Documentaries - but there are also books

But there are also books. It is a documentary jointly produced by Station B and Beijing Xiaohe Culture Media Co., Ltd. It has 5 episodes, each episode is 25-30 minutes.

Using books as the subject matter, we record all kinds of book lovers in this era and capture the wonderful stories related to books.

I first learned that this film was recommended by other people in the WeChat group. Everyone rated it very highly, so I quickly came to Station B to watch it.

I watch very few documentaries, so I was very impressed after watching this one. Each episode has a theme, and after watching it, you can have a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the related stories.

Recommended to friends who like books for the following reasons:

① The dubbing is by Hu Ge, the voice is so crisp and gentle;

② The camera angle is special; < /p>

③The copywriting is superb, the writing is beautiful, warm and quiet.

1. A Book in a Sea of ??Books

The first episode is A Book in a Sea of ??Books. ***Introduces three editors and translators. The documentary describes them like this,

"A group of people who are hidden behind books, they shuttle between the lines, delving into the knowledge of the first period. With their keen eyes, they explore the veins of literature; with their trivial work, they build a network that spans languages. A bridge between the author and the reader, weaving a boat of thoughts sailing in the vast sea of ??literature.”

Zhu Yue’s side job is writing novels, and his main job is editing. The main work is to explore and promote foreign literature, Taiwanese and Malaysian literature, and local literature, etc., and discover unknown good books. He discovered "The Lonely Game" by Taiwanese writer Yuan Zhesheng and successfully promoted it.

"By publishing and promoting these works, we will adjust the latitude and longitude of Chinese literature, so that the explosion of Chinese literature can spread more widely and gain more authors."

②Yu Guolin-Compilation of ancient books Editor

He is an ancient books editor at Zhonghua Book Company. The documentary mainly focuses on the "Diary of Zheng Tianting's Southwest Associated University" published in 2018.

"Zheng Tianting's Diary of Southwest Associated University" compiles the diary of the General Secretary of Southwest Associated University during his time at Southwest Associated University. Due to the privacy of the diary, this book went through many twists and turns and took 13 years. After getting the diary, it took more than a year to sort and verify it.

"Using small and dense stitches to string together documents that have been dusted by time, and weaving for readers a boat leading to the thoughts of the predecessors, is the highlight moment of being an editor."

③Fan Ye - translator of "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

The director of the Spanish Department of the School of Foreign Languages ??at Peking University, translated the first officially authorized version of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" in China in a poetic language and received wide acclaim. Then in the actual translation process, you need to read the original text over and over again for consideration. The paper version has been destroyed by the translator to pieces.

Literary translation is a difficult joy, but also an irreplaceable joy.

After watching this episode, I discovered the patience and passion of the workers behind the books. They need to be able to sit on the bench and fly between the author and the reader.

Books begin their fantasy journey from the very beginning, from the author to the readers, from one bookstore to another. They move around over the long years, constantly adding new traces and memories. .

The wandering of second-hand books among book collectors, book sellers, and second-hand bookstores involves a series of wonderful fates. This episode takes second-hand books as the theme.

Jiuxiangju in Taipei is a used bookstore that specializes in out-of-print and rare books. It has a history of 40 years and is currently run by Wu Yahui, the daughter of the founder. She told us a story that happened in a second-hand bookstore. The most magical scene was when they bought their father's books from a book collector in Hong Kong.

Chen Xiaowei likes to collect new literary editions. Book collecting is to collect endangered species, collect them, and then place them in nature reserves for protection, so as to protect and circulate them well. He collected a selection of prints compiled by Lu Xun, who had never forgotten them.

Driving across 11 provinces across the country with a selection of books and loved ones. They drove the book cart in front of cafes, fruit stalls, and music festivals, and thus had wonderful stories with others.

Books are a medium for people to connect with each other. What everyone gains from books is a closer relationship with others and the world.

Today’s theme is picture books. Picture books are a gift from adults to children. They provide adults with a key to children’s hearts and open up the passage between the adult world and the world of good children.

