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Inheriting the Past Forging the Future

2019-07-05

Inheriting the Past Forging the Future

2019-07-05
As part of the “4x4” high-speed rail network and with its northern terminus in Hangzhou, the Hangzhou-Fuzhou-Shenzhen Passenger-Dedicated Railway passes through cities such as Ningbo, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, and Xiamen to reach its southern terminus in Shenzhen. Spanning 1,450 km, it connects the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, and several economically developed coastal cities. It is currently the high-speed railway situated closest to the coastline in China.

In this episode, we will travel along the Hangzhou-Fuzhou-Shenzhen Passenger-Dedicated Railway to explore the folk culture of the people residing in the Hakka tulou (earthen buildings) of Longyan City, Fujian Province. We will also go to Xiangshan County to learn about solar sea salt production techniques and a fascinating local custom known as the Xie Yang (Sea Appreciation) Festival.

Lastly, we will head to the renowned scenic spot of West Lake in Hangzhou to see how ancient Longjing (Dragon Well) tea hand-roasting techniques are being inherited and passed down.

Producer: Leo Lai
Assistant Producer: Lo Ka-yan

Cultural Heritage - The Railroad II (English version)

“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
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