Take the kids and look at it!
A classic documentary can expand horizons, increase knowledge, and purify the soul. A good documentary can open a door for children and enter a broader landscape of life. Thematic documentaries need to be quoted from the sidelines, and they need to focus on research for a long time. The holidays are here, it's a good time to watch documentaries, we've collected these 16 excellent documentaries for you, take the kids to look at it!
gardens
The documentary "Garden - A Garden Within the Great Wall" produced by CCTV Documentary Channel consists of 8 episodes, each episode is about 50 minutes long, starting from the gardens of the pre-Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, and continuing to modern times. Through storytelling, it embodies the slow life in the garden.
For the first time in China, han, Wei and Jin, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties are connected into each episode node in the form of a documentary, interpreting and interpreting China's unique garden culture from the span of history, and exploring the important cultural proposition from the spirit - Chinese aesthetics in the garden.
Audience comments: "Unlike ordinary documentaries, it is not mainly based on the introduction of garden knowledge, but promotes a kind of artistic conception and beauty. ”
Forbidden City 100 – See the invisible Forbidden City
"Forbidden City 100" is another video work based on the theme of the Forbidden City after the filming of the 12-episode large-scale documentary "The Forbidden City" in 2005. It took several years of planning and preparation, and after nearly a year of shooting and production. Each episode tells the story of the 100 spaces of the Forbidden City in 6 minutes, and through the "visible" space, the practical value and aesthetic value of the "invisible" Forbidden City architecture are interpreted, creating a video museum for the Forbidden City that transcends time and space.
Audience commented: "The picture is beautiful, the reason is very profound, and the beauty of the building is dripping." ”
National Palace in Taipei
"Taipei National Palace" has a total of 12 episodes, which traces the history of cultural relics relocation and the current situation of Taipei National Palace, and introduces calligraphy, paintings, bronze, porcelain, treasures and other national treasures collected by Taipei National Palace Museum. Since 2006, the film crew of "Taipei National Palace" has gone to Taiwan four times in two years to interview more than 60 people, and it is very rare to interview three elderly people who personally experienced the relocation of cultural relics in Taiwan: Gao Renjun, Suo Yuming and Chang Peter, from which they obtained a large number of details of the process of cultural relics relocation. For various reasons, the crew of "Taipei National Palace" ultimately failed to enter the National Palace Museum in Taipei for filming, but this did not affect the ideological and profound nature of the film.
"Taipei National Palace" involves both historical and contemporary, focusing on the development of human civilization in China over the past 5,000 years, as well as the flow of history and culture. The National Palace Museum in Taipei preserves the thousand-year-old art treasures painstakingly accumulated by Chinese emperors over the centuries, and is the epitome of the 5,000-year history of civilization of the entire Chinese nation.
"Taipei National Palace" tells you not only some stories, some emotions, but also a sigh and a lot of expectations.
Audience commented: "I watched it in Nanjing in the first half of 2010. I love this style of documentary. The music is very good, and the seemingly long wait is the eternal future. ”
I repair cultural relics in the Forbidden City
Spanning the Ming and Qing dynasties and covering nearly 600 years, the Forbidden City has a collection of more than 1.8 million precious cultural relics, including the "Five Bull Map" and the "Qingming River Map". After a hundred years of vicissitudes, these common treasures of mankind have been more or less covered with dust and damaged. From the day the Palace Museum was established, generations of cultural relics restorers have walked into the red wall of the Forbidden City, and through their transformation of decay into magical hands, the vitality of life has been reinvested into cultural relics. Wood, ceramics, bronze, lacquerware, clocks, embroidery, calligraphy and painting, different cultural relics have different characteristics, but also have their own difficulties in restoration. And these restorers are willing to be lonely, willing to be bland, and carefully feel the faint pulse from ancient times in their dialogue with cultural relics. Cultural relics have a soul and a life, and they are closely related to the inner beauty of human beings.
When the dusty cultural relics are regained, we should not forget the hardships of those ordinary and great craftsmen!
