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Red is the most culturally significant and auspicious color in China, symbolizing good fortune, joy, prosperity, and long life. Rooted in ancient traditions and the legendary fear of the monster Nian, red permeates major celebrations, architecture, and daily symbolism across Chinese culture...
围绕 “色彩” 这一概念展开，通过展现五种颜色所对应的五方水土在四季更迭中的奇美风光与多位主人公扣人心弦的故事，为观众奉上一场极具冲击力的视觉盛宴，同时阐释其背后所蕴含的阴阳平衡的核心哲学思。
围绕 “色彩” 这一概念展开，通过展现五种颜色所对应的五方水土在四季更迭中的奇美风光与多位主人公扣人心弦的故事，为观众奉上一场极具冲击力的视觉盛宴，同时阐释其背后所蕴含的阴阳平衡的核心哲学思。
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00:02In China, there is an ancient philosophy based on a school of thought thousands of years old.
00:08It's called Wuxing.
00:12According to Wuxing, there are five colors that dominate the cycle of life.
00:22Green, like spring in new growth.
00:27Red, for the heat of fire.
00:32Yellow, the imperial color.
00:36White, representing autumn.
00:43And powerful black.
00:49On a fascinating journey through China, we explore the meaning of color.
00:54And learn how it continues to influence the lives of people in contemporary times.
01:00When they grow their cars.
01:03Let them wear them in the談ers.
01:06Yeah, that's a coincidence.
01:37Millions of years ago, the red mountains of Dancia were beneath the ocean.
01:43Life is constantly changing, and here, nature has produced an extraordinary range of colors.
01:54The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said change is central to the universe.
01:59Over a thousand years before Heraclitus, the principle of change was already established
02:05in the philosophical foundation of Wuxing.
02:12Wuxing divides life into five ever-changing stages, each related to an element, a color,
02:19and a season.
02:22Red represents the element of fire and the season of summer.
02:31Red also symbolizes good fortune and joy, and is most commonly associated with the numerous
02:38festivities of China.
02:40And no festival is more important than the beginning of the new year, the spring festival.
02:55We are in the ancient city of Pingyao, in the province of Shanxi.
03:00It's three days before new year, and the last of the red lanterns are being hung.
03:14Now is the last chance to buy red decorations, and to guarantee prosperity, the must-have fish
03:20for the New Year's Eve family dinner.
03:24Everyone who can celebrates this event with their family.
03:29Cheng Baofu takes his grandson to buy meat.
03:33It's one of the traditional tasks for the male members of the family.
03:40When a beloved angel in Yokoh makan, they can bear the name of the family.
03:43How many people are there?
03:45This is used to be like white rice rice rice rice rice rice rice rice rice rice rice rice rice
03:47rice.
03:47Well, it's the same.
03:48It's all right.
03:48I am pleased to have him.
03:49I'm very satisfied.
03:50My brother was doing the same climate change in the summer.
03:53He was doing the same climate change in the summer where he켜ge a lot.
03:54He let me versus me and let him go to the same climate.
03:57Then, I love the same climate change in the world.
03:59I love the same climate change in the fall.
04:05Maintaining traditions and teaching them to the younger generation is very important in the Chung family.
04:26Grandmother Chi Chiying prepares flower buns with her daughter-in-law.
04:52The buns have different shapes and meanings.
04:55It's important to prepare enough as they are not only for eating but also for offering to the gods.
05:17When steaming the buns, Chi Chiying always gets a little nervous.
05:22Timing is crucial to ensure they are the right size.
05:30It's so high.
05:33It's so high.
05:34It's a flower.
05:38It's a flower.
05:40It's a flower.
05:42It's beautiful.
05:45It's beautiful.
05:47It's very beautiful.
05:50It's beautiful.
06:06Cheng Baofu's family settled in Pingyao during the Qing dynasty.
06:11At first, the family lived outside the old city walls, but moved into this house around
06:17300 years ago.
06:19Since then, their home hasn't changed much, neither have the traditions around the new year.
06:48The family lived outside the house.
06:51They came to the house.
06:59The family lived outside the house.
07:01The family lived outside the house.
07:05OK, I'm sure you've got it.
07:18The offerings at the windows are for the gods
07:21who don't have an altar inside the house.
07:23The coal in the centre is a symbol of wealth.
07:36If you don't have it, you're going to have an altar.
07:41You're going to have an altar inside the house.
07:42You're going to have an altar inside the house.
07:45We're going to have an altar inside the house.
07:46Right?
07:47Just like this.
07:56On the last day of the old year,
07:58the couplets at the main entrance have to be renewed.
08:03You can't wait until you've got a tree.
