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Chinese Traditional 24 Solar Terms Topic Program Collection -Updating
What are the 24 Solar Terms The 24 Solar Terms, a supplementary calendar established in ancient China, first appeared in the Han Dynasty. The current "24 Solar Terms" are based on the position of the sun on the return ecliptic, i.e. the annual movement of the sun is divided into 24 equal parts, with every 15° being one equal part, and every one equal part being a solar term, starting from the beginning of Li Chun and ending at the end of Da Han. In traditional farming culture, the twenty-four solar terms occupy an extremely important position, through which the ancients can intuitively and clearly understand the changing patterns of the seasons and climate in a year, so as to master the agricultural time and reasonably arrange farming activities. It not only played a guiding role in agricultural production, but also influenced the ancient people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, and even cultural concepts. The twenty-four solar terms are the product of long-term observation and research on astronomy and meteorology by ancient Chinese people, and they contain a long cultural connotation and historical accumulation of the Chinese nation. After thousands of years of development, the ancients gradually formed many…...Eddie
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The Shape of Culture: Discover the Stories Behind China’s World Heritage Sites
Drinking a steaming bowl of beef soup in Luoyang, the ancient capital of the 13th dynasty, peeking at the aesthetic wisdom of Jingdezhen craftsmen in the kiln fires that have not been extinguished for a thousand years, shuttling through the mountains and streams of Wuyi Mountain to experience the unity of heaven and human. These exciting experiences come from the program "The Shape of Culture (万里走单骑)". As China's first World Heritage uncovering interactive documentary program, in the two seasons of the program, the team led by Shan Jixiang, visited more than twenty World Heritage sites in China. The Shape of Culture program showcases the unique value of heritage sites, tells the stories behind the sites from a variety of perspectives, and tears away the inherent "mysterious" label of cultural heritage in people's minds. Exploring the ordinary life in the world heritage place The most important feature of "The Shape of Culture" is that by getting close to the daily lives of local people and experiencing the unique traditional skills, the cold cultural heritage comes to life and the heritage sites become full of human touch. In the first program of the first season, the "The Shape of Culture" guests…...Eddie
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Start Your Spring in The Adventures in Spring Equinox
On March 19, the first episode of a new series of "Chinese Solar Terms" created by Henan Radio and Television, "The Adventures in Spring Equinox," was broadcast. Through a short story in a light-hearted and pleasant style, the program talked about the symbolic meaning and characteristics of the "Chun Fen (春分, spring equinox)." In 2021, Henan TV's "Chinese Festivals" series became popular with several traditional dance programs and was praised by netizens for its "Aesthetic Ceiling." The new series of "Chinese Solar Terms" has abandoned the form of songs and dances and expressed the connotation and symbolic meaning of solar terms with drama stories close to the life of the times. The spring equinox has an essential significance in astronomy. The day and night are 12 hours long, which the ancients consider as a day of balance between yin and yang. From the spring equinox, China will gradually enter into the sunny spring, and there are customs such as flying kites, eating spring cuisine, and standing eggs. With this in mind, the creators of the program chose this day to launch the first issue of the "Chinese Solar Terms" series. General director Chen Lei revealed: "Compared to traditional festivals, the solar…...Eddie
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Hanfu Program & Chinese Dance Gala Collection 2021-2022
2021 can be considered a prolific year for Chinese hanfu costume related programs. In addition to the familiar Henan TV, which presents a wonderful tour series on the occasion of Chinese traditional festivals, there are also a number of hanfu programs based on Chinese hanfu, traditional dance, and traditional sports events. This article sorts out these programs for you and will continue to update the latest ones. In chronological order by program broadcast. 2022 24节气系列 · 24 Solar Terms 2022 元宵奇妙游 · Lantern Festival Wonderful Tour Broadcast time: February 14, 2022 Type: Gala Duration: 47 minutes https://youtu.be/MGcg_FSj2vw "Lantern Festival Wonderful Tour" is a series of "Chinese Festivals" produced by Henan TV and co-produced by Youku. Through 3 chapters, the audience can feel the hope of "Yuan", the romance of "Xiao" and the family feeling of "Deng". 2022 春节联欢晚会 · Spring Festival Gala 2022 汉服春晚 · Han Fu Spring Festival Gala Broadcast time:January 23, 2022 Type: Gala Episodes: 137 minutes Previous Han Fu Spring Festival Gala https://youtu.be/ekyqZzY-ixc Han Fu Spring Festival Gala was first organized by overseas student "Huang Yu" and Baidu Hanfu Tieba at the end of 2010 and published at the Spring Festival in early 2011.…...Ling
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A Perfect Show for Chinese Lantern Festival in 2022
