Introduction to the episodes of Song of the Forest

Episode 1 Ten Thousand Trees Holding the Sky

The forest is a magical and wonderful world of life. They receive the rain, dew and sunshine given by God every day, suck the milk of the earth, and are free and beautiful. Mysterious. Nature's gifts and care for human beings are always conveyed through forests. Human beings' desire to improve the environment is often realized with the help of the power of forests. Green forests have supported mankind’s yesterday and today, and will also support a lush green world for mankind’s tomorrow. Because if human beings want to survive and reproduce, they cannot do without the care of forests.

Episode 2 The End of the World is Green

This is a story in spring. March 2, 1982, was China’s first Arbor Day. On this day, 77-year-old Comrade Deng Xiaoping led his family to Yuquan Mountain in Beijing, where he happily planted the first tree of the national voluntary tree planting movement.

Spring after spring, 26 springs have passed in the blink of an eye. The old man who planted the tree has quietly left us, but the pine tree on Yuquan Mountain has grown into a beautiful tree. big tree. It seemed to understand the old man's thoughts and began to carefully assume the sacred responsibility of guarding the earth. Looking into the distance, we find that in the vast land of our motherland, small trees all over the mountains and plains are growing vigorously. Episode 3 Appearance - Green Territory

This is a wonderful journey of discovery. The film crew of "Song of the Forest" spent three years exploring China's only remaining primeval forests with the alternation of morning and dusk, the change of cold and heat.

Beyond the familiar human society, in the gradually forgotten natural world, life is singing happily. We enter the inaccessible forest, feel the harshness and gifts of nature, and listen to the most primitive songs. We record the loneliness and splendor, the splendor and difficulty of life, its first and last moments, and the forest territory of a country.

From ice sheets to deserts, from oceans to mountains, in some extreme environments, we can see the tenacious vitality and wonderful adaptations displayed by forest residents in the long process of evolution. Sex has kept them alive and kicking for much longer than human history.

Episode 4: Home - Yunheng Qinling

This episode is a story about "home". The main line will take the life course of the golden monkeys in the Qinling Mountains as the starting point, and the red birch forest where the golden monkeys depend on as the narrative subject. Around the narrative coordinate axis of the red birch forest, it will show its living environment and the ecological chain of animals and plants, and construct a A magical "home" where animals and plants live peacefully.

"Deck" is a twelve-year-old adult male golden monkey. The monkey group it belongs to lives in a valley 2,000 meters above sea level on the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains. "Deck" has eight wives, and his favorite is the youngest female monkey "Yuanyuan". Not far away, the homeless male monkeys who had been kicked out formed a tribe, among which "Bazitou" was the strongest. He prepares every day and will be a challenger to other families for their patriarchal status.

A war for the throne is about to begin.

Episode 5 Snow Country - Pines of the North

Changbai Mountain is a natural complex with the richest biological resources at the same latitude on the earth. It not only has majestic geological landforms, but also unique natural The landscape is a three-dimensional treasure house rich in natural resources in the world. The main story of this episode will revolve around red pine.

On the northern slope of Changbai Mountain, the newly mature red pine seeds left the cradle of the big tree driven by the wind. Compared with other tree species that simply rely on the wind to spread their seeds, the smart red pine seeds spread their seeds. Pine seeds make seeds larger and more nutritious, attracting many diners, and spreading seeds through animals. Pine seeds are an important first link in the entire food chain.

As the number of pine nuts harvested manually increases, it brings difficulties to the normal reproduction of Korean pine trees. On the other hand, it also poses a threat to the survival of animals that feed on pine nuts. In winter, when heavy snow falls to the ground, another friend of the red pine, the black bear, is desperately looking for any food that can be found in the forest.

The black bear in the forest does not hibernate. Can it survive this long winter?

Episode 6 Long Song - Desert Populus euphratica

The Taklimakan Desert covers 60% of the Tarim Basin, but the melted ice and snow from the mountains merges into the Tarim River in the northern part of the basin, which It is the source of all life here. As the only tall tree in the desert, Populus euphratica, together with other desert plants, forms a green barrier that blocks the expansion of the desert, thereby ensuring that the civilization of the Western Regions continues to last for thousands of years.

Populus euphratica has survived in the desert for millions of years. Its rule is to survive and reproduce with minimal consumption. This film will show the miracle of life in the desert, tell the story of a tenacious life, and hope to pay attention to the current situation of human existence and leave room for thinking.

