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"2022 makes us calm and meet our own times." On the occasion of the new year, Cui Baohua wrote this message in a circle of friends. In 2021, like many catering enterprises, Four Seasons Minfu Roast Duck Restaurant is not easy to walk, but it is also constantly breaking through. As the head brand of Beijing cuisine, Four Seasons Minfu went out of Beijing for the first time and came to Shanghai. The opening of the store was hot and the customers were full. The extension store in Shanghai has brought them a lot of inspiration.

Cui Baohua was born in Shaanxi after 1980s. Senior national cooking technician and famous chef of Beijing cuisine. In 2000, he became a chef and studied under Cui Yufen, a national treasure chef. Came to Beijing in 2002; Four Seasons Minfu was founded in 2008. As a member of the founding team, he has been focusing on the brand for 14 years and is currently the production director of Four Seasons Minfu.

As a typical representative of the upgrading of Beijing cuisine, Four Seasons Minfu is a popular punch-in restaurant in Beijing, which is full of flavor, quality, reliable products and considerate to the people. Especially in Qianmen Store and Forbidden City Store, there are always people waiting in line outside the store, and it usually takes more than one or two hours to eat this mouth.

On the other hand, the team, the store fire people low-key. From the founder Ji Hongsheng, the general manager Zhang Guanghui to the production director Cui Baohua, all of them were chefs, who transformed into managers in the process of opening stores and polished stores, teams and dishes. I have known Cui Baohua for many years, and after several contacts, I feel that he is no longer a chef in the traditional sense, but more like a product manager of a restaurant enterprise.

From an ordinary migrant worker in Beipiao to the co-founder and top producer of Beijing Cuisine Head Brand, let’s listen to Cui Baohua how to complete his own transformation and value realization, and how to achieve mutual success with the brand.

From Shaanxi to Beijing, the target chef

I grew up in Xianyang, Shaanxi, and it was a coincidence that I chose to be a chef. Because there are many people in our family who are engaged in this line, some are cooks and some are restaurateurs. At that time in 2000, I either studied computer or chef. Anyway, I must learn a trade. Later, I studied cooking in my hometown for a year and a half. I felt that there were only a few things I could learn in a small city, and I wanted to earn more money. A relative at home in Beijing said that he could earn thousands of dollars a month in Beijing, which was considered a high salary at that time. I decided to come here, with a clear goal. If I go out, I will succeed.

I remember that it was April 28th, 2002. My relatives introduced me to work in Minfuju, the predecessor of Four Seasons Minfu, but I left after five or six months. Because I just came to Beijing at that time and wanted to learn more skills, I ran around and worked in Cantonese, Hunan, Sichuan and Huaiyang cuisine. Although I also want to make money, I also know that my skills are not enough and I can’t make money in the future. I will go where anyone can teach me craft and learn something. The goal at that time was to become a chef.

Working in a restaurant in Pinggu for more than two years had a great influence on me, which was a turning point in Beijing. Why can I sink in that shop? Because the owner of that restaurant is very willing to innovate, he invites the chef who is good at cooking to come over and change the menu. He has invited famous chefs from Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and hubei cuisine. I met famous teachers from different cuisines there and learned different knowledge. I was only about 20 years old when I became a chef. That experience is very helpful for me to do research and development now. When developing dishes, I can learn from other cuisines immediately. I didn’t feel much at that time, but now I feel that I have benefited a lot.

The Product Thinking of Four Seasons Minfu

From 2002 to 2007, Cui Baohua absorbed the nutrition of various trendy cuisines. In those years, it was you who sang me out, and the cuisines merged and surged. Home cooking has also undergone a revolution, and personalized and exquisite home cooking has opened a new era.

At the end of 2007, Minfuju dengshikou Store was in urgent need of manpower for the Chinese New Year, and Cui Baohua was recruited to the store to help. The next year, the store was renamed "Four Seasons People’s Happiness", and the brand was founded. Cui Baohua was highly valued, from wok to chef, to store manager in 2010, to executive chef of the company in 2012, until today’s production director. In these 14 years, he changed from chef’s thinking to operator’s thinking, and from chef to product manager of restaurant enterprises.

The chef’s thinking is to stand in the kitchen position, and the food should be delicious. And the operator’s thinking is: who do you want to sell your products to? Does the customer recognize it? Is standardization and reproducibility high? Whether the waiter can operate well in the whole process … is a whole thinking framework.

In terms of the research and development concept of Four Seasons Minfu, the first thing is whether the research and development dishes can be standardized. This standardization does not mean central kitchen distribution, but after I write the standard list, the kitchen chef can also make this dish according to this list and reach the production standard, so that it can be a good dish.

