Directed by the national first-class director Kang Ning, With Mao Linbo as the chief producer, powerful actors Yu Zhen, An Yuexi, Zeng Li, Xu Guangyu, Jing Le, Ma Dongyan, Xu Zhinuo starring, Li Qinqin, Kou Zhenhai specially invited starring, Chen Che, Xu Shendong, Yu Siyuan starring in the large-scale centennial tribute drama "Red Flag Canal" is being broadcast on CCTV (CCTV), CCTV, Tencent Video, iQiyi, Youku, LeTV Video, Migu Video, Fengxing Video, PP Video.
"Hongqi Canal" is a TV drama work with the proposition of showing the spirit of self-reliance and hard work of "Hongqi Canal", which is set against the background of the great drought in 1959 and tells the story of the people who built the "Hongqi Canal" from the Taihang Mountainside in order to change the current situation of water shortage for generations, face difficulties, overcome difficulties, and build "Hongqi Canal" from the Taihang Mountainside. It praises the lofty purpose of the CPC wholeheartedly serving the people and the Chinese nation's national spirit of unremitting self-improvement and indomitable self-improvement, and has profound ideological and educational significance for realizing the dream of a strong Chinese nation today.
Since its inception, "Red Flag Canal" has been widely concerned and loved by audiences of all ages and circles by virtue of its distinct and full texture of the times and regions, the ups and downs of the storyline, the real and warm touching story, the authentic character setting, the kind and natural actor performance, and the spiritual energy of hard struggle, etc., and has been highly affirmed and recognized by the majority of netizens, and has gained a good reputation.
During the broadcast period, "Red Flag Canal" has repeatedly dominated the first place in the ratings of prime-time TV series. According to the ratings of prime-time TV dramas released by China Audiovisual Big Data from October 16 to 22, "Hongqi Canal" ranked first with 1.549%; it has repeatedly topped a number of authoritative industry popularity lists, according to professional rating statistics platforms such as Maoyan, Kuyun, and Lighthouse, the average daily rating of Hongqiqu is 1.5589%. Since its inception, "Hongqiqu" has been promoted by CCTV's multi-platform publicity, and powerful actors Zeng Li, An Yuexi, and Jing Le have also been invited to conduct interviews to tell the story between them and Hongqiqu, which has aroused widespread concern among netizens, and the attention has continued to rise. In addition, the drama has also received coverage and recognition from mainstream media such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Guangming Daily, and China Television News, and has been evaluated as a historical epic TV series that shows the symphony of the times and collective destiny.
Good stories earn good word of mouth
As a tribute drama that restores the true historical story and shows the national spirit, "Red Flag Canal" awakens the collective memory of the people who experienced the times, but also triggers the emotional resonance of future generations of young people. In the creation of the play, the main creative team has always adhered to the artistic pursuit of restoring the real, using the artistic techniques of live shooting and the intuitive, comprehensive and documentary expression to create a well-produced and touching high-quality work with a touching plot. The play adopts the creative method of multi-line parallel and strong plot, making full use of contradictions and conflicts to show the arduous process of repairing canals; in addition to the intense and fierce rhythm, it also integrates a lot of comedy into the design of some life-like scenes and bridge sections between characters, which increases the watchability of the play.
While restoring history to the greatest extent from a realistic perspective, the whole drama has created a group of simple and cute characters, such as Lin Jie (Yu Zhen), who mingled with the masses, Shi Shuilian (An Yuexi), who was cute and brave, and Shi Shuisheng (Jing Le), the strong and witty Shi family's eldest brother Shi Shuisheng (Jing Le), and other characters, which won unanimous praise from the audience. The opening chapter takes the dispute between the two villages over the water extraction problem as the contradiction point; Lin Jie makes a vow in public, Gu Dahai organizes the villagers to escape the famine and fails, the aquatic woman dies because she overturns a can of water, and the people of Lin County go out of the village to find water and encounter obstacles... With a high-density, strong undulating storyline, it has effectively paved the way for "repairing canals and diverting water".
Behind the wonderful story, is the unremitting efforts of the entire crew, in order to maximize the presentation of history, the main creative team has visited the Hongqiqu Museum many times, the history of the construction of the Hongqiqu has an in-depth understanding, with unremitting efforts and professional ability to reproduce the great story of "creating a precedent and daring to be the first".
Pay with heart and reproduce the glory
In order to more vividly interpret the spirit of the Hongqi Canal and the warm story of the past, director Kang Ning insisted on telling the repertoire from a full perspective, directly overlooking the Hongqi Canal from a real perspective, attracting the attention of the leaders by the lack of water, and finally decided to lead zhangzhang into the forest, presenting the whole process from the start of construction to the completion of the construction. He hopes to convey his understanding to the audience, so that the audience can generate their own understanding and feelings through "watching", influence more people, and continue to transmit and inherit the spirit of "Red Flag Canal". However, the hardships and hardships of the shooting process are unimaginable, thanks to the high degree of cooperation and joint efforts of the entire crew.
According to Mr. Mao Linbo, the chief producer, in order to more realistically restore the scene of repairing the canal at that time, the drama was all filmed on real scenes, like the stone houses in the play are the original appearance preserved in the original 50s and 60s, and the excavation site of the Hongqi Canal in the play is also the scene of the original dug canal, which is completely filmed with real scenes.
Due to the scattered filming locations and very long distances, the crew needed several hours to go back and forth each time shooting, which increased a lot of time costs and production costs, but the cast and crew of each crew worked tirelessly to present better visual effects.
In order to better substitute for the role, Jing Le, a young actor who plays Shi Shuisheng in the play, once went to the countryside to figure out the characters by cutting wheat ears and doing farm work; Throughout the filming process, he still insisted on acting after many injuries, and his dedicated attitude is also the epitome of the entire cast and crew.
In the four months from September to December 2020, from the scorching sun to the cold wind, all the crew members, stepping on the footprints of their ancestors, step by step practiced the spirit of "self-reliance, hard work, unity and cooperation, and selfless dedication", and dedicated a sincere work for the audience with sincere respect and sincere attitude!
Although the TV series "Red Flag Canal" is nearing the end, this galloping "artificial river of heaven" is still forging ahead, which inspires generations of Chinese to self-improvement, hard work, and create their own spirit of the times.