Introduction: Cultural programs, only serve the main station.
Text | Li River
"Are you?" Fu Sheng, who was in his nineties, sat in front of the case and slowly looked up at the stranger who suddenly broke in.
"Late life, from more than two thousand years later." As a contemporary reader, Sabine traveled back to Shandong more than two thousand years ago, and stood in front of Fusheng respectfully: "Sir, I would like to ask you where the book (especially referring to the book of Shang) is good. Sabine and the other disciples sat on their knees and listened to this story that spanned time and space.
On the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year (February 12), the large-scale cultural program "China in the Classics" was launched on the CCTV comprehensive channel of the main station, and the Douban score also reached 9.4 points. In addition to the first issue of "Shang Shu", it also includes classics such as "Analects", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Chu Ci", and "Shi Ji", which have been circulated throughout the ages and are well-known at home and abroad, and will also jump on the screen in a multi-dimensional immersive way. The question of where Chinese wisdom, Chinese spirit, and Chinese values come from and where they go will also have more vivid answers. Many netizens directly said, "The dialogue between Sassa and Teacher Dahong through the millennium has goosebumps" "I can see the old tears, I hope that such a program can be more!" "From ancient times to the present, what is integrated into our bones and blood can easily be awakened"...
Drama + Film & Television + Culture Interview,
"Model innovation" requires both internal and external repair
More than a hundred years ago, when some of the scriptures in the Dunhuang Grottoes were transported to Beijing, several scholars exclaimed, "The texts, manuscripts, and manuscripts seen are all thousands of years old." "Look! There is even a classical book "Shang Shu", "This is the earliest surviving text in the "Shang Shu" literature that I have seen, which is extremely precious" "Our people should keep and protect this national treasure well"... After the situational interpretation, the rhythm of the camera turn slows down, and Sabine, a contemporary reader dressed in Zhongshan suit, continues to tell the story of the national treasure "Book of Shang".
"China in the Classics" adds a multi-dimensional setting of narrative perspectives, through a community of multiple people, standing in different positions, holding different views, and speaking from different angles for the same classic. Especially when the "contemporary readers" shuttle through the voluminous volume and the frequent dialogue between the "ancient book guardians", we can find the mark of the times in history. "To return to the classics is to return to the origin of culture, to the origin of history." In the view of Yuan Xinwen, director of the Literature and Art Department of the People's Daily, it will be more meaningful to talk about the changes, inheritance and influence after returning to the original point.
"China in the Classics" pioneers the use of the form of "drama + film and television + cultural interview", through the compatibility and mixing of different narrative subjects, turning a line of jerky words into a stage story full of conflicts and suspense, and presenting the theme expression and values in the display of historical and cultural depth, so as to achieve the audience's emotional resonance and emotional resonance. After the rehearsal, Sabine said, "The moment I really confronted Teacher Ni Dahong, I suddenly forgot that it was Teacher Ni Dahong, and all the details made me feel as if I really had traveled through a thousand years." For the audience in front of the TV, this kind of story written in detail is even more moving. Tian Qinxin, artistic director of "China in the Classics" and president of the National Theatre of China, talked about the origin of creation: "Chinese say that we do cultural inheritance, that is, we are accumulating and inheriting our culture, and we are also spreading culture. In particular, TV programs can let more people see the resurgence of Chinese culture. ”
As a situational element, the narrative space has its diversified construction, which can make the program more intuitive and more infectious. Most of the cultural programs are recorded indoors, but this program is not restricted at all, but opens up a new immersive four-dimensional space. Stage No. 1 is mainly a large scene such as "Da Yu Ding Kyushu" and "Makino Oath", the Second Stage is mainly Fusheng's study, and the Third Stage is also divided into two floors, which are composed of the space of "Da Yu Zhi Shui" on the upper level and the place where Fu Sheng reads in his childhood; more importantly, there is a Yongdao connection in the middle of the three stages, which also becomes part of the performance area. Hao Rong, dean of the Central Academy of Drama, also believes that this space has more significance, "The free interlacing of historical space and live space, including the organic transformation of the relationship between watching and performing, has made the 'separation' between drama and Brecht have a new development and interpretation, and created a class of traditional Chinese culture that is touching, rich in connotation, profound and profound on the screen." ”
There are grand scenes intertwined with sound and light, and there are delicate situations with close-up interpretations, and the stage design, atmosphere creation, audience seating and performance location arrangements all assume the function of spatial narrative. Netizens on social media all lamented that it was "so shocking", "The whole show from conception to storytelling, from actors to stage, is too good!" No loss in shares! ”
"My name is Fusheng, and I have been reading the Book since I was a child." Fu Sheng, who was more than ninety years old at that time, opened his own story, the camera changed from close-up to a panorama, the childhood study on the other side of the Yongdao suddenly lit up with a beam of light, and the child was playing while reading in a childish voice, "Keming Junde with the pro-nine ethnic groups and the nine ethnic groups are harmonious With the people of Pingzhang..." In childhood, Fu Shengzheng and Tong Yan listened to the teacher's teachings together, and the elderly Fusheng and Sabine from more than two thousand years later in another space were looking at all this with great fascination, and a complex emotion was intertwined.
