Introduction to the diversity of "Drinking a River Together".

Lancang-Mekong River is a natural link connecting Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and these six countries (including Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China) form the Greater Mekong Subregion. In the past, there were few opportunities to have a macro view of the river. So as the beginning of the series, it is obviously necessary to describe this link.

Such a great and charming river was not so magnificent from the beginning. On the way to the sea, many tributaries join in and contribute new energy to it, so it is broad, unrestrained and powerful. It is precisely because of the rich product resources, colorful cultural resources and people's love for life in the six countries of Lancang-Mekong River Basin that the Greater Mekong Subregion is so splendid and charming. This episode will describe the water system of Lancang-Mekong River, the geography and geomorphology of the sub-region and the basic situation. The diverse geographical environment and favorable climatic conditions make the Greater Mekong Subregion one of the regions with the richest species resources in the world. Statistics show that although the land area of this area is less than one twentieth of the total area of the Asian continent, the animal species here account for a quarter of the entire Asian continent.

In this land, the elephant is the noblest animal and the unique king. This film reproduces the majestic elephant hunting style of an 80-year-old elephant hunter in Thailand, tracks and shoots wild elephants in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, records the unique elephant festival and the world's largest elephant hospital, and interprets the relationship between humans and elephants in the Lancang-Mekong River basin from ancient times to the present. At the same time, the richness and brilliance of wildlife resources and life in this land will also be vividly displayed in this episode. Lancang-Mekong River has nurtured the richest freshwater fish ecosystem in the world, and also nurtured the diligence, wisdom and perseverance of the people in this basin. Fishermen here catch all kinds of fish in various ways. Fishery is obviously not a high-income industry in this area at present, but it is a very important way of life for people in the Lancang-Mekong River basin.

The natural fisheries in Lancang-Mekong countries are facing similar difficulties, and fishermen in different regions have made different choices:

(1) Huang Liuqi, a fisherman on the Lijiang River in Guangxi, China, devoted himself to new tourism;

(2) Ashong in Anjiang, Vietnam, carried out cage culture on the Mekong River; but

(3) Yin, a fisherman on Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, led his family tenaciously and started a new fishing season with confidence.

Through one story after another, the daily life of fishermen in Lancang-Mekong River basin is vividly presented to us. The gems in the Lancang-Mekong River basin are amazing and valuable all over the world. Since ancient times, the underground treasure is the wealth of a country. In modern civilized society, wealth is not only gold and precious stones, but also strategic materials of those countries: coal, oil and non-ferrous metals.

This episode introduces:

(1) The development and change of national wealth in Lancang-Mekong River Basin, from copper to gold, silver and precious stones, to coal, tin and various composite rare metal mines.

(2) In addition, it tells the story of a Burmese miner who set out from the world's most famous ancient ruby mining area and went to the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon to present his own gems in order to sublimate his spirit.

(3) This episode expounds people's understanding and attitude towards wealth in this area, and also introduces the mining and processing process of precious stones;

(4) the use and history of precious stones;

(5) Yangon City and Yangon Shwedagon Pagoda; everywhere

(6) Distribution, development and utilization of mineral resources in the countries of the basin. The Greater Mekong Subregion was once covered by tropical rain forests. It turns out that the lifestyle of people here is completely adapted to the tropical rain forest and jungle, and many ethnic groups even have their own taboos on protecting forest resources. However, the increase of population and the desire for material things are constantly impacting the old defense lines.

This episode records the unique culture of the rainforest people, shows the different ways people protect the rainforest, introduces the knowledge of the rainforest, shows the beautiful scenery of the rainforest, and reveals the interdependence between human beings and the rainforest. At the same time, it also warns people that excessive demand is harmful to original ecology geography. The most attractive products in Lancang-Mekong River Basin are fruits that grow under the tropical sky. Every season here, the earth is always fruitful. This land is full of delicious fruits. It is a world-famous fruit paradise.

