任庆泰

中国电影创始人&任庆泰

Ren Qingtai : the Founder of Chinese Cinema

任庆泰（1850？1932）

Ren Qingtai ( 1850 ~ 1932 )

任庆泰是中国电影第一人，因此被称为“中国电影之父”。

He was the first Chinese filmmaker , so he was called the " Father of Chinese Film . "

在此期间，电影导演任庆泰也把他的百货公司改建成了大观楼影戏园，后来成为仅放电影的第一个中国电影院。

During this period , the filmmaker Ren Qingtai changed his department store into a cinema named Daguanlou Theatre which became the first Chinese cinema only showing films .

任庆泰青年时在日本学习过照相技术，1892年在北京开设第一家照相馆——丰泰照相馆。

Ren Qingtai went to Japan to learn photography when he was young and then launched the first photograph studio , " Fengtai Photo Studio " in Beijing , 1892 .

尽管当时任庆泰在中国不是学照相的，但由于受他成长的中国北方环境的影响下，他决定学习照相技术，在中国开设自己的照相馆。

Although Ren Qingtai did not learnphotography in China , the motivation for him to learn the skill and to open his own photograph studio in China was drawn from the environment in north China where he grew up .

另一个原因与当时日本的发展有关。在1874年明治维新后的20多年里，日本成为经济和军事强国，因此，任庆泰便到日本学习西方照相技术。

Another factor was related to the development of Japan which became an e-conomical and military empire in the following two decades since the Meiji Reform began in 1874 . Therefore , Ren Qingtai traveled to Japan to learn Western photography .