From the childhood Fu Sheng reciting "Yu Gong" to the elderly Fu Sheng lamenting that "Dayu is better than these", to Sabine saying "We also learn the story of Dayu Zhishui from an early age, three times through the door without entering", "China in the Classics" through this innovation of spatial narrative, so that the inheritance of culture itself has a more intuitive audiovisual experience.
There is no ready-made story,
How to overcome the difficulty of "intended upgrade"?
The story of Confucius's deletion of the Six Classics is widely known, and the classic Book of Shang has changed from three thousand to a selection of hundreds.
"Why?" "What is the essence?" Confucius's disciples sat around and threw these questions at him. Confucius took out a bamboo and replied, "I know the basis of the rule of the sages, the reason for the rise and fall of the dynasty, and the key to personal self-cultivation." As the disciples repeatedly recited these few words, the volume gradually increased, and the contemporary reader Sabine, who was standing next to him, was also deeply affected and involuntarily shouted. Between the questions and answers, it seems to be a course more than 2,000 years ago, but we all know that it also asks some of our hearts and answers some of the doubts that have plagued us for a long time.
"China in the Classics" focuses on the classics in traditional Chinese culture and focuses on the cultural genes that are difficult to materialize in the broad and profound Chinese civilization. The first episode selects the "Book of Shang", which is known as "the ancestor of political books and the source of historical books", and through a variety of excavations and multiple interpretations, shares the life insights related to the classics, social philosophies, and moisturizers to silently spread the various profound connotations of traditional Chinese culture, and the program is full of ingenuity. Some netizens on Weibo also said, "The story selection, screenwriter, actors and stage are all fantastic, suitable for me who can't read the book... Look at this and see more than one o'clock in the morning. ”
Rao Shuguang, president of the China Film Critics Association, believes that now is a new era of awakening, and it is even more necessary to find true cultural consciousness from history and classics to achieve a higher level of cultural self-confidence, so no matter how to emphasize the significance and value of this program, "how to use modern transformation and innovative development to make it (classics) enter thousands of households, how to make a very private reading behavior into a social public behavior" has become very important.