Second, does the research and development of dishes meet the efficiency requirements of chain restaurant enterprises? The process of dishes should not be too complicated. If a dish needs thirty or forty or even fifty or sixty processes, it will inevitably affect the efficiency of kitchen dishes and not adapt to the turnover rate of chain restaurants.

Third, do R&D dishes have brand symbols? The positioning of Four Seasons Minfu is roast duck and Beijing cuisine, and the dishes are limited to a certain extent. For example, dishes with obvious labels such as Cantonese cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine must not be cooked. We need to develop our own dishes, which make people look like the dishes of the four seasons.

Traditional shredded chicken skin

How to develop dishes with the symbol of four seasons’ people’s happiness? We start from four aspects: reference, integration, innovation and improvement. First of all, improve on the basis of traditional dishes, because old dishes have roots and culture, and we should combine them with modern people’s eating habits. For example, most people nowadays don’t like food that is too greasy and salty, which is novel in collocation and beautiful in plate. Take shredded chicken vermicelli as an example. It is a traditional dish in old Beijing, but because it is time-consuming and expensive, ordinary restaurants are reluctant to sell it. We change the sample into small portions one by one, and the dishes are exquisite and beautiful, and the technology and taste are traditional. However, due to its complicated procedures, the pricing will be higher, so that on the one hand, it can match the cost, on the other hand, it can also control the order quantity. If the order quantity is too much, it will affect the kitchen efficiency.

Let’s talk about reference. We will learn from other cuisines, such as duck intestines with saliva, duck intestines with the symbol of four seasons’ happiness, and the taste of Sichuan cuisine with saliva juice, but we will reduce the oil content, use only its spicy and hemp, and choose pepper and green pepper to adjust the spicy taste. The sales volume of this dish is good. The Shanghai store just opened one day and sold 50 or 60 copies. Usually, a store sells 20 or 30 copies, and the customer satisfaction is also very high. This is a dish of reference and integration.

Duck Intestines with Chili Sauce

Be cautious under the epidemic.

The operating state of a restaurant can be seen from the mental outlook of its employees. I once visited the kitchen of Four Seasons People’s Happiness, and the chef who met me greeted me or smiled back. When the aunt in the kitchen saw a stain, she wiped it with a semi-dry mop. This will not happen overnight. At the end of each month, Cui Baohua will go to each store for inventory assessment, grade the stores, conduct KPI assessment on employees, and set the salary and bonus for that month. This is also an opportunity for managers to directly contact the front line, so as to understand the operation of each store, find problems and make timely adjustments. Repeated outbreaks have had a great impact on the operation of Four Seasons Minfu. One month, the turnover dropped by 50%, thanks to the potential energy accumulated by the brand for a long time, and it can withstand the pressure.

However, Cui Baohua admits that if the epidemic situation continues this year, it will not be ruled out that some stores in poor operating conditions will be closed, which is based on a rational business strategy. At the same time, the plan to open a store will continue, but it will be slower and more cautious, choosing a good business district in Beijing and expanding the Shanghai market with greater development potential.

The epidemic is certainly short-lived, so we should have long-term thinking and be optimistic about the future. In the past two years, we have faced the same problem as everyone else: how to solve the employee’s salary when the gross profit margin drops or even there is no income? Do you want to make takeout? In fact, everyone’s ideas are right. At any time, every enterprise has its reasons for making decisions.

Our thoughts are: first, you can’t change the big environment. When the store is busy, because of the large passenger flow in the restaurant, the service and products will make customers dissatisfied. When the epidemic rebounds, we are not so busy. What we can do is to ensure the satisfaction of the customers in the store. When you produce a set of products, you must ensure that the customer experience is good.

Second, you can’t decide the market. What we have to do is to train the people in the team. In the past, you might have been busy, so you didn’t have time to practice. Now is an opportunity, so you can practice your basic skills and further optimize your service process. We have arranged a lot of study for our employees.

Although corporate profits have declined, we will not make big moves, such as layoffs, price increases, take-away food, etc., as long as the company can’t bear it, at least not yet.

Rational development of supply chain based on stores

The development of Four Seasons Minfu supply chain is centered on the demand of stores. At first, it was just a small kitchen, producing standardized sauces and cold dishes, and then with the expansion of enterprise scale, a central kitchen and a roast duck distribution base were established. Cui Baohua said that they are still in the stage of groping and learning about the supply chain, and have produced the first fried sauce product. In the future, new retail may become the development focus of the supply chain sector.

