Built on the site of the famous Changchun Film Studio (CFS), the film studio museum opened to the public in 2014 after four years of design and construction. It includes a number of documents, interactive stations and displays that help visitors learn about the history of the film studio and the film industry in China.

Sculptures of classic movie characters produced by CFS [Photo/Changchun Film Studio]

The Changchun Film Studio epitomizes film's development history in New China.

Its predecessor, the Manchuria Film Studio, had reached the top of the people's movies in variety. This was done under the leadership of the Communist Party of China before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

CFS has not only produced a large number of excellent movies, but, as the cradle of China's film-making industry, has also cultivated numerous film professionals.

Equipment used for film dubbing in the 1900s [Photo/Changchun Film Studio]

With reform and opening-up policies well underway, the staff of CFS has been keeping pace with the times. CFS has produced different kinds of excellent movies that truly reflect the times and write a wonderful chapter in the new Chinese film industry.

A movie prop [Photo/Changchun Film Studio]

Entering into a new century, CFS sped up its industrialization development. It turned to the cultural tourism, TV production and film distribution industries with film production remaining its leading activity.

Over the past few decades, it has produced more than 1,000 feature films and more than 1,000 dubbed ones, as well as numerous cartoon and puppet films.

The old-fashioned items shown in the museum take visitors back to the last century. [Photo/Changchun Film Studio]

Costumes used for filming exhibited in the museum [Photo/Changchun Film Studio]

Now the studio has a new look and functions, and includes a local film gallery, gallery for translated films, studios and art cinemas. The old part of the factory was transformed into the first theme park for old films.

Filming equipment in the 1900s [Photo/Changchun Film Studio]

The building of this museum itself is very special. The film studio was built during the Japanese occupation. It was under construction in November 1937, simulating the design of German Ufa Film Studio, and completed in 1939. With the Japanese surrender in 1945, it was renamed Northeast Film Studio, and in 1955 its name was changed to Changchun Film Studio. Therefore, the building itself has carried multiple significances of China's modern history, and the history of film shooting, being one of the most important "collections" of this museum.

Posters of classic movies produced by CFS in the 1900s [Photo/Changchun Film Studio]