Looking at the history of China from the perspective of "Forbidden City"

Author: Guo Mei Jin Xiahui

The historical documentary "Forbidden City" takes the Forbidden City as the clue and the change as the breakthrough point. Through 12 chapters, it tells the important historical events in the 600-year history of Ming and Qing Dynasties, summarizes the gains and losses in historical development, and presents the valuable wisdom of the Chinese nation. It not only emphasizes the integrity of the Chinese nation, but also shows the characteristics of the Chinese nation different from other civilizations, leading the audience to inquire about the vicissitudes of history and pursue the cultural roots.

The documentary "Forbidden City" stands in the perspective of great history, jumping out of the red wall and green tiles to tell the historical situation related to the "Forbidden City". For example, through the comparison of Chinese and foreign civilizations, the characteristics of the Chinese nation can be expressed. The eighth episode of "The Prosperous Age" tells the story of the British envoy Magalny’s visit to China, emphasizing the mutual gifts from China and Britain-Jade Ruyi and Mauser Gun, and pointing out that "Gun and Ruyi represent their respective cultural positions" to illustrate the potential strength and etiquette civilization of the Chinese nation. For example, through the comparison of Chinese and foreign civilizations in the changing situation, we can sum up the historical lessons of the Chinese nation. The sixth episode "Afterglow" introduces the change of silver shortage caused by the exhaustion of silver mines in various countries, and points out that European countries established a rudimentary modern monetary system and financial system due to silver shortage, while the Ming Dynasty experienced economic recession due to silver shortage. This proves the serious harm of arrogance and conservative thinking and summarizes the painful historical lessons.

"As a historical documentary, how to guide the audience to fully, deeply and clearly understand history, respect history, form a sense of history, and drive contemporary people to pursue and inquire about history is a crucial creative proposition." The Forbidden City adopts a popular way to express the charm of Chinese culture. Among them, the most representative is the ingenious combination of cultural relics and history, and the wonderful contrast between historical stories and theme songs. The film is good at seeing the big from the small and showing the macro history through the details of cultural relics. For example, the second episode "Inheritance" uses the horses in Li Gonglin’s "Pasturing in Wei Yan", a cultural relic of the Palace Museum, to show the characteristics of martial arts in the early Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the film also makes the characters in the picture scroll move through modern technology. For example, the first episode of "The King" makes the ancients in "The Emperor Accumulates Victory" walk, and with passionate music and simulated street noise, it shows the bustling street scene in history. This artistic treatment obviously touched the audience, and some netizens pointed out the details of men wearing pink clothes in the picture scroll in the barrage, indicating that the expression of the dynamic picture scroll aroused the audience’s interest and concern about the living customs of the Ming Dynasty. As Wu Zhiyong, the general director of the film, said, "Cultural relics are evidence, not for display". The previous documentaries on the theme of the Forbidden City mentioned cultural relics, which seemed to show the manufacturing process or artistic value of cultural relics themselves, rather than introducing related historical stories. For example, the seventh episode of the Forbidden City, Painting and Calligraphy in the Forbidden City, introduces the creation and preservation of paintings and calligraphy.Instead of focusing on the objective world revealed by the contents of calligraphy and painting. It can be seen that the Forbidden City shows the Chinese civilization more vividly and strengthens the audience’s perceptual knowledge of the Chinese nation through the historical information carried by cultural relics.

In recent years, the number of documentaries on the theme of the Forbidden City is quite large, which can be roughly divided into three categories: grand theme category, micro theme category and specific characters category. Among them, The Forbidden City (2005) is narrated based on several grand themes, from the macro perspectives of architectural art, use function, collection of cultural relics and the evolution process from the palace to the museum, showing all aspects of palace architecture, precious cultural relics, fate of characters and palace life, and emphasizing the value of the Forbidden City as a common historical and cultural heritage of mankind. Since then, When the Louvre meets the Forbidden City (2010) and The Forbidden City 100 (2012) have been narrated around micro-themes: the former deduces the art history of the East and the West in different time and space backgrounds, and emphasizes the valuable value of the exchange between Chinese and Western civilizations; The latter, based on the practical value of the Forbidden City building, expresses the aesthetic value and cultural connotation of the palace building with creative commentary and images in the form of micro-documentary. I am repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City (2016), New Things in the Forbidden City (2017) and I am in the Forbidden City for 600 years (2020) record the daily work of cultural relics workers in the Forbidden City. They all focus on the stories of cultural relics protectors, which not only show the spirit of craftsmen, but also show the understanding of cultural relics by cultural relics restorers-the spirit of utensils that carry the Tao with things.