Audience commented: "There is a passage in it that says particularly well, 'The cultural relics are not to keep an object placed there, the purpose of the cultural relics is to allow him to spread culture.'" The restoration of cultural relics is not only valuable because he repairs the items, but in the process of repairing, he communicates with people and things, and realizes the understanding of things, and integrates himself into it. 'The Chinese spirit of lattice. A group of real craftsmen. After watching the regret of missing the 90th anniversary of the hospital, I hope to go when I am a hundred years old. ”
I came from the Han Dynasty
"I Came from the Han Dynasty" is a large-scale original documentary work launched by CCTV Documentary Channel in 2015. Taking the important pictorial historical materials and cultural heritage of the Han Dynasty "Han Portrait Stone" as the core clue, the film searched for more than 100 historical sites in the past three years, restored the historical events recorded by the portrait stone with images, various scenes and character images such as feasting, labor, and family life, and even reproduced the immortal world in the imagination of the ancestors. The film is divided into six episodes: "Memory of Home", "The Glory of Hanzi", "Live Like a God", "Women are Good", "Feast and Drink", and "A Lesson in the Han Dynasty", with the Han portrait stone as the theme clue, visiting more than 100 historical sites and tracking the "Han" cultural genes in modern life.
Audience comment: "Focusing on the theme of the tomb throughout the process is very professional. ”
The Chu Kingdom was eight hundred years old
As early as 3,600 years ago, Zhu Rong, the fire god who once lived in the Central Plains, was expelled by the Shang Dynasty, so the family moved south, and after countless hardships, they finally landed in the humid and hot barbarian area in the south. They named themselves "Chu People", and although they were on the border, they always had the idea of returning to the Central Plains. The Chu leader Huan Xiong assisted the Zhou Dynasty in overthrowing the shang rule, but it did not receive the respect and division it deserved, and King Zhou Zhao's southern tour completely shattered their expectations of the Son of Heaven. Represented by Xiongqu, Xiongtong, and King Zhuang of Chu, the Chu people began to try to expand into the Central Plains. Invasion war, Qi Huan Gonglai, Battle of Chengpu, Battle of Wuchu. Hundreds of years of brutal war have tempered the iron will of the Chu people, and the foundation of the past eight hundred years has gradually moved toward prosperity, decline and demise.
Based on a large number of historical records and excavated cultural relics, this film recreates the magnificent history of the Chu Kingdom for the audience.
Audience comment: "Seeing the last episode end with my eyes hot. ”
The Resurrected Legion
The documentary, which is divided into six episodes and three hours, shows the former glory of the Qin Legion.
Master of kings: The Qin people rose from the northwest pastures, were awarded the title of protector of Zhou, and conquered and unified China in 550 years. The excavation of the Terracotta Warriors in the 1970s restored the mysterious army of the Qin State. Blood-colored bronze: Although the bronze weapons of the Qin Army lagged behind those of iron, the rationally designed swords, crossbows, and arrows were continuously produced and supplied in standardized military factories to supply the needs of the war. The Land of Life and Death: Taking the Battle of Changping as an example, the composition of the Qin army and the mode of combat are reproduced. The infantry of the Qin Army consisted of a phalanx of crossbowmen and soldiers of different lengths of weapons, the cavalry used crossbow arrows to harass, and the chariots could be separated from the infantry to form groups to fight at high speed. Guanshan Feidu: After the Unification of the Six Kingdoms by the Qin, the Kailing Canal entered and occupied Lingnan, straightened the Northern Imperial Xiongnu, and the transportation system and advanced car-making technology throughout the country provided support for the logistics of the Empire. Battle of the Nation: The legal provisions of the Qin State recorded in the unearthed Bamboo Jane present the specific content of the Qin State's cultivation strategy, and Zheng Guoqu and Dujiangyan created the granaries of the Qin State. Feud with the Son: The ShangJun Law stipulates a system of military merit awards, which indirectly cultivates the Martial Nature of the Qin people.
