Hengdian World Studios

Hengdian World Studios

The Chinese Hollywood

Like their counterparts in Hollywood, film studios in China are not only where movies and TV dramas are made, but also popular tourist attractions. Starting from this issue, we take a look at some of the most important film studios in China that are open to tourists, begining with Hengdian Studios, the biggest movie studio in China and dubbed as "Chinawood" by Western media. Hengdian World Studios (横店影视城) is located in Hengdian village, Dongyang County in Zhejiang Province. It is 380 kilometers from Shanghai. It is also called as "Chinese Hollywood" by Hollywood magazine of the United States.

It consists of 13 shooting bases with building areas of 495,995 square meters. The studio also has several records which include: the largest indoor Buddha figure in China, the largest indoor studio and the largest tourism spots.

Since the filming of the movie Opium War in 1996, Hengdian World Studios has hosted more than 300 shooting groups and filmed more than 10,000 episodes of movies and TV-series until 2005. There are two high-technical shooting studios in the Hengdian World Studios, one of which is the largest one in China with the area of 1,944 square meters.

Besides, it has the most complete and excellent supporting facilities, including over 10 hotels, gym centers, nightclubs, Internet bars, tea houses and restaurants.