08:05Yes, I'm not sure about this.
08:09No, it's not yet.
08:09No, I don't like this.
08:11No.
08:13The perfect thing for you is to feel like this is not necessary.
08:14Do you want theți to feel like this?
08:14Yes, yes.
08:15Yes, yes.
08:19They're able to keep it straight there,
08:21they don't have to be able to keep it.
08:24They're not going to keep it straight.
08:28But they're able to keep it straight there.
08:30Yes, but yes.
08:33至少天流日月人正守
08:34行人偿次
08:37吉人偿次
08:39八人哪次
08:43在十会儿中之处
08:46必然再定明年计划
08:56这不是要放开了 江伟
08:57放开了
08:58干了
09:17One important task on the last day of the year is filling Hongbao with equal amounts of cash.
09:23The red envelopes will be given to young family members, visiting to pay tribute to their
09:29elders on the first morning of the new year.
09:47The house of the Chong family, like the entire town of Pingyao, is constructed according
09:53to the principles of Feng Shui.
09:55It aims to ensure people follow the laws of nature, and live in harmony with their surroundings.
10:02We have been living in three hundred years of age.
10:12We have been living in three hundred years of age.
10:14We have been living in three hundred years of age.
10:43The largest piece of coal is reserved for the middle of the courtyard.
10:46It has to be positioned in exactly the right location.
11:06On New Year's morning, directly behind it, Chongbaofu will light a fire with nine layers of coal.
11:14The Chinese character for number nine, or chu, is also contained in the word for permanent,
11:20Yongju.
11:32The town of Pingyao was founded in the fourteenth century.
11:36Today, it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is said to be the template for the cities of ancient China.
11:43The original city wall, with seventy-two watchtowers, still stands today.
12:03Fire is a severe threat to the timber structure of the city's old buildings.
12:07Every precaution is taken to keep the city safe.
12:22So while everybody returns home to their families for New Year, the Pingyao firemen remain on duty.
12:40Hey!
12:42Have you looked at the Winter?
12:44Hey!
12:44Have you looked at the Winter?
12:45Have you been waiting for the citizens to keep the peace of the state?
12:50The security was given for the country!
12:52Do we know the equipment for the set of steel?
12:53The equipment for the set of steel should be perfect and perfect!
12:54To make the net to finish the set.
13:01With the temperature below zero, some equipment might freeze and fail when it's needed.
13:06The captain of the Pingyao Fire Brigade, Ko Shu Shuai, carefully checks everything is operating as it should.
13:28In the narrow streets of Pingyao, only small trucks can operate, so preventing fire is far more effective than fighting
13:35it.
13:50Let's take a look.
13:50Let's look at this.
13:51The supply chain is larger.
13:55We need to take care of the supply chain.
13:57This is a four-year-old.
13:58There are a lot of people here.
14:00We are happy to see you.
14:07Many fires are caused by faulty electrical connections during spring festival, when electricity use is at its highest.
14:18You're on the left side.
14:20This way, we need to fix the road.
14:21We need to fix our buildings.
14:22You can fix the building under the roof.
14:24Let's go on the roof.
14:25May we use it.
14:25Let's go.
14:51In Wuxing, red symbolises not only luck, joy and celebration, but also a long life.
15:00The element connected to red is fire.
15:07Lighting incense is part of every commemoration and celebration.
15:11Its aromatic smoke is said to carry prayers to the gods, to be cleansing and purifying,
15:18or a simple aid to relaxation.
15:21From temples to private homes, incense is burnt throughout China.
15:28A large part of China's incense is produced in the small town of Da Hu in Fujian province.
15:36Production always starts in the middle of the night, so the sticks are ready to dry during
15:41the day.
16:04Da Pu is known as the town of incense.
16:07There are almost 300 companies producing the burning sticks, for all kinds of purposes
16:13in a wide range of sizes and colours.
16:26Pu Jin Tiao only produces the classic type, red.
16:31It's mainly used for worshipping the ancestors.
16:35He doesn't enjoy starting his work at night, but he loves what comes from it.
16:40He has a good taste of the balde of the birds.
16:43This is a good taste of the birds with the birds and the birds.
16:55And it's quite easy to make the birds with the birds.
16:58If it's good enough, it's nice to make the birds.
17:03It's better to make the birds with the birds.
17:24On the incense maker's rooftop, the night's production is being dried.
17:33We're going to take a look back and look back, because we're going to get rid of the bad things.
17:39We're going to be afraid to burn the incense for three or two minutes.
17:45If it doesn't burn the incense, then we're not happy.
