China TV series has gone through 60 years: winning confidence in telling China’s story
From black and white to color, from single drama to medium-length drama, from live drama to constructing its own unique aesthetic characteristics, China TV series has gone through a period of time and painted a full picture of the times on a blank sheet of paper.
From groping to prosperity, countless vivid characters and classic stories are fixed into eternity. China’s TV plays have a great influence on contemporary social life, which has already gone beyond appearances and infiltrated people’s spirit. Among them, historical TV plays play an irreplaceable role in activating excellent traditional cultural genes and inspiring people’s feelings of home and country and cultural pride.
Looking back at history, water stirs the sound of stone. "The charm of history itself, the power of culture, the power of wisdom and the power of value will win in the market competition." Li Jingsheng, vice chairman of China Television Artists Association, said that when a powerful new era full of hope and opportunities comes, China TV dramas will not only bring pleasure and recreation to ordinary people, but also show a more wonderful image of China with more substantial spiritual and cultural connotations.
Chinese culture is native to my hometown, and the inheritance of traditions and classics is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In 1980, talented women Su Xiaomei and Qin Shaoyou remembered the beauty of classical love and the feelings of poetry couplets in their single drama "Queqiao Xian", and also opened the door to look back at the treasure house of traditional literature and history in the exploration of China TV series. In the following years, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and Yang Jiajiang focused on local history and classical masterpieces, and the hero’s loyalty, courage and righteousness leapt to the screen. The Journey to the West in 1986 and A Dream of Red Mansions in 1987 achieved unprecedented success. Together with The Water Margin and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the historical TV series based on classical masterpieces reached a new peak. In 1986, Nurhachi, with the aim of "writing history, not legends", described the national spirit, history and culture from an unprecedented calm perspective. Based on this, Yuan Chonghuan, which was born in 1987, and The Last Emperor, which was born in 1988, successively laid the tone for telling the truth about history.
"Historical TV dramas play a role in promoting the excellent national culture and spreading the correct view of history." Li Jingsheng said that the profound historical connotation is the glorious tradition of China’s historical TV drama creation. Looking back at those classic historical TV dramas, it is the excellent traditional culture that is the gene pool for creation, which makes the presentation of TV dramas extend a huge creative space.
In 1994′ s Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the main figures and events experienced by Li Longji during his 44 years in office are well documented. In 1998, "The Water Margin" created a hundred single and eight generals in a simple and restrained way, and the expressions of cherishing words like gold in China’s classical literature can be found everywhere. Such meticulousness stems from the awe of classics and the love of tradition. In the middle and late 1990s, the framework of "telling the truth about history" began to loosen in the hands of creators. From Wu Zetian to Yongzheng Dynasty, Kangxi Dynasty and Hanwu Emperor, China’s historical TV dramas moved forward in the context of "truth" and "drama", but in the final analysis, they all drew energy from the story of China, a native of China, and most of the characters of all colors shouldered the mission of carrying culture and conveying the national spirit.
A large number of screen masterpieces born in the blue rays of the road have won in my hometown of Chinese culture. These works, with historical background and distinctive China style, provide the audience with the power of upward kindness and win confidence in telling the story of China.
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The 1987 version of A Dream of Red Mansions directed by Wang Fulin topped the rating of netizens for many years and won the appreciation of generations of audiences. When Chen Xiaoxu played A Dream of Red Mansions, he read it carefully twice from beginning to end behind closed doors and made a thick note. Before "Daiyu buried flowers", she was going to sleep until late at night. A crackling noise woke her up and she saw that it was raining heavily outside. "Oh, how can those flowers stand such wind and rain! I don’t know what Xiang Xue will be like tomorrow. " She missed it and didn’t sleep well all night. There are many such devotion in the 87th edition of A Dream of Red Mansions. The ultimate interpretation, exquisite costumes, scenes and music achieve the classic value of "poetic soul" in one fell swoop.
In the early 1980s, Yang Jie filmed The Journey to the West, groping and practicing while TV stunts were almost blank. Shooting the demon road and fighting the Monkey King, the crew went to the wild and chose a large open space, and invited several divers and a big trampoline. The athlete performed a backflip on the trampoline, and the cameraman patted it on his back. This kind of careful polishing, even in Yang Jie’s mouth, has made indelible childhood memories from generation to generation.
When he arrived in Zhang Jizhong to shoot "The Water Margin", he went to Shandong to go through all the places he could find in the original work, and finally restored the grandeur of fenglei Kyushu; The 94th edition of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is meticulous in roles and etiquette, and reflects on the rise and fall of history in the struggle for political power. In the new century, the poetic style of The Poem of Daming Palace, the artistic conception of nirvana in fire, the thrilling and courageous case of Zhao’s orphan, and a group of outstanding actors stand out in such a large number of quality dramas and are recognized by the audience and the market.
Every attention to historical drama is based on China’s aesthetic tradition and the actual needs of the audience, which shows Do not forget your initiative mind’s original spiritual intention.
Lee Joon, honorary chairman of the Chinese Association of Literary Critics, said that these historical dramas have been circulating for a long time because they are vivid and original, shocking people, and infecting people by the skill of the directors and actors. The pioneers, adhering to the craftsman spirit of "great things in the world must be done in detail", face up to difficulties and forge ahead with determination, so that history and thought, facts and values can be properly integrated.
The new grand narrative echoes the times, and the China style full of cultural self-confidence competes with generate.
After 2000, historical dramas became diversified. In addition to the history of drama, legend, romance and myth, there are many fantastic and empty works under the guise of history. Among them, some historical dramas lost their judgment on historical value and fell into entertainment. However, with China’s comprehensive deepening of reform and increasing international influence, after the trend of "lowercase" to history, a new grand narrative reflecting the expectation of national rejuvenation comes to the fore.
From Zhao’s Orphan Case, Feng Zicai, Bailuyuan to 1566 of the Ming Dynasty, and then to Yu Chenglong, the fertile land in the world, the rise of the Great Qin Empire and the alliance of military advisers of Sima Yi, in recent years, historical dramas that combine feelings of home and country with national culture have ushered in a resurgence that is worth looking forward to. Through vivid characters, it conveys positive and beneficial spiritual and cultural values, such as the spirit of sacrifice, the sense of responsibility of the rise and fall of the world, the social ideal of harmony between man and nature, the way of life, the idea of governing the country based on people, and the idea of serving the country based on the people. generate is full of positive and beneficial values.
Some scholars say that the historical drama, which came into being at the historic moment and responded to the requirements of the times, has enhanced the national consciousness of the public, stimulated people’s feelings about home and country and enhanced people’s cultural pride. Excellent historical dramas always respond to the focus of the times, which is a dialogue with history today.
The return of drama and innovation occur at the same time. On the basis of respecting history, Sima Yi’s Alliance of Military Strategists has created a Sima Yi who is not constrained by old paper piles and is not divorced from logic, and has more aesthetic values. Although nirvana in fire is a fictional story, it skillfully uses strong China elements, captivating Chinese beauty, exquisite plot advancement and accurate emotional interpretation, which sublimates the spiritual core of the whole drama — — Respect for statutes, perseverance of character, thoroughness of wisdom and return of benevolence and love.
After 60 years, the ability to tell stories, the expression of aesthetic implication and the presentation of spiritual character of domestic TV dramas have been more and more accepted and recognized by the international community. The audience perceives the historical background and the truth of life from the screen stories, and this kind of hard work, which is not divorced from the historical truth and the real life, and conveys the story of China, the image of China and the melody of China, will always be the right way for China’s TV drama creation.