Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the key TV series "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong" recently held a work seminar in Beijing, and the participants shared the broadcast situation and creative process of "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong", and summarized the successful experience of "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong" and the creation rules of high-quality film and television dramas from multiple dimensions such as theme ideas, spiritual connotations, artistic value, and practical significance.
As the first major revolutionary historical theme TV series with Xiangshan as the incision and bird's eye view of the process of the founding of New China, "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong" has been broadcast in CCTV-1 prime time, and has been evaluated by the audience as a "masterpiece of major revolutionary historical themes that are fully rooted in the ground, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and see the general trend of history in details" by the audience with innovative historical narratives, vivid characters, touching stories, and moving "rushing to the examination spirit". The historical events that are taking place make the history in the textbook come alive and bring the audience closer to history."
Talking about value: Echoing the great historical moment, it is a literary and artistic model that implements the spirit of the plenary session and the Literary Congress
At the seminar, Wang Jiequn, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and director of the Beijing Municipal Film Bureau, highly affirmed the creative intention and artistic value of "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong". She said that on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China this year, and at the time of the successful conclusion of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, she focused on the major revolutionary historical drama "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong" in the glorious years when the CPC Central Committee was preparing to establish a new China in Xiangshan, which echoed the great historical moment and issued the echo of Huang Zhong Dalu, adding another heavy stroke of color to the implementation of the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the CPC. "The play traces the river of history with a high degree of historical consciousness, carefully carves the pillar of spirit with lofty ideals and beliefs, moisturizes cultural works with high cultural self-confidence, and achieves artistic beauty with exquisite creative techniques." The cultural self-confidence of the new era has laid the cornerstone of the success of "Fragrant Mountain Leaves are Red", and also given it a vigorous and upward temperament and an open pattern. The heavy pen, the plump and warm characters, and the meticulous and real plot moisturize this fine work of red culture. ”
As a key TV series in Beijing to present the centenary of the founding of the party, the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Radio, Film and Television Bureau have paid great attention to and supported "Fragrant Mountain Leaf Zhenghong". Zhang Su, member of the party group and deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Radio and Television Bureau, said: "From the beginning of the project, it was included in the seed bank of key TV dramas, the third batch of key TV series topic selection planning and the list of key TV dramas in Beijing from 2020 to 2022, to the organization of script seminars, providing all-round guidance and services in the shooting and production review stages, the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Radio, Film and Television Bureau participated in witnessing the growth of this drama. The successful conclusion of "Fragrant Mountain Leaves Zhenghong" has drawn a satisfactory end to the creation and production of Beijing film and television products this year. ”
Shen Jijun, deputy director of the Film and Television Drama Documentary Center of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, praised the grand historical pattern of "Fragrant Mountain Leaves zhenghong", which is highly in line with the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, reviewed the party's achievements in struggle and historical experience, and relived the time-honored "spirit of catching up with the examination". Reliving this period of history on the road to the new examination in the centenary of the founding of the party is of great practical significance. In addition, at the eleventh National Literary Congress just held, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The vast number of literary and art workers should establish a great historical outlook and a great era view, see a thousand rivers and rivers, raise millions of soldiers in their chests, grasp the historical process and the general trend of the times, reflect the great changes of the Chinese nation over the past thousand years, reveal the right path in the world of China in the past century, carry forward the national spirit with patriotism as the core and the spirit of the times with reform and innovation as the core, carry forward the great spirit of party building, and sing the main theme of the times." "Fragrant Mountain Leaves Are Red" is undoubtedly a clear example of the spirit of this literary congress and a model of literary and artistic creation.
