Modern Express News (reporter Li Ming) Twenty-four solar terms countdown, zodiac skates, folded willows ... At the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Chinese romance" was vividly demonstrated. How to read the origins behind this romance? The documentary "China" may give you some ideas. From February 28, every Monday to Thursday at 19:30, the second season of the large-scale historical documentary "China" will be broadcast simultaneously on Mango TV and Hunan Satellite TV.
The documentary "China" is supported by the "Record China" communication project of the Central Propaganda Department (Information Office of the State Council), guided by the Propaganda Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and co-produced by Mango TV, Hunan Satellite TV and Beijing Bojing Culture. As the first historical documentary named "China", it was listed as the creative topic of the key documentary of the State Administration of Radio and Television in 2019. The whole film will use a total of 36 collective quantities in three seasons to excavate the most influential people and stories in today's China since the Spring and Autumn Period, and through cinematic shooting methods, reproduce the personal choices and shining moments of Chinese historical stars, and use a flesh-and-blood historical picture to let contemporary China and Chinese explore the source and code of Chinese spirit, Chinese strength, and Chinese self-confidence in the image.
Among them, the first season has a total of 12 episodes, and the story is told from the Spring and Autumn Warring States period when the sons of the pre-Qin Dynasty fought for hundreds of families, all the way to the open and enterprising, inclusive Tang Dynasty. # When the documentary makes the film texture ## Mozi saves a country with one mouth #...... After the film was broadcast, it frequently triggered hot searches and became a dark horse for documentaries in the minds of netizens.
The Modern Express reporter learned that the second season of "China" continues the narrative and topic selection ideas of the first season, with the development of ideas, systems and culture as the main line, from the inflection point of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the two-thousand-year imperial system, looking at the evolution of Chinese thought. In the grand historical process, the characters and events that have brought far-reaching influence, high representativeness and epochal significance to China are selected, and the important nodes that were groundbreaking, turning or iconic at that time are intercepted, and through vigorous images and vivid narratives, we trace how China has come all the way.
The second season presents Chinese history, starting with the great poets of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai and Du Fu, and reflects the style of the Tang Dynasty in which they lived through the narration of their fate trajectory, life intersection, and poetic achievements. The whole film presents the deeds of Zhao Tuo, Kublai Khan, Guan Hanqing, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Kangxi and other characters on the axis of time, simplifying history and allowing the current audience to form a knowable, perceptible and contemplative emotional resonance with its spirit and thought.
This season's documentary recreates the flourishing scenes of Tang Dynasty poetry, the aesthetic prosperity of the Song Dynasty, and the prosperity of Yuanqu in the city, as well as the national integration of the Yuan Dynasty, the reform of Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, the pacification of San Francisco by Kangxi, and the recovery of Taiwan, etc., with vivid narratives, revealing the true emotions and hearts of the characters.
In addition, the second season of the documentary "China" achieved more inclusion and innovation on the basis of the first season. With more ink and ink, he explored the cultural context based on the world vision, opened a Chinese prologue parallel to the world, such as Zheng He's voyage to the West, Chinese completed a brave exploration of the world; the Italian Matteo Ricci, through the study of Chinese and Chinese dialects and culture, realized the gap between Chinese and Western cultures; Xu Guangqi diligently wrote and translated "Geometric Principles", trying to introduce the Western natural science system into China and make China and the world closely linked; the Qianlong Emperor's reception of the British Magalni mission was a special collision between the two countries of the East and the West.
(Courtesy of Mango TV)