Four Seasons Minfu was founded 14 years ago. At present, there are 20 stores. As a chain restaurant, it is slow to go. Chinese dinner track is not suitable for rapid replication and expansion. In the past two years, we have been making internal adjustments in management system, personnel training, equity mode adjustment and supply chain. Because our Chinese food chain model has developed to more than seven or eight stores, the biggest difficulty is the unstable quality. Chinese food is particularly difficult and cannot be solved by simple standardization. We have been standardizing Chinese food since we started our business in 2008. Every product is prepared in a standardized way before the meal. Even so, there are still many unstable points.

Supply chain and central kitchen are the keys to the stability of chain restaurants, but they also bring a contradiction: how to balance the relationship between standardization and personalized taste? After standardization, guests feel that your food is not delicious and has no past flavor. In this process, we should consider the trade-off between standardization and personalization. If it is not handled well, it is likely to be standardized and fast, but the passenger flow is lost and even eliminated by the market. Therefore, in the end, it will fall to products, and management should serve your business.

Golden garlic sweet and sour large yellow croaker

The cold dishes of Four Seasons Minfu are basically distributed by the central factory, and mixing and loading in the store will not affect the taste. However, most of the hot dishes are cooked in stores, and only standard sauces are prepared. The chef takes the materials, cuts and cooks them according to the SOP. For example, in kung pao chicken, all the shops cut, marinate and stir-fry now, which is better than the central kitchen cutting and salting.

We may also subtract the standardized products of the central kitchen in the future and try to restore them to the store. Otherwise, once the taste becomes "staple goods" and it tastes obviously industrialized, the happiness of the four seasons may come to an end.

When everyone is on the way to chef and standardization, we just can’t follow the crowd. We should pay attention to and follow up the trend, but we can’t follow it without thinking. Finally, if you lose your core competitiveness and your personality, you will easily be eliminated by the market.

Now I’m talking to Cui Baohua about the goals, all of which are related to the well-being of the people in the four seasons. They insist on deepening the store, slowly and steadily, and do their best to ensure the quality of products and customer satisfaction. With the growth of the enterprise, Cui Baohua has also become a generalist, and everything should be handled in R&D, production, safety and operation. At work, he is a down-to-earth doer; In life, he is a man who loves literature and art. He likes to watch exhibitions, travel and shoot and record the little things in his life. After more than 20 years as a cook, Cui Baohua can be said to have "accomplished something" in Beijing. The times make heroes, and heroes make times.

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Editor | Chu Hongke

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　　BEIJING, Beijing, April 15 (Reporter Zhang Xi) On the evening of the 15th, the opening ceremony of the 8th Beijing International Film Festival was held in Beijing. For the first time, the top three directors in the box office list of domestic films were on the same stage. Among them, Jason Wu, director of Wolf Warriors 2, said that China filmmakers are working hard to be craftsmen, and China audiences are increasingly supporting domestic films. He said frankly, "As long as the audience likes it, it is worthwhile to suffer again."

　　This year, the Beijing International Film Festival continues the seven main activities of the Tiantan Award, the opening ceremony, Beijing screening, Beijing planning theme forum, film market, film carnival, closing ceremony and award ceremony.

　　As the chairman of the International Jury of the Tiantan Award, Wong Kar-wai, a well-known director, said that although judging a movie can be very subjective, different people have their own tastes, but good movies must have one thing in common regardless of the theme and length, that is, the concentration and persistence of the creators.

　　Wong Kar-wai mentioned on the stage that when he was drinking soybean milk in a shop recently, he saw the words "I am willing to grind for you all my life" written at the bottom of the bowl, and he was deeply touched. In his view, although grinding beans and making movies are two different things, spirit and temperament are closely related. "I remember the famous director Mr. Yasujirō Ozu once commented on his creative process. He said that he just opened a tofu shop and only sold tofu. So I believe that only through this purity can an excellent work be achieved, so I value this purity. "

　　At the opening ceremony, for the first time, the three directors who won the first place and the third place in China box office were on the same stage. As the third-place director of Detective Chinatown 2, Chen Sicheng said with emotion that at first, a cinema manager pointed out that the film’s 123-minute length was too long, and suggested that it would be more beneficial to arrange the film if it was cut to 90 minutes. "But I hope to put ‘ Tang Tan ’ As a brand, the audience’s word of mouth is far more important than the box office, so I persisted. "

　　Lin Chaoxian, the director, said that no matter whether it’s "operation mekong" or the box office hit Operation Red Sea, such war movies are very tiring to shoot, but he likes them very much. "I like this kind of movies that make people excited and have positive energy.".

