Did the countdown to the 24 solar terms at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics surprise you?
The combination of "solar terms + poetry" is simply "absolutely unique", showing the world the breadth and depth of traditional Chinese culture!
Just after the Spring Festival holiday, the winter vacation is still continuing, in order to let children further feel the beauty of traditional Chinese culture, Xiaobian has collected 16 high-quality humanistic and historical documentaries, let's take a look at it!
01
Chinese time culture wisdom
Four Seasons of China
b Station Score: 9.7
Episodes: 24
Episode length: 20 minutes
"Four Seasons of China" lasted two years and spanned 24 provinces, autonomous regions and cities across China. In order to find the impact of the 24 solar terms on contemporary China, the film crew visited The Mohe River in the north of China, to the southern city of Sanya, to experience the 45 degrees Celsius temperature of Chongqing, and -30 degrees Celsius of Harbin. 1500 hours of high-definition shooting materials, 24 episodes of exquisite traditional Chinese animation, and the International Principal Philharmonic Orchestra tailor-made original music to create an experiential TV documentary masterpiece.
02
Read China in the text
"A Brief Reading of China"
Douban score: 9.3
Episodes: 6
Episode length: 50 minutes
What did the ancients write in their letters?
The documentary "Book A Brief Reading of China" collects 30 letters from the ancients, focusing on excavating character stories and historical details from the letters, to spy on the ups and downs of the individuals and the times behind the letters, and to understand the wisdom of the sages hidden in the letters.
I hope that the philosophy that has been precipitated for thousands of years can inspire us in the present; I hope that the truth of history will become more vivid in the descriptions of these individuals.
The Homeland of Literature
Douban score: 8.1
Episodes: 7
Contemporary Chinese literature has become an important landscape on the map of world literature. Mo Yan's "Gaomi Northeast Township", Jia Pingwa's "Shangzhou", Liu Zhenyun's "Yanjin", Alai's "Jiarong Tibetan Area", Chi Zijian's "Ice and Snow North Country", Bi Feiyu's "Northern Jiangsu Water Town" and other works, their literary landscapes are rooted in the land of China, absorbing the essence of Chinese civilization, and enriching the territory of world literature. The film's film crew crossed the Qinling Mountains and the Yellow River, following the writers back to their hometowns and uncovering the secrets of their creations.
03
Jean Wa has since fallen in love with ancient poetry
《Su Dongpo》
Douban score: 8.7
Episodes: 6 episodes
Episode length: 25 minutes
This film takes Su Shi's four-year life in Huangzhou as the line, observes the mental journey of his life, and interprets the process of Su Dongpo's life perception, spiritual transformation and artistic sublimation from multiple dimensions such as literature, art, food and emotion. At the same time, supplemented by the latest Su Dongpo research results today, it reproduces the image of Su Dongpo that is the richest and closest to the authenticity.
"Li Bai"
Episodes: 4
Episode length: 35 minutes
In everyone's heart, there lives a Li Bai. He is a genius poet, an arrogant drunkard, a warrior who fights swords and walks the world, and a traveler who indulges in landscapes and rivers. The four-episode large-scale historical celebrity documentary "Li Bai" attempts to outline a clearer and more complete outline of this artistic giant through Li Bai's life, and pursues the spiritual character that has flowed Chinese for thousands of years.
The Chinese Choir
Episodes: 5
Episode length: 5-15 minutes
A small story in one episode presents the artistic conception of five well-known ancient poems of "Yuan Day", "Acacia", "Wandering Zi Yin", "Drinking on the Lake After the First Sunny Day" and "Night Thought". The national animation is full of national style and well-made, which is very suitable for students to watch.
Tang Zhiyun
Douban score: 9.2
Episodes: 20
Episode length: 30 minutes
This film not only appreciates "Tang poetry" at the literary level, but also pays more attention to the cultural level, and regards "Tang poetry" as the voice of an era. After a lot of fieldwork and filming, this film strives to introduce its representative poems through the backgrounds and deeds of the characters, which fills the gap in the education of traditional Tang poetry and provides another appreciation space for audiences who like Tang poetry
04
"Rising posture" through time and space
General History of China
Douban score: 9.1
Episodes: 100
Episode length: 45 minutes
"General History of China" is the largest historical feature film in China so far, focusing on the historical lessons of the rise and fall of chaos in successive dynasties, the formation of a unified multi-ethnic state and the brilliant splendor of Chinese civilization, depicting the grand historical scene in China from the origin of ancient human beings to the demise of the Qing Dynasty.