Lantern Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals. The first month of the lunar calendar is called Yuan Yue (元月), and the ancient people called "night" as "Xiao (宵)". The 15th day of the first month is the first full moon night of the year, so the 15th day of the first month is called "Yuan Xiao (元宵节, Lantern Festival)". The Lantern Festival has been celebrated since ancient times with the festive custom of viewing lanterns. But the Lantern Festival has a long history of formation and has its roots in the ancient folk custom of lighting lanterns to pray for good fortune. According to general information and folklore legends, the 15th day of the first month was already valued in the Western Han Dynasty, although the Lantern Festival really became a national folk festival after the Han and Wei dynasties. The rise of the custom of lighting lanterns on the Lantern Festival is also related to the eastern spread of Buddhism, the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished, officials and people generally in Yuan Xiao, "lighting lamps for Buddha", Buddhist lights then spread throughout the folk. The festival features a series of traditional folk activities such as viewing lanterns, eating…...April
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How did Chinoiserie Dance shine at the Chinese New Year Gala
Although the 2022 Spring Festival Gala is over, the powerful after-effects are still immersing people in the beauty of the Chinoiserie dance that they cannot extricate themselves from. Dance "Zhi Ci Qing Lǜ" performed in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala once again occupying the headlines of major media, with exquisite costumes and makeup, beautiful and elegant dance, and wonderful interpretation, directly to the heirloom painting of talented young Wang Ximeng. The 1:1 perfect reproduction of "A Panorama of Mountains and Rivers", the wonderful degree is comparable to the real one. But it's not just Zhi Ci Qing Lǜ, the Chinoiserie-inspired dances have received unanimous acclaim at Spring Festival Gala all over China. 2022 Henan Spring Festival Gala Henan TV has surprised us all year long in 2021, and this year's dance program, "Exquisite Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance", will naturally not disappoint. Inspired by the Tang Dynasty, the dance uses peonies to find poetic characters and historical culture. 11 top dancers, present the scenes of the blooming world vividly on the stage with graceful, elegant, and rhythmic dance postures. In the dance, legendary characters such as Bai Juyi, Di Renjie, Shangguan Wan'er, Zhang Xu, Yu Wenkai, Li Chunfeng and Yuan…...Eddie
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Dance Millennium: The Best Chinese Dance Program for 2021
Following the "Tang Palace Night Banquet" of the Spring Festival Gala, "Luo Shen Shui Fu" of the Dragon Boat Festival, "Long Men Jin Gang" of the Double Seventh Festival, and "You Feng Lai Yi" of the Double Ninth Festival, Henan TV brought a masterpiece with more than 40 million plays! https://youtu.be/KsolCF0a8JI Tens of thousands of people scored 9.9 for it, and it is the new dance variety show "Dance Millennium (舞千年)" launched by Henan TV and Bilibili. The cultural drama dance program created by Henan TV and Bilibili is focused on telling Chinese stories through dance. The 5 dance recommending officers disguise themselves as historical figures, travel through the 4 most representative cultural periods in Chinese history, search for the most beautiful music and dance in ancient and modern times, and enshrine the dance book "Shi Er Feng Wu Zhi", tell the story of China with dance programs created by top 13 Chinese dance companies, and discuss the beauty of Chinese dance together. ---Positioning of Dance Millennium New Model + New Content The innovation and high quality of Dance Millennium have gained a large and loyal audience. If Henan TV's "Chinese Festival" series breaks through the traditional gala structure,…...Ling
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Chinese Clothing & Hanfu Documentaries Recommendations - Updating
Why did the Qin dynasty dress admire the black color? What were the forms of women's clothing in the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties? What are the characteristics of men's clothing in different dynasties? How was the style and pattern of Hanfu chosen? How did the ancients choose different styles of Hanfu for different occasions? What were the characteristics of makeup in different periods of history? If you are new to Hanfu (traditional Chinese dress), you certainly have many questions and will feel that Hanfu is very complicated. Moreover, the Chinese Hanfu costume covers not only the dress, but also the makeup, hair, and accessories. So we will compile in this post documentaries on Hanfu, if you are interested in Hanfu and Hanfu related culture, you may get your doubts solved through them. 李白 / Li Bai "Li Bai" is divided into four episodes, attempting to sketch a clearer and more complete outline of this artistic giant through the life of Li Bai, and tracing the spiritual character of the Chinese people for thousands of years. To vividly tell the important episodes and present the atmosphere of Li Bai's literary works, "Li Bai" combines realistic scenes and…...Ling
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The Mid Autumn Wonderful Tour That You Can't Miss