Looking at the documentaries on the theme of the Forbidden City since this century, we can find that its development vein presents the following two important characteristics, that is, not only its vision has undergone a "macro-micro-macro" evolution, but its expression mode is getting younger and younger. Among them, the change of vision is from the broad perspective at the beginning, to the interpretation of specific aesthetic values and cultural connotations, to the personal perspective of cultural relics protectors, and finally, to the grand perspective of the Chinese nation. The trend of younger expression is particularly obvious in the Forbidden City 100, I am repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City and the Forbidden City. "Forbidden City 100" is a micro-documentary with a single episode of no more than six minutes, which meets the viewing needs of young people in a fast-paced society; The dedicated spirit of the elderly restorer and the youthful vitality of his disciples in "I am repairing cultural relics in the Forbidden City" have aroused the resonance of many young audiences; The theme song at the end of the Forbidden City has greatly expanded the audience by virtue of the singer’s social influence and the genre with both ancient meaning and popular elements.

The emergence of these two characteristics is related to the change of social environment. First of all, the rapid development of social economy has given birth to multiple values and the evolution of "macro-micro" vision. At present, the rapid development of world economy and technology requires us to re-examine and establish the spirit and identity of the Chinese nation, which has given birth to the transformation of "micro-macro" vision. Secondly, the ever-changing consumer society has also widened the differences in viewing habits between young people and middle-aged and elderly people. Documentary creators need to attract young audiences with younger expressions to further realize the social value of documentaries.

Looking back on the development of documentaries on the theme of the Forbidden City, we can see that people’s understanding of Chinese civilization is also deepening: from the overall grand impression to the specific artistic value, aesthetic value and cultural concept, to the craftsman spirit and utensils spirit of cultural relics protectors, to the survival wisdom of the Chinese nation shown in The Forbidden City. This cognitive process also reflects the mental outlook and value orientation of the Chinese nation in different historical stages. For example, "Forbidden City" no longer only shows the interior of the Chinese nation, but focuses on the history of the Chinese nation in a global perspective, and lets the audience see the vicissitudes and splendor of Chinese culture with the help of younger expressions.

Specially published by Shanghai Literature and Art Review Special Fund

Source: Jiefang Daily

Wang Fang was reused, Xiaoding sent blessings, qi zhou finally appeared, women’s basketball team Long Hudou, Liaoning’s glorious history.

Recently, the news of China Basketball Association has been continuous. The National Team Construction Committee was set up by the Basketball Association, and Yao Ming served as the director of the Committee. Xiaoding blessed the men’s basketball team, but it was ridiculed by the fans. qi zhou was afraid of missing the preliminaries because many opponents infected COVID-19. WCBA had just carried out six rounds, but it had already come to an end. Guangdong’s 11 crowns were enviable, and Liaoning fans basked in the team’s 12 crowns.

On September 26th, Beijing time, the Chinese Basketball Association officially announced that it would set up the National Construction Committee in the near future, with Yao Ming as its director and Wang Fang as its executive director. Perhaps it was because of the poor performance of China football men’s national team in the top 12 that chinese basketball association made this decision quickly. This move by the Basketball Association is intended to promote the construction of the men’s national team, improve the overall strength of the national team and strengthen the players’ awareness of winning glory for the country. In fact, this is also related to the fact that China men’s basketball team missed the Olympic Games for the first time after 17 years.

