbed, with bubbles, only with brown sugar and raisins, and the rest are all cottages.. To this day, ice powder is my first proof of my return to Chengdu Summer. “My Sister” poster, according to the film
When I was a child, every summer seemed to be the same, but I was always different ——You Xing, director of “Summer Night Knight” “Summer Night Knight” director You Xing, according to interviewees The summer in the movie is the summer in Chengdu in my recollection of the mid-1990s.Hot and humid, with scorching sun during the day and heavy rain at night, cicadas sing and insects keep singing, the leaves and plants are green and greasy, when passing by the old buildings, a cold and humid atmosphere will come from the door, and the hair will get stuck in the bamboo mat woven when sleeping. In the gap. Of course, the summer in the film repeats itself between sweltering heat and coolness, witnessing the bitter growth and transformation of the little protagonists. This is also my impression of growing up: when I was a child, every summer seemed to be the same, but I was always different. “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party Not long after entering elementary school, the adults in the family came to a conclusion (it seems to be the first one made by my uncle, but I am not sure): My height at that age may mean that I will not grow too tall in the future. This created great anxiety for me at the time. But at the same time, the adults came up with a solution, saying that playing more basketball can help you grow taller. So whenever I have time, I go to the sand basketball court in front of the second teaching building of Sichuan University (now it is a green belt). When I was young, I was very energetic and dared to play in the midsummer afternoon. He shot and layup alone. From time to time, I imagined that one day I could touch the rim when I jumped up, but I was even more afraid that I would be less than 1.6 meters long. “Summer Night Knight” stills, according to the film When playing in the afternoon, I occasionally meet college students who play. At this time, I would take a few more glances, learn from my skills, and imitate the layup posture of the better elder brothers. It was in this kind of secret observation that I suddenly discovered that there was a big brother in the middle who looked exactly like my dad. When I was in the first grade of elementary school, I returned to my country from Japan to go to school, and my parents were still in Japan. I travel to and from the homes of the elderly on both sides-I live at my grandparents’ homes, but I go to my grandparents’ homes two or three times a week. When I was eight or nine years old, my dad was thirty-seven and eighteen, and he was no longer like a college student in his 20s. The “dad” on the basketball court is thin and tall, with lush hair, just like in a photo of his father when he was young. Faced with this image, I was both stunned and pleasantly surprised. After returning home, I told my grandparents about my adventures, but the adults didn’t take it seriously. But the basketball court in the afternoon became a magical and surreal place. At that time, I obviously had quite a sense of reason, and would not really treat a strange young man as his father. But since then, going to the basketball court to play, in addition to dispelling the anxiety about height, it also adds a touch of kindness. “Summer Night Knight” stills, according to the film I remember that I had only one conversation with “Basketball Court Dad”. He and I were the only people on the court that day. The heat was unbearable, and after running and jumping for a while, I almost kept on going. When I finished, the other side of the court also stopped. When he left past my venue, I stepped forward and asked: “Uncle, what time is it?” After he checked my watch and told me the time, he scratched my sweaty head as if he knew me well. Say: “Don’t call uncle, call brother.” “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party When I was young, I spent more time in the swimming pool in the summer.. There are two games in the Sichuan University Swimming Pool in the afternoon. If I remember correctly, they are from two to six in the afternoon, and there will be night games after that. After the lunch break in the summer vacation, my cousin and my cousin will watch “Legend of the New White Lady” at home for a while, and then the lyrics of “Waiting for a Thousand Years” and “Waiting for a Thousand Miles to Meet” are lingering in my mind. Bike to swim. My cousin sat on the bar of the 28 bicycle, and my cousin and I squeezed in the back row. Before his grandfather retired, he was a physical education teacher, and he carried three children from the Dongfeng Building to the East Swimming Pool. Swimming in the summer vacation is like this every year. Swim from the paddling pool to the deep pool, from breaststroke to freestyle, from 400 meters to 1000 meters. Lie down and enjoy the warm floor tiles soaking up the sun. Enduring the cold shower water in the locker room. Marinated quail eggs and ice cream cones outside the pool are reserved. Of course, I also lost my bike in the swimming pool. “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party One year I started to notice that an uncle always came to the pool at the same time as me, cousin and cousin. This person is in his 50s at most, but at the time he thought he was at least the age of a grandpa. The uncle heads down slightly, he is dark and strong, with a big beer belly, his movements are always gentle, soft and waxy. She smiled at me when she changed her clothes in the locker room and looked at each other. The uncle is like a lazy grizzly on the land, and like a leisurely turtle in the swimming pool. His breathing rate during breaststroke is extremely low, and the time he spends underwater is much longer than the time for breathing out of the water; his slow movements during freestyle swimming make the sound of him paddling almost inaudible. In the summer swimming pool, especially in the afternoon before dinner, the crowd is always the densest and noisiest, and there are more rampaged children and brave youngsters who compete fiercely for speed. The uncle has become an outlier in the hustle and bustle, and I can often see him in the crowd because of his slow rhythm. The broadcasts in the swimming pool are all popular songs of the time, such as “Walk Away,” and safety instructions are occasionally broadcast. For example, patients with infectious diseases and beriberi are not allowed to enter the pool, and they are not allowed to enter the pool after drinking. There is a heart. Those with medical history are not allowed to enter the pool, etc. “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party