The cross-narrative story line between Songsa, a fruit farmer in Luo Yong, Thailand, and Deng Wendong, a fruit merchant on the Mekong River in Vietnam, connects the rich products and beautiful natural scenery in the Lancang-Mekong River basin, showing the rich and leisurely life here. Now people here are beginning to realize the importance of fruit industry in economy and environmental protection. It is no longer just a necessity of people's life and a symbol of product richness. The Greater Mekong Subregion spans temperate zone, subtropical zone and tropical zone from north to south. Many rivers nourish 2.33 million square kilometers of fertile land, providing the best conditions for rice growth. Rice is planted at the top of the mountain, in the vast plain and by the sea, which is the main rice producing area in the world. Rice is the main food source and an important source of economic income for people in this area. Rice production determines the content and rhythm of people's lives, and the history of rice production can be said to be the history of civilization in this area.

This episode unfolds a picture of rice planting from sowing to harvesting in the rhythm of folk songs. There are many kinds of rice: upland rice grown in the mountainous areas of Myanmar, floating rice in Vietnam and Cambodia, and wild rice called "giant panda in plants" by experts; A variety of farming, sowing and harvesting methods describe the relationship between people and living environment in the basin and the resulting farming civilization, and at the same time express people's gratitude to nature. Lancang-Mekong River Basin is one of the regions with the richest festivals in the world, and many ancient festivals have been preserved to this day. It can be said that the festival is an expression of the Greater Mekong Subregion. When everyone is preparing for a certain moment, the cultural background and value orientation of * * * connect people together, and festivals are people's mutual recognition.

Countries in the Lancang-Mekong River basin have similar cultural backgrounds, so there are also festivals that most people will celebrate, such as the Spring Festival and the Songkran Festival. At the same time, different countries and ethnic groups also keep their own unique festivals, such as the Umbrella Festival in Thailand, the Elephant Festival in Cambodia, the Dragon Boat Festival in China and the Torch Festival in Yunnan.

Suppala, a young girl from Laos, participated in the "Seven Fairies" beauty pageant of the Water-splashing Festival, the preparation process of the Vietnamese Spring Festival and the introduction of various festivals, and the special relationship between festivals in this area and water, as well as the relationship between festivals and nature, religion and agricultural production, were all interpreted in this episode. I'm afraid there is no other river in the world like Lancang-Mekong River. From the source to the sea, there are countless altars, temples, stupas and various religious buildings scattered on both sides. It is an important factor that constitutes the spiritual world of the people in the Lancang-Mekong River basin, and it is also an important factor that forms the living customs here.

(1) the daily life of the temple;

(2) Architectural and decorative arts of Buddhist temples;

(3) Pagoda City in Myanmar-Bagan;

(4) children's adult ceremony;

(5) Buddhist temple school;

(6) Collecting stories about the protection of Bayeux sutra;

(7) The colorful powder altar cities of Tibetan Buddhism. , which constitutes the highlight of this episode. Six countries in the Lancang-Mekong River basin have dragon boats. Although the time and methods of dragon boat race vary from place to place, the dragon boat race reflects people's worship and awe of the sacred river, their expectation of good weather, good harvest and happy life, and the spirit of unity, harmony and hard struggle required for this activity.

This episode also tells the story of the training and competition of two dragon boat teams in China, Guangxi and Laos, and introduces the customs of Dragon Boat Festival and Open Day. It also allows us to see the warm scenes and different lifestyles of dragon boat races in different countries. From this episode, we can see that in the countries of Lancang-Mekong River basin, water is so closely related to people's lives, and people are grateful and awed by water. The Greater Mekong Subregion is the region with the richest flowers in the world. This area is very suitable for the growth of flowers. In the countries of Lancang-Mekong River basin, flowers bloom everywhere. As a romantic product, flowers are widely used in life here: flowers are used to celebrate festivals, intense ceremonies, decorate rooms, beautify the body, worship gods and buddhas, and even eat and drink.