　　Jason Wu, the director who won the box office title with the film Wolf Warriors 2 last year, is also impressed on the stage today. "I was still very uneasy when I recommended Wolf Warriors 2 at the Beijing Film Festival last year. The film took three years from preparation to shooting, and finally presented 4,077 shots, which won 159 million people’s views. This shows that China filmmakers are trying to be craftsmen, while China audiences are increasingly supporting domestic films. As long as the audience likes it, they will suffer again.

　　Later, the three directors also looked forward to China’s films in ten years. Lin Chaoxian thought that there would be more and more realistic films, Chen Sicheng hoped that more foreign audiences would see China’s films, and Wu Jing bluntly said, "We need to study hard and exercise hard in this decade, and Do not forget your initiative mind will serve China’s films for another ten years."

　　It is worth mentioning that the shortlist of the Tiantan Award of this year’s Beijing International Film Festival was also announced at the opening ceremony. After five rounds of screening, 15 films from 19 countries and regions were shortlisted, including two China films such as Eighteen Cave Village in Operation Red Sea, and 13 overseas films such as Dark Wind, End of Journey in Britain and Scorching Summer in Iran. (End)

Recently, the Catalogue of Mammals in China (2021 Edition) (hereinafter referred to as the Catalogue) has been compiled. The Veterinary Branch of the Chinese Zoological Society organized domestic researchers who have been committed to the classification of mammals for a long time to complete this research.

Academician Wei Fuwen of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences is the core organizer of the compilation of Catalogue. He said that on the occasion of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBDCOP15), the achievements of the Catalogue will help researchers all over the world to jointly understand the rich mammal diversity in China.

Does the giant panda belong to the Giant Panda Family or Xiong Ke?

"Little Panda" has been divided into two species.

The Catalogue has been compiled since 2016, covering known mammal species distributed in all the territories and territorial waters of China. This includes both previous research results and recent scientific discoveries.

Because the giant panda has a "cat" in its name, many people associate it with cats. However, years of research have shown that there is no close genetic relationship between giant pandas and cats. So how do you classify giant pandas? Does the giant panda belong to the Giant Panda Family or Xiong Ke? With the deepening of research in recent years, the classification conclusion that "giant pandas belong to Xiong Ke" has been widely recognized by international academic circles, and this classification method has been adopted in the Catalogue to classify giant pandas into Xiong Ke.

Previous studies have found that there are obvious morphological differences between the red pandas distributed around the Himalayas and those in China, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, which leads scientists to divide the red pandas into two subspecies, Himalaya and China, or tend to upgrade both subspecies to species. In 2020, the research results of Wei Fuwen’s team supported the view of "species": that is, red pandas were divided into Himalayan red pandas and Chinese red pandas. The results of this study provide a scientific basis for the scientific protection of two kinds of wild red pandas, the establishment of accurate captive pedigree and the avoidance of interspecific hybridization. At the same time, this classification conclusion has also been adopted by this Catalogue.

The Catalogue contains reintroduced species.

Rhinoceroses are not included because they are extinct.

In the process of species collection, researchers in China have gradually formed scientific screening criteria. The Catalogue includes species that have been reintroduced to China and have formed wild populations in the wild. Elk is of special significance to Chinese. This species originally lived in the marshes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and disappeared completely in China in the early 20th century. In 1985, China began international cooperation, and once again introduced milu deer, and implemented plans of artificial breeding, free-range breeding and wild release of milu deer in Nanhaizi, Jiangsu Dafeng, Shishou, Hubei and Poyang Lake, Jiangxi. At present, the elk population almost completely covers the original habitat. Therefore, elk have also been included in the Catalogue.

According to records, rhinoceroses were distributed in China during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties two or three thousand years ago. However, due to the changes of climate and ecological environment, rapid population growth and other factors, rhinoceros disappeared in China in the middle of the 20th century. The List does not include rhinoceros, a species that has been confirmed to be distributed in the history of China, but has now been declared extinct. In addition, for those species with specimens but no distribution in China, disputed species and exotic species, this Catalogue has not been included yet.

When sorting species, the Catalogue catalogued according to the "phylogenetic tree" constructed by the latest phylogenetic relationship of various groups of mammals. Among them, Order and Family elements are arranged according to phylogenetic relationship, and sorted from the root of "phylogenetic tree"; Genus and Species are sorted by Latin alphabetical names.

Sufficient evidence is needed to promote more subspecies to species.

In China, human beings have 28 kinds of "relatives"

According to the research results of this Catalogue, the mammals in China are divided into 12 orders, such as Ceratoptera, Ceratoptera, Primates, Rabbiniformes, Rodents, Lauya insectivora, Chiroptera, Artiodactyla, Squamata and Carnivora. There are at least one species in China, namely, Asiatic Elephant, Dugong and Northern Tree Shrew. There are 235 species of rodents in China. There are 4 families, 9 genera and 29 species of primates to which we belong.