The program integrates the macro-level "elegance" and the micro-level "letter", on the one hand, it strives to present the thickness and poetry in the classics, whether it is the shock of the Dunhuang Caves, or the heroism of the Yellow River, all of which reflect the five thousand years of China in the program; on the other hand, it strives to be accurate in details, such as whether the costumes, utensils, etc. are in line with the era and character identity, the details of the actors' costumes, hairstyles and props in the drama interpretation, "China in the Classics" has a complete academic team support, Strive to match the age and identity of the characters, so that history appears in the most authentic form. Some viewers commented, "Fusheng read with bamboo in his hand, his eyes were slightly cloudy and quite difficult, and his hand was shaking from time to time, these details were very delicate, so that I quickly entered the era of Fusheng who had experienced hardships and protection more than 2,000 years ago." ”
In the cultural interviews of the three experts, we also know that the origin of the people's original thought can be traced back to the Book of Shang and has been passed down and developed in various dynasties in China. From the very beginning of "Shang Shu Xia Shu, Song of the Five Sons", "Min wei bang ben gu bang ning", to the Spring and Autumn And Warring States period "Mencius" in the "mencius" "the people are noble and the society is secondary to the king is light", and then to the Tang Dynasty Wei Zheng and Tang Taizong mentioned in the political discussion that "the junzhou is also the people's water can also carry the boat and can also overturn the boat", to this day, the people-oriented thinking has still become an important concept for governing the country. Why does Chinese civilization have a long history? We also find the answer in such cultural dialogues. Even netizens who have been dealing with classics for more than six years sighed, "Thousands of years of civilization have been passed down from generation to generation." How interesting it would be if the predecessors could really know the affairs of the hereafter. ”
Some netizens said, "After reading the first issue of "China in the Classics", I finally understood that in addition to geographical factors, a major reason for the uninterrupted Chinese civilization is also the intention of the sages to protect books, pass on books, and preach books. Confucius deleted the Six Classics, Fu Sheng preached the Book of Shang, Chao was wrongly ordered to study, An Guo pushed it widely, and posterity sealed it in the cave, so that the string song did not quit, and the context was endless. ”
It can be seen that "China in the Classics" transcends the text, starting from the source of Chinese ideology, politics and society, transforming the thick cultural themes into realistic aesthetic needs, while exploring the living methods and life philosophies of the ancients, asking how Chinese has come to this day. "Know where our lives start, know where our steps are going." As Professor Gao Xiaohong, dean and professor of the School of Television of the Communication University of China, said, "In the framework system of a classic, a person, a main story, and a line, using storytelling and dramatization to read the classics in a storytelling and dramatic way to guide today's young people to be able to read the classics, it can be said that this program is a tribute to 2021 and the Spring Festival." ”
Culture is no longer high and low,
Discover the "type innovation" code from the classics
Reading books, especially ancient Texts, is a very boring thing.
At the reading meeting, Ni Dahong, an actor at the National Drama Theatre of China, said that he would interpret the "Yu Gong" in the "Book of Shang" and read a sentence, and other actors and guests on the scene also recited a sentence, "Yu Shi Tu Follows the Mountain and Wood to Lay the Mountain and the Great River." In the magnificent repetition, the dynamic scenes of a thousand years ago unconsciously appear in front of the eyes. "I think it's helpful for actors to learn stories from history books."
In Yuan Xinwen's view, this program has two main characteristics, "one is to use classics to strengthen cultural self-confidence; the other is to use classics to decipher cultural codes." "After several years of continuous development, cultural programs have long been part of people's entertainment life, but there is still a long way to go for culture itself to truly release its penetration in daily life." "China in the Classics" provides thinking and reference significance for cultural programs to expand the value dimension, create originality, and tap local resources, and at the same time, it also provides ideas for organically integrating historical elements into the creation of variety shows.
When Fusheng crossed into modern times, he was mistaken for an "actor" who played Fusheng by the elementary school students who were visiting the museum, and he burst into tears. A child asked, "Then will you memorize Yu Gong?" Fu Chang sighed, "Yes," knelt on the ground and repeatedly and firmly read, "Yu Shi Tu follows the mountains and logs to build the mountains and rivers." The camera pulled out again, and Wang Jianning, the three experts and hosts of the cultural interview, were also full of tears. If the expression of space is a little more, we must also see that we have red eyes in front of the screen. It is this variety of creations that aim to maximize the audience's experience; and programs that take into account the audience's inner emotional identity have become a unique expression of historical society. As some netizens commented, "Seeing "China in the Classics" today, I felt romantic, tenacious, inherited and endless. ”
Cultural programs are created vertically according to the aesthetic feelings of different audiences, combined with scientific and technological achievements close to real life, and transform obscure classic languages into popular TV languages. "China in the Classics" has a more special meaning, in the new era of continuous improvement of people's material living standards, the people's demand for spiritual life has also increased accordingly.
Under the call of "cultural powerhouse", cultural programs have attracted much attention because of their popular influence. Although this program is innovated under the framework of cultural programs, its role is greater than imagined, because the traditional classics of Chinese civilization are also the wealth of all mankind, and there are more "going out" in the future, and there are possibilities for cultural exchanges, integration and commonality with other different cultures. As Zhang Dexiang, vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Critics Association, said, "'China in the Classics' is to talk about the entire Chinese civilization, from the origin of its civilization to the current inheritance, which is a great topic, its value, connotation, and depth, not only to tell the Chinese story well, but also to tell the story of Chinese civilization to the world." ”