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2019-06-21
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Hong Kong by Dawn, Beijing by Dusk
2019-06-21
In this episode, we will travel northwards along the Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Railway, departing from Hong Kong and passing through Wuhan and Zhengzhou to arrive in Beijing. The journey is 2,440 kilometres long and takes about nine hours. If one departs from Hong Kong in the morning, one will arrive in Beijing before dusk.
Historians have been searching for the actual site of the Battle of Chibi (Red Cliffs) since it took place 1,800 years ago, but its precise location remains elusive to this very day. Where could it possibly be?
Cave dwellings have been the main form of shelter in the loess-covered region of North China for more than a thousand years. In Baishe Village of Sanyuan County, more than 200 of these secret underground dwellings have been preserved to the present day.
Zongren (bristle dolls) were toys in the Qing court which eventually spread amongst commoners. Bai Dacheng is the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of bristle doll making in Beijing. He is also the sole remaining craftsman who has mastered all aspects of this art form.
Zhonglou (Bell Tower) and Gulou (Drum Tower) stand as symbols of ancient imperial power in Beijing. By sounding the bell at dawn and the drums at dusk, the emperor controlled the time and daily routines of his subjects.
Erkui (Two Strong Men) wrestling is a Manchurian custom, the skills of which used to be only passed down to males. Nonetheless, a group of rural women took it upon themselves to learn it, eventually becoming inheritors tasked with teaching the next generation.
Executive Producer/ Producer: Tom Chan
Assistant Producer: Wong Yuk-wah
Historians have been searching for the actual site of the Battle of Chibi (Red Cliffs) since it took place 1,800 years ago, but its precise location remains elusive to this very day. Where could it possibly be?
Cave dwellings have been the main form of shelter in the loess-covered region of North China for more than a thousand years. In Baishe Village of Sanyuan County, more than 200 of these secret underground dwellings have been preserved to the present day.
Zongren (bristle dolls) were toys in the Qing court which eventually spread amongst commoners. Bai Dacheng is the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of bristle doll making in Beijing. He is also the sole remaining craftsman who has mastered all aspects of this art form.
Zhonglou (Bell Tower) and Gulou (Drum Tower) stand as symbols of ancient imperial power in Beijing. By sounding the bell at dawn and the drums at dusk, the emperor controlled the time and daily routines of his subjects.
Erkui (Two Strong Men) wrestling is a Manchurian custom, the skills of which used to be only passed down to males. Nonetheless, a group of rural women took it upon themselves to learn it, eventually becoming inheritors tasked with teaching the next generation.
Executive Producer/ Producer: Tom Chan
Assistant Producer: Wong Yuk-wah
“Where there is railway, there is civilization.”
Railway can bring about resources, culture and prosperity. The six episodes of culture documentary take the audience to look around China Culural. We shall introduce the newest high speed rail lines to you, including the Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway(京廣深港高鐵) Qingdao-Taiyuan high-speed railway(青太高鐵) , Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway(滬昆高鐵), Harbin-Dalian high-speed railway(哈大高鐵), Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway(蘭新高鐵), Hangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed railway(杭深高鐵).
With the railway network as our framework, we shall unfold the diversities of different places and the secrets of their intangible cultural heritage items so as to understand more about our culture and history, explores China and digs up many aspects of our social, cultural, history and artistic heritage.
Narrator: Ben Pelletier
Railway can bring about resources, culture and prosperity. The six episodes of culture documentary take the audience to look around China Culural. We shall introduce the newest high speed rail lines to you, including the Beijing-Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway(京廣深港高鐵) Qingdao-Taiyuan high-speed railway(青太高鐵) , Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway(滬昆高鐵), Harbin-Dalian high-speed railway(哈大高鐵), Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway(蘭新高鐵), Hangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed railway(杭深高鐵).
With the railway network as our framework, we shall unfold the diversities of different places and the secrets of their intangible cultural heritage items so as to understand more about our culture and history, explores China and digs up many aspects of our social, cultural, history and artistic heritage.
Narrator: Ben Pelletier