For the classification of species in the Catalogue, the compilers of the Catalogue emphasized that it conforms to the internationally accepted animal naming regulations. Species need to be supported by specimens, entities, photos and documents, and at the same time, morphology and molecular evidence should be combined. If there is only molecular evidence, we will not consider changing its original classification status for the time being. Wei Fuwen, for example, said that the current support for upgrading the subspecies of pronghorn, sika deer, red deer and argali to species is mainly based on morphological basis. Therefore, the Catalogue carefully did not upgrade the subspecies of the above species to species.

With more and more ancient mammal fossils accumulated by researchers and the rapid development of molecular systematics, the phylogenetic relationship among various groups of mammals is being re-evaluated. The original relationship between them has changed greatly at the level of order, family and species. The Catalogue also actively absorbed the latest achievements of these classification systems. For example, the "Cetaceans", which is a combination of Cetaceans and Artiodactyes, and the familiar bactrian camels, wild boar, roe deer, sika deer and wild yak are all in this new category. The original insectivora has now been divided into "African Hemiptera" and "Lauya insectivora", and the newly divided "Lauya insectivora" has been included in this Catalogue. Among them, the genus Anodonta can be further divided into island Anodonta, Taiwan Province Anodonta, South China Anodonta, Big Anodonta and Diaoyu Island.

China’s endangered animal population began to recover.

The Catalogue provides a reference for biodiversity protection.

Today, the mammals on the earth are facing threats such as habitat fragmentation, increased human activities, global climate change and frequent zoonotic major epidemics. According to the number of species, the rate of decline and the geographical distribution, IUCN classified the endangered degree of species into extinction (EX), wild extinction (EW), extremely endangered (CR), endangered (EN), vulnerable (VU) and near endangered (NT). If the grade is between "vulnerable" and "extremely dangerous", it means that the species has been threatened.

In recent years, China has attached great importance to the protection of ecological environment and biodiversity, and endangered animal populations such as giant panda, Siberian tiger and Tibetan antelope have begun to recover. Among them, the number of wild giant pandas reached more than 1860, and the threat level was reduced from "endangered" to "vulnerable". The number of Tibetan antelopes has also increased from less than 70,000 at the end of the 20th century to about 300,000 at present, and the threatened level has also dropped from "endangered" to "near-endangered".

Mastering the species diversity and taxonomic status of mammals is the basis of veterinary research and the premise of scientific protection of wild populations. Wei Fuwen said that the Catalogue of Mammals in China (2021 Edition) provided the latest basic information for the protection of mammal diversity in China; At the same time, in the process of revising the Catalogue, some issues such as the dispute of species classification, the promotion of subspecies to species, and the change of distribution area have been discovered, which have pointed out the important direction for the future study of mammal taxonomy.

Mammals endemic to China (link)

Mammals play an important role in maintaining ecological balance. People are also mammals, belonging to Mammalia-Primate-Hominidae-Hominidae.

China has a vast territory, complex terrain and diverse climate, and is one of the countries with the highest species diversity of mammals in the world. There are hundreds of endemic mammals, such as Anhui musk deer, black muntjac, muntjac, white-lipped deer, elk, Przewalski’s gazelle, Taiwan Province gazelle, baiji and Yangtze finless porpoise in cetaceans. Sichuan golden monkey, Yunnan golden monkey, Guizhou golden monkey, Hainan gibbon, Tibetan emirate monkey and Taiwan macaque in primates; Giant pandas and desert cats in Carnivora; Yunnan rabbits, Hainan rabbits, Tarim rabbits, etc.

—— Excerpted from Catalogue of Mammals in China (2021 Edition) and Research Progress of Mammals Classification and Phylogenetic Evolution in China.

In 2020, a number of excellent documentaries, such as the war on "epidemic", the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and the fight against poverty, have effectively exerted the image power of the "national photo album"; This year, many excellent documentaries emerged, which explored the spirit of traditional culture, told about humanity and nature, and reflected real life, greatly enriching the screen.

A few days ago, the State Administration of Radio and Television released a collection of outstanding domestic documentaries in 2020. Twenty-seven documentaries were on the list, including "Fighting the Epidemic with One Heart", "80 Days of Real Shooting in Jinyintan", "Life Destiny Report from Wuhan", "For Peace", "Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea to Defend Our Country", "The Armageddon against Poverty", "China" and "Aerial Photography of China (Season 3)".

Among these works, documentaries closely related to the theme, such as fighting the "epidemic", resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and tackling poverty, exert the image power of the "national photo album", tap the spirit of traditional culture, tell about humanity and nature, reflect real life, and continuously enrich the screen in this year. With the change of production technology and the expansion of documentary images, these high-quality documentaries, which are both artistic and valuable, promote the documentary to enter a new situation of high-quality development.