The development story of flower farmers in Yunnan flower production base in China and the situation of orchid planting in Thailand are presented separately, which constitute the main part of this episode. This episode also shows people's views on flowers and the social and cultural significance they represent through the introduction of flowers. Through the introduction of various trading methods of flowers, the great environmental protection and economic potential of flowers are revealed. In the countries of Lancang-Mekong River basin, the tradition of creating the world by hand is still continuing. Brilliant and long-standing cultural traditions are manifested in the production of exquisite handicrafts, and countless masters of art have emerged from the people. All countries in the basin have extraordinary handicrafts and excellent craftsmen, which is the tradition of ancient civilization and the great potential of economic growth. National handicraft industry is also quite fragile, and it is easy to die out in the process of modernization.

(1) How did Uncle Zheng of Tengchong, Yunnan, make an ancient and quaint oil-paper umbrella with simple and primitive materials? Can his craft be passed down?

(2) How did Wu, a Burmese craftsman, run his own lacquerware shop and carry forward the traditional lacquerware?

In addition to two parallel story lines, this episode will also introduce the mysterious megaliths in the Chuanqi Plain of Laos, the famous mother-of-pearl art in Bagan, Myanmar, and festivals related to handicrafts. Angkor is undoubtedly the most important cultural and historical relic in the Greater Mekong Subregion, and it is more of its incomparable symbolic significance. 800 years ago, a China man came here and wrote down the glorious scene of Angkor at that time. Nowadays, more and more people come to the Lancang-Mekong River Basin, where they can see not only smiling Angkor, but also great human civilization relics such as Luang Prabang, Lijiang, Meishan, Sukhothai and Bagan.

The main performance of this episode:

(1) Angkor's great architecture and sculpture art;

(2) The rise and fall of the dynasty reflected by Angkor relics;

(3) The history of Angkor Wat complex and how it was revalued;

(4) Angkor's present-a miracle in people's eyes and a world-famous tourist attraction.

Angkor's immortal project has never been lost and does not need to be "discovered". It is closely related to the people here and lives together. In Lancang-Mekong countries, the status of women is different from other parts of the world, and some heritages of ancient matriarchal clan society have been preserved. So today in the Greater Mekong Subregion, we can see that women play a very unique role in the social structure, and they are often the masters of the family economy. Women are mothers, and they decide the future of this area to a great extent.

This episode tells:

(1) The ordinary and dangerous life of Cao, an explosive player of Vietnamese women's volleyball team,

(2) The entrepreneurial story of Yunnan tea merchant Ruan Dianrong,

Interspersed with the unique amorous feelings of women in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and other countries, they are either ingenious, hardworking and intelligent, or gentle and beautiful, which effectively shows the spiritual outlook of women in the Lancang-Mekong River basin in their daily lives.

Children are the future and education is the hope. Children in Lancang-Mekong countries are growing up healthily in a peaceful environment. When children grow up, they live in different environments and have different role models around them.

This episode tells:

(1) The growth of orphans in Cambodia In the process of learning sculpture,

(2) The children who miraculously survived the tsunami in Thailand grew up under the power of their mother's example.

(3) The growth of girls in China and Guangxi in social care and traditional cultural atmosphere,

(4) Children in Myanmar, a Buddhist country, grow up in the process of becoming monks. The Greater Mekong Subregion is a region full of treasures, rich in rice, rubber, wood, fruit and various aquatic products. In this basin, trade is a tradition and has been very active. With the continuous progress of society, the market forms of various river basin countries are becoming more and more diversified. A complete living history of the human market can be seen in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

This episode shows various forms of trading markets, such as markets in remote areas, barter trading methods, the most distinctive aquatic products markets in river basin countries, markets imported by colonialism and so on. This episode also shows Vietnam's fast-growing economy and vibrant Ho Chi Minh City through an ambitious story about the development of young people in Vietnam. In this episode, we can see how people here live enthusiastically and are full of hope for the future. The Greater Mekong Subregion is one of the most dangerous and complex regions in the world. At one time, the mountains, rivers and dense jungles of this land blocked people's communication. Transportation enables people to communicate and cooperate, and also enables the whole subregion to cooperate and develop.

