What kind of cultural life have we spent in 2021?
This year, while we look back on the glorious history of the Communist Party of China’s 100th anniversary, we feel the new vitality of the red culture.
We are shocked by the "new" Sanxingdui archaeological excavation, excited by the successful application of Quanzhou as a World Heritage Site, and applauded by the new developments in the museum and the unique cultural programs on TV and the Internet.
Domestic films have reached new box office peaks, masterpieces are emerging one after another, and reality-themed TV series have shown the charm of "asking for truth".
We need high-quality, in-depth, and charming youth pop culture, and we must also be alert to the chaos that occurs in it.
The year 2021 is a year of warm touching and deep thinking.
1. "The Great Journey" theatrical performance
The theatrical performance "The Great Journey" held at the National Stadium to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was in the form of a large-scale situational epic Present. In two hours, "The Great Journey" integrated powerful artistic expression with high-tech sound and light effects, vividly showing the magnificent and glorious history of the Communist Party of China over the past century.
This artistic performance has many "highlights". For the first time, a 180-meter-long giant screen was erected at the National Stadium; on the huge "square", there is a stepped "rotating stage" on the left and right sides, where the actors' performances are projected through "real-time shooting, instant guidance, and real-time screen projection" On the huge screen in the middle; every dramatic expression is an important node on the timeline, and every dramatic story is an era.
Thousands of shining stories in the process of party building have merged into a century-old magnificent galaxy, flowing from the eyes of the passionate young people who changed China in 1921 to our hearts in 2021.
2. Red film and television dramas celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Party
In 2021, the centenary of the founding of the Party, film and television works telling red stories "dominate the screen" and are sought after and loved by young audiences.
The inspiration of "faith" in "The Awakening Age" made countless viewers born after 95 and 2000 cry; "Mountains and Seas" tells the story of the immigrants from Xihaigu, Ningxia, under the call of national policies and the help of their counterparts in Fujian The story of escaping from poverty made the audience call it "so delicious".
The movies "1921" and "Revolutionaries" released on July 1 allow young audiences to return to the historical scene of the founding of the Party and think about what truly meaningful youth is.
In addition to the solid and touching story content, the format of red film and television dramas is also innovative.
Tell one story within 30 minutes, and 40 stories run through the historical journey of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party. "Ideals Shine on China" is a long poem called "Ideals" in the form of a "unit series of short plays".
"merit" uses the form of a unit drama to connect the life chapters of the first eight recipients of the medal of the Republic of China with the fate of the Republic of China, interpreting their "loyalty, perseverance, "Simple" character and the lofty realm of dedication to the people of the motherland.
The red gene and revolutionary fire have been passed down for hundreds of years and are presented through light and shadow, increasingly attracting and inspiring today's Chinese youth.
3. Sanxingdui archeology is “new”
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese archeology, and major archaeological discoveries have become a hot spot.
In March of this year, Sanxingdui was "new" - six new sacrificial pits were discovered at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan City, and more than 500 cultural relics were unearthed. Sanxingdui Museum attracts a large number of tourists to see the mysterious face of "ancient Shu civilization". Data shows that on the first day of the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, the Sanxingdui Museum reached its maximum visitor capacity of 15,000, setting a record high; and in the two days before the May Day holiday, it received a total of 34,574 tourists, an increase of approximately 284.4% over the same period in 2019. .
The fragment of a gold mask unearthed from the Sanxingdui site is astonishing to the world. The owner of Station B who was born in 1995 used a piece of 500 grams of gold and after tens of thousands of calcinations and beatings, he restored the complete Sanxingdui gold mask.
This is also the fun of following archaeological news: every "new" discovery in archaeological excavations is a moment when modern people and ancient people achieve "connection of minds."
4. Quanzhou was successfully applied for World Heritage status
"The sound of rising seas brought merchants from all over the world". As the "largest port in the East" during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the ancient city of Quanzhou is still telling us about it thousands of years later. A touching legend.
At 17:38 on July 25, my country's World Heritage nomination project "Quanzhou: China's World Marine Trade Center in the Song and Yuan Dynasties" passed the review of the 44th World Heritage Committee meeting of UNESCO and was successfully included in the list. "World Heritage List". So far, the total number of world heritage sites in my country has risen to 56.
"Quanzhou: China's World Maritime Trade Center in the Song and Yuan Dynasties" reflects the unique and outstanding spatial structure of a port city in a specific historical period. Not a single brick or stone is ordinary. For example, the Luoyang Bridge built in the Song Dynasty is a large cross-sea beam-style stone bridge and enjoys the reputation of "the first bridge in the country".
The successful application of Quanzhou as a World Heritage Site allows the public to get up close to that unfamiliar history and re-examine a city full of stories and textures.
5. New ways of playing traditional culture to break the circle
In 2021, "new ways of playing" surrounding traditional culture will explode.
"National Treasure·Exhibition Season", "Come on! Luoyang", "Dance for a Thousand Years"... a wonderful cultural variety show that can arouse the audience's desire to rush into the museum and open the history book.
The 14 lively, cute and lovely "Girls of the Tang Dynasty" seem to have stepped out of a painting of a lady. At the beginning of the year, the program "Tang Palace Night Banquet" on Henan Satellite TV's Spring Festival Gala became popular. Since then, "Chinese Festival" series programs such as "Lantern Festival Wonderful Night", "Dragon Boat Festival Wonderful Tour", "Mid-Autumn Festival Wonderful Tour", "Double Ninth Wonderful Tour" and other "Chinese Festival" series have set off a wave of attention across the Internet.
