The Study Of Beijing Film Showing Activities Before 1949

During the period of the Qing dynasty and the republic, People in Beijing area have put drinking tea and theatergoing as the main form of entertainment, whoever dignitaries or populace is. So the function and position of teahouse and theatre in Beijing resident's life is very important. The service mode of teahouse and theatre provides local experience for the business of film showing in the future, and the psychological from watching the movies is come from the teahouse and theatre.This consciousness have been changed in the different historical period, which contributed to the movie theater business appear different market performances. Through analysis of Beijing native accept aesthetics shape, this article try to prove the deep reasons of habits about Watching movies.This article identified film showing activities as the inspection object, and has analysised respectively about the mode of screening technology and management foreigners, and the native experience of showing and business, and even activity in the war context. Based on the regional residents living habits and economic level, this article also has summarized cinema distribution in the Beijing city. Complete to historical facts of film showing activities, I try to though the cinemas to read the Beijing city in the last chapter. In order to deepening the expanding of film showing in urban cultural connotation of activities, and establish its social transition significance.