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Retrospect Road of Millennia Bodhi and Showcase History of Chinese Civilization

【Date：2010-04-15 17:05:10】

 


Large high-definition documentary film Road of Millennia Bodhi--- Famous Temples and Eminent Monks of China issued by China International Television Corporation and China Radio, Film & Television Programs Exchanging Center is ceremoniously shown in CCTV-4.


This film is jointly produced by Beijing Jiayuanhai Culture & Media Co., Ltd. and Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio. For the first time, it has vividly shown the great course of integration of two civilizations in the world to the audience in the form of documentary film, so that the audience can, in the audio-visual feast for over 400min, generally view the most classical Buddhist sacred lands in history, the eminent monks profoundly influencing Chinese culture, and the wonderful moments shocking the soul in all ages. This film has caused strong reverberations once broadcasted.

It is reported that over RMB 30 million Yuan was invested in producing the Phase I of this film. The creative team, taking the creation crew of popular documentary film---the Palace Museum as the core, traveled 580,000km and covered 98 cities and 227 temples to jointly produce and finish three-dimensional simulation picture for over 300min, original music for over 400min and high-definition image record for 140,000min. In order to promote the viewership, the producer specially produces 12 episodes ×35min abridged version from the 46 episodes×30min complete version, which will be used for first-run broadcast in CCTV-4.

Director Zhou Bing, one of the directors producing golden documentary films in China, has directed many excellent documentary films such as the Palace Museum, Taipei National Palace Museum, Dunhuang, and the Bund, etc. This time, Director Zhou established the creative team with Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio as the platform which absorbed Cai Xiaomin, Shi Runjiu, Bao Jun, Wanma Caidan, Yuan Ding, Jin Mingzhe, Wang Chongxiao and other excellent directors, and invited Akahira Tsutomu as the director of photography who is the experienced photographer from Japan. In terms of literature, Director Zhou invited a batch of experts and scholars like Qian Wenzhong, Lou Yulie and Wen Jinyu as advisors to strictly ensure the content of program and professors of famous universities like Yu Ting and Li Silong to write draft in person. While with respect to music, well-known musician Liu Yuan served as the music director, and Xu Wei, Yang Xiaolin, Liu Zhengrong and other musicians joined this film, so that the film was better and better on artistic expression.

When the abridged version of Road of Millennia Bodhi--Famous Temples and Eminent Monks of China is shown in CCTV-4, the audio-video products and books of the same name have also been introduced to the public. Audio-video products are published and issued by China International Television Corporation, while the books of the same name are planned by Wenmaitang and published and issued by Xinxing Publishing House. Overseas distribution of this film is in complete agency by China International Television Corporation, and the distribution of new media and joint marketing are in agency by Companion (Beijing) Culture Media Ltd. After the Spring Festival, the complete version of 46 episodes of this documentary will be also shown on CCTV and local TV stations. For this, the producer noted that this work was rooted in Chinese civilization and presented traditional Chinese culture, but the creative vision and methods are modernized and internationalized, and we firmly believe that this film must be popular among domestic and foreign audience and recognized by them.