24 Episodes Documentary "NAXI REFLECTIONS"

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Products Name	"NAXI REFLECTIONS"
Production Country	Mainland China
Theme Type	Mystery
Episode Volume	24
Episode Length	25 min

NAXI REFLECTIONS

Cultural Anthropology Series on Naxi Nationality in Southwest China.

ABOUT NAXI REFLECTION

Taking 4 years and costing more than RMB 4 million in its production, NAXI REFLECTION is a high-quality documentary series faithfully recording in a cultural anthropoligical point of view, the life and culture of the Naxi, an ethnic group living in northwest Yunnan province of China.

To the production team of this documentary, their highest priority in 2008 is to introduce this series to the world through domestic and foreign media, so as to contribute to preservation of the traditional culture and heritage of the Naxi community.

This documentary production is by CMPASIA Communications.

The Program Copyrights belongs to CMPASIA Communications in Taipei.

PROGRAM SPECIAL FEATURES

A cross-cultural journey

Each documentary of this series focuses on one aspect of the Naxi culture, such as language, religion, custom, and habits. In this meaning, this series covers almost all aspects of the Naxi ethnic group, including the people, their life, the place they live, and it leads to you to a journey to the life of the Naxi people, the mountains and rivers they live by, and their unique culture and folkways.

A great visual experience

Unlike those ordinary documentaries published or broadcasted that feature of merely shallow observation or novelties, NAXI REFLECTION is produced in the style of documentaries from the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel. It is a comprehensive record of the past and the present state of the Naxi people and a presentation of the blueprint for the development of the Naxi community, particularly on social development and the growth of the local tourism industry. Many experts in documentary commended that this series is the most comprehensive and in-depth record of the Naxi community. (See Attchment_A)

A highly recommended documentary

The Impression of the Naxi is widely accepted by viewers outside of China. It is also highly recommended by both domestic and foreign media. It is said that this series reveals the mysterious culture of the Naxi community, enhanced the cohesion between mainland Chinese and overseas Chinese, and presented the unique position of the Naxi culture in the Chinese culture.

Program Awards

◆When the series was in production, it was awarded the first prize of National Education Award by the China Education TV Association.

◆In November 2001, the first documentary of the series, The Naxi Women, was selected by the Ministry of Education as a program for the International Eduation TV Program Contest (Japan Award) held by the NHK Broadcasting. Among 175 programs from 50 countries, The Naxi Women made it to the final round. Although in the end it was not given any award, people attended this contest showed great interest in the NAXI REFLECTION.

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About the Naxi Reflection

In the winter of 1999, when I was doing field studies at Shuming, a mountainous village in Lijiang’s Tacheng Township, I came across a group of television reporters from Taiwan’s CMP Communications in the house of a Dongba priest by the name of He Guihua. Fascinated by the folk ways of life of this Naxi village, they were then occupying themselves with coverage o f a communal heaven-worshipping ceremony and other Dongba activities organized by He Shun, another old Dongba priest of the village. These activities were rarely seen in other parts of Lijiang. The devotion of the team to their work impressed me immensely, but I did not take too much of this to heart as there were then too many television reporters and film-makers swarming into Lijiang.

What I had not expected was the perseverance of this team from Taiwan. They were so attracted by the mysterious "Naxi Kingdom" that they made permanent stay at Lijiang. Each day saw them climbing hills and visiting villages in quest of the old Naxi ways of life and cultural tradtions. To understand the Naxi culture profoundly, they made themselves pupils to local scholars, and made me and several of my colleagues their advisors. Up to now, they have stayed in Lijiang for five years, and have literally measured every inch of the Naxi land, recording the magnificence of this land and the varicolored life stories of the Naxi with their camera lenses. Several years ago, a British television team stayed in Lijiang for two years and came out with a documentary entitled "In the South of the Clouds", which later created quite a sensation world-wide. I admired them for their dedication and originality__some of them even learned to speak the Naxi language in order to better understand the Naxi culture, which formed a stark contrast with some reporters who came to Lijiang in such a way as a dragonfly dips its tail in water. Following their suit, the team from CMP Communications spent five years making the Naxi Reflections. In the process they made Lijiang their second home. For many times I saw Eric Wang, the producer of the documentary, returned with his team from hills, their faces darkened and tanned by the stinging sun, yet all shining with excitement which they could not conceal. Their absorption in work and their love of the Naxi and Lijiang touched me in the deep.

NAXI REFLECTIONS is a documentary in 22 episodes. It is an attempt to explore and expose the various facets of the life, society, culture and national character of the Naxi. Many of the materials it presents are first-hand records that have been brought to the public eye for the first time. The documentary not only displays the scenic beauty of the Naxi land, but also provides a genuin account of the day-to-day life of the Naxi as well as an exploration of their mysterious ancient culture. For instance, it files a trip to caves and cliffs along the Jinsha, in which rock paintings by the ancients of prehistoric times have been found. It has also recorded some Naxi people and activities that have since vanished. In this sense, the documentary is valuable both as a historical record of the past and a precious ethnographic film about the present of the Naxi people.

Five years’ hard work has at last given birth to this documentary, which is so much imbued with the sweat and pains of its makers. I hope it will convey to more and more audiences from far and wide information about the beautiful and mysterious land of the Naxi.

Yang Fuquan (Naxi)

Vice President of Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences

President of Huaxia Humanistic Geographic

OVERVIEW

Cultural Anthroplogy Series on Ethnic Minorities of Southwest China: The Naxi People, a race that are still using the ancient pictographic writing.

Story of a group of people who were sandwiched between Tibet, Nanzhao and Tang Empire and who finally turned from nomads into settled agriculturists.

The forefathers of the Naxi, who were called “White-Wolf Savages”, “Savages of Mosha” and “Babarians of Moxie” in the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, were living in the Hengduan Mountains that lie in border areas of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet.

A Naxi chieftain by the name of Mu set up the ancient Naxi kingdom, which gave assistence to Kubla Khan when the latter was setting about to conquer the Dali Kingdom.

The Dongba Religion is a blend of Tibetan Buddhism and Confuscianism and Taoism with indigenous polytheism and animism.

The Dongba script is a unique writing that is turning from pictograph to hierogliph.

The old town of Lijiang has been listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

Lijiang is the main area of concentration for the Naxi people.

The Program is Chinese narrator, have 3 subtitle versions:

Simplify Chinese, Traditional Chinese and English titles.

Version contains 24episodes at 25minutes each.

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24 Episodes Documentary "NAXI REFLECTIONS"

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