We have mentioned Henan_TV several times in our articles, as it has surprised us several times on traditional Chinese festivals. Of course, as one of the most important traditional festivals in China, the Mid-Autumn Festival, they naturally won't be absent. From "Tang Palace Night Banquet (唐宫夜宴)", to "Luo Shen Shui Fu (洛神水赋)", Henan TV has always recreated a classic image with traditional Chinese elements, which has left a deep impression on everyone. In "The Mid Autumn Wonderful Tour (中秋奇妙夜)", Tang Xiao Yue (唐小月), the daughter of a Tang Dynasty court musician, travels through parallel time and space to collect tokens through multiple tests and finally achieve a father-daughter reunion. A total of six different scenes are experienced, divided into six chapters, showing the six beautiful spiritual pursuits of Chinese civilization: heritage, diligence, warmth, self-confidence, loyalty and courage, and kinship. At the same time, the program shows a lot of "intangible cultural heritage" elements from the picture, plot, to character portrayal. Here, let's explore "The Mid-Autumn Wonderful Tour" together. In the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the early Tang Dynasty, the opening program scenario performance "Preface · Cereals in Autumn (序 ·秋月稷)" incorporates several themes such as "Sacrificing to…...Eddie
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'Modern China, Classic Sports': Classic Chinese Calisthenics & Sports
"Classic Chinese Calisthenics" is a set of movements that combines fitness, entertainment and health care functions, which meets the current needs of the public for health and wellness and has the potential to be popularized by all. Some time ago, CGTN released Classic Chinese Calisthenics, which successfully set off a wave of Chinese-style radio gymnastics craze. https://youtu.be/R_GLwJqpZ9Y More than that, the release of the traditional culture experience program Classic Chinese Sports has brought more people's attention to traditional Chinese sports. By exploring modern expressions of traditional sports such as Cuju (蹴鞠), archery, swing, Jiazhou (甲胄, armor), and Kongzhu (Diabolo, 空竹), "Classic Chinese Sports" allows viewers to immerse themselves in the charm of traditional sports. Such a cultural atmosphere echoes the arrival of the Tokyo Olympics, with certain social communication significance and international exchange value. Traditional culture innovation in integration Taking the traditional culture from the Zhou Li (周礼) to the present as a reference, "Classic Chinese Calisthenics" encompasses Ya Yue dance style, Han-Tang style, Dunhuang style, opera style, Wing Chun style, Changquan style, Tai Chi style, and other moves, reflecting the tolerance and diversity of traditional culture between rigidity and flexibility. Specifically, "Classic Chinese Calisthenics" breaks away from a…...Jane
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They Are Back! With a Unique Program - Lantern Wonder Night
Do you still remember the China Henan TV’s Spring Festival Gala Hanfu dance program: "Tang Palace Night Banquet (唐宫夜宴, Tanggong Yeyan)"? A group of girls playing the Tang figurines, playful and lovely performance, let people impressed. In order to thank everyone's love, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, Henan TV held another Lantern Festival party "Lantern Wonder Night (元宵奇妙夜)", not surprisingly, the program once again received a lot of praise, although the Lantern Festival has been nearly a week, but I still decided to share this wonderful program combined with Chinese Hanfu costumes, dance, opera, Chinese style songs and many other elements to everyone. It is known that Henan TV had no intention to hold the Lantern Festival party, but in order to return the enthusiasm of the fans, the director team decided to do this "Lantern Wonder Night", the whole shooting only about 5 days, so the entire program length of only 30 minutes. Although the planning and shooting time is very tight, but you can see that the director in the 30 minutes to integrate a variety of novel ideas, innovation, still a high standard of the program. The most special thing is that the whole party…...April
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Awesome! Pretty Hanfu Dance Show - Tang Palace Night Banquet
These days, China Henan TV's Spring Festival Gala Hanfu dance program: Tang Palace Night Banquet (唐宫夜宴, Tanggong Yeyan), has gained a lot of popularity among netizens. "Tang Palace Night Banquet" features the musicians of the night banquet, showing the process of the Tang Dynasty girls from preparing and finishing their makeup to playing at the night banquet. 14 lively and dynamic "Tang Dynasty girls" from the ancient paintings, the actors playful and lovely dance, the traditional cultural image of the Tang Dynasty perfectly presented on stage, combined with AR technology to show the virtual scene, presenting more stunning visual effects. Full video of the program: The main body of the Hanfu dance show is a team of young palace maids attending the night banquet, who sometimes laugh and play, sometimes dress up, with a delicate and charming expression. And when the scene switched to the formal court performance, the palace dancers instantly atmosphere magnificent up. What is particularly attractive is that the image of the palace maids is taken from the Tang figurines, from makeup to actions, all have the style and spirit of the Tang figurines, so that the audience as a experience"Museum of Wonderful Night". The gala's general…...April
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