# @nextshark on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPw_EwBjvYp
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-13T22:03:24.000+00:00
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## Caption

The Peck That Changed Chinese Cinema 🎬💋⁠
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In 1980, Romance on Lushan Mountain made history by showing the first on-screen kiss in a Chinese film. But it wasn’t the passionate movie kiss you might imagin. It was a quick, nervous peck on the cheek.⁠
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Back then, even that was groundbreaking. The lead actors had never been in a relationship (谈恋爱 tanlianai) and neither had much of the audience. Romantic expression was new, delicate, and thrilling. The film became the most-watched in China for years.⁠
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The kiss was filmed in secret on a lonely hilltop, with yellow lines drawn two miles out to keep the public away. Despite the privacy, actress Zhang Yu later confessed: “I was so nervous I couldn’t find his lips… I meant to kiss him on the lips.”⁠
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That missed kiss became legendary. It marked the beginning of a cultural shift. After decades of repression, young people finally had a blueprint for love straight from the movies.⁠
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📽️ Video by: Gabriel Jung⁠
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