Tell The Story of China Well, Spread the Voice of China (Adhere to the "Two Innovations" and Write Epic Poems)

Source: People's Daily

The poster pictures are posters for the TV documentaries "Get Rid of Poverty", "Remember Homesickness", "If National Treasures Can Talk", and tv variety show "China in the Classics". Pictured: Stills from the TV series The Age of Awakening. Pictured: Stills from the TV series "Crossing the Yalu River". Pictured: Stills from the TV series "Meritorious Service". Pictured: Stills from the TV series Ebola Frontline. Pictured: Stills from the TV series "Together". Pictured: Stills from the TV series "Mountains and Seas".

In the past five years, a number of tv art works with spiritual height, cultural connotation and artistic value have continuously emerged on the screen. These works artistically show the struggle practice and spiritual journey of the Chinese people, telling chinese stories more and more wonderfully, and making China's voice louder and louder.

Respond to the concerns of the times

Show the development achievements and great practices of the new era

Television art works are an important carrier to show the image of the country, and they should consciously conform to the trend of the times, respond to the concerns of the times, bravely undertake the mission of the times, and show the "great power of the country" through vivid and vivid stories, so that the audience can personally feel the practice of struggle and social development in the new era. In recent years, television art has taken "reflecting the new era" as its top priority, and a number of high-quality works have emerged around the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, the decisive battle against poverty, the comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society, the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

The TV series "Together" artistically restores the extraordinary feats of ordinary people in the fight against the epidemic, and has played a positive role in telling the story of China's fight against the epidemic and showing China's achievements in fighting the epidemic. "Mountains and Seas" focuses on the successful practice of East-West cooperation and common prosperity in China's poverty alleviation cause, and highlights the Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions in the process of poverty alleviation. "Meritorious Service" tells the touching deeds of the first batch of "Order of the Republic" recipients, so that the audience can understand the little-known arduous process behind the meritorious figures and their outstanding contributions to social development and progress. "Ebola Frontline" takes the chinese medical team to aid Africa to fight the "Ebola" virus as the prototype to unfold the story, and makes an image annotation for the great power responsibility of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

The TV documentary "Getting Rid of Poverty" fully demonstrates the party's strong leadership and the superiority of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics by truly reproducing the largest and most intense battle against poverty in human history. "Fighting the Epidemic with One Heart" is a panoramic record of China's extraordinary anti-epidemic struggle, which profoundly reflects the great courage and battle process of the Chinese people from the tribulations. In addition, the "Wise Men on the Belt and Road" that explains the "Belt and Road" initiative, the "Great Power Heavy Weapon" that reflects the pace of scientific and technological innovation in China in recent years, and the TV literary and art program "We Are in Action" that shows the strategy of "precision poverty alleviation" have also written the new style and development achievements of the new era from different dimensions.

Closely follow the pulse of the times, echo the call of the times, and use positive energy to paint, pass on and mingde for the times. Standing in a new historical position, television artists have the responsibility to undertake the mission of recording the new era, writing the new era, and praising the new era, from multiple perspectives such as economy, politics, culture, society, and ecological civilization, on the basis of comprehensively and accurately grasping the social picture, cultural customs and spirit of the times in the new era, comprehensively reflecting and vividly displaying the new style and new atmosphere of the new era, and taking one by one as the Chinese endorsement of the new era.

Highlight the national spirit

It shows the people's struggle and yearning for a better life

The Chinese spirit is the soul of socialist literature and art. Inheriting the roots of the nation and carrying forward the Chinese spirit is the meaning of the title of television art works in the new era.

Many works polish the image of heroes and highlight the power of faith in the smoke of revolution. The TV drama "Crossing the Yalu River" put the arduous War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea on the screen with a panoramic and international vision, highlighting the revolutionary pride of the Chinese people and the victory of steel with gas and the great spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea. The TV series "The Age of Awakening" unfolds a magnificent historical picture from the New Culture Movement and the May Fourth Movement to the establishment of the Communist Party of China, showing the audience the modern ideological and cultural movement and the ideological awakening of a group of advanced intellectuals. The "Three Absolute Reds of Western Fujian" series, composed of "Desperate Defender Division", "Desperate Sword Casting" and "Top Secret Mission", is based on the overall excavation, systematic combing, serial development and continuous creation of red culture in western Fujian, and praises the revolutionary heroism spirit of the unsung heroes who are bold and loyal. The TV literary and artistic program "Reply Across Time and Space" inherits the red gene and condenses the strength to move forward by inviting the descendants of martyrs to write touching replies across time and space. The TV documentary "Revelations of the Battle of Huaihai" looks back at the hardships of the war years and expresses the communists' value pursuit of "everything for the people, everything depends on the people, and does not forget to repay the people".

Many works depict social phenomena and depict a struggling life in a fiery life. TV series "Great Rivers and Great Rivers", "The Most Beautiful Youth", "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky", "Loading Stage", "Settle Home", "Little Shed", "Thirty Only", "I Am Good in Other Places", etc., or portray ordinary individuals who are passionately dedicated in the tide of the times, showing their spiritual character of self-improvement and tenacious struggle; or accurately focus on the concerns of the people in the face of reality, and transmit healthy and upward positive energy. TV documentaries such as "The World on Earth", "Patrol Scene Record 2018", "24 Hours in the City", and THE TV literary and artistic program "Can't Forget the Restaurant" focus on people's livelihood topics such as medical care, pension, public safety, and neighborhood relations, showing the people's continuous improvement of sense of gain, happiness and security.

