The world premiere of the film "Only Green" showcases Chinese culture from an innovative perspective

Beijing, September 19 (Xinhua) on September 19, the film "only this Green", which will be released on National Day, held its world premiere with the theme of "only this Green this is very China's Special activity for thousands of people" at the Qiu Deba Gymnasium of Peking University. Film directors Zhou Liya and Han Zhen starred Zhang Han, Meng Qingyi and Xie Suhao, as well as role actors Liu Yang, Wang Jing, Dai Kewei, Wu Yuting and Liu Peiran, together with dancers and behind-the-scenes creators. The dancers expressed their affectionate love to the audience with the most representative dance movements in the film and gave a curtain call to the theatre.

The most Beautiful Movie of the year shocked the audience by restoring the ultimate Chinese aesthetic immersive audio-visual feast.

After the screening of the film, the dancers in the film appeared together, expressed their affectionate love to the audience with the most representative dance movements in the film, and delivered the closing ceremony of the theatre, so that the audience experienced the ceremonial sense of the theatre and broke the boundary between the stage and the film. At this moment, the two art forms seem to be integrated into a profound etiquette inherited by the Chinese millennium. The audience also gave back to the film's creative team with warm applause, and the best part of the scene continued. Under the introduction of hosts Chunni and Lu Fan, the film creators took to the stage one by one to meet with the audience, and they opened their hearts to communicate enthusiastically with the audience.

Zhang Han, the actor who plays Simon in "only this Green", said that before he took the stage, he said to Simon in his heart: "Himon, have you seen that so many people have come to see your work?" He said frankly that he was very excited and was able to show you the stories of Xi Meng and the craftsmen and cultural relics conservation workers behind him. "We are very honored" and "hope to do our part. To stimulate more people's love and interest in traditional Chinese culture. The actor Meng Qingyi, who plays the image character "Green", hopes that through the film, "we can feel the emotional resonance across time and space, and work with us to roll out the Thousand miles of Rivers and Mountains." Xie Suhao, who plays the exhibitor, said bluntly, "it is a great honor to carry forward and inherit Chinese traditional culture through dance and film."

"No name, no money, only this volume, green for thousands of years, boundless mountains and rivers." The film "only this Green" was born out of the dance poem drama "only this Green"-dance painting "Thousand miles of Rivers and Mountains". As the Treasure of the Town Hall, the famous painting of the Song Dynasty, the map of rivers and mountains of thousands of miles, has been exhibited only four times in a hundred years. Since its first exhibition at the National Grand Theater in Beijing in 2021, the dance drama "only this Green" has traveled through more than 70 cities in more than 1000 days. After landing on the Spring Festival Gala, its selection covered more than 8 billion people, triggering a "green tide" across the country.

As the original crew of the stage version of the play to create a visual feast of light and shadow, the film of the same name revolves around a modern cultural relic researcher who is about to display "Thousand miles of Rivers and Mountains". Across nearly a thousand years of time and space into the heart of Ximeng, a young painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, he witnessed Ximeng's painstaking and selfless creation and worked hand in hand with countless labourers to create a picture scroll handed down from generation to generation. Taking the main tone "green" in the painting as a visual clue, this paper explores the production technology of seal, silk, paint, pen, ink and other materials and tools needed for the formation of the painting, and deeply refines and displays a number of traditional Chinese non-heritage skills. it vividly shows the unfading color of the Thousand Li Jiangshan Map for thousands of years, the ingenuity of countless workers, and the continuous protection of generations of cultural relics protection workers.

Fu Ruoqing, the film's chief producer and chief producer, said that the film "only this Green" has made thousands of miles of rivers and mountains "live" on the big screen with the charm of light and shadow art, and on the basis of fully restoring dance poetry and dramas, use acousto-optic cutting-edge technology to create an immersive audio-visual feast. "I hope that through the second creation of the film, we can spread the excellent traditional Chinese culture to the whole world." It is worth mentioning that with the higher frame rate and clearer picture of the exclusive 4K48 frame format of China Film CINITY plate making, the premiere maximally restores the heart of the dancers and the beauty of green!

Director Zhou Liya can't hide her excitement. She thinks it's a two-way trip between filmmakers and dancers. I remember that when we created the stage play "only this Green", we said that we hoped that when "Thousand miles of Rivers and Mountains" could not be displayed, we could let more audiences see its beauty through the stage of the theater. While making the film, we suddenly found that due to the limitations of the theater, this beauty still could not be conveyed to more audiences. But movies, it can go to places that many theaters can't reach, to the whole country and even the whole world. It's like we took the baton and passed it down bit by bit, hoping that everyone can feel the beauty of our traditional Chinese culture. " Director Han Zhen choked up and said, "whether it's a dance drama or a movie, when we support the historical gift, we also want to do something for this gift." she also thanked the dancers for their efforts and the filmmakers for their "courage". To be able to make such a silent film, "I believe this trip must be because of the charm of Chinese excellent traditional culture."

Peking University scholars praise the film for showing Chinese culture from an innovative perspective and paying tribute to the inheritors of non-heritage culture.