Stick to the main theme and unfold the narrative of home and country in real images.

Looking back at 2020, the sudden epidemic at the beginning of the year tested documentary workers, and a number of images with rapid response and various video recording methods became the window for people to understand the real epidemic progress. Standing in the final year of the decisive battle to get rid of poverty and win a well-off society in an all-round way, it also commemorates the 70th anniversary of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. A series of "main theme" documentaries emerged in 2020, which played an important role in the national narrative.

Six episodes of documentaryThe "epidemic" in the battle of one mindThe panorama shows the course of China people’s fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Medical workers from all over the country rushed to the front line, more than 4 million community workers from all over the country rushed to the front, and scientific researchers fought all night. The whole process of the construction of Vulcan Mountain and Thunder God Mountain hospital wrote "China Speed", which made the world cool and hot, and the international concerted battle "epidemic" highlighted the close connection of the community of destiny.

80 Days of Real Shooting at Jinyintan, Life Destiny, Report from WuhanDocumentaries focus on the center of the epidemic and record the warmth and tenacity of people in fighting the epidemic at close range. "80 Days of Real Shooting in Jinyintan" starts from the first perspective of the epidemic witnesses. The documentary features five COVID-19 patients. Their courage and strength in the ICU ward of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital and their life stories of ordinary individuals encourage the off-screen audience. As an extension of the brand column of satellite TV, Life Destiny Report from Wuhan records the process of Beijing’s medical team assisting Hubei to fight the epidemic together with patients in Wuhan. Eleven episodes contain the eagerness of medical workers to help Hubei, the sincerity of their comrades and the eagerness to embrace life.

At the same time,Today’s dragon looks upDocumentaries, etc., made new explorations in the form of production during the epidemic. Linking more than 30 provincial TV stations and more than 500 TV workers, 36 stories of wars and epidemics that took place all over the country on the second day of the second lunar month were connected in series, forming a floating day of national unity and mutual help.

"Leaving home is still a teenager, but returning has become a service to the country." In telling the story of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the documentaryFor peaceWith the combination of history and theory, documentary images and political commentary complement each other, and the program shows the glorious course and great national spirit of China people’s volunteers going abroad to fight by tracing back major historical events. 20 documentariesResist U.S. aggression and aid Korea to defend the countryA panoramic view of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was presented. The program conducted rescue interviews with the witnesses, and decrypted precious files and telegrams for the first time in the film. Some historical images were made public for the first time, and oral history and detailed data files restored the original appearance of history to the greatest extent. Six episodes of documentaryHeroFocus the story on the "loveliest person" vertically, and combatants, logistics personnel, medical staff, military translators, literary and art soldiers, etc. form a group of heroes to deeply show the story behind the heroes. Touching the national spirit in tracing the history, when the individual narrative meets the national memory, its spirit of the times shines again.

Pulling the timeline to the contemporary life scene, documentary workers came to the fields to record the fiery story of poverty alleviation. Ten episodes of documentaryOur story of poverty alleviation in 2020Eight directors followed the filming for four years. This group of directors with an average age of over 50 years took root in the soil. After a long period of fixed-point observation and follow-up recording, the stories of poverty alleviation in the "three districts and three States" deep poverty-stricken areas such as Medog in Tibet, Nujiang in Yunnan, Jinsha River and Yellow River beach formed a typical sample, and there was no explanation. Let the stories speak for themselves. The documentary witnessed the great achievements of poverty alleviation with the power of time.

Focusing on the process of industrial poverty alleviation, ex situ poverty alleviation, and education poverty alleviation in Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Guangxi, three episodes of documentaries.Armageddon against povertyVividly reflect the life picture of the road to poverty alleviation; With the theme of poverty alleviation cooperation between Guangdong and Guangxi,Drink a river togetherShow the road of "getting rich first" and "getting rich later" in Guangdong and Guangxi, and work together to achieve a well-off life;The most benefit of spring.Taking the story of poverty alleviation in rural Hunan as the context, it shows the past and future of rural China;The field of hope, Ussuri’s new songDeeply focus on the story of Hezhe people living along the Wusuli River since the reform and opening up. On the one hand, the soil and water have changed and remained unchanged, and precious local chronicles have been written.

Resonate with the times and reflect the national spirit with multiculturalism.

