The TV series "Ideal Shines on China" was recently broadcast, which attracted widespread attention and audience attention. This is a TV series with strong stylized characteristics and unique charm, which shows the struggle of China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in modern times through 40 carefully selected historical stories. This is a TV drama that shows the ideal spirit of modern China and the history of Chinese's hard work with stories with spiritual appeal and impact, it looks back at the eyes of history from today for a hundred years, selects some charming moments of Chinese history in the past hundred years, lets these moments present the modern rise of a nation, condenses history with fragmentary stories, salvages memories, and presents the arduous and extraordinary efforts of several generations of Chinese for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. There is a big history in the small story, and there are small joints in the big history, and such a unique narrative makes the theme of "ideal shining on China" prominent.
This makes the TV series have a strong impact and appeal, allowing the lyrical power to unfold from the narrative. The TV series chooses "meaningful moments", so that the story of the moment is frozen in today's era, so that the meaning of the moment can be presented in a long time. The moments are not arranged in chronological order, but connect these stories with emotional and spiritual clues, so that these time and space are intertwined, and the stories that occur at different moments in a hundred years obtain a different meaning and value in a strong expression of emotion and spirit.
The continuous process of China's struggle is transformed into a story that impacts our emotions one by one in "Ideal Shines on China", and the poetic and spiritual power deeply contained in these stories can infect and touch today's audiences. The presentation of "meaningful moments" allows the story to find the key "points" that move us the most, and each story has such a "point" that touches people's emotions, from one point to another to go deep into the magnificent hundred years. Instantly gain the tension of history and the appeal of reality, so as to turn into moments that have meaning for modern China, grasp these moments, find such "points" that cause people's hearts to tremble, use an emotional logic rather than the logic of the story to unfold the TV series, and turn 40 points into brilliant starry skies in our minds. And this has become the most unique artistic pursuit of this TV series.
Therefore, it does not pursue a certain coherence, but a "scattered" way to solidify some moments that make people move, so that the moments have acquired their own historical value, thus forming a stylized performance, so that the historical atmosphere and symbolic meaning are displayed, so that the brilliant light emitted by these moments is perceived by us, so that people in today's era and the past of their own nation's hard struggle have the opportunity to meet each other, and let the ideal illuminate our way forward like stars. Such poetry and passion are the strength that China has gained from a hundred years of history in its current great era. Tv dramas rely on the intensity of emotions and the height of spirit to advance, allowing us to immerse ourselves in the touching of each story.
The first few episodes of the TV series can be said to concentrate on its unique style and unique angle, and we can also glimpse the basic form of this TV series.
The first episode focuses on the May Fourth period, the critical moment when China is seeking its own future survival and development. The TV series set its sights on the starting point of history: Chen Wangdao translated the Communist Manifesto and published it in 1920, using Marxist theory to provide the theoretical basis and spiritual strength for China to awaken the people and save the people. The TV series condenses the atmosphere of the times in a large way, thus highlighting the great significance of this historical moment. This is the beginning and introduction of this TV series, and the history of China's modern struggle is from this history that combines the strength contained in the Communist Manifesto with the specific practice of China, and also from that starting point to today's magnificent "big history", and this book also illuminates the Chinese road.
The second episode is a father who retains the precious documents of the revolutionary's son at a critical moment of the Revolution, and uses a long period of protection and waiting to hand them over to his son's colleagues. This story about Zhang Jueqian and Zhang Renya's father and son allows us to see the tragic and heroic efforts of our predecessors in China's historical progress, and also see the historical rewards they have received. The value of these struggles has been affirmed by history and remembered by future generations. The values conveyed by the literature are eternal, and the inheritance of our memories is eternal.
The third episode is the story of Lei Lei, which many people are familiar with, which is a story of the present, a young Chinese who pays for the glory of China. Judo athlete Lei Lei's sparring career gave him no chance to flash a moment, but his efforts were integrated into the glory of China. This is the dazzling light of selflessness in ordinary life, and it is also the inheritance and extension of China's struggle. He received the true "Medal of Glory", a meaningful and beautiful story discovered by this TV series. The fourth episode focuses on the initial moments of reform and opening up, the first self-employed Zhang Huamei in the industrial and commercial registration in the pursuit of hardship, but also wrote the country's affirmation and encouragement for the pursuit of a better life. The fifth episode tells us the story of wang xin, the composer of "Singing the Motherland", who created this song.
These stories are a combination of documentary-style records and storytelling, so that we can feel the significance and value of the struggle of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people over the past hundred years. The choreographer's in-depth exploration of emotional clues, the actors' careful interpretation, and the innovation of "youthfulness" have realized the touching power of this TV series. Careful selection, meticulous interpretation, and meticulous creation make the poetry and passion of this TV series become our precious commemoration of the history of a hundred years of struggle.
From today's point of view, the struggle and sacrifice of the past hundred years have been rewarded by history, and China's development has given us the historical opportunity to continue to struggle on a new platform. The great future of the future, the sea of stars is calling in front of us. "Ideals Illuminate China" reminds people that China's young generation will not live up to these stories handed down from a hundred years of history, and let the brilliant ideals in these stories shine on our future road ahead.
Author: Zhang Yiwu (Professor, Department of Chinese, Peking University)
Editor: Wang Yan, Fan Xin