NationalTreasurerecountsthe鈥減astandpresentlifestories鈥漮f27Chineserelics.
Attheendof2017,aCCTVseriestitledNationalTreasureairedacrossChina.Thedocu-seriesfeatured27culturalrelicsfromthecountry鈥檚nineleadingmuseums:thePalaceMuseum,ShanghaiMuseum,NanjingMuseum,HunanProvincialMuseum,HenanMuseum,ShaanxiHistoryMuseum,HubeiProvincialMuseum,ZhejiangProvincialMuseumandLiaoningProvincialMuseum.Shortvignetteswereproducedtobringtolifestoriesrelatedtothehistoryoftherelics.
Aftertwoyearsofresearch,producersinvitedinfluentialpublicfigurestoserveas鈥済uardians鈥漮ftherelicstotelltheir鈥減astandpresentlifestories.鈥滾egendsrelatedtothe27nationaltreasuresaretoldfromamodernperspective,whichhelpedtheserieswinravereviewsfromcriticsandviewersalike.CeremonyofHonoratSideTower,amuralfoundinthetombofcrownprinceYide.ThepieceembodiestheexquisitepaintingskillsoftheTangDynasty(618-907).Excavatedin1971,itisnowhousedintheShaanxiHistoryMuseum.
TheTVprogramNationalTreasurefocusesonthestoriesof27Chineseculturalrelics.TheChimeBellsofMarquisYiofZeng,asetof65bronzebellsdatingbackmorethan2,000years,arethebestpreservedandmostexquisitelycastancientpercussioninstrumentsChinahaseverunearthed.TheyarenowhousedinHubeiMuseum.
鈥淲ewantedtopresenttheculturalrelicsasiftheywerepeoplewhohadsurvivedtheupsanddownsoftheages,鈥漵aidYuLei,producerandchiefdirectoroftheshow.鈥淭heyrepresentthespiritandvaluesoftheChinesenation.Somearestillaffectingourwaysoflifetothisday.鈥漀ationalTreasureaimsto鈥渃reateconnectionsbetweenobjectsinmuseumsandpeopleandlife.鈥漈heprogramwasdisplayedatthe2018HongKongInternationalFilmandTVMarketandtheCannesTVFestivalthisyear.
Anaccompanyingbookofthesamenamewaspublishedtoshareconsiderablecontentthatwasn鈥檛includedintheoriginalbroadcast.Mostofitisrelatedtohistoricalmaterialsandresearchontherelics.Alldatawaseditedandrevisedbyexpertsfromtheninemuseums.Thebookalsocontains27exquisitepicturesandmulti-angledetailedphotos,whichfullycapturethebeautyandingenuityofeverynationaltreasure.
ShanJixiang,directorofthePalaceMuseum,wrotetheprefaceforthebook.Hedeclaredthebookathoroughexcavationofthehistoricalgenealogyandvalueinheritanceofculturalrelics.Historicaldetailsunfitforvisualpresentationaredocumentedinthebook,soitenablesreaderstofurthersavorculturalrelics,seizehistoricalmemoriesandincreasetheirunderstandingsofhistoryandculture.
YuLeiischiefdirectorandproducerofNationalTreasure.ShestudiedjournalismattheCommunicationUniversityofChinaandservedasaCCTVdirectorandproducer.Shewasthechiefcontributorofthe2012-2014CCTVSpringFestivalGalas.LuYitao,directoroftheProgramDepartmentofCCTV-3,ischiefproducerofNationalTreasure.