When I was a child, every summer seemed to be the same, but I was always different ——You Xing, director of “Summer Night Knight” “Summer Night Knight” director You Xing, according to interviewees The summer in the movie is the summer in Chengdu in my recollection of the mid-1990s.Hot and humid, with scorching sun during the day and heavy rain at night, cicadas sing and insects keep singing, the leaves and plants are green and greasy, when passing by the old buildings, a cold and humid atmosphere will come from the door, and the hair will get stuck in the bamboo mat woven when sleeping. In the gap. Of course, the summer in the film repeats itself between sweltering heat and coolness, witnessing the bitter growth and transformation of the little protagonists. This is also my impression of growing up: when I was a child, every summer seemed to be the same, but I was always different. “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party Not long after entering elementary school, the adults in the family came to a conclusion (it seems to be the first one raised by my uncle, but I am not sure): My height at that age may mean that I will not grow too tall in the future. This created great anxiety for me at the time. But at the same time, the adults came up with a solution, saying that playing more basketball can help you grow taller. So whenever I have time, I go to the sand basketball court in front of the second teaching building of Sichuan University (now it is a green belt). When I was young, I was energetic and dared to play in the midsummer afternoon. I shot a layup alone. I sometimes imagined that one day I could hit the rim when I jumped up, but I was even more afraid that I would be less than 1.6 meters long. “Summer Night Knight” stills, according to the film When playing in the afternoon, I occasionally meet college students who play. At this time, I would take a few more glances, learn from my skills, and imitate the layup posture of the better elder brothers. It was in this kind of secret observation that I suddenly discovered that there was a big brother in the middle who looked exactly like my dad. When I was in the first grade of elementary school, I returned to my country from Japan to go to school, and my parents were still in Japan. I travel to and from the homes of the elderly on both sides-I live at my grandparents’ homes, but I go to my grandparents’ homes two or three times a week. When I was eight or nine years old, my dad was thirty-seven and eighteen, and he was no longer like a college student in his 20s. The “dad” on the basketball court is thin and tall, with lush hair, just like in a photo of his father when he was young. Faced with this image, I was both stunned and pleasantly surprised. After returning home, I told my grandparents about my adventures, but the adults didn’t take it seriously. But the basketball court in the afternoon became a magical and surreal place. At that time, I obviously had quite a sense of reason, and would not really treat a strange young man as his father. But since then, going to the basketball court to play, in addition to dispelling the anxiety about height, it also adds a touch of kindness. “Summer Night Knight” stills, according to the film I remember that I had only one conversation with “Basketball Court Dad”. He and I were the only people on the court that day. The heat was unbearable, and after running and jumping for a while, I almost kept on going. When I finished, the other side of the court also disappeared. When he left past my venue, I stepped forward and asked: “Uncle, what time is it?” After he checked my watch and told me the time, he scratched my sweaty head as if he knew me well. Say: “Don’t call uncle, call brother.” “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party When I was young, I spent more time in the swimming pool in the summer.. There are two games in the Sichuan University Swimming Pool in the afternoon. If I remember correctly, they are from two to six in the afternoon, and there will be night games after that. After the lunch break in the summer vacation, my cousin and my cousin will watch “Legend of the New White Lady” at home for a while, and then the lyrics of “Waiting for a Thousand Years” and “Waiting for a Thousand Miles to Meet” are lingering in my mind. Bike to swim. My cousin sat on the bar of the 28 bicycle, and my cousin and I squeezed in the back row. Before his grandfather retired, he was a physical education teacher, and he carried three children from the Dongfeng Building to the East Swimming Pool. Swimming in the summer vacation is like this every year. Swim from the paddling pool to the deep pool, from breaststroke to freestyle, from 400 meters to 1000 meters. Lie down and enjoy the warm floor tiles soaking up the sun. Enduring the cold shower water in the locker room. Marinated quail eggs and ice cream cones outside the pool are reserved. Of course, I also lost my bike in the swimming pool. “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party One year I started to notice that an uncle always came to the pool at the same time as me, cousin and cousin. This person is in his 50s at most, but at the time he thought he was at least the age of a grandpa. The uncle heads down slightly, he is dark and strong, with a big beer belly, his movements are always gentle, soft and waxy. She smiled at me when she changed her clothes in the locker room and looked at each other. The uncle is like a lazy grizzly on the land, and like a leisurely turtle in the swimming pool. His breathing rate during breaststroke is extremely low, and the time he spends underwater is much longer than the time for breathing out of the water; his slow movements during freestyle swimming make the sound of him paddling almost inaudible. In the summer swimming pool, especially in the afternoon before dinner, the crowd is always the densest and noisiest, and there are more rampaged children and brave youngsters who compete fiercely for speed. The uncle has become an outlier in the hustle and bustle, and I can often see him in the crowd because of his slow rhythm. The broadcasts in the swimming pool are all popular songs of the time, such as “Walk Away,” and safety instructions are occasionally broadcast. For example, patients with infectious diseases and beriberi are not allowed to enter the pool, and they are not allowed to enter the pool after drinking. There is a heart. Those with medical history are not allowed to enter the pool, etc. “Summer Night Knight” stills according to the film party Red Star News Reporter｜Zhang Shihao Edit｜ Li Xueli (Download Red Star News, there will be prizes for newspaper materials!)
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