Grasping the pulse of the times and looking back at the new connotation of traditional culture, a number of cultural and historical documentaries with novel themes and expressions have made new breakthroughs in their production and dissemination methods. With upgraded content quality, rich cultural heritage and based on an international perspective, these documentaries exude vitality in the collision of multiculturalism.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Tang Dynasty, DocumentaryChina.Following the historical context to sort out the long-standing Chinese culture, the evolution of civilization in system, economy and culture has jumped to the screen. Different from the production of traditional historical documentaries, "China" further explores the audio-visual language and forms of expression. The artistic scenery setting, 8K photography and soundtrack are quite magnificent. At the same time, the documentary breaks the traditional linear narrative, captures key events, and imagines real-life scenes, which is both aesthetically elegant and historically heavy, presenting a comprehensive, three-dimensional and true national image.

"Xiling is not cold", documentaryXiling printing societyTaking the century-old historical changes of a printing press as the axis, this paper tells about the culture of Chinese studies and the spiritual character of literati and officialdom. With the help of media communication, the documentary triggered a heated discussion after it was broadcast.Hometown of literatureFollow-up filming of six writers Jia Pingwa, Alai, Chi Zijian, Bi Feiyu, Liu Zhenyun and Mo Yan’s trip to their hometowns, which is both their hometown and their habitat. From north to south, their relationship with their hometown also forms a literary map on the geographical axis, reflecting how the root of culture occurred and how it went overseas.

Beauty of ChinaFocus on the world-renowned artists in China, and start a dialogue between tradition and modernity from the perspectives of architecture, calligraphy and painting, opera, dance, music and design. Among them, there are both artists’ self-reports and creative exhibitions, which dig deep into the aesthetic core of China elements and are full of poetic beauty.Make friends with the pastIt is also a beneficial practice to build a bridge between tradition and pop, to follow the guests’ cultural exploration journey, and to understand the cultural factors, new content, youthfulness and new mode of production in the collision of ancient and modern cultures.

"The United States and the United States are United, and the world is the same". Historical and humanistic documentaries not only take care of the changes of ancient and modern times, but also play the artistic function of "sightseeing" of culture. Documentaries produced by international cooperation and going abroad to visit cultural traces interpret the new connotation of the times in international exchanges.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy, a 4K micro-documentary based on micro-video was presented.From Chang ‘an to RomeRealize micro-recording and light expression. As the first achievement of film and television cooperation between China and Italy under the "Belt and Road Initiative", the documentary shows the collision and blending of ancient and modern civilizations of the two countries from the parallel perspective of "A Tale of Two Cities", and expounds the Silk Road spirit from different angles such as social life, silk road commerce and military exploration.

Visitors from the seaBased on the first French merchant ship that sailed directly to China 300 years ago, the "Anfeite Park Jung Su" was used as a clue to restore the legendary story of the Maritime Silk Road. The creative team excavated historical materials by visiting many places, and showed the ups and downs of history with a suspenseful narrative method.China’s TreasureProduced in the form of Sino-British international cooperation, following the China Museum’s treasure hunt by the host of the British history program, eight China cities, with a journey of more than 7,000 kilometers, took a year to shoot, and the program presented a colorful picture of the long river of Chinese history and culture in the dialogue between China and the West.

Highlight the humanistic connotation and tell the story of China well.

Extracting creative materials from reality, keenly capturing documentaries of life, or reflecting the great era with little people, or presenting a simple philosophy of life with the relationship between man and nature, these works respond to social concerns with real images and record the new era.

New year’s broadcastLife for the first timeTaking the method of squatting and shooting, we capture the "first time" of ordinary individuals in 12 important stages of life, such as birth, school, starting a family, starting a career and providing for the elderly, and form a life picture full of laughter and tears. Documentary not only warmly touches the dilemma of life, but also brings emotional comfort to the audience in this special year. Documentary film"great! TeenagerLanding in the cinema in December 2020, a group of teenagers from all over the country formed a special baseball team at the Love Baseball Base in the suburbs of Beijing, and did not compromise their fate. The film recorded the ignorant and passionate lives of these teenagers with deep humanistic care.

In addition to observing the relationship between man and the environment, documentaries recording the life of man and nature are also full of humanistic philosophies.Mountains and Rivers in Xinjiang (Season 1)Taking the "Three Mountains" of Tianshan Mountain, Kunlun Mountain and Altai Mountain as the main line, the story of strugglers and builders in the new era, the unique regional culture and the struggle stories of all walks of life present a magnificent land of Xinjiang. The first documentary about animal nature set in Beijing.Our Animal NeighborsTaking the wild animals in the city as the shooting object, the three-year shooting recorded the changes of the city landscape, providing a new reference for the harmonious development of man and nature.

