The Zhang Yimou movie Full River Red was filmed in Taiyuan Ancient County, the newly built scenic tourism spot of Tiayuan, the capital and largest city of North China’s Shanxi Province. Taiyuan Ancient County was built on the ruins of the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) city of Jinyang. (Photos: Wu Yaxuan)

The Zhang Yimou movie Full River Red was filmed in Taiyuan Ancient County, the newly built scenic tourism spot of Tiayuan, the capital and largest city of North China’s Shanxi Province. Taiyuan Ancient County was built on the ruins of the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) city of Jinyang. (Photos: Wu Yaxuan)

The Taiyuan ancient county, Shanxi Province, where Zhang Yimou's film "Full River Red" was filmed, has a unique flavor. It has given birth to distinctive folk customs creating the most profound spiritual and emotional local culture in China. (Photos: Wu Yaxuan)

The Zhang Yimou movie Full River Red was filmed in Taiyuan Ancient County, the newly built scenic tourism spot of Tiayuan, the capital and largest city of North China’s Shanxi Province. Taiyuan Ancient County was built on the ruins of the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) city of Jinyang. (Photos: Wu Yaxuan)

The Zhang Yimou movie Full River Red was filmed in Taiyuan Ancient County, the newly built scenic tourism spot of Tiayuan, the capital and largest city of North China’s Shanxi Province. Taiyuan Ancient County was built on the ruins of the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) city of Jinyang. (Photos: Wu Yaxuan)