"If History Were a Bunch of Meows"
Episode Length: 6 minutes
Episodes: 13 episodes per season
"If History Is a Group of Meows" is a historical drama based on Chinese history as the main line, based on the twenty-four histories and other documents, aiming to popularize Chinese historical knowledge to young readers, and has now reached its seventh season.
The work reinterprets historical events in humorous language, making them easier for young people to remember and accept. 12 plump and cute cats interpret wonderful historical stories, which are worth seeing.
Dunhuang: Born a Legend
Douban score: 8.0
"Dunhuang: Born legendary", as the first documentary of character jichuan and drama-style legend, voiced by Feng Xiaogang, produced by the Emmy Award-winning multinational team, and jointly interpreted by Chinese and foreign scholars, unveiling the unknown mysterious Dunhuang from a global perspective.
The film tells the legendary stories of many historical figures from the Han Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty, explores how Dunhuang has transformed from a remote border town into an international commercial hub, one of the world's greatest art and religious centers, and explains why it has become a famous node of the Silk Road and a world cultural heritage site today.
《Daming Palace》
Douban score: 9.0
Episode length: 30 minutes
"Daming Palace" is a historical drama documentary created by director Jin Tiemu for three years. The film spans nearly 300 years, with the Daming Palace, the power center of the Tang Empire, as the main line, and tells the historical situation of the decline of the early Tang Dynasty, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and the decline of the Late Tang Dynasty through the whole process of self-construction, glory and destruction of this unprecedented huge palace group.
Tomb of the Tang Emperor
Douban score: 8.6
Episodes: 10
Episode length: 40 minutes
The film uses animation technology to tell the mysterious and unpredictable story between the 10 emperors of the Tang Empire and their mausoleums. Breaking the traditional live-action method, it opens a new starting point for historical documentaries, realizes new values, and reproduces the glorious and splendid national image of the Tang Empire and the heroic and enterprising spirit of promoting romance.
From Qin Shi Huang to Emperor Wu of Han
Douban score: 8.9
The Qin and Han dynasties were the adolescence of Chinese civilization, in a rising stage like the rising sun. The Qin and Han Dynasties laid the cornerstone of Chinese civilization, and many of its political, economic, and cultural systems still have an important impact on today. Academics refer to this period of the Qin and Han Dynasties as the First Empire.
Taking the theme of unifying the country as the main line, from the perspective of Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng, Han Gaozu Liu Bang, Han Wen Emperor Liu Heng, Han Jing Emperor Liu Qi, Han Wu Emperor Liu Che and other figures, this film tells the tortuous process of the formation of a unified country, expounds the historical process and historical factors of the psychological formation of traditional Chinese culture, and is of great significance for people today to understand Chinese history, understand traditional culture, and enhance the sense of national unity.
05
If the relics will talk
"I repair cultural relics in the Forbidden City"
Douban score: 9.4
Episodes: 3
For the first time, "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City" presents the world-class Restoration Process and Technology of Chinese Cultural Relics, showing the original state and collection status of cultural relics. The first episode tells the story of the restoration of bronzes, court clocks and ceramics, the second episode is the restoration story of wood, lacquerware, treasure inlay, and embroidery, and the third is the restoration, copying and imitation of calligraphy and painting.
The film is also the first time to show the inner world and daily life of cultural relics restoration experts at close range; the first time to completely sort out the historical origin of Chinese cultural relics restoration; the first time to interact with the "temple" and "jianghu" in the field of cultural relics restoration, showing the inheritance code of the only orderly "worker" class in the four major classes of traditional China, "scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants", as well as their beliefs and changes.
"The Marquis of the Sea"
A failed tomb robbery began a seven-year-long archaeological excavation. The three-episode large-scale documentary "Hai Xiahou" meticulously records the whole process of archaeological excavations in the tomb of Hai Xiahou for more than three years. Taking the dramatic life of Hai Dihou as the clue, the program tells the rich content of political and social life in the Western Han Dynasty, leading the audience to witness the first archaeological site.
"I have been in the Forbidden City for 600 years"
Douban score: 8.8
Taking the "Danchen Yonggu" exhibition, the YangxinDian research protection project, and the ancient construction and maintenance as clues, the film embarks on a journey of rediscovery of the Forbidden City through the work perspectives of the Ancient Construction Department, the Repair Technology Department, the Engineering Department, the Cultural Protection Science and Technology Department, and the Archaeology Department of the Palace Museum. The documentary focuses on the repair and protection of ancient buildings, records the craftsmen who carefully care for the Forbidden City inside the palace walls, shows the wonderful connection between the people outside the palace walls and the city, and tells the story of the eternal youth of the Forbidden City.
Source| Pomegranate Cloud/Xinjiang Daily
Edited | Tan Yun
Responsible editor| Jiang Yili