10 top documentaries for kids

Top ten must-see documentaries for children:

1. "Pulse of the Earth"

A classic documentary produced by the BBC that is difficult to surpass. Through the migration experience of three animals in the increasingly harsh global environment, it awakens the world to cherish the earth and fight against global warming.

From the Antarctic to the North Pole, from the equator to the frigid zone, from the African grasslands to the tropical rain forests, and from the desolate peaks to the deep sea, countless creatures are presented to the world in extremely beautiful appearances.

This documentary has been hailed as "an unprecedented tribute to the earth" and is one of the most touching ecological documentaries. In addition to allowing children to see the most incredible beauty on this planet, this film can also make children think about environmental protection.

2. "Beautiful China"

This film was jointly produced by CCTV and BBC and lasted 4 years. It used advanced photography technologies such as aerial photography, infrared, high-speed, time-lapse and underwater photography. Shooting ranges from brightly lit metropolises to sparsely populated mountains and old forests; from the vast expanse of prairie to the inaccessible desert Gobi; from high-altitude mountains covered with snow all year round to the endless plains; from the vast land to the blue sea and blue sky.

Splendid China, great rivers and mountains, are worth letting children explore one by one. This documentary allows children to discover the natural beauty of China, and at the same time, it also allows them to try to understand the harmony and conflict between man and nature. .

3. "The Landscape of Time"

In the vast starry sky, hundreds of millions of planets fill the night sky, vying to shine with bright life; on the top of the mountain, light and shadow change, time changes, The lights of the city gathered into shining and beating lines of light, and the earth embraced the sky with a humble and broad mind.

In the fast and exciting rhythm of the universe, we get close to every river, valley, and cave, feel the pulse and rhythm of the universe, and return to the embrace of eternal time. Every sunrise brings strength and courage; every night brings tranquility to the soul; the annihilation and changes of clouds allow the soul to experience the distance of time.

This documentary, in addition to letting children learn to appreciate the dynamic beauty of the universe, may also arouse children's thinking about philosophy. The key point is to appreciate it with curiosity and exploration.

4. "Micro World"

The microscopic world of insects brings not only visual shock to the audience, but also truths that nature cannot express to humans. Here, the usually "scary" bug door shows a different kind of beauty.

When you look closely at the world, you will find that the hairs of caterpillars are so smooth; the snails clinging to each other are so warm that it brings tears to your eyes; the diligent dung beetles deal with theirs seriously every day. Dung balls; spiders using a small underwater bubble as their dining room; beetles competing with each other like bulls. Every insect has never been idle and wasting time.

5. "I Repaired Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City"

This film records the Forbidden City's calligraphy and painting, bronzes, palace clocks, woodware, ceramics, lacquerware, treasure inlays, palace weaving and embroidery, etc. The restoration process of rare and valuable cultural relics in the field and the life stories of the restorers.

For the first time, the film fully presents the world's top Chinese cultural relic restoration process and technology, showing the original state and collection status of cultural relics; for the first time, it shows the inner world and daily life of cultural relic restoration experts at close range; A complete combing of the historical origins of China's cultural relics restoration; for the first time, through the interaction between "temples" and "jianghu" in the field of cultural relics restoration, it shows the only orderly inheritance of the "worker" class among the four major classes of traditional Chinese "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" The inheritance code, as well as their beliefs and changes.

The spirit of craftsman is the inheritance of ancient Chinese culture, and this spirit is gradually being lost. The restoration of cultural relics is not just to restore a dead object, but to pass on ancient cultural heritage. Our children should understand the meaning of inheritance.

6. "Diary of the Emperor Penguin"

Best Documentary Feature at the 78th Academy Awards. In this film, the emperor penguins, which always give people the impression of being funny and cute, show their unknown strength in order to reproduce. The long journey of hundreds of kilometers, the predators watching along the way, the bad and unpredictable weather... everything is so frustrating. Life has never been so difficult, and life has never been so dignified.

7. "Migrating Birds"

"The migration of birds is a story about commitment, a commitment to return." The whooper swan's persistence in life after flying over 1,200 kilometers , the sandhill cranes looking for a way out in the wind and sand, the penguins fighting the murres in the ice and snow to the end... Although there are failures and discouragements, there are wooden brains on the edge of the cliff, and there are also glimpses from human greed.

When birds use their wings to realize their dreams and soar into the sky that we can never reach by ourselves, what kind of admiration should humans give them? We are not watching the migration of birds in the movie, but we are flying with them across thousands of mountains and rivers, fluttering our wings together in the sky, and following the birds to realize their dreams.

8. "Deep Blue"

One of the BBC's "Blue Planet" series of documentaries, the film tells the story of the deep sea around a sperm whale named Deep Blue.

The crew dived to a depth of 5,000 meters in the ocean and used clear and beautiful footage to show us marine life in about 200 different places around the world, showing the fantastic and beautiful underwater wonders.

With clear blue water and vibrant marine life, every picture is a perfect natural landscape. People are deeply attracted, forgetting the hustle and bustle of the city, immersed in the blue sea water, swimming freely in the deep blue with mysterious marine life, and the soul is washed clean and thorough by the sea water.

9. "Natural World: The Creator of the Giant Panda"

As we all know, giant pandas are a magical species that is often on the verge of extinction. Although they move slowly and have very harsh breeding conditions, This species has an ancient history, and it is hard to believe why this species without any evolutionary advantages can survive to this day.

This film takes us to the Panda Base in Sichuan, allowing us to get up close and personal with these naive and lovable pandas, and tells us the history of the base and their epic responsibilities. .

10. "Mongo"

This is a fairy tale-like documentary that won the Toyota Earth Award Special Award at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival. The film tells the story of Kolo, a newly born member of the meerkat family. His family is not powerful in the animal kingdom. Falcons, poisonous snakes and other large animals are always threatening their lives.

Only by working together can they survive in this cruel world. Khloe grew from being ignorant at first to becoming an indispensable and important member of the family.

The beautiful pictures and primitive African music compose a hymn of life for us. Countless creatures follow nature's laws of survival of the fittest and the weak and the strong, and spend every day tenaciously.