As for the Yangtze River

Author: CCTV Program Group of "Changjiang Revisited"
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: "Changjiang Revisited" is a 33-episode large-scale television documentary, striving to express the current state and historical changes of the Yangtze River through real people and actual events. It expands from the "telling" and "viewing" of the Yangtze River to deeper reflection, broadens its scope to multiple fields such as ecology, culture, and development, and takes people as the subject and stories as the core to form distinctive expressive techniques. Thus, it reveals a broader, more vivid, dynamic, and thought-provoking new Yangtze River of the new era. This book is the publication version of the 33-episode television documentary "Changjiang Revisited" by CCTV. With concise and profound text and a rich variety of photographs, it presents to readers a river that has thrived for millions of years; a river that has nurtured a great nation; a river rich in history; and a river full of contemporary vitality. "Changjiang Revisited" is the publication version of the 33-episode television documentary "Changjiang Revisited" by CCTV. This book, through concise and profound text and a rich variety of photographs, showcases to readers: a river that has thrived for millions of years; a river that has nurtured a great nation; a river rich in history; and a river full of contemporary vitality. "Changjiang Revisited" is imbued with passionate creativity, profound national sentiment, a strong sense of social responsibility, and an uplifting spirit of the times, presenting a panoramic view of the magnificent and spectacular scenery of the Yangtze River, as well as its diverse and colorful cultural landscapes. Its powerful and moving content highlights the charming image of the Yangtze River. An epic scroll of grandeur gradually unfolds, and the story of the vast Yangtze River comes to life. This book introduces the source of the ever-vibrant river; it realistically recreates and animates the flow of Yangtze River civilization; it showcases the lifeblood of the Yangtze River through over 500 images; and it records the stories of hundreds of people living along the Yangtze River, capturing their vivid faces, their touching smiles, and their true stories. From the source of the Yangtze River to its estuary, the 33 episodes of "Changjiang Revisited" comprehensively document the history of this lifeblood of the Chinese nation—the millions of years of earth's transformations; the 5,000 years of cultural evolution; the 20 years of dramatic changes. The sun and moon traverse the sky, and rivers flow on the earth. The Yangtze River, a symbol of the Chinese nation's enduring vitality, is a carrier of Chinese culture passed down through generations. "Changjiang Revisited" is the publication version of the 33-episode television documentary "Changjiang Revisited" by CCTV. This book, through concise and profound text and a rich variety of photographs, showcases to readers: a river that has thrived for millions of years; a river that has nurtured a great nation; a river rich in history; and a river full of contemporary vitality. "Changjiang Revisited" is imbued with passionate creativity, profound national sentiment, a strong sense of social responsibility, and an uplifting spirit of the times, presenting a panoramic view of the magnificent and spectacular scenery of the Yangtze River, as well as its diverse and colorful cultural landscapes. Its powerful and moving content highlights the charming image of the Yangtze River. An epic scroll of grandeur gradually unfolds, and the story of the vast Yangtze River comes to life. This book introduces the source of the ever-vibrant river; it realistically recreates and animates the flow of Yangtze River civilization; it showcases the lifeblood of the Yangtze River through over 500 images; and it records the stories of hundreds of people living along the Yangtze River, capturing their vivid faces, their touching smiles, and their true stories. From the source of the Yangtze River to its estuary, the 33 episodes of "Changjiang Revisited" comprehensively document the history of this lifeblood of the Chinese nation—the millions of years of earth's transformations; the 5,000 years of cultural evolution; the 20 years of dramatic changes. The sun and moon traverse the sky, and rivers flow on the earth. The Yangtze River, a symbol of the Chinese nation's enduring vitality, is a carrier of Chinese culture passed down through generations.