We should uphold the supremacy of the people and deeply cultivate the feelings of the people, and gather strong spiritual strength for socialist modernization. The people need literature and art, and literature and art also need the people. Television art workers adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, on the one hand, with the attitude of going deep into life and taking root in the people, they swoop down to find topics and dig up materials, showing the tenacious struggle and unremitting struggle of generations of Chinese in different historical periods, so that the audience can be subtly baptized by the spirit in the drama with relish; on the other hand, with superb artistic expression, they show the profound feelings of the people, actively respond to the demands and expectations of the people, show the people's chai rice oil and salt, joy and sorrow, and praise the struggle for life. Strengthen people's vision and confidence in a better life.

Promote Chinese culture

Promote creative transformation and innovative development

Literary and artistic creation must not only have the background of contemporary life, but also have cultural inheritance. In recent years, some television artworks have actively promoted the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, highlighting the beauty of Chinese culture.

In the field of television dramas, "Great Qin Fu" restores the unique cultural atmosphere of the pre-Qin era, allowing the audience to view the pattern and weather of the Warring States period from the ups and downs of the plot. In addition, "Do you know whether it should be green fat red skinny", "Chang'an Twelve Hours", "Qing Ping Le", etc., also show the historical characteristics and customs of different eras in China with a personalized perspective.

In the field of television literature and art, Henan Satellite TV's "Chinese Festivals" series of programs select representative Traditional Chinese festivals, vividly tell the stories of cultural customs in television language, explore the cultural connotation of traditional festivals, and carry forward the spirit of Chinese aesthetics. The TV variety show "China in the Classics" uses the method of "cultural program + drama + film and television" to show the audience the classics containing ancient wisdom and the historical figures behind the classics, interpreting the cultural genes of the Chinese nation that continues to grow and live endlessly. TV documentaries such as "If National Treasures Can Talk", "Materia Medica China", TV animation "Dayu Zhishui", "Legend of the Silk Road", etc., also tell Chinese stories in a way that young people like to hear, open up the ancient and modern contexts, and build a spiritual bridge between history and contemporary times.

Adhering to the position of Chinese culture, inheriting the Chinese cultural gene, showing the Chinese aesthetic style, and carrying forward the Chinese aesthetic spirit, the practice and exploration of television artists in recent years are worth summarizing and praising.

Strengthen international communication

Show the real three-dimensional and comprehensive China

Literature and art are the best way to communicate. With the rapid development of economy and society, China is increasingly entering the center of the international stage. In this context and situation, television artworks should be more confident in telling Chinese stories, showing the Chinese road, providing Chinese solutions, amplifying Chinese voices, and showing the world a real, three-dimensional, confident and inclusive China.

Television artworks have become an important channel for overseas audiences to understand and understand China. Contemporary China's economic development and social governance experience has important reference value for the world, which provides a topic direction and space for television art creation. The TV series "Mountains and Seas" artistically observes the poverty reduction strategy in the process of poverty alleviation in China, and once launched overseas, it has received more than 13 million views on a video website. The TV series "Together" is based on real people and real events during the anti-epidemic period, vividly presenting China's institutional advantages and the anti-epidemic spirit of the Chinese people, and many overseas audiences sighed while chasing the drama: "We see that in the face of the challenges of the epidemic, Chinese people have a high sense of social responsibility, and work together to overcome difficulties." "Documentaries such as "Super Project" have increased overseas audiences' understanding and admiration of China, and increased their interest in learning Chinese.

Television artworks intersect with overseas audiences in terms of emotion, family, and growth. The TV series "All Is Good", which shows China's family concept and kinship, has received more than 50 million hits on an overseas platform. After the TV documentary "Life Origin: Reports from Wuhan", which conveys the consciousness of life and the great love of the world, was broadcast overseas, the audience left messages one after another: "Wuhan refueling" and "China refueling". The reason why these works are widely recognized by overseas audiences is mainly that they respond to the general concerns of human beings, so as to break through the restrictions of different cultural contexts and circles, and produce emotional resonance and spiritual resonance.

Television art uses the audiovisual language rich in national characteristics to find a new path to "going out". Traditional Chinese culture provides rich support for contemporary audiovisual expression. TV variety shows such as "Readers" and "National Treasures" appeared at the Cannes Spring Television Festival, pushing the Chinese original program model rich in Chinese cultural heritage and novel creativity overseas, which not only attracted widespread international attention, but also deepened the exchange of ideas and cultural interaction between different countries. In addition, the documentaries "Materia Medica China" and "Remember Nostalgia", which use and highlight the excellent traditional Chinese cultural elements, have also achieved good external dissemination results.

To promote the prosperity and development of literature and art, the most fundamental thing is to create and produce outstanding works worthy of our great nation and great era. Television art workers will consciously adhere to creative transformation and innovative development, take the initiative to actively integrate into the great era, in accordance with the principle of "selecting accurate topics, telling good stories, and shooting fine works", climb the "peak" based on the "plateau", run the spirit of innovation through the entire process of television art creation and production, respect and follow the law of creation and dissemination, use audiovisual art language, and strive to write history for the country, statues for the nation, and biographies for the people through attractive and appealing characters and stories.

(The author is Yi Kai, Secretary General of China Television Arts Committee)

Layout design: Zhao Kairu

People's Daily (20th edition, December 13, 2021)