The China Film Group Film Base, located in Huairou, about 90 minutes outside of Beijing, is a modern film studio with its own hutong backlot, called Fei Teng. You can of course see more of the imperial palace in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor, the first feature film ever authorised by the government of the People's Republic of China to be filmed within its walls. Built between 14, the Chinese imperial palace served as the home of emperors from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. The entrance is via the Tiananmen Gate on Tiananmen Square. There are more landmarks to promote, so the school trip takes the kids to the Forbidden City. The Karate Kid location: Dre and Mei Ying are taken on the school trip: The Forbidden City, Beijing, China | Photograph: Wikimedia / Allen Timothy Chang Established in 1991, the school features education with a wushu-style (martial arts) philosophy. Out with his mum, Dre sees hundreds of scarlet-uniformed students practising their morning lawn routine at the prestigious Beijing Shaolin Wushu School, No.386, Changping Road, Dewai Xisanqi Hui Long Guan. The Karate Kid was one of the last productions filmed at the studio which has since closed and is being demolished.ĭre’s school, with its elaborate gates, is Beijing Luxun Middle School, 45 Xin Wen Hua Jie, in the XiCheng District. The backlot housed a maze of siheyuan courtyard houses – the traditional style of Beijing residences – separated by hutong (passages), which avoided having to close down the narrow streets for filming. The adjoining park, where Dre is first confronted by the local bullies, was also the backlot, as was the house and garage of maintenance man Mr Han ( Jackie Chan). The ‘Beverly Hills Luxury Apartment’ into which they move was an empty seven-story building which on the backlot of the old Beijing Film Studios, the film’s HQ. There’s no stinting on the tourist shots, so the cab ride to their new home naturally takes them past the instantly recognisable Bird’s Nest Stadium built for the 2008 Olympics Games, and the strangely angled headquarters of CCTV (China Central Television), 44-storey skyscraper on East Third Ring Road, Guanghua Road in the Beijing Central Business District. The Karate Kid location: Dre and his mother see the new sights of Beijing: CCTV Building, Beijing, China | Photograph: Wikimedia / Dave Proffer
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