Comments: "Informative and interesting, thick and long-winded, excellent historical documentaries that are rare to see." ”
Daming Palace
In 618 AD, the Tang Empire, which occupies the most important position in the history of China, was established. Soon after the establishment of the empire, Li Shimin, the Second Son of Li Yuan, the Prince of Qin, launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killed his brothers, and sat on the emperor's throne as he wished. In order to show his father filial piety, Emperor Gaozong of Tang presided over the construction of daming palace in the northeast direction of Chang'an City, as a palace for emperor Taishang to escape the summer. In 664 AD, the majestic Daming Palace was completed, which covers an area of more than 5,000 acres, equivalent to the size of 500 football fields. Starting from Emperor Taizong of Tang, the supreme power center of the empire has witnessed the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty in the past 222 years, the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, which are the most commendable glory peaks of the Tang Dynasty, while the Anshi Rebellion, the Ganlu Revolution, the Huangchao Rebellion, the eunuch dictatorship, and the division of the feudal towns have left blood-type scars on the body of the Empire that can never be healed.
War and dust have taken away the grand scene of disillusionment, and today people can only imagine the prosperity of the millennium from the ruins of the broken well in the half-buried mud...
Audience commented: "Tears rain down. The country is broken by mountains and rivers, the city spring grass and trees are deep, when the flowers splash tears, hate other birds frightened. The Daming Palace, which has been to the present day, understands the desolation of this poem even more. ”
Beautiful China
From brightly lit metropolises to sparsely populated deep mountains and old forests; from vast grasslands to inaccessible desert Gobi; from high seas and mountains with long years of snow to endless plains; from vast land to blue seas and blue skies... China, this ancient and magical land, encompasses a variety of characteristics of the landform, feeding the children of all ethnic groups, but also pregnant with all kinds of rare beasts, exotic flowers and plants. This time, through the lens, we go to visit the beautiful wonders scattered around the land. Along the Yangtze River Basin, go to see the strange stone and strange forests created by karst landforms; go to the tropical rain forests of Yunnan to look for Asian wild elephants and Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkeys; come to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, rush to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, climb mountains, and look at the western frontier. Here, you and I are familiar with the beautiful China that is familiar and strange.
The film was the first joint production by CCTV and the BBC, which took four years to shoot, using advanced photographic techniques such as aerial photography, infrared, high speed, time delay and underwater. There are six episodes, namely "Rich South China", "South of Caiyun", "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", "Beyond the Great Wall", "Dragon Territory" and "Noisy Coast".
Audience comments: "In the wild China of urbanization, there are not only beautiful and colorful natural landscapes, but also harmonious and delicate humanistic care. Filmed a conscience drama, there are a few places to see real tears flying downpour..."
Hexi Corridor
"Hexi Corridor" is a 10-episode documentary series jointly produced by the Propaganda Department of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Science and Education Channel of CCTV, and produced by Beijing Bojing Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. The film takes the Hexi Corridor, an important passage in western China and the golden section of the Silk Road, as the narration object, and presents the history of the Hexi Corridor and its connected western China from the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the present day from the political, military, economic, cultural, religious and other angles, as well as its unique role in the process of China's history and civilization. "The Hexi Corridor is related to the national economic strategy" is the theme that runs through the whole article.
Audience comments: "The biggest attraction of the film is the scene reproduction, the actor's temperament and costume modeling are similar to historical figures, the picture soundtrack is excellent, there is a sense of vision of the blockbuster, and the film takes you through time and space in the long river of history to watch and feel all this." ”
Song of the Forest
The large-scale documentary "Forest Song", jointly produced by CCTV, the State Forestry Administration and the Ministry of Finance, met with the audience on December 1, 2007. This 11-episode documentary, which took four years to shoot and produce, is the first large-scale ecological documentary in China, filling the gap in the field of ecological documentaries on the mainland.
"Forest Song" consists of 11 episodes, each 50 minutes long, produced by the Cultural Special Department of the Social Education Center of CCTV. Since 2003, the film crew has gone through hardships and dangers to go to Tibet, Xinjiang, North China, Qinling, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Northeast China, Hainan, Fujian and other typical forest areas to shoot a large number of first-hand information and exquisite pictures. The program discusses the relationship between forests, human civilization and Chinese civilization, and expounds the relationship between humans, animals and forests in harmonious coexistence.
