[Explanation] 67-year-old Wei Shaoxian is a farmer collector. For more than 10 years, he has collected more than 4,000 red movie films, nearly 100 film projectors, and more than 3,000 old movie posters. He has built a red movie museum.

A few days ago, the reporter met Wei Shaoxian who was busy in Siliugu Village, Handan City, Hebei Province.

Wei Shaoxian told reporters that he has liked watching movies since he was a child.

　　[Concurrent] Wei Shaoxian, a farmer collector in Hebei

　　When I was young, I especially liked watching movies. As long as I heard about where movies are shown, I would watch movies with my friends. I would like to squeeze in front of the projector to watch the movie, mainly watching the projectionist stuff the film into the door. the process of.

Sometimes we chased the projectionist together and ran several villages to watch a movie.

　　[Explanation] Wei Shaoxian was a farmer entrepreneur in his early years. He ran a brick factory and ran transportation. Later, due to physical reasons, he had to stop doing business.

After returning to the village, seeing the poor cultural life in the village, he thought of showing everyone a movie.

Initially, Wei Shaoxian just bought some old film films and a simple projector, and invited neighbors to watch movies at home.

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　　Every time I watched a movie, someone would ask if I could make some new movies to release, and I agreed. Later, I found out that I bought more and more movies, and I just started a red (movie) collection.

　　[Explanation] At the beginning, Wei Shaoxian only bought film films in Handan and the surrounding areas. As he became more obsessed with collecting, Wei Shaoxian began to search for film films all over the country. Sometimes he would travel thousands of kilometers for a precious old film film.

Being keen on collecting, Wei Shaoxian spent all his savings and even sold the factory he had operated for many years.

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　　I feel more and more that this is a huge wealth, which should be preserved for future generations.

He was cruel and sold the factory he had operated for many years at a low price, and built the "Yanzhao Red Collection Museum" at a cost of more than one million yuan.

　　[Explanation] Among the film films collected by Wei Shaoxian, there are not only "Tunnel War" reflecting the history of the War of Resistance against Japan, "Eastern Loud Sound" reflecting the great achievements of the "Two Bombs and One Star" of New China, and "China's First Artificial Earth Satellite Launched Successfully" "And other films.

While working on collections, Wei Shaoxian continued to accept invitations to show his collection of films everywhere.

In Dali, Yunnan alone, he went four times. In one of the most frequent trips, he brought more than 70 film films weighing 400 kilograms, and they were screened at four projection points at the same time every night for 4 consecutive days.

Up to now, Wei Shaoxian's road of screenings has reached 100,000 kilometers, and more than 3,000 screenings have been performed for the masses free of charge.

　　[Concurrent] Wei Shaoxian, a farmer collector in Hebei

　　A person cannot live for money alone, he has to do something for the society.

The purpose of my collection is not to "hide" or to increase the value of investment, but to share these things with everyone and use red films to promote the red spirit.

　　Ai Guangde, Hou Jianfei and Zhang Duo report from Handan, Hebei.

Editor in charge: [Liu Pai]