CGTN Documentary

Tea silk is a unique Chinese silk with more than 500 years of history. Because of this rare material, Kathrin von Rechenberg came to China from Munich, Germany, 20 years ago, and has never left since. For her, tea silk is something irreplaceable. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Lacquerware technique has been around for 7,000 years in China. The ancient art has drawn French artist Vincent Cazeneuve to spend over a decade in Chongqing where he uses modern means of artistic expression to represent his surroundings that he’s familiar with. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Colin Siyuan Chinnery is a sound artist from the UK. In 2013, Chinnery made a device that carries the sounds of old Beijing. These sounds tell a story of the former commercial prosperity in old Beijing. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

The Silk Road has been a motor for regional prosperity for centuries. As in the past, it continues to drive the development of international metropolises today. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

For thousands of years, the Silk Road has witnessed numerous reunions among its brave travelers. Amid a multitude of arrivals and departures, innumerable lives have been transformed. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

The limits of today’s Silk Road are no longer its eastern and western ends. They are the distance between a goal and its fulfillment; a dream and its realization. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

A road may change with the passing of time, but mankind continually thirsts for spiritual truth. As much as it is a path for physical journeys, today’s Silk Road is also a route for inner searching. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

The Silk Road connects different cultures with rich traditions. Rooted in history, it is these traditions that shape the present. All along the ancient trading route, they are a source of strength for those in search of a brighter future. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Throughout the ages, countless envoys, merchants, priests, adventurers, conquerors and scoundrels have heeded the call of the Silk Road. As enablers of their journeys, those who have patiently manned the route’s stations have been the true guardians of its heritage and its future. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Political and geological upheavals, and the rigors of weather and altitude can all be obstructions on the Silk Road. In the end, however, nothing will stop people with the courage to pursue their dreams. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

A new generation of adventurers are following in the footsteps of their ancestors along the new Silk Road. As enterprising individuals across Eurasia awaken to its promise, the ancient trade route is undergoing a remarkable revival. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

With China-Laos Railway being put into operation, insole-making factories in the Vietnamese countryside provide jobs for local people possibilities seem boundless as this river flows ever onward into the future. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

From elephant conservation in Thailand, to environment protection in China, to Golden Khmer Silk revitalization in Cambodia, people are finding ways to preserve endangered species and lost traditional cultural heritage. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Pottery-making in Cambodia, Muay Thai fighting in Thailand and lotus silk weaving in Vietnam! By tracking the everyday lives of three families, it highlights the traditional life and wisdom gleaned from the Lancang-Mekong River. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

The story takes a closer look at a Thai family who cultivate rice, a Yunnan tea garden and an orchard run by a Vietnamese family. It’s a picturesque presentation of life along the Langcang-Mekong river. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Journeying through six Asian countries, this documentary series record lives along the Lancang-Mekong river. In the first episode, three families from China, Cambodia and Laos give the low-down on making a living from this mighty river. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Life belongs to nature. In a way, the Chinese garden is a place where mankind and nature are brought together and harmonized in an endless dream. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

The owner of the Garden of Cultivation in Suzhou, Wen Zhenheng, wrote a book called Treatise on Superfluous Things in the Ming Dynasty. The garden and the book reflect an era of style and culture almost unrivaled in history. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Over a period of six years, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, an artist-emperor, dedicated himself to enhancing the Genyue garden with mother nature’s finest creations. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

The Tang Dynasty was the golden age of the Chinese garden. Tang gardens both inspired and were inspired by the literary giants of their time, serving as sanctuaries for scholars wounded by the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Over 2,000 years ago, Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty hunted and established Shanglin Imperial Park, the largest hunting ground of China’s imperial ages. Surprisingly, some traces of the park still remain today. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

The Chinese garden’s one-lake-and-three-islands layout formulated during the Han Dynasty has endured for centuries. Rocks, a lake, plants and pavilions - the basic elements of the Chinese ideal of heaven on earth. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Joseph Needham’s study of science and civilization in China has had a worldwide influence. After he passed away, many scholars have been inspired to continue with his work. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

After his three years of travelling in China in the 1940s, Joseph Needham, prompted into action by the neglect of Chinese science and civilization in the West, striving to get China back on the map of human civilization. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou

Appreciating Chinese ingenuity in a variety of scientific fields, Joseph Needham strengthened his resolve to write a book exploring China’s technology and civilization. Editor: Luo Wen Operation: Qiu Ruiqi Producer: Li Xin Chief Editor: Zhang Wan Supervisor: Wang Feizhou