17:58Yellow incense is considered to have a balancing effect,
18:01whereas red is seen as powerful and energetic.
18:14Some temples order special sticks up to three metres long.
18:18They are used as decoration for the New Year festivities or other big celebrations.
18:52Music
18:53This expanse of seaweed blooms crimson with the late summer heat.
19:08In Wuxing, red is connected to the season of summer
19:12and the time of day when the sun reaches its highest position.
19:23That is how to drink water.
19:29It was a great day to eat.
19:40It was wonderful.
19:44This is SCEO.
19:59It's also a time of festivities, especially for the Yi, one of China's fifty-six minority
20:06groups who live mainly in South Sichuan and Yunnan.
20:16Their most important celebration is the fire festival at the beginning of August.
20:26It's only two days until this year's festival and everybody is preparing to look their best.
20:37The men are looking forward to bullfights and horse races in the local stadium.
20:46The Yi girls are far more interested in another event, the annual beauty contest.
20:54Feng Yin is sixteen years old and this year is the first time she's competing in the contest.
21:02Zhimu Zhuga is her father.
21:04He works as a bus driver and today he made a special detour for his daughter.
21:21Large silver ornaments are part of the traditional Yi costume. Zhimu Zhuga has hired them for his daughter.
21:28The hippie hunters always come home with this trip to visit us.
21:37He took it to us eight thousand dollars.
21:40He took it to him because he grew older and he was still teaching a school.
21:49He takes a good school class for college to study.
21:53I like this one.
21:59Do you like this one?
22:08I like this one.
22:09I like this one.
22:09I haven't seen this one.
22:11In the past,
22:12when they brought it to火把,
22:14it was a very angry feeling.
22:17People gave it a special name.
22:19It was called,
22:19I like this one.
22:21I like this one.
22:22I like this one.
22:23I like this one.
22:24I like this one.
22:31Grandmother helps with the test run of the costume
22:33for Fong Yin and her cousins.
22:35She knows best how to wear the traditional clothes.
22:41It's three colors.
22:42It's red, red, and red.
22:43It's red.
22:46It's blue.
22:47It's blue.
22:48It's white.
22:49It's yellow.
22:51It's yellow.
22:51It's red.
22:53It's red.
22:55I like the red.
22:56It's blue.
22:57I like this one.
23:03I like this one.
23:09It's lovely.
23:10I like this one.
23:24The fire festival is also called the torch festival.
23:27On the first day to start the ceremony, torches are lit in every home's fireplace.
23:50Then the men carry the torches out to their family fields to chase away bad spirits.
24:02At the end of the day, we have nol.
24:12Trio.
24:13– Hooray.
24:14– Gly.
24:15– A candle.
24:19– Gly.
24:20Hooray.
24:22– Hsieh!
24:44The Beemur, a wise and experienced elder, waits at the fire to give his blessing to
24:49the ceremony.
25:31On the second day of the Torch Festival, crowds gather in the local stadium.
25:36This is the biggest event in the festival calendar.
25:43Everyone wants to be part of the action.
26:19Fong Yin and her cousin Aga have worked for two hours on their makeup.
26:24They walked all the way from their home to the stadium.
26:43What she didn't know was that she'd receive another surprise from her father.
26:55It's a big one, but it feels very high, right?
27:00It's pretty.
27:01I really like it.
27:09It's a big one.
27:10It's a big one.
27:14It's a big one.
27:18But Fong Yin's father is missing all of this.
27:22It's the busiest day of the year, and he has to drive the bus.
27:26His daughter has her big event without him.
27:29My father told me that he couldn't come today.
27:31It's a little regret.
27:33But he's able to maintain our life.
27:41The large bonfire of torches has set alight, and the ceremony officially commences.
27:51The large bonfire of torches is a big one.
27:57The large bonfire of torches is a big one.
28:23In the old days, the Fyre Festival was a big matchmaking event, and the girl who won an award at
28:29the beauty club was a big one.
28:30And the young girl who won the party contest had a greater chance of finding a wealthy husband.
28:36Fong Yin wants to finish school before even thinking about a boyfriend.
28:40But winning here has always been her dream.
28:45The temperature is over 30 degrees, and the girls have to wait a long time while the jury evaluates clothes,
28:52beauty, and posture.
28:56Then, finally, the decision.
29:16Everyone wants a photo of the award-winning girls.
29:43In Wuxin, the element of fire is linked to the second season, summer, but it also stands for the second
29:51stage of life, youth.
29:54A time of dynamic passion and energy.
30:25Elements and colors also play an important role in Chinese cooking.
30:30Red food is believed to be good for the heart, small intestines, and brain.
