Chinese civilization has not been interrupted for thousands of years, which is unique in the history of the world. Looking back at history, what should we see? Where did the Chinese system and the source of Chinese thought come from? What is the source of power hidden in the depths of Chinese history?
In January 2022, Phoenix TV and Mango TV joined forces for the first time to launch the documentary "China" (the first season), which was warmly welcomed and widely praised by global audiences after its broadcast.
Spanning the millennium from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Tang Dynasty, "China" embarks on a magnificent historical and cultural journey without losing details with a distinct aesthetic style that integrates presumptive and symbolic techniques.
Where is "China"?
Professor of Beijing Normal University, Director of Documentary Center
Zhang Tongdao
...... Chinese culture is colorful, Li Bai interprets the spirit of freedom that is imaginative and full of vitality, Guan Hanqing shows the style of a commoner who is upright and laughs and scolds, Zhao Yao is not a qualified emperor, but interprets the aesthetic spirit of Chinese to the extreme, Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui, a pair of courtiers with very different ways of dealing with the world, vividly present the secrets of the operation of the dynasty, and the controversy over the etiquette of Ma Garni meeting the Qianlong Emperor shows the decline of a civilization.
These seemingly imprecise story structures write the spiritual trajectory of the evolution of Chinese civilization.
This also constitutes the wonder of "China".
The oddity is that it accomplishes a subject that is almost impossible to tell. Five thousand years of civilization, twenty dynasties, more than four hundred emperors, countless strange people, heroic scribes, how can the sea be combatable?
However, "China" is not entangled in personnel and power, but uses ideological lasers to penetrate the intricate time and space tunnels, salvage the roots of civilization hidden under the ruins of history and cultural relics, and string together a history of ideological agitation and gratitude with vivid and flexible character stories.
And to complete such an expression, the traditional heavy and solemn historical documentary even scene reproduction, drama tact can not carry, "China" chose another path: light and flexible, light and shadow flickering, imagination soaring clouds driving fog, thousands of miles away, completely a Chinese painting landscape splash ink of the big freehand wind.
Where is "China"?
Secretary of the Party Group of the China Television Association, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Television Association
Fan Zongchao
History has not only emperors and generals, but also ordinary people.
The character selection in the second season magnifies the fate of Cangsheng's characters and tries to deconstruct the relationship between Cangsheng and the times: Guan Hanqing, who turned to theatrical art after the career promotion channel was closed; Zhang Xiao, the yuanlang who practiced industry to save the country in the mourning of the late Qing Dynasty; Xu Guangqi, who translated "Geometric Origins" and named the blunt angled flat angle; the painter Zhang Zeduan, whose birth and death age is unknown, whose life and circumstances are unknown, but who left the appearance of the Great Song Dynasty...
The second season of "China" has interpreted the lives of a large number of ordinary Chinese, and history has moved forward little by little in the hands of seemingly ordinary people, the people are the creators of history, and the people are the real heroes.
How was "China" born?
"China" chief producer and general director Li Dongzhen
Zhou Yan, general director of "China"
...... In the face of such a topic as "China", the documentary we have completed today can only be one of the expressions.
The vast and rich history of China is a treasure that is always worth cherishing, and it is worth using "warmth and respect" to pursue, to explore, to show, to spread.
Knowing where you are coming from is a curiosity that almost everyone will have. Where did China come from? How did you get here? Why is it what it is now? How did the ancestors shape the spiritual temperament of this land while creating the country? How did the ideals we believe in, the ideas and concepts of looking at life and the world, come from?
Without understanding history, you cannot recognize the present.
It is with this curiosity and the same strong sense of awe that we have gone through a process of five years of learning, groping and creating.
As a Chinese, we try to use a documentary to know ourselves and understand China better; to understand history and love China more. This is also the most important sentence to say when introducing this documentary to all audiences.
On April 23, Phoenix SATELLITE TV continued to launch the highly anticipated "China" (the second season), which continued the previous panoramic vision, reproduced the personal choices and shining moments of Chinese historical stars through cinematic shooting methods, and showed the Chinese spirit, Chinese values and Chinese strength to the public.
The technique of the theatrical stage, the realistic simulation scene, and the ink-like natural scenery make it break through the barrier of record. The new surreal metaphor represents a bolder breakthrough in China (season 2).
The second millennium story will begin with the encounter between the two stars of the poet Li Bai and the poet Du Fu: If the two met in Chang'an after their deaths and looked up at the fireworks, what kind of scenery would it be?
China (Season 2)
Episode 1 "The Shock"
Broadcast platform: Phoenix Satellite TV Chinese Station
Premiere: Saturday, April 23 at 22:00
Replay: Sunday, April 24
05:00 11:00 17:00
Monday, April 25 at 09:00
Editor: Wang Dingyao
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