At the scene of the event, many professors and scholars from Peking University came to watch the movie. Peng Feng, dean of the School of Art at Peking University, said in his speech that the "dance drama" is only green "to use the rhythm and strength of the body to bring out the artistic conception of" Thousand miles of Rivers and Mountains ". Our predecessor, Mr. Zong baihua, a master of aesthetics, once said that the highest state of Chinese art is' dance'. He regards' dance'as a typical example of the 'highest spiritual realm'. After watching the movie tonight, the movie is to tell a story. Off the stage, I wondered if the unspeakable words in the dance drama could appear in the movie. As a result, the 'speechless' film is still surprisingly good. If you let the characters speak, it will affect the artistic conception and expression of the dance rhythm itself. "

Li Yang, vice dean of the School of Art of Peking University, praised the film's presentation and development of excellent Chinese traditional culture with the key words "dignified, elegant, and confident." "modesty is not relaxation. The movements of each actor and dancer in the film maintain a kind of elegance from beginning to end, showing devotion to that era and to the story; from sublimation to photography sound effects, all the aspects that film art can show are carefully designed, reflecting the elegant characteristics of Chinese traditional culture itself. "Qianli Jiangshan Map" is a heavy-colored landscape painting, reflecting the aesthetic taste of Song Huizong, but the film story tells the painstaking creation of the painter behind this painting, which reveals the contemporary transformation of the craftsman spirit, which is very remarkable. It reflects our cultural confidence. "

"especially at the end of the film, when all the characters appear in front of the painting and become the protagonist of the painting, people sincerely admire the intention of the creator this time. In the past Chinese film history, there is actually a tradition of adapting operas and dance dramas into films, and the film "only this Green" has undoubtedly taken a big step forward. And in the history of world cinema, it can be said that it is the only one to create a film in this way. " Li Yang said.

The film "only this Green" takes the main tone "Green" in the painting as a visual clue to explore the seal cutting skills needed for the formation of the painting, as well as the production technology of silk, paint, pen, ink and other materials and tools. A number of national representative inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage are also invited to act as non-heritage consultants of the film to deeply refine and demonstrate Chinese traditional intangible heritage skills. A short video was also shown at the event to pay tribute to the non-legacy inheritors and the guardians of traditional craftsmanship. Mr. Zheng Xiaohua and Ms. Zheng Yifei, the representative inheritors of the national intangible cultural heritage of Shuanglin silk weaving skills, also appeared at the premiere, prompting applause from all the students.

The students of Peking University resonate with the souls of the gifted teenagers of the Northern Song Dynasty. Century-old universities and excellent literary and artistic works share the mission of cultural inheritance.

The film takes the audience into the legendary life of Ximeng, a talented teenager in the Northern Song Dynasty, witnessing the process of drawing a picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with his youth as a pen. As a cultural bridge, the film enables the students of Peking University and the 18-year-old Simon nearly a thousand years ago to complete a cross-space-time communication and soul resonance. At the event, students from different majors such as history, foreign language, science and technology, and dance were invited to interact with the creators to discuss Xi Meng's warm life of "only this green, this life". They also shared the life proposition of "how to spend their youth, and even their lives". A student of the Peking University Dance Art Troupe said that the body of the dancer expressed more than a thousand words, so he hoped that the film would be seen by more people, "so that our Chinese dance culture can be carried forward on a larger stage. Bloom its dazzling light." Another student from the history department said bluntly that the film is not only the external restoration of clothing, craftsmanship, scenes, etc., but also the spiritual core of the culture of the Song Dynasty. "only by deeply understanding and inheriting our traditional culture, can we better go to the world." A student of the Institute of Foreign languages said that Chinese aesthetics is a bridge between different cultures, hoping that audiences all over the world "can feel the charm of Chinese aesthetics and better increase their understanding of our Chinese culture." Another student from the College of Archaeology and Literature bluntly said that the film made him realize that Simon, a talented young man who had painted such a great masterpiece at the age of 18, said, "there are boundless rivers and mountains between the green and green. I'm sure everyone will feel it.

In addition to the film creators and Peking University scholars and students, there were also many industry guests and audiences who loved "Green" at the event, and many guests became "Tap Water" after screening. expressed his love and support for this film that fully embodies the beauty of Chinese traditional culture.

The audiences of the premiere experienced a sensory and spiritual audio-visual baptism, felt the elegance of aesthetics in the Song Dynasty and the long history of Chinese culture, and thousands of audiences were excited about a lesson in oriental aesthetic education shown in the film. applaud the spirit of the millennium cultural heritage permeated in the film. Based on the idea of inheriting the excellent Chinese traditional culture, Peking University and the film "only this Green" have completed a passionate cultural exchange together to continue the Chinese context and enhance the spread and influence of Chinese civilization.

With the National Day holiday approaching, the film "only this Green" has also opened a number of limited release activities and received a wave of praise, allowing more audiences to "enter the painting" in advance and feel the charm of Chinese millennium culture.