The archaeological blind box is the darling of the cultural and art circles this year. The Henan Museum launched an "archaeological blind box" called "Lost Treasure". During the Spring Festival, 12,000 units were put online at one time and sold out in less than 5 days; the "Bronze Squad Series Blind Box" produced by the Shaanxi History Museum, Create unique figures based on bronze vessels and patterns from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
On video platforms such as Bilibili, Douyin, and Kuaishou, whether they are bloggers wearing Hanfu and playing folk music, or the "Shangxi 416 Girl Group" who spreads Peking Opera tunes through short videos, they can Attract a lot of fans.
The richer the imagination, the more possibilities there are for traditional culture to “break the circle”.
6. Domestic dramas with realistic themes are very popular
The domestic drama market in 2021 will focus on realistic themes of "reality in the world".
At a time when the terms "chicken baby" and "tiger mother" are floating around in the circle of friends, "Little Shede" directly pokes at the pain points of families in the "primary school" stage. This drama tells the audience not to be impatient, give your children some time, let go of their anxiety and sadness, and growth will have its own answers.
With its "realistic texture" and "strong sense of immersion", the hard-core "Anti-Gangster" has become a hot summer hit; "Ideal City" restores the truth of the workplace, presenting "explicit rules" and "hidden rules" The confrontation between "rules" allows the audience to "see themselves" in the play while also seeing others.
The urban dramas "I'm Good in a Foreign Country" and "Love Is Delicious", which showed group portraits of women, brought tears and laughter to the audience. It’s easy to find our own “puzzle of life” in stories.
The reality-themed domestic dramas released this year fully demonstrate that audiences do not need excessive beautification and beautification filters, but need candid works that are infinitely close and restore the "real".
7. Domestic films delivered high scores
During this year’s Spring Festival, actor Jia Ling’s first cross-border work "Hello, Li Huanying" generated 5.413 billion yuan box office myth. As a result, she became the highest-grossing female director in China.
On November 24, the war movie "Changjin Lake" with the theme of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea exceeded 5.694 billion yuan in pre-sale box office, surpassing 2017's "Wolf Warrior 2" to become the box office champion in Chinese film history.
This year, films such as "My Fathers and Me", "Chinese Doctor", "Above the Cliff", "Fury·Crime", "My Sister" and "Famous" used solid stories to and thoughtful creations, winning praise from the market.
The Chinese comic movies "White Snake 2: The Green Snake Rises", "The Young Lion", and the documentary films "Post-90s" and "University" allow us to see the rise of more new sectors and creative forces.
The past model of chasing traffic stars, popular IPs, and crazy marketing will be "slapped in the face" in the current domestic film market, and audiences will only pay for high-quality works.
8. Rectify chaos in the entertainment and rice circles
In 2021, "earthquakes" will occur frequently in the entertainment industry.
The "chaos of betting" in the draft, illegal fund-raising, provocation and harassment, online violence... "Chaos in the rice circle" has been suffering for a long time. Illegal and unethical incidents, sky-high remuneration, tax evasion... negative incidents have also sounded the alarm for practitioners.
In June this year, the Cyberspace Administration of China launched a nationwide special campaign of "Qinglang·Rectification of 'Rice Circle' Chaos"; in August, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a plan to strengthen the management of "Rice Circle" chaos. The notice put forward ten requirements for Internet platforms where fans are concentrated, brokerage companies, and fan behavior itself; in September, the Central Propaganda Department issued the "Notice on Carrying out Comprehensive Management of the Entertainment Sector," calling for increased punishment for illegal and unscrupulous artists. Strengthen efforts to prohibit bad artists from changing positions and making comebacks.
Star chasing is not a "scourge". The whole society should pass on positive and correct values ??and let the younger generation know what a truly beautiful and respectable role model looks like. Commercial capital should not create duplicitous stars for the sake of profit and induce young fans to fanatically pursue and consume.
A series of actions such as "Operation Qingming" and the promotion of artists' artistic ethics will help to resist unhealthy tendencies in the film and television entertainment industry, forcing practitioners to abide by the bottom line and "establish ethics before practicing art."
9. Amateurs give talk shows after get off work
This year, the popularity of talk shows continues to rise. Amateur faces bring fresh air to the industry.
The first group of performers to become famous promoted the development of the domestic talk show industry. In 2021, talk shows are not a small circle with only a few "top performers" dominating the screen, nor is it a competitive track where you chase each other.
Amateurs from all walks of life, such as traffic police, popular science writers, and company employees, perform a talk show on stage after get off work, telling everyone in five minutes how interesting their careers are.
Laughter is not the antidote, stories are. These amateur performers "tear a hole" in ordinary life. And we in the audience also got a small chance to relax in this "opening". While we laughed out loud at the funny jokes and memes, we also got a glimpse of how these sharp people interpret the A and B sides of life.
10. "Year-end summary" in buzzwords and barrage
At the end of 2021, have you conducted a year-end summary? Today, the selection of annual buzzwords and popular words attracts more attention than ever before.
A few days ago, the editorial department of "Zhiwenqiaozi" announced the top ten buzzwords in 2021, which are: "Great changes unseen in a century", "moderately prosperous", "rushing for exams", "double reduction", "carbon peak, carbon neutral" and” and “Wild consumption” and “Breaking defenses” and “Chicken baby” and “Lie flat” and “Metaverse.”
Station B, People’s Literature Publishing House and the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences jointly released the 2021 barrage: “The defense has been broken.”
Many words that have become popular this year are not just fragmentary feelings expressed casually on the Internet, but will serve as a collective emotion and an annotation of a common memory. , or "chapter name". In addition to the narrative method of clockwise walking, we have also become obsessed with the "jigsaw-like" annual memory method.