Audience commented: "In the episode of Wuyishan Anchovy Butterfly, in the sea of bamboo, the anchovy butterfly stops on the bamboo, allowing the rain to wet its wings, and the music sounds. Life is so small, in order to survive in order to reproduce, silently insist. This is the first documentary in my life that will bring me to tears, and the theme song will never be forgotten in my life. ”
The Third Pole
The first documentary that comprehensively reflects the harmonious coexistence between people and nature on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, "The Third Pole", each episode is 46 minutes, a total of 6 episodes, with the volume of nearly 40 stories to tell the beauty of Qinghai-Tibet. The film shows the human beings living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the highest region in the world, the survival of individuals and the happiness of families, the amazing balance between man and nature, and the tenacity of human life in this extremely severe natural environment, and the kindness, wisdom and fraternity of the heart forged by this.
Audience commented: "Looking at it, the tears fall." Only to find out that after visiting once, this place will take root in your heart (although the conditions are too bad when you are there). The charm of the third pole, the shock of Tibet, not only comes from the magnificent landscapes and rivers, but also from the harmony between man and nature, and the admiration for a tenacious life. ”
Cloth China
In 2015, CCTV and Shenzhen Yuezhong Film and Television Co-produced a ten-episode TV documentary "Cloth China", focusing on "millennium beautiful clothing, telling the story of spring silk and winter cotton and the cold and warm years." This film travels up and down, north and south, showing the generation of Chinese clothing and the fate and changes of the times behind the costumes, starting from the essence and material of the costumes, and discovering the code of the spring and autumn of the mountains and rivers in a wisp.
Audience comments: "CCTV's copywriting and soundtrack really don't say, this kind of material acquisition and different weaving methods that run through the north and south, through the east and west are also amazing, and the people are indeed the creators of history." Dressing and eating, ordinary but also emotional cohesion and historical promotion, is great. ”
Five thousand years of Chinese characters
The large-scale humanistic documentary "Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters" vividly demonstrates the unique charm of Chinese culture and praises the excellent traditions of Chinese culture by vividly showing the process of the generation, evolution and development of Chinese characters and their important role in the inheritance of Chinese culture for five thousand years.
"Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters" presents a magnificent history of language and cultural development, using 32 representative Chinese characters to outline the clear context of China's historical and cultural development. The whole film includes eight episodes of "Human Wonders, High Heavens and Long Rivers, Xiaguang Wandao, Inner Transcendence, Hanmo Feelings, The World's Most Precious Treasures, Rebirth from the Fire, and Fanghua Eternal Residence".
Audience commented: "Particularly proud and ashamed, the ancient text is too little to see." I really regret that I didn't memorize the words when I went to school. ”
Great country craftsman
"Big Country Craftsman" is the beginning of "May Day" in 2015, and CCTV News launched an eight-episode series. The first season of "Great Country Craftsman" tells the myth created by 8 craftsmen "8 pairs of laboring hands". Courage is not afraid, great skill, great responsibility... They have been pursuing the ultimate in professional skills for decades, relying on inheritance and research, focusing and persevering, creating one "Made in China" after another. After the program was broadcast, the story of the craftsman quickly caused a heated discussion in society.
Audience comments: "Do a line of love a line, work all your life without asking for anything in return." ”
Tea, the story of a leaf
Tea is one of the most representative cultures in China. For thousands of years, tea culture has been inherited, experienced and transformed several times, and it has radiated a different brilliance and charm. This documentary explores the tea-producing regions of Yunnan, Fujian and Sichuan, and records how a small piece of young leaf was harvested through wind and rain, and baked through a complex process and craftsmanship to make a fragrant and fragrant sitting product. Following in the footsteps of the film crew, the audience visited China, Japan, India, Thailand, and Kenya, and experienced the different cultural heritage nourished by the blossoming of tea in Asian and African countries for thousands of years. Tea not only nourishes the water and soil of one side, but also connects the souls and emotions of all human beings from the East to the West, from ancient times to modern times.
It was originally a green leaf, and when it met human beings, it traveled a long journey and eventually rose to a love and belief in life...
Audience commented: "I thought I would only introduce the tea of China's heavens and the north, but I did not expect to look at the world, tell the tea and tea culture of different countries, and the tolerance is very valuable." Whether it is from China, or Japan, or the United Kingdom, India, etc., people are full of strong emotions for this leaf, tea carries our livelihood, culture, history, and people's pain and pride in life are condensed in this tea. ”
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