Episode 7 Lingyun - Sacred Trees in the Snow

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Hengduan Mountains across Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet are home to the highest virgin forests in China and even the world. The forest is well-deservedly called "the commanding heights of the forest". The Namjagbarwa area in the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon has the most complete vertical plant distribution zone in the world, including plant types from Hainan Island to the two poles; it is one of the world's 25 biodiversity hotspots. This episode unfolds against such a background. .

The large spruce tree with a height of 60 to 70 meters and a diameter of 1.5 to 2 meters is the main tree species in this forest. It is distributed in the upper line of the forest. Plants, animals, and humans living in the forest interact with each other. Dependence has built a harmonious world. However, the harsh living conditions on the plateau force them to face challenges all the time. One survival crisis comes after another. How do the big spruce trees and their neighbors face challenges?

Episode 8: Competition - Echoes of the Rainforest

The tropical rainforest is lush and green all year round and is known as the "lungs" of the earth. Biodiversity is the most important feature of tropical rainforests. Although tropical rainforests cover only seven percent of the world's land area, they contain half of the world's plant species.

Hainan Island has been covered with dense tropical forests since ancient times. About 700,000 years ago, tropical plants were spread all over the island, with many types and a large area, presenting a rainforest landscape. In tropical rainforests where competition is extremely fierce, 150,000 seedlings take root and sprout per hectare of land every year, of which less than 1 will grow into a big tree. They must go through arduous competition to finally sprout, bloom and bear fruit. At the same time, the plants in the forest compete with and depend on each other, ultimately creating the richness and diversity of tropical rainforests.

Episode 9 Relic - Forest Hermit

Silver fir is an ancient relic plant, because only China still has this 2 million-year-old plant in the world. Scientists use argyrophylla (silver leaves) as the species name of silver fir, and use Cathaya (Chinese) as the Latin genus name of silver fir. Our story begins with the birth of silver fir and other species.

As far back as the Tertiary period of the Cenozoic Era in the geological period, silver fir was widely distributed in Eurasia in the northern hemisphere. Its fossils have been found in Germany, Poland, France and the former Soviet Union. Two to three million years ago, a large number of glaciers occurred on the earth, almost sweeping across Europe and North America. However, the continental glaciers in Eurasia were not very powerful. Some areas with unique geographical environments were not attacked by glaciers and became the habitat of certain organisms. haven. Rare plants such as silver fir, metasequoia and ginkgo have been preserved in this way and become witnesses of history. Throughout the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, in addition to silver fir, there are also ancient tree species such as tung tree, crape myrtle, and hemlock.

Episode 10 Qingying - The language of bamboo follows the wind

Bamboo is a special member of the Chinese forest family. The existence of bamboo brings China's forests closer to humans, making them more friendly and homely.

China is the hometown of bamboo. Among the 1,500 species of bamboo in the world, there are more than 500 species in China. China’s existing bamboo forest area is 7.2 million hectares, of which 4.2 million hectares are pure bamboo forests. The most important bamboo species, moso bamboo, is 300 hectares. Ten thousand hectares are planted in all provinces except Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.

The fastest growing plant in the world begins to sprint towards the sky. In the canyons of the Wuyi Mountains, moso bamboo shoots can grow to more than 20 meters high in forty days, blown by the Pacific monsoon and urged by the spring sunshine. At the fastest growth time, they can grow one meter in a day and night. This is a race about speed. Whoever can grow the tallest in the shortest time will be qualified to enjoy full sunshine...

Episode 11 Listening to the Waves - Blue Sea Mangrove

Mangroves, growing in the intertidal zones of subtropical and tropical coasts, are special ecosystems capable of maintaining marine ecological balance. Mangroves, coral reef ecosystems, and island ecosystems are also known as the three major offshore ecosystems.

Mangrove is an amphibious forest form on land and sea. When the tide is high, most of the mangroves are submerged in the sea water. When the tide is low, the mangroves grow on the tidal flats near the sea. The ability of mangroves to grow into dense forests under such salty conditions is the result of millions of years of long-term evolution.

This episode starts from the viviparous nature of mangroves, and through the process of seedlings drifting in the sea - looking for land - taking root, it connects the two most important shooting locations in Guangxi and Hainan, showing The current situation of my country's mangroves reflects the magic and beauty of the mangrove ecosystem as the most important and representative ecosystem in the offshore sea.