Talk about creation: Shouzheng innovation, small incisions stir up historical echoes, showing historical charm
Looking back on the creative process, the main creative team of "Fragrant Mountain Leaf Zhenghong" has a lot of feelings and has gained a lot of creative experience. "This year marks the centenary of the founding of the Party, and the state advocates the creative direction of 'telling the Story of China, the Story of the Communist Party of China, and spreading the Voice of China'. Enhancing cultural consciousness, strengthening cultural self-confidence, working with the party with one heart and one mind, and walking in the same direction with the people are not only the original intentions that literary and art workers adhere to, but also the responsibility entrusted to us by the times. As the representative of the producer of "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong", Cheng Wu, vice president of Tencent Group and CEO of Yuwen Group, said that "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong" stands at the intersection of "two hundred years", reliving the long-standing spirit of catching up with the exam and reliving the original mission of the Communist Party of China, which is of great significance. He revealed: "In the second half of this year, in the 35 days of preparing for CCTV, in order to ensure that the content of the drama is highly rigorous and historically accurate, the production team specially invited more than a dozen experts in the fields of party history and literature, English, Russian, map and military to repeatedly deliberate on each historical detail, meticulously polish each picture, and escort the smooth broadcast and successful conclusion of the drama." ”
Sheng Heyu, screenwriter of "Fragrant Mountain Leaf Zhenghong", admitted that in the creative process, Shouzheng innovation is the artistic pursuit of this drama. "To be upright is to maintain the political, serious, and authoritative nature of major revolutionary historical themes. Innovation is mainly reflected in three aspects: first, change the summary and retrospective style to when it is underway, so that the narrative is more real and more in-depth; second, whether it is high in the temple or far away from the rivers and lakes, it is through emotions to express and shape characters, and feelings can make major themes become warm; third, many major revolutionary historical themes are grand narratives, but the more grand the narrative, the more attention should be paid to details, and as many details as possible should be written to make people feel warm and vivid. ”
The director of the play, Battle, bluntly said that the process of filming "Fragrant Mountain Leaves Zhenghong" is a process of revisiting the history of the Chinese Communist Party, the military and the history of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The play shows the history of China from March to October 1949, with a distinct pattern and epic, drawing a panoramic blueprint for the founding of the country. The theme of this drama is very clear, that is, Chairman Mao said, "entering Beijing to catch the examination." Just like the lyrics of the TV series 'a lifetime of questionnaires to catch up with people, all the way to the present'. All the content in the play is actually an exam, showing that the Chinese Communist Party is accepting the people's exam and is trying to answer the questionnaire. ”
"'Fragrant Mountain Leaves are Red' has a distinct theme and a major theme, and has fulfilled a historical mission." In the view of Huang Rujun, a researcher at the Central Institute of Party History and Documentation and former director of the Scientific Research And Management Department of the Central Party History Research Office, this drama follows the creative principle of "big things are not vain, small things are not informal", with prominent focus, clear clues, and attention to details, and better handles the relationship between big things and small things, key points and general. "This drama involves many characters, and in the process of showing historical development, more attention is paid to portraying the character of the character, and reflects the historical development context by telling the characters. It can be said that in addition to historical narratives, telling stories and portraying characters will be a direction for the development of major revolutionary historical dramas in the future. ”
Talk about innovation: see history with poetry, rely on things and words, and reflect the character and aesthetic characteristics of poetry history
Yin Hongsheng, vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Critics Association and professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University, praised "Fragrant Mountain Leaves Are Red" as an echo of history. "First of all, it is not simply to write history for the sake of writing history, but to return to the background of taking history as a mirror and facing the future to show this history, there is a potential sense of dialogue between history and modernity, and there is a strong sense of reality; secondly, it rooted drama in historical reality, and the drama of the historical facts itself is presented very well, showing the 'catch-up examination' in progress; third, the character shaping does not hold high, but focuses on the details of life, looks at the macro from the micro, and relies on the truth of the relationship between the characters to impress the audience." , affect the audience. ”
As the name suggests, the drama "Fragrant Mountain Leaves Zhenghong" gives this theme a unique poetic meaning, and "Zhenghong" is a process, presenting a kind of spirited and vigorous growth of the founding weather. In this regard, Kang Wei, editor-in-chief of China Art News, praised the TV series "Xiangshan Ye Zhenghong" for its poetry to see history, reflecting a strong poetic character and aesthetic characteristics. He said that "Fragrant Mountain Leaves Are Red" unfolds the whole drama narrative through warm details in the grand history, which is a poetic expression. From the title to the character shaping, from the story scene to the deep meaning of the details, "Fragrant Mountain Leaf Zhenghong" has distinct characteristics in the construction of the voice of the new major revolutionary historical theme.
"As an outstanding TV drama exhibition and broadcast drama celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, 'Fragrant Mountain Ye Zhenghong' stands at the height of the party's achievements in struggle and historical experience, vividly reviews the great journey of the birth of new China, revisits the 'spirit of catching up with the examination,' and guides the audience to take the road of catching up with the examination in the new era." Xu Zhongyu, general secretary of the party branch and executive deputy director of the Xiangshan Revolution Memorial Hall, said that the "ten persistences" summarized by the general secretary in the third historical resolution are all shown in this play, especially adhering to the united front and daring to struggle, which can be called the latest film and television teaching materials for implementing the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Yang Wenjie
Editor/Cui Wei