The limits of today’s Silk Road are no longer its eastern and western ends. They are the distance between a goal and its fulfillment; a dream and its realization. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
A road may change with the passing of time, but mankind continually thirsts for spiritual truth. As much as it is a path for physical journeys, today’s Silk Road is also a route for inner searching. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
The Silk Road connects different cultures with rich traditions. Rooted in history, it is these traditions that shape the present. All along the ancient trading route, they are a source of strength for those in search of a brighter future. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Throughout the ages, countless envoys, merchants, priests, adventurers, conquerors and scoundrels have heeded the call of the Silk Road. As enablers of their journeys, those who have patiently manned the route’s stations have been the true guardians of its heritage and its future. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Political and geological upheavals, and the rigors of weather and altitude can all be obstructions on the Silk Road. In the end, however, nothing will stop people with the courage to pursue their dreams. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
A new generation of adventurers are following in the footsteps of their ancestors along the new Silk Road. As enterprising individuals across Eurasia awaken to its promise, the ancient trade route is undergoing a remarkable revival. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
With China-Laos Railway being put into operation, insole-making factories in the Vietnamese countryside provide jobs for local people possibilities seem boundless as this river flows ever onward into the future. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
From elephant conservation in Thailand, to environment protection in China, to Golden Khmer Silk revitalization in Cambodia, people are finding ways to preserve endangered species and lost traditional cultural heritage. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Pottery-making in Cambodia, Muay Thai fighting in Thailand and lotus silk weaving in Vietnam! By tracking the everyday lives of three families, it highlights the traditional life and wisdom gleaned from the Lancang-Mekong River. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
The story takes a closer look at a Thai family who cultivate rice, a Yunnan tea garden and an orchard run by a Vietnamese family. It’s a picturesque presentation of life along the Langcang-Mekong river. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Journeying through six Asian countries, this documentary series record lives along the Lancang-Mekong river. In the first episode, three families from China, Cambodia and Laos give the low-down on making a living from this mighty river. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Life belongs to nature. In a way, the Chinese garden is a place where mankind and nature are brought together and harmonized in an endless dream. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
The owner of the Garden of Cultivation in Suzhou, Wen Zhenheng, wrote a book called Treatise on Superfluous Things in the Ming Dynasty. The garden and the book reflect an era of style and culture almost unrivaled in history. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Over a period of six years, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, an artist-emperor, dedicated himself to enhancing the Genyue garden with mother nature’s finest creations. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of the Chinese garden. Tang gardens both inspired and were inspired by the literary giants of their time, serving as sanctuaries for scholars wounded by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Over 2,000 years ago, Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty hunted and established Shanglin Imperial Park, the largest hunting ground of China’s imperial ages. Surprisingly, some traces of the park still remain today. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
The Chinese garden’s one-lake-and-three-islands layout formulated during the Han Dynasty has endured for centuries. Rocks, a lake, plants and pavilions - the basic elements of the Chinese ideal of heaven on earth. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Joseph Needham’s study of science and civilization in China has had a worldwide influence. After he passed away, many scholars have been inspired to continue with his work. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
After his three years of travelling in China in the 1940s, Joseph Needham, prompted into action by the neglect of Chinese science and civilization in the West, striving to get China back on the map of human civilization. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Appreciating Chinese ingenuity in a variety of scientific fields, Joseph Needham strengthened his resolve to write a book exploring China’s technology and civilization. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Joseph Needham set out to explore China’s vast northwest to better understand this country. This journey also changed the fate of two young boys and the famous Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
In 1943, Needham came to Sichuan where he met with some of the greatest minds in China’s modern history. The optimism, serenity, and persistence of these people inspired him for the rest of his life. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Joseph Needham, one of the greatest versatile figures in Cambridge University’s recent history. He was a brilliant biochemist and a groundbreaking Sinologist. Here is what he found after venturing to war-torn China in the 1940s. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Out of the ever-changing seasons and the rhythms of life, a new discipline developed, horticulture - the art of growing plants not for sustenance but for the sake of spiritual satisfaction. In Episode 2, we closely examine this ancient, intimate relationship with flowers via fine examples of Chinese and English gardens, examining how the efforts of flower breeders have shaped the world gardening culture. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wa...
With knowledge of the botanical abundance of the East to the West, this episode talks about museums, libraries and botanic gardens across the world and finds out how the boom in plant discovery resulted in a massive global migration of flowers. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
In this episode, Alastair Sooke discovered how an abundant food supply in China created the conditions necessary for the flourishing of all the other great arts, while defining the identity of the ancient Chinese nation. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
How an ancient bridge is renovated in the present? A 360-degree panoramic digital imaging technology may hold the answer. The artistic odyssey by Alastair Sooke continues. Editor:Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
In this episode, let’s get into a container port in the metropolis of Shanghai to find out the links between trade and culture, taking a closer look at made-in-China. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
Xi’an, an ancient capital city of China, witnessed the golden age of Tang Dynasty. Through this journey into Xi’an, you will understand how a cosmopolitan China first began to take shape some 1,500 years ago, marking its own indelible print on world culture and civilization. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
How characters or the basic building blocks of written Chinese work. Follow Alastair Sooke’s journey into a calligraphy shop to discover how these “characters” have shaped the very character of a nation. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou
