On the evening of September 21, the 28th TV Literature and Art "Starlight Awards" held an awards ceremony at the Xiamen Strait Grand Theater. Among them, "Looking for Ancient China" won the Outstanding TV Documentary Award. The large-scale documentary series "Searching for Ancient China", jointly produced by China Central Radio and Television and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, aims to "find the roots, inquire about the place of origin, and tell the story of Chinese civilization." There are 7 series of programs including "The Ancient Shu", "The Jade", "The Search for Summer", "The Yunmeng", "The Rice" and "The Heluo".
This series of programs deepens the creative concept of "thought + art + technology", makes full use of new technologies such as free perspective, large scene 3D scanning, XR+, innovatively designs visual images, and brings the perspective directly from the museum to the archaeological site. "Starlight" illuminates and honor crowns. "Searching for Ancient China" truly and vividly records the process of archaeological exploration, uncovers the mystery of different regional cultures, and panoramically displays the diverse, integrated, continuous, and inclusive cultural characteristics and development history of Chinese civilization!
With the help of the latest archaeological excavations and research results in the areas around Dianchi Lake in Yunnan, the program goes into each archaeological site to outline the life scenes and civilization development of the ancient Dian people. The first rerun of the program reached a cumulative audience of more than 47.535 million people. During the first broadcast, it ranked first among programs aired at the same time slot for two consecutive days (excluding film and television dramas). During the rebroadcast period, it ranked first among the same time slots on star channels across the country.
Today, we once again review "Looking for Ancient China·Ancient Yunnan"
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Multiple Evidences Exploring Ancient Yunnan Civilization
"Dian" is well known as the abbreviation of Yunnan Province, but the ancient country and creation established by the ancient Dian people more than 2,000 years ago civilization is little known. Where is the mysterious ancient Dian located? When did it originate? How did the ancient Dian people create a civilization that amazed future generations?
The first episode of "Traveling to the Ancient Country" reveals the origin of the ancient Dian civilization through the layers of snail shells, and restores how the ancient Dian people described the "things" that happened at that time through tens of thousands of exquisite bronzes Write it down one by one. This "silent history book" outlines for the audience the scene of an ancient country that was hidden in the sea of history 2,000 years ago.
The site of Gucheng Village in Jinning District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
Part of the copper shell container during the market scene
The second episode of "Towards Integration" opened the door to the treasure house of ancient Yunnan culture that has been dormant for thousands of years with a piece of "The Golden Seal of the King of Dian" that is less than an inch. , proving the existence of ancient Yunnan. The first disclosed archaeological evidence such as Wei Cheng's seal seal together shows that after the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, the central government had implemented effective administrative governance over the Yunnan region, including ancient Yunnan. The records in "Historical Records" and the appearance of a large number of monuments and antiquities are enough to prove that ancient Yunnan culture finally merged into the pluralistic and integrated Chinese civilization.
The "Seal of the King of Dian" unearthed from the Shizhaishan site
The "Seal of the Dian Kingdom" seal
Focusing on clues such as "historic sites, ancient books, antiquities, and ancient people", "Looking for Ancient China" will combine archaeological exploration and literature research to Empirically explore how the Chinese civilization went from a "sky full of stars" to a "diversified unity", and how it went from a trickling stream to a confluence of rivers. It has gone through a development process that is different from other civilizations in the world.
innovation supports the journey of exploring the origins of civilization
program boldly innovates documentary storytelling mode and visual expression, through reasoning imagination and digital modeling, making full use of new technologies such as XR+, free perspective, large scene 3D scanning, etc., to make history, culture and cultural relics visible Visual, perceptible.
Especially the main station host Hai Xia walked out of the studio and walked into the civilized scene. With the help of CG special effects, she showed her cultural heritage in the immersive explanation that was like chatting with old friends, giving the audience an incomparable sense of intimacy and familiarity. The sense of strangeness and alienation from the ancient Yunnan civilization of more than 2,000 years ago has been eliminated.
The suspended three-dimensional transparent geometric mirror erected between heaven, earth and nature projects multiple visual elements such as cultural relics, ruins, scenes, etc., vividly showing the sense of archaeological immersion and narrative suspense, and "traveling" through ancient and modern times at a glance. Create a unique ancient journey.This unique visual symbol is not only an important exploration in the stylized creation of the program, but also left a transparent and stunning impression on the audience.