30:36Classic food for this purpose is red pepper, as found in the markets of Kashgar in the southwest of the
30:42country.
30:45For over 2,000 years, Kashgar was the biggest trading post on the old Silk Road, and the markets here
30:52are still the largest in the country, with many varieties of spices, including red chili peppers.
31:11Before they can be used, the peppers have to be dried.
31:15This is mainly done in the arid desert surrounding Kashgar.
31:19These are the drying fields close to the Tian Shan mountain range of Xinjiang.
31:34The chili peppers have to be turned constantly so they dry evenly.
31:42Hundreds of people work on drying the peppers.
31:44Two of them are farmer Zoram Mamu and her husband.
31:50I also like to eat辣椒.
31:52It's good to eat辣椒.
31:55It's good to eat辣椒.
31:58There's a green onion.
31:59There's a green onion.
32:03There's a green onion.
32:06There's a green onion.
32:08There's a green onion.
32:11There's a green onion.
32:13T digestion.
32:19Well,沖 yes, there are growing multiplies.
32:24Some are green leaves.
32:25I prefer green roses all.
32:26In my contemporan, lazy bushes tra師.
32:27I create blue rocks all over paljon water.
32:27As high as high as high as high as high as low as high as low as low.
32:29Many tomatoes, they also eat blue it to be green.
32:30I like pink animals.
32:33Do not eat blue personas…
32:36In the University of Minnesota
32:40Seems that green honey is green.
32:49The owners of big restaurants don't go to the markets for their chilies, they buy them
32:54directly from the fields.
32:58So does chef Ma.
32:59He usually buys a full load of chilies every month.
33:03How much do you do?
33:04I'm not sure.
33:06It's hot.
33:07It's hot.
33:07It's hot?
33:08It's hot.
33:18We have to eat the chilies.
33:20We have to eat more.
33:22If you don't eat the chilies, you have to eat the chilies.
33:25If you don't eat the chilies, you can't eat the chilies.
33:28If you don't like to eat the chilies, you can eat the chilies.
33:32It's really good.
33:33If you don't like to eat the chilies, you don't have to.
34:02If you don't like to eat the chilies, you can eat the chilies.
34:04guests her daughter and her grandchildren to create a good mood
34:13grandmother prepares the food with a lot of joy and of course with the best
34:18ingredients
34:25typical way where food consists of meats and a lot of chili sons are is also
34:30served crispy fried bread made from wheat flour
34:53another stunning red landscape can be found in bingo park the shapes of the
34:59mountains have colorful names like praying man or camel welcomes guests the
35:07region is part of the young a dance here Gio Park
35:27a red landscape makes the perfect background for a wedding picture of
35:33course the traditional color for a Chinese wedding is red so for newlywed
35:39couples the dance here Park is a perfect location
35:59the more spectacular the picture the better the memory some Chinese couples also
36:04marry in white however the traditional bridal photo is always preferably with a
36:09red dress
36:28some of the most spectacular wedding dresses in the fashion world are created by Gua Pei
36:33one of China's most famous out couture designers
36:38international stars like Brianna wear Gua Pei's
36:41gowns but red wedding dresses are among her favorite creations
36:52in our wedding dresses
36:54in our holiday or in our important days we chose the red one
36:57so today the Chinese people why in the wedding
36:59most people chose the red one because they chose the red one
37:03and they chose their wedding
37:04so this is a good holiday
37:08and a good holiday
37:08and a good holiday
37:09It's the only day of the day before the king of the king.
37:15The red was the only one.
37:18The red represents the gift, the celebration, the喜, the祝福, the excitement.
37:27It also represents the fire, the temperature, and the love.
37:33Groupe is preparing for her next haute couture show to be held in Paris.
38:09Groupe's Paris show will be titled Eastern Palace.
38:13It refers to the elaborate gowns and robes once worn in the imperial palaces.
38:28Groupe is considered a modern messenger of her culture.
38:32She has breathed new life into embroidery and painting traditions, dating back thousands of years.
38:40She combines Chinese arts with contemporary innovation and Western style.
38:48Today I use the line is not traditional.
38:50I haven't seen the line of the line of the line.
38:53If it doesn't have the line of the line, I will break it.
38:58So I think this is very important.
39:02The teacher tells you all of the ancient techniques.
39:06You must be able to make today's想象力.
39:09So you can create today's so-called,
39:12we can say, we can say,
39:13we can say, we can say,
39:13we can say,
39:14we can say, we can say,
39:30A wedding dress by Groupe
39:32transcends time and culture.
39:38I think it's a really interesting thing.
39:41If I put the red color as a young age,
39:56I hope that every detail will understand why.