Wang Fang was the leader of Liaoning Sports Bureau before, but now he is appointed as the executive director, which shows that chinese basketball association values Wang Fang highly. Wang Fang is the mother of Liaoning team player Zhang Zhenlin. As the superior leader of Liaoning team in last season’s playoffs, Wang Fang also accompanied the team throughout the playoffs. He witnessed the growth of the players. In this year’s National Games, Wang Fang also witnessed the Liaoning National Men’s Basketball Team defending this National Games gold medal, which shows that his support for basketball is real.

Ding Yan Yuhang, a Shandong player who hasn’t updated his personal social dynamics for a long time, recently updated his personal social media. He took a big photo of the China men’s basketball team participating in this World Cup qualifier, and gave his best wishes to his friends. Originally, this was a perfectly normal dynamic, but some fans thought that Ding Yanyuhang was rubbing against the popularity of China men’s basketball team. In fact, it was a bit unfair to Ding Yanyuhang. After all, Xiaoding’s wishes for the national team and friends were sincere, and fans should not be mixed with too much personal feelings.

For Ding Yan Yuhang, some fans also very much hope that he can return to the national team. It is also a great encouragement for Ding Yan Yuhang to see that Abdul Salamu, who has suffered serious injuries like him, has already returned to the national team. Du Feng has also given all players a chance. After all, it is the greatest honor for a player to play for the national team, and it is also a very confidence-boosting thing to have the opportunity to enter the national team after a serious injury.

Recently, there are a lot of news about China men’s basketball team, one of which makes the fans very worried. That is, when qi zhou participated in nbl preseason, many of their opponents were found to have COVID-19. qi zhou, as a close contact, is likely to be isolated and missed. However, recently, some media broke the news that qi zhou appeared in China men’s basketball team’s training abroad, which broke the previous rumor that qi zhou would miss the preliminaries. China men’s basketball team has been sent to the strongest team in the world, hoping that they can break into the final with all their might.

The second phase of the cba is about to start, and wcba has already gone through six rounds. Compared with the attention of CBA in China, there are few fans in wcba. Up to now, three teams in WCBA have maintained an unbeaten record this season, namely the defending champion Inner Mongolia team, Sichuan team and Shandong team. In the first six rounds, Inner Mongolia team beat their opponents by a big score, and their biggest competitor this season is Sichuan team, which is temporarily ranked third.

In fact, after seeing the lineups of the two teams, the fans were not surprised why the two teams competed for the championship. Together, the two teams gathered a total of 17 national players. The Inner Mongolia team gathered 9 national players including Li Yueru, Yang Liwei, Huang Sijing, Zhao Shuang, Zhang Ru, Pan Zhenqi, Ma Xueya, Wei Wei and Li Yifan, while the Sichuan team had Han Xu, Wu Di, Shao Ting, Li Meng, Sun Mengran, Li Shanshan and so on.

In today’s cba league, Guangdong men’s basketball team and Liaoning men’s basketball team are still the two strongest teams. Compared with the 11th championship of Guangdong men’s basketball team, Liaoning men’s basketball team has won the championship of cba league only once, but the runner-up has won many times, which has also been criticized by many fans. Liaoning fans who are very unconvinced listed the past record of Liaoning team, and the time goes back to the national basketball championship in 1985. As we all know, cba league only has a history of more than twenty years. Here

According to the statistics of the fans, since 1985, Liaoning men’s basketball team has won 12 championships in many competitions, such as the National Basketball Championship, the National Basketball League, the National North-South Championship, the National Games, the Asian Club Cup, cba, Extraordinary 12, etc. From this figure, it has indeed surpassed Guangdong’s 11 championships. In fact, just from the data point of view, it can’t explain too many problems. After all, the glory created by our predecessors has become.

Meituan takeaway "Quality Big Big Big Carnival" is launched in Shanghai to go online with multiple discounts to eat all over the city.

Recently, in order to promote the rapid recovery of Shanghai’s economy and provide consumers with higher quality takeaway services, Meituan takeaway and 500 high -quality supply brands, including 300 must -list the city’s must -order brands, and jointly linked by multi -category and multi -business formats In the form of a quality meal carnival in Shanghai. During the event, each person can receive a maximum of 1,000 yuan consumer coupons per day, allowing consumers to enjoy a affordable, delicious and rich quality meal.

