Jimu News Chief Reporter Zhang Cong
80 years of Chu State, of which 400 years of capital history belongs to Yingdu —Jinnancheng . As the largest metropolis in the south during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, how prosperous was the Jinan City where twenty emperors ascended the throne? And how brilliant was the Chu culture hidden in it more than two thousand years ago? These answers will be revealed in a documentary.
"Seeing Ji Nancheng" poster
Starting from November 18, the large-scale historical documentary "Seeing Ji Nancheng" jointly produced by Central Radio and Television Station , the Propaganda Department of the Jingzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Hubei Radio and Television Station , and Hubei Yangtze River Film Group will be launched on CCTV's 10 sets of science and education channel . This is also another documentary in Hubei that focuses on the value of Chu culture 8 years after the Douban high-scoring documentary "Eight Hundred Years of Chu State" was released.
In an exclusive interview with Jimu News reporters, Tan Haiyan, the general producer of "Seeing Ji Nancheng" and a producer of Hubei Radio and Television Station, who was famous for "80 Days of Real Shooting in Jinyintan", mentioned that "Seeing Ji Nancheng" is another large-scale review of the context of Chu culture, and is also an "upgrading" attempt to extract the essence of Chu culture. Unlike "Eight Hundred Years of Chu State" using a chronological narrative method, "Seeing Ji Nancheng" will use an anthropological perspective and look at history with the sense of substitution of the times.
"Seeing Ji Nancheng" Stills: A crowd of people in Ji Nancheng
"Seeing Ji Nancheng" Stills: Qin general Bai Qi burned Yingdu
abandoned the chronological style and sought the theme
micro-history "puzzle" of civilization made up
micro-history
0 filming "Seeing Ji Nancheng" is much more difficult than "Eight Hundred Years of Chu" at that time. The difficulty stems from objective prerequisites - the 800-year history of Chu has already had a large number of ready-made historical works to sort out, but for Ji Nancheng, the verification and textual evidence on history are actually limited. In the interview with
, Tan Haiyan mentioned that based on this objective reality, "Seeing Ji Nancheng" puts aside the grand chronological narrative method commonly used in general historical documentaries, and instead adopts the "thematic" expression focusing on micro history to show the prosperous scenes and cultural charm of Ji Nancheng, the ancient capital of Chu, as an important source of civilization in Yangtze River .
Thematic expression requires the creative team of "Seeing Ji Nancheng" to find the focus that touches people's hearts from the vast sea of documents. These focus is called "mysterious small pieces", and the process of forming the theme through small pieces is called "making puzzles".
It is reported that after the 2020 documentary project was established, the creative team of "Seeing Ji Nancheng" visited the Ji Nancheng ruins dozens of times to survey and shoot the scenes, and also consulted dozens of related books and nearly 100G of professional papers. "It may be that you hear or see a half sentence or a single sentence on the spot or in the literature, and then with the help of experts, you can find logic and evidence to splice these mysterious small pieces together." Tan Haiyan said.
Jimu News reporter learned that "Seeing Ji Nancheng" is divided into 6 episodes, from "The Mystery of Yingdu" which looks back at the influence of Ji Nancheng to "The World of Chu People", which lays out the prosperity of the city, from "Thinker" that shows the depth of thought of Chu People to "Rise Era" that explores the era of iron tools to create an empire, from "Bronze" which marvels at the extremely developed manufacturing industry to "A Thousand Years" which pursues the influence of the Jiguang film on the world of Chu culture, these six themes seem to be scattered, but in fact they point to the glorious civilization of "Jinan City". When the six themes form a 3-hour full film, "Seeing Ji Nan City" can undoubtedly allow the audience to touch the prosperous capital more than two thousand years ago, and the important role and existing value of this city in the broad vision of Chinese civilization can also become clear.
"Seeing Ji Nancheng" Stills: Qu Yuan Once lived in Ji Nancheng
"Seeing Ji Nancheng" director filmed at the former site of Ji Nancheng
is not a "history class", aiming to "see the present"
, looking at the perspective of the head-on perspective in order to be close to the young Internet zodiac group
Thematic narrative method also makes the heavy history lighter and more readable.In the interview with
, Tan Haiyan said that a phenomenon that cannot be ignored is that more than 60% of the current documentary audience are "Generation Z" composed of post-90s and post-00s. "This also forces us to think about the way to shoot documentaries."
This Monday, Jimu News reporters found that when watching the film in advance, most of each episode of "Seeing Ji Nancheng" enters in the form of story interpretation, and at the same time connects the realistic story with the spiritual core of Jin Nancheng, in order to achieve the purpose of exporting cultural value to the young Internet generation group.
For example, the second episode "The World of Chu People" cuts into a large number of wells excavated from the Ji Nancheng ruins. Based on the number of wells in archaeological experts, the Ji Nancheng was a super city that accommodated 300,000 people to live in. It restores the scene in the Eastern Han Dynasty philosopher and classicist Huan Tan " New Theory " "The capital of Chu, with the chariots of the people, the shoulders of the people, the roads of the city were scattered, and the clothes were fresh in the morning and the clothes were covered in the evening." Then, the documentary scene turned to Shenzhen, the contemporary southern super city. The introduction of " tidal lane " was compared with the drainage system of Ji Nancheng back then, and it was difficult for the audience not to be moved by this cultural historical connection.
"When making a documentary, what do we want to express through this film?" In the interview, Zong Hongyu, the director of "Seeing Ji Nancheng", repeatedly emphasized their creative philosophy, "We don't want to just 'teach history lesson' for the audience. Looking at history is actually to see the present and the future." For example, from the planning of "water" in Ji Nancheng to the setting of tidal lanes in contemporary metropolis, "We want to combine the affinity in history with the empathy of contemporary audiences."
This is also the reason why a large number of civilian craftsmen rather than kings, princes, generals and ministers will be described in "Seeing Ji Nancheng". Zong Hongyu mentioned that one episode of the 6-episode documentary tells the influence of iron craftsmen on the city. "The advancement of history and the prosperity of civilization are driven by the masses, and we also hope that the audience can perceive this."
When the great figures who stirred up the historical storm more than two thousand years ago appeared in "Seeing Ji Nancheng", they may also be chosen to present it from a more "level perspective" and "telling their stories from the perspective of ordinary people. After watching this documentary, the audience can look at history, celebrities, and heroes more objectively. "
(Pictures are provided by the crew of "Seeing Ji Nancheng")
(Source: Ji Mu News)
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