's exquisite and grand visual presentation creates a look and feel that "let you see". "Looking for Ancient China·Ancient Yunnan" also pays special attention to creating an atmosphere that "let you feel". The program pays special attention to restoring historical clues to the expressive scene to the greatest extent, using fresh writing style and young and fashionable expression to translate obscure symbolic elements and historical mysteries.
The suspense is raised at the beginning of the first episode: Why did the ancient city village ruins accumulate a 6.5-meter-thick Luosilike Mountain that is the size of thirteen standard football fields? This leads to the vivid and clever image of the ancient Dian people who used snails as one of their food sources.
The ruins of Gucheng Village in Jinning District, Kunming City
In order to explain why the mud seal made of mud balls has not disappeared into dust after thousands of years, the program invited experts to make a vivid metaphor: "This place is most likely where the officials concentrated on processing this One center of the slips is the office where the shredder is located. After the slips were burned, some of the sealing mud on them was preserved because of the fire. "
Unearthed from the Kunming Hebo Site. Through the expressive design that catches the eye and the heart, the program not only gives new meaning to ancient relics, but also hopes to inspire the imagination of the audience to fly across time and space, touch the fireworks, and understand the ancient people's outlook on life and the world. Sharing the joys and sorrows with the Chinese ancestors creates a stirring of the soul.
Only by resonating with history and culture can we better understand the historical context of the origin and development of Chinese civilization, understand the brilliant achievements of Chinese civilization, understand the significant contribution of Chinese civilization to human civilization, and enhance our ambition to be Chinese. , Integrity and confidence.
National position activates the results of civilization exploration
"Understanding the long history of Chinese civilization and perceiving the breadth and depth of Chinese culture are inseparable from archeology." China's "ancient" is rare in the world; the "search" of archeology will last forever. Chinese archeology, which has just passed its 100th anniversary, has been working diligently and diligently, constantly answering and enriching questions such as "Who are we?" and "Where did we come from?"
At present, the achievements of civilization exploration that have shocked the world have proven the cultural genes of pluralism, unity and harmony among all nations in the grand process of Chinese civilization. The richness, charm and brilliant achievements of the ancients are by no means something to be shelved on the shelf. Searching for the past is to better understand the present, to connect the past and the present, and to learn from the past and learn about the future. "The future looks at the present, just as the present looks at the past." "Looking for Ancient China" is precisely to give more powerful dissemination wings to this archaeological achievement that has lasted for hundreds of years, and to give a boost to the continuous flow of Chinese civilization that has lasted for five thousand years. A new sound that echoes the ancient rhyme.
Chinese culture has a long history and Chinese civilization is extensive and profound. Only by comprehensively and deeply understanding the history of Chinese civilization can we more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, more effectively promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
makes the ancient Chinese civilization glow with new luster and "come alive, light up and ignite" in the hearts of the people. This has always been the direction that the main station as a national media pursues and practices. A series of programs such as "China in Classics", "New Voices of Ancient Rhythm" and "China in Intangible Cultural Heritage" trace the roots of the nation and build cultural confidence. With the attitude of "sneaking into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently", through images spread the voice of civilization. The newly launched "Searching for Ancient China" is still on the road of exploring the source civilization and inheriting the cultural context. It not only needs to "find" the cultural context of ancient China, but also "find" everyone who is looking forward to, seeking knowledge, and exploring at the moment. audience.
In the future, "Looking for Ancient China" will also successively launch "The Story of Ancient Shu", "The Story of Xia", "The Story of Jade", "The Story of Rice", "The Story of Heluo" and "The Story of Yunmeng", continuing to use specific, daily and intuitive The image of the film uses a youthful creative presentation and ingenious perspective, combined with ultra-high-definition production standards and the latest virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, allowing the audience to truly see the traces of long history and appreciate the charm of ancient civilization.
believes that through each "story token", "Searching for Ancient China" will three-dimensionally display the formation and development process of the diverse and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization, as well as the research results of the Chinese Civilization Discovery Project, tell the story of Chinese civilization well, and create a legacy of Chinese civilization. Strong social atmosphere.
Source: Colorful Cloud