This episode will introduce the history and present situation of transportation in the Greater Mekong Subregion, including:

(1) caravan old people's memories of the ancient tea-horse road;

(2) Mandalay, the transportation hub of Myanmar;

(3) The life of Myanmar Flower Station and the introduction of the centennial station;

(4) The present situation of Yunnan-Vietnam railway; The introduction of Kunming highway and so on.

We will see how traffic has changed people's lifestyle and their pursuit of a better life in the Lancang-Mekong River basin, from mules and horses to cars, from rugged ancient tea-horse roads to wide and convenient highways. Lancang-Mekong River and countless tributaries along the way constitute a huge water system. Numerous criss-crossing waterways are beneficial to irrigation and navigation. But here, the river has also become an obstacle for people to communicate. For thousands of years, people here have never given up their beautiful desire to turn rivers into thoroughfares, and this effort has continued to this day. Through the Lancang-Mekong River, people have established friendship; It is through this international river that the beautiful marriage of young people has been achieved.

This episode introduces:

(1) The widest waterfall group in the world (at the junction of Laos and Cambodia);

(2) Dredging of Lancang-Mekong waterway and its changes;

(3) Qingsheng, a small town in Thailand near Mekong River, and Chinese education there;

(4) The story of a China businessman who started his business by sea in Thailand;

(5) The life of A Wan, a Vietnamese girl on the Mekong River;

(6) Romantic stories of China road and bridge builders in Viet Nam. Poppy cultivation was once a means of livelihood for people in the Golden Triangle. More than half of the arable land here is used to grow poppies. It used to be the world's largest opium poppy growing area and drug source, supplying thousands of tons of opium and its finished products to the global drug market every year. Poppy, the ubiquitous evil flower, has greatly damaged the image of this area, and the Golden Triangle has therefore become a mysterious and horrible area. Today, all countries in the Lancang-Mekong River basin are taking action, and the Golden Triangle is becoming a green triangle.

This episode introduces:

(1) The history of opium poppy cultivation in this area;

(2) the harm of drugs;

(3) past lives of tobacco farmers;

(4) the situation of alternative planting in the Golden Triangle;

(5) international coordinated action.

In this episode, we will also see the golden triangle image recorded from the air by a high-definition camera for the first time in history. In front of the camera, this mysterious land has become a pastoral. The Mekong River flows through the green Shan Ye, and there is a quiet atmosphere everywhere. This land is as fresh and natural as many villages in the Lancang-Mekong River basin.

Lancang River and Mekong River flow into the sea after nearly 5,000 kilometers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Greater Mekong Subregion is connected by the Lancang River and the Mekong River, with a coastline of more than 10,000 kilometers. The vast sea area witnessed the Maritime Silk Road in the15th century and the long-standing maritime trade between countries in the sub-region, and witnessed the history of cultural blending among countries. Today, the rapid development of coastal ports in various countries continues the trade between countries. Since 1992, the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Mechanism was launched, especially since the cooperation mechanism was fully implemented in 2002, the exchanges and cooperation among countries in the subregion have entered a new stage.

This episode fully shows:

(1) The present situation of economic cooperation among countries, the efforts made by the China government in cooperation, and the exchanges between countries in culture and tourism.

(2) This episode also tells the story of China Cultural Relics Team helping to build the Zhousa Temple in Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

(3) The study and living conditions of international students from various countries in the subregion in China,

(4) The evaluation of economic and trade cooperation by diplomatic envoys in China,

The theme of "cooperation, friendship, harmony and development" among countries in the sub-region was recorded by the national television stations of six countries in the sub-region.