He is a pioneer in the Chinese picture book industry and won China's first major award for his book "The Orphan of the Wasteland". Her picture books are rooted in Chinese folk culture. They use gorgeous, rich, deformed and exaggerated techniques to depict the vibrant vitality of the folk and express people's simple desire for beauty.

Use a paintbrush to outline the subtle thread of folk culture. Through the eyes of an artist, review the beauty of farming civilization. I created "The Story of Peach Blossom Spring", and the pictures are really warm and beautiful.

One of the most well-known picture book creators in China. His picture books are based on traditional Chinese culture and Eastern philosophy, and he always seeks breakthroughs in narrative structure and expression. The main author's "Little Stone Lion" won Taiwan's "Best Open Book Children's Book Award".

Picture book creators use their imagination to build bridges, allowing children to understand the world across language, culture and age boundaries, and also opening up secrets for adults to communicate with children. aisle.

A well-known domestic picture book promoter. While reading, follow your children to experience this colorful world.

Picture books are like anchors thrown into the distance, which can guide children in their long and unknown life and bring them stability.

Children's books are very, very powerful, and their power is not about conquering a kingdom or becoming a successful person. It always shows its magic in small things. Just like a child's heart, like a sprout of grass. Such magic can only occur if a child's mind is nourished by such things. This kind of magic will support them to choose the path that is truly close to the brightest thing in their souls when they are most rebellious, when they feel the most defeated, when they encounter loneliness and the shadow of death.

It is the mission of book binding designers to construct a form from invisible thoughts. Through careful thinking and meticulous arrangements, they conduct experiments on content and form. On paper, kingdoms are built. Give text and images new value.

55 years, more than 1,500 books, one of the earliest book designers in modern times. It started in the 1960s when I went to Japan to study and was appreciated by Fan Yong. The design masterpiece "Chen Yinke's Last Twenty Years"

The designs derived from the content are often humble and restrained, but a closer look reveals that the designers have already integrated timeless emotions and profound thoughts into Locked in that square inch.

An independent designer who has designed books for dozens of the most representative contemporary Chinese artists such as Xu Bing, Yue Minjun, Ye Jintian and Rongrong. "Liuli Tun" and "Xu Bing Prints" are one of He Hao's important design works, and include important works of collaboration between Rongrong and Inri.

Covering a wide range of fields, from art books to academic books, the representative work is "The Emperor".

He once painted with burning ashes, made heads of sand and stones and sank them under the water to accept natural erosion; he also liked calligraphy and traveled to China many times to study inscriptions. He became a sworn teacher to Zhang Chonghe, and designed Zhang Chonghe's work as "Peach Blossom Fish", and used the wood used for musical instruments to make book covers.

The peach blossom fish is a kind of freshwater jellyfish, which can easily remind people of Zhang Chonghe’s sense of freedom in life.

Ancient stones have been gazed at for a long time because of the inscriptions engraved on them. Then pearls, wood, meteorites, and even everything in the world can be made into books.

In older years, in a wider space, it was written, read, and understood.

By giving a book shape, smell, and color, designers bring vivid communication of senses and infinite imagination.

This is the last episode of the documentary, whose theme is a reading guide in the fast era.

Zhu Liwei, a book editor, is also a book lover who never puts his hands down. He reads dozens of books a year during his commute to and from get off work. Starting from February 2018, she compiled the photos she took on the subway into a book called "Readers on the Beijing Subway" and uploaded it to Douban, which attracted a lot of attention and aroused more people's love for books.

The well-known reading master at Station B has gained hundreds of thousands of fans and ignited the interest of fans. If many people discuss together, they will get more results than if one person studies alone.

The emergence of new technologies and new media has enabled people to read and read.

While insisting on in-depth reading, it has opened up new reading channels.

I use my fragmented time to read and write, record programs, write public accounts, and have been actively participating in various reading activities, such as book clubs, genealogy readings, day readings, etc.

Always look for your own fragmented time and make use of it.

Reading Guide in the Fast Era No matter how the times change, in-depth reading is always irreplaceable. It is the best way for people to understand the truth of the world and reach the depths of the world.

Reading should not be a complacent thing. Only by opening the door wider can we open up more possibilities for people in this era.