Recently, the second season of the large-scale historical and cultural documentary "China" returned to Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV. This 2020 annual phenomenon-level documentary, produced to continue the high standard of the first season, shows the source of Chinese thought with a delicate narrative, uses vivid lens language, traces back to the star-studded Chinese history, highlights Chinese aesthetics for the whole people, and establishes Chinese style and great power style to the world, which has a different general education significance.
Chinese civilization has a long history. In the face of the vast sea of old paper piles, how to feel the fireworks weather through the millennium time? The second season of the documentary "China" gives the best answer.
The second season of "China" continues the narrative of the first season, moving forward from the Sheng Tang Dynasty to the future, selecting those characters and events that have had a profound impact on later Generations of China, which are highly representative and of epochal significance: Li Bai and Du Fu, the two great poets of the Sheng Tang Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, the Song Dynasty Emperor who loved art, Kublai Khan, who founded the great unified empire of the Yuan Dynasty, and the young emperor Kangxi who opened up the prosperous world... Through poetic images and storytelling, the documentary makes the historical figures who have been dusty for years come alive, and also makes the feelings of home and country Chinese become clearer.
At the same time, the documentary establishes a distinct and self-contained aesthetic style. The film-level sound and light picture and the far-reaching narrative presentation make the film show a Chinese-style, subtle and flowing freehand beauty. In the second season, this treatment is escalated again, the narrative is more elaborate and mellow, and the echo between the narration text and the visual text is more tense.
For example, the second season of "China" uses the image of a ruined Guan Di Temple to echo Guan Hanqing's dazzling heroic dream and powerless reality; a pool of dark and unclear pool water reveals Ming Jiajing's imperial heart technique; and the official who goes against the path in front of a palace wall reflects the very different way of being a subject between Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui... There are no obscure words, and "China" is left with a commentary full of deep meaning and infinite reverie.
At the same time, the documentary also seamlessly connects with a number of modern concepts, such as "food delivery service in the Song Dynasty" and "the first experience at sea in history", which make history full of contemporary experiences. The creator also arranged a puppy named "Babe", which runs through two seasons, traveling through the long river of thousands of years of history, observing history with its eyes, leaving a deep impression.
The historical process of 5,000 years is the evolution and change experienced by the Chinese nation, and it is also the lifeblood and treasure of contemporary Chinese. In this mirror of history, there are very similar mirror images of the past and the present. The documentary "China", which has been created in the past seven years, is telling history in its unique creative style, opening up Chinese history and opening up Chinese civilization in a new way, which can be called a major innovative attempt to "write history with images".