▁( <0xE8> <0xB1> <0x90> 泰 <0xE7> <0x85> <0xA7> 相 館 ), ▁constit utes ▁the ▁first ▁Chinese ▁film ▁ever ▁made . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁recording ▁of ▁P ek ing ▁opera ▁super star ▁Tan ▁X in pe i ▁dressed ▁in ▁the ▁character ▁Hu ang ▁Zh ong ▁and ▁singing ▁some ▁ar ie ▁from ▁the ▁P ek ing ▁opera ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁The ▁play ▁is ▁a ▁dram at ised ▁account ▁of ▁Battle ▁of ▁Mount ▁D ing j un ▁( 2 1 9 ▁AD ) ▁and ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁episode ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 4 th - century ▁historical ▁novel ▁Rom ance ▁of ▁the ▁Three ▁Kingdom s . ▁ ▁The ▁only ▁print ▁was ▁destroyed ▁in ▁a ▁fire ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁popular ▁culture ▁Two ▁films ▁tell ▁the ▁( f ict it ious ) ▁events ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁this ▁film . ▁▁ ▁Sh adow ▁Magic , ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁US - Ch ina ▁co - production ▁directed ▁by ▁Ann ▁Hu , ▁stars ▁X ia ▁Yu ▁as ▁Li u ▁J ing l un ▁( based ▁on ▁Li u ▁Zh ong l un ), ▁Li u ▁Pe i qi ▁as ▁Master ▁Ren ▁( based ▁on ▁Ren ▁Q ing ta i ), ▁Li ▁Y ush eng ▁as ▁Tan ▁Lin me i ▁( based ▁on ▁Tan ▁X in pe i ), ▁Lü ▁Lip ing ▁as ▁Ren ' s ▁wife , ▁and ▁Li ▁Bin ▁as ▁Em press ▁Dow ager ▁C ix i . ▁It ▁also ▁stars ▁J ared