40:00Because the design is a way to express the way.
40:03I hope that the design is a way to express the way.
40:03I hope that the design is a way to express the way.
40:05I hope that the design is a way to transmit it.
40:11Even though the design is something I want to do,
40:15I want to collaborate with our future.
40:20It's an awesome theme.
40:36To ensure their daughter's wedding is the most spectacular day of her life, the parents
40:41of Li Wei Han have invested an address by Guo Pei.
40:45It will be worn for one day, but it carries a lot of meaning.
40:49When she comes to the name of Xiao Wei Han, she will be named after the name of Xiao.
40:57My daughter is a horse, and she is a horse.
41:02She is a horse, and she is a horse.
41:06This represents her two people.
41:21This is the bride's last moment alone with her parents, before the action starts.
41:30On this day, the bridesmaids have one goal.
41:36They will only allow the groom to see the bride when he and his groomsmen have paid enough
41:41money, money that is traditionally given in red hongbao envelopes, or nowadays via the
41:48internet.
41:50Finally, the groom arrives, but it would take him a lot of effort and cash to get to the
41:56bride's boudoir.
41:58Thanks to modern technology, she can track all his challenges.
42:40Ending
42:45I was going to go out with two more people.
42:50I'm going to go out with two more people.
42:52Come on.
42:53Come on.
42:54Come on.
42:55Come on.
42:57Look, I'm getting ready.
42:59No, no, no.
43:03No, no, no.
43:03You're going to get ready.
43:07I'm going to get ready.
43:11I love my wife from today, you are the leader of the most.
43:16In the future, I will be in the next few days.
43:20First, I will be in love with the wife.
43:23The wife is the sun, the wife is the sun.
43:25Second, after I eat the food, the wife will eat.
43:29I don't eat.
43:34Three, the wife will eat.
43:35Good!
43:36Good!
43:37Good!
43:38Good!
43:40Good!
43:46Here we go!
43:48Here!
44:09It's the last day of the old year in Pingyao.
44:30The Changs are having their traditional family dinner.
44:48For Chang Baofu, this evening with his sons and grandchildren is the most precious of the year.
44:53Here, let's go to the next day.
44:57Let's go to the next day.
44:59Let's go to the next day.
45:02I'll be happy to see you.
45:04It's a great day.
45:06Let's go to the next day.
45:09Let's go to the next day.
45:11Let's go to the next day.
45:14We're ready to go to the next day.
45:19Let's go to the next day.
45:35Pingyao's firemen can't leave their post, so their families come to them for a special dinner on New Year's Eve.
45:54Then they go on patrol.
45:56Hopefully, it will stay quiet tonight.
46:26But not if Chang Baofu can help it.
46:28He's chasing away the bad ghosts with New Year's Eve fireworks.
46:41After that, a few gifts.
46:43The most commonplace.
46:48I'll be happy to see you!
46:49My husband!
46:50Give me some money.
46:52How are you?
46:55I'm happy to see you.
46:56I'm happy to see you.
47:10I'm happy to see you.
47:11until the flames meet the first light of the rising sun.
47:42Ji Cha Ying also rose early to cook brown sugar soup.
47:46It will add sweetness to the coming year.
47:49And some popcorn.
47:51It means they won't get sick.
48:01Three times around the fire in each direction.
48:04So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:14So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:15So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:29So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:30So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:30So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:31So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:32So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:34So bad spirits can't follow them.
48:41and then a prayer for the ancestors.
49:03On New Year's morning, members of the Wider family visit.
49:07Today, they number 46.
49:09It's hard to remember all the names.
49:25They pay their respects to the elders in the order they were born.
49:30They need to pay their respects to the elders.
49:34And if they only pay attention to the elders, we will pay their respects to the elders.
49:41We pay attention to them.
49:46What are you paying for?
49:48.
49:55Let's have a hand.
50:02Oh, it's good.
50:05It's good to have fun.
50:07Oh, it's good.
50:13Come on, let's go.
50:16Come on.
50:17Come on.
50:19Bye-bye.
50:20Bye-bye.
50:21Bye-bye.
50:25My wife is too many.
50:27It's too many.
50:39All traditions meet modern life, and red, the color of joy, is ever-present.
51:09The philosophical foundations of Wuxing reach back millennia.
51:17But the meaning of the colors, the importance of the elements, and the seasons connected
51:23with them are inseparable from Chinese culture, touching every aspect of life, even today.
51:29So,
51:58we'll be right back.
52:10For many adventures,
52:10we'll see you next week.
52:10Which was a miracle of this year.
52:11We were so lucky,
52:11the chosen one that's the one that helped us.
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