It took four years to shoot.Blue landIt is the first time that China Documentary Team has taken a comprehensive and systematic picture of the ocean in the form of a nature documentary, and it is also the largest, widest and most comprehensive marine shooting action in China so far. From the perspectives of seasons, trends, coastal wetlands, islands, bays and survival challenges, the documentary shows a mysterious and magnificent blue realm.Aerial photography of China (season 3)Taking Yunnan Province, Anhui Province, Guizhou Province, Shandong Province, Tianjin City, Shanxi Province, Jilin Province, Hunan Province, Hebei Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as the shooting objects, it continues to show the vastness of 9.6 million square kilometers and the surging of 3 million square kilometers. Assemble a creative team of 300 people, with a total flight range of more than 250,000 kilometers. With the upgrading of aerial photography technologies such as 4K ultra-high definition and helium balloons, documentaries not only explore the beauty of nature, but also show regional culture and humanistic characteristics.

Zoom in, China’s first nature gardening documentary.Flowers bloom in ChinaThrough the culture and history of camellia, rhododendron, rose, chrysanthemum and peony, the beauty of plants and humanity is displayed. 4K standard time-lapse photography, animation, microphotography and other shooting methods accurately capture the growth process of flowers and bring visual wonders.

"Finding the right topic, telling a good story and making a fine work" is the important mission of documentary creation at present. Documentary workers constantly enhance their "foot strength, eyesight, brain power and pen power" in the creation of real images. This time, 27 works selected for the collection of excellent domestic documentaries in 2020 have innovative expressions in their artistry and ideological connotation. Next, in the face of new voice, new technology and new gameplay, domestic documentaries will bring more excellent works in the high-quality development stage.

Editor | Sui Fangfang Ning Yahong

creator in chief


"Green Pants" Bao Beier


Bao Beier and the "green pants shape" on the poster at the back set each other off.

　　　The Chinese comedy movie "The Battle of Shama Town" finally broke through the fog to reveal its deity and made its grand premiere on June 23rd. Director Li Weiran, together with Sun Honglei, Lin Chi-ling, Huang Hai Bo and Bao Beier, made their debut at Sina Entertainment to promote the film release.

　　The Battle of Shama Town broke the traditional Chinese comedy style, and the word "original" took the lead. The film’s leading actor is even more subversive, including Sun Honglei and Lin Chi-ling, who have made great breakthroughs in both modeling and deductive techniques. Bao Beier, a young actor who has gradually emerged in the film and television circle, has become the focus of media discussion with his "green trousers" style.

Green Pants Mix and Match Fashion Show Bao Beier Leads Fashion Style

　　No matter from which actor, the shape of "Battle of Shama Town" is a major feature of the film. Li Weiran, the director, revealed that these clothes didn’t have much features when they first arrived at the crew, but the popular "mix and match style" of the "Final Battle" crew brought full inspiration to everyone. So under everyone’s careful mix and match, Lin Chi-ling’s "Rose of Chopper", Sun Honglei’s "Sharp Village Head" and Bao Beier’s "Green Pants" were released. In addition, Bao Beier added a lot of originality to his green trousers, such as the "urinal opening" at the back and the "thigh gap" looming, all of which became the highlights of the whole play, which was impressive. So that when Li Liqun first came to the crew, he saw the image of Bao Beier and said, "Xiao Bao, I want to go crazy when I see your green pants." Sun Honglei said with a smile: "Some friends from the French and German fashion circles are very interested in Bao Beier’s green wool pants, saying that it is very promising to lead the fashion trend in the next few years."

For the first time, I joined hands with nervous people in Bao Beier, Sun Honglei.

　　Bao Beier, who became popular in the entertainment industry with his superb acting skills, was once praised by many audiences as "Little David". Bao Beier said with a smile: "I wanted to take the idol route, but the food of the crew was too good, which was self-defeating and distorted." Compared with the unkempt image of "touching the dog" on the poster of "Battle of Shama Town", Bao Beier lost a lot of weight. When talking about the reason, Bao Beier laughed. "I was a normal person. For the first time, I cooperated with big names like Brother Hong Lei and Sister Zhiling. I was so nervous that I couldn’t sleep well, so I was swollen." The master revealed that Bao Beier’s "Touching the Dog" was not a fool at first, but under Bao Beier’s repeated experiments, discussions with the director, second creation and "everyone’s help and pressure", what was presented to the audience was "Touching the Dog", which was different from the original script. Although this image was quite distorted, it became a classic of the film and added a lot of color to the film.

　　In addition, Bao Beier admitted that the biggest treasure he "dug up" when filming "The Battle of Shama Town" was his cooperation with other actors, and he "benefited a lot from them". Li Weiran, the director, also said that it was like working together to achieve a dream. "The sense of fulfillment is indescribable.".