Multi -category consumer coupons, catering brands are online, open high -quality carnival feast

From June 18th to July 3rd, users log in to the "Meituan Takeaway" or "Meituan" APP, search for "takeaway consumer coupons" to enter the event page. In the "Coupon Receive Zone", users can receive three quality food consumer coupons of "over 60 yuan minus 10 yuan", "over 80 yuan minus 15 yuan", "over 100 yuan minus 20 yuan"; in addition, users can still use the same page, which can also Receive different types of consumer vouchers such as category coupons, brand coupons, and quality daily life coupons, which can receive a maximum of 1,000 yuan per day. Among them, the popular coffee milk tea consumer coupons, "less than 25 yuan minus 7 yuan", "less than 40 yuan minus 20 yuan", "less than 99 yuan minus 30 yuan", the number is limited, first come first served.

It should be noted that the same user ID is limited to the same value consumption coupon. The coupons cannot be used, but it can be superimposed with other preferential activities of the platform or merchant.

In addition to the rich and diverse quality consumer coupons, Meituan takeaway also links Cai Lan’s snacks, Xiao Yang Shengzheng, Lao Shengchang, Red Armor, KFC, Starbucks, TIMS, Manner, Ruixing Coffee, Hi Tea and other high -quality brands. Bring a rich quality meal. The hot air’s raw fried buns, the delicious soup, the delicious flavor, the spicy and delicious crayfish, etc., can be sent to the user through the takeaway, with a variety of fancy milk tea and coffee, so that many Shanghai citizens who have been in home for a long time to live in their homes tolerate the forbearance I ca n’t hold the index finger, and I place an order to buy.

"Since I received a 80-15 consumer coupon on Meituan, I have been thinking about how to use it. As a result, the child said that I want to eat soup bags. Of course, the first choice for Lao Shengchang," Ms. Wu, who lives in Minhang District, Shanghai, opened Mei The group takeaway said, "Fresh meat soup bag, crab powder soup bag, shiitake mushroom snow bamboo shoot noodles, green onion grilled rows of egg noodles, plus refreshing small dishes, almost a family’s dinner is enough, very affordable"

The city’s must -order brand has joined, so you can enjoy high -quality takeaway without leaving the house

It is worth mentioning that 300 must -list brands in the city also participated in this quality meal carnival. This gang, Cantonese cuisine, Beijing cuisine, French cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Mexican cuisine, Brazilian cuisine and other domestic and foreign cuisine are available. Pujianghui and Jingxihui and other high -end catering are also among them. These high -quality brands are launched by the "Single Meal" of "Small Little Persons" characteristics of takeaway, allowing users to enjoy high -quality food products at more cost -effective prices, setting off a new climax of the upgrading of catering experience.

It is understood that Meituan takeaway in Shanghai’s first nationwide "city must -order list", according to the consumer takeaway dining experience, taste, evaluation, quality and other comprehensive dimensions, set up a batch of restaurants, and then well -known old chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, and chefs, chefs, and chefs, and chefs. Cooking cuisine master, gourmet enthusiasts and other local experts composed of local experts composed of compulsory list review committees. They are anonymous to try as an ordinary consumer. From the perspective of dishes taste, takeaway services, etc. The evaluation, eventually selected the most quality TOP300 catering brands in the local area.

Not only that, the "Cast City Must -Point List" has also greatly expanded the service scope and depth of quality meal and carnival through the design of "visibility" and the farthest city distribution service, which helps more users. You can enjoy high -quality cuisine throughout the city without leaving home.

With the introduction of the "Shanghai Municipality Accelerating Economic Recovery and Revitalizing Action Plan", the resumed market has become the top priority of the current stage of the catering industry. Jin Peihua, deputy secretary -general of the Shanghai Catering Culinary Industry Association, said that in the environment of Shanghai’s economic recovery and boost, Meituan takeaway launching a quality meal carnival will effectively boost the consumption confidence in Shanghai’s catering industry, drive and form new consumption hotspots, and form a new consumption hotspot. While stimulating the enthusiasm for consumption of Shanghai citizens, it has promoted the high -quality development of the Shanghai takeaway industry.