At the beginning of the Chinese New Year, the atmosphere of traditional folklore is being thickened, and a number of high-quality television programs promoting outstanding traditional Chinese culture have spread throughout the country, with the cultural self-confidence of viewers across the country being significantly strengthened, and their spirit being more energetic. Among them, many programs have deeply explored the rich connotation and contemporary value of poetry, calligraphy, painting and other ancient cultural carriers, enabling people, especially young people, to wander in the wonderful audio-visual images, enjoying their bodies and minds, cultivating their sentiments, increasing their insights, raising their level of sophistication, and purifying their hearts and souls.
In the program Poetry and Painting China, recitation artist Qu Qinhe and dancer Li Rong combined poetry and dance to interpret the snowy scene written by Tang Bohu; in 2023 Chinese Poetry Conference, Su Dongpo, a digital character created by modern virtual simulation technology, crossed the time and space, and Huang Tingjian, portrayed by a real actor, recreated the meeting of the year at Poyang Lake on the TV stage; and in the creative program Mantingfang- National Scenery on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala of the China General Administration of Radio and Television introduces the audience to the Chinese colors with beautiful names by using dance as the language and music as the rhythm; Singer Wang Xi and trumpeter Zhu De'en at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics compose the twenty-four festive seasons into a song in the Classics in Song - Great Beauty of China. ...... The lofty ideals of literati and masters, the details of the life of the working people, the national sentiment of the ancient and modern worlds, are performed on the TV stage. The family and national sentiments of the ancient and the modern are embodied in acting and singing, playing and dancing, opening the traditional cultural journey of Chinese TV programs with Chinese aesthetics, and letting the traditional culture radiate a shining light after creative transformation and innovative development.
Using poetry to explore the connotation of Chinese civilization, pass on Chinese aesthetics, and promote the spirit of Chinese culture is a fascinating and challenging task. Among many cultural programs, Poetry and Painting in China, which debuted for the first time, gives traditional poems and paintings a richer presentation space with a new style and novel perspective of "combining poems and paintings", tells the historical stories and the spirit of the times behind the poems and paintings, and depicts the historical scroll of the spiritual lifeblood of the Chinese nation.
"Poetry is intangible painting, painting is tangible poetry", although poetry and painting belong to two categories of literature and art, but the pursuit of the realm of thought is the same. Su Shi commented on Wang Wei's poems and paintings, "Taste the poem of Wang Wei, there is a painting in the poem; view the painting of him, there is a poem in the painting", which shows the essence of the homology of the art of poetry and painting. Accordingly, Poetry and Painting in China creates the first mode of "combining poetry and painting", so that classic poems spanning thousands of years and heirloom paintings can reflect each other, reflecting the splendid civilization that transcends time and space and is everlasting, which can be regarded as a poetry and painting version of the Chinese culture and a brief history of the development of the Chinese civilization.
Poetry is used to interpret paintings, and paintings are used to refine the poems, and the poems and paintings reflect each other. When we watch Wang Mian's Ink Plum, we will intuitively experience the extraordinary temperament of "I don't need to be complimented on the color, but only want to leave behind the righteousness of the spirit"; when we savor Zheng Banqiao's Bamboo and Stone, we can experience the heroic sentiment of "standing tall after a thousand hammering, fearless of rain, snow and frost"; when we stand in front of Fan Kuan's Traveling on the River and Mountain, we can experience the shock of "the mountains are high and the water is long, and there are thousands of things in the world".......This is a unique experience created by the program Poetry and Painting of China. It reflects traditional elements and contemporary forms with "painting", and traverses ancient and modern scenes and life experiences with "poetic soul", focusing not only on excavating classical connotations and highlighting the heaviness of the history of poetry and painting, but also on telling "ordinary stories" and "legendary stories" outside of poetry and painting, so that the excellent traditional culture comes close to real life and enters people's hearts without being realized.
Material and spiritual wealth is the fundamental requirement of socialist modernization, and it is the duty of creators of literature and art to continuously release quality works that adhere to the position of Chinese culture and insist on the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture, so as to meet the people's growing spiritual and cultural needs and the need for comprehensive development. Although poetry, calligraphy, painting and other cultural carriers take different forms, they all essentially present the creators' charisma, thus demonstrating the creators' personality, ideology and ideal. This is the spiritual connotation of Chinese culture and the pursuit of Chinese values. For example, Poetry and Painting of China, 2023 Chinese Poetry Conference, Classics - Great Beauty of China and other sections of the traditional culture become fashionable TV programs, using cultural carriers to establish a connection between us and our ancient sages, we can truly use the rules of the ancients to open up a brand new situation.
Ancient sages put their ideal feelings and value pursuits on the natural landscape and all living creatures, and drew solace from them. In the moving chapters and mesmerizing scrolls, whether it is the white and flawless plum, the water that nourishes the world, or the cow that bends its head to plow, or the elegant crane, all of them are the symbols of the personality of ancient scholars, who put their own personalities into the vast world, and expanded their own growth with their own perception of nature. And us in modern times, in turn, draw historical experience, cultural deposits and emotional trials from these works that carry the wisdom of the sages. Through these depictions, which are imbued with the deep thoughts of their creators, we seem to have reached a tacit understanding with all things in the world. This tacit understanding is, in fact, the Chinese cultural genes forged by Chinese cultural carriers, which are deeply implanted in our muscles, our minds, and the depths of our thoughts, and have become the cultural force that inspires and nourishes each and every Chinese person and family, and injects unceasing impetus into the growth of Chinese young people in the new era.
The Chinese culture is always the spiritual home of the Chinese people, and it is the rich resource and eternal power for the continuous innovation of the Chinese people. Chinese poetry, calligraphy and painting, and Chinese culture will always be the spiritual home of the Chinese people, and the rich resources and eternal power for their continuous innovation. Cultural programs integrate poetic feelings, philosophical thoughts of the ancients, and experiences of modern people to create brand-new cultural products carrying Chinese culture and the spirit of China, to pass on the excellent traditional culture in a subtle way, and to show the great achievements and fruits of thoughts of Chinese civilization. Actively promoting the educational function of traditional culture, opening up the artistic aesthetic channel for modern people to taste the tradition and experience the classics, and opening up the artistic journey of feeling, knowing and appreciating China will surely set up a new benchmark and point out a new direction for the creation of a new splendor of Chinese culture in the new era.