Douban 9.6! Beg CCTV, will this program go on forever?

From the first quarter to the third quarter, the lowest is 9. 1 and the highest is 9.6;

I have to admit that this variety show can only be filmed in China: National Treasure (Season 3).

The young man Chao is a craftsman.

His job is to carve and make life-size soldiers and figures.

The boss warned them: Every time you finish a figurine, you should engrave your name on the back, whether it is rework or accountability, you can do it yourself.

Chao knows that, like everyone else, he just accepts orders from his superiors.

No one told him why he had to keep working … I don't know where these figurines will go …

But he knows that every soldier's image must be carefully carved, from image movements to expressions, it must be true and vivid;

Because in the final analysis, the owner of these figurines is the first emperor Ying Zheng.

However, when carving these statues, a person's face unconsciously emerges in Chao's heart: his father.

Ten years ago, my father was drafted into the army, but time went by and there was no news ... There were many wars, and human life was just a number ...

However, the DPRK always believed that the hero's father would make great achievements, return to his hometown and reunite with his father and son.

He always remembers that his father had two moustaches, a square face, a tall and powerful man, and he was not angry ... He always unconsciously carved his father's face into the outline of the figurines ...

No one knows that the magnificent warrior figurines in front of us are a yearning collection for North Korea.

However, on this day, the bad news came: Chao's father had died in the battlefield …

Father's last words: My son Chao: My father dreams about you as a child every night, and he is very concerned ... If he dies for his father, he will turn into the sun, the moon and the grass, stay with you, and never leave ...

Chao said nothing, tears streaming down her face ... Put away the ashes, and Chao was busy turning around to carve a new warrior statue.

While I still remember, Chao wanted to leave his father's face across the stone cone and mud …

To put it simply, his job is to photograph the Terracotta Warriors.

Because his father works in a museum, Zhao Zhen grew up next to the statue pit.

From a very young age, I knew that they called the Terracotta Warriors and Horses different from other terracotta Warriors and Horses: Ye.

For others, the terracotta warriors and horses may be just precious and distant historical relics;

But for Zhao Zhen and the villagers around him, the Terracotta Warriors are the most familiar and cordial neighbors.

Things and relatives are always treated differently.

Every day when he wakes up, Zhao Zhen takes professional equipment to take photos in the pit.

Squat, kneel, stand, lie down … different postures, repeated countless times, from pit 1 to pit 3, eight hours a day, moving tens of thousands of steps …

In summer, the No.1 pit with high temperature is called a weight-loss training class: in less than ten minutes, every pore is full of sweat from hair to toes;

Holding a camera in hand, staring at the terracotta warriors and horses, the sweat that had no time to wipe, under the accumulation of sweat, the sweat became salty, became solid and fell to the ground …

The Terracotta Warriors and the partition wall are only 10 cm, so it is necessary to take photos with mobile phone voice control. At the end of the day, you have to shout at least a thousand times.

Wear a white mask to go in, and the mask that comes out must be all black …

Before each shoot, Zhao Zhen insisted on taking a bath and changing clothes, and entered the cave with respect and worship, even though he knew his clothes would get dirty.

Perhaps in the eyes of some people, such preparation is a bit redundant and a bit melodramatic …

But he said: The grandfather standing in front of me is not just a lifeless figurine, but an ancestor who deserves to be treated well.

Every time I look at the Terracotta Warriors in front of me, Zhao Zhen will observe them carefully: their clothes, their expressions, their facial features, their eyes …

Some glare, some smile, some stare into the distance, some seem absent-minded …

Looking at the Terracotta Warriors with different shapes and verve, Zhao Zhen often wondered: What kind of people can carve such wonderful works?

What kind of mood do they have when carving?

These are all unknown to future generations. Zhao Zhen can only use cameras to record the treasures left by his predecessors.

On this day, Zhao Zhen went to the Terracotta Warriors pit to take photos as usual.

He looked up and found a clear fingerprint on the lips of the terracotta warriors …

This fingerprint was left by the craftsman who carved this terracotta warrior …

A while ago, Zhao Zhen talked about this experience in CCTV's National Treasure program.

He said: when I saw that scene, time had disappeared. In the same position, he just left, and I stepped on his footprints with temperature …

Some viewers said: The first time I watched a history program, I saw tears in my eyes ...

In order to facilitate supervision and inspection, Lv Buwei, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty, stipulated that craftsmen who made terracotta warriors and horses should strictly abide by the system of "object names";

Since 1974 discovered the Terracotta Warriors, there have been more than 90 unique craftsman names …

Among these names, there is a craftsman named Chao.

No one knows how many terracotta warriors and horses he carved and how many figurines he left his name on …

He may be the son of a brave soldier, as the program guessed;

Perhaps, it is a skilled craftsman from an early age;

Maybe, just a screw craftsman who has no feelings for life …

Perhaps, he once stood in the hot sun and endured the heat, just to carve the dazzling eyes of the soldiers;

Perhaps, he once carried the snow and survived the cold, just trying to carve a smile on the corners of the soldiers' mouths …

He knew that history would not leave a name for craftsmen, and everything he and other craftsmen did would only be buried in the tomb of Qin Shihuang forever …

But he accidentally left his fingerprints. ...

Although human civilization is updating and iterating, the long river of history is endless …

Although times have changed and stars have changed ... but two ordinary people, because of the same terracotta warriors and horses, miraculously "met" in this way.

In a small village near Pingyao, Shanxi, there is an inconspicuous temple: Shuanglin Temple.

This temple was rebuilt and overhauled many times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In a reconstruction of the Ming Dynasty, an anonymous Ming artist appeared. In the temple, he created more than 2000 beautiful statues;

These statues, like terracotta warriors and horses, have different manners, movements and postures …

The statue of Wei Tuo in the temple is particularly eye-catching …

His upper body twisted to the right and his left arm raised, as if he had found a monster and was about to hit it loudly …

In 36 AD, Le Zun and the monk traveled to Mingsha Mountain and saw the golden light on the mountain, which was like a thousand buddhas, stirring in their chests and chiseling the first cave on the cliff.

Since then, in order to pray for a bright future, businessmen on the Silk Road have also made wishes here, dug caves and asked painters to paint …

In the past 1000 years, people have seen the romantic atmosphere full of childlike interest, the mysterious reverence of the spiritual world, the rare birds and animals in nature, the world of strangers, joys and sorrows ...

In the cultural tradition of China, there are no architects and sculptors.

The people who make these great works, we call them craftsmen, craftsmen.

They are not qualified to stay in history, but their amazing talents remain on the walls of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, the statues of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum and Pingyao Shuanglin Temple …

Their works may be just expressionless soldiers, stupefied gods, dull and soulless portraits …

But in their works, we can clearly see that they observe the times and life very carefully;

They all have the simplest sympathy and pity for heaven and earth, dynasties and life. They incorporate short-lived joys and sorrows into their works and record the people and things that exist …

All kinds of statues and colorful portraits have a breath and gaze in the hands of craftsmen, because at that moment, the individual creator has a desire to express himself …

At that moment, history is no longer a cold document and utensils, but an individual full of vitality, crossing the thick loess and a long time, trekking through the mountains and rivers of the sun and the moon, with traces and evidence of existence in the vast time and space.