Maps of Movies

The Mermaid (2016)

Where The Mermaid says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A mermaid comedy set on an invented bay was shot in a disused glass factory, a theme-park funfair and a yacht club in and around Shenzhen and Guangzhou

Scenes and places

The party where Shan meets Xuan (2016)

Shan, posing as a dancer, asks the tycoon to call her. He assumes she is an escort and phones just to make his business partner jealous.

Set in Liu Xuan's party — The extravagant party celebrating Xuan's business success; the film does not name a real place.

A party in the story, with no real place named in the plot.

Shan visits Xuan's office (2016)

Shan tries to kill Xuan and every attempt backfires. Xuan decides to see her home.

Set in Xuan's office — Xuan's luxurious office; the plot summary does not name where it is.

The film's tycoon office; scene order here is approximate (placed after the party).

A day at the funfair (2016)

Shan takes Xuan to the funfair where she works. He is won over by her simple, amusing antics and learns there are more important things than money.

Set in The funfair where Shan works — A funfair where Shan works; the film does not name a real park.

A funfair inside a Shenzhen city park.

Filmed at Donghu Park funfair, Luohu, Shenzhen (Luohu, Shenzhen, China) — Chinese travel pages place the funfair scenes at Donghu Park (coordinates are those of the park's main gate on Commons). Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: East Lake 1st Street 11, Aiguo Road East, Luohu (address from the cited pages).

Shan's house and the mermaid cave (2016)

Xuan goes to Shan's house to talk and finds out she and her family are merpeople. The others seize him and tell him his land project is killing them.

Set in Shan's house — Shan's home, where Xuan discovers that she and her family are merpeople.

A made-up home for the merfolk in the story.

The shipwreck shelter in Green Gulf (2016)

The surviving merpeople shelter in an abandoned wreck and plot to kill Xuan. Later Ruolan's mercenaries attack it.

Set in Green Gulf shipwreck — The abandoned shipwreck in Green Gulf where the surviving merpeople live; Green Gulf is an invented place.

An invented gulf; the real shelter was a studio set.

Filmed at Former glass factory set, Shenzhen (Chiwan area) (Nanshan · Chiwan, Shenzhen, China) — Wikipedia says the mermaids' shelter was a major set built inside a large former glass factory in Shenzhen; one blog places it near Chiwan. The coordinates are the Chiwan area, not the factory. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Not open to visitors as a film site; no address found.

The coast road to the sea (2016)

Xuan tries to stop Ruolan's party but is dismissed as they head for the merfolk's ship.

Set in Green Gulf coast — The coast of Green Gulf during the late chase; no real place is named.

A stretch of coast in the invented gulf; scene order is approximate.

Filmed at Yangmeikeng coast, Dapeng Peninsula (Dapeng Peninsula · Yangmeikeng, Shenzhen, China) — Chinese pages say the late coastal cliff and pier scenes were shot at Yangmeikeng; the coordinates are the Dapeng Peninsula area, not the exact spot. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Filmed at Shenzhen Swimming and Diving Hall (Futian, Shenzhen, China) — Underwater action Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Liu Xuan — A playboy property tycoon who buys a coastal wildlife reserve for a land reclamation project.
• Shan — A young mermaid trained to walk on her fins and hide among humans, sent to seduce and kill Xuan.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the mermaid-meets-tycoon funfair date really filmed?
• Where is the real mermaid cave from The Mermaid?