Top 10 cultural events in 2020
2020, a rather turbulent year, is destined to leave a deep mark in history.
We have never been trapped by a disease that affects all mankind like in 2020; however, we have also inspired great courage and enthusiasm to accept and participate in every change, to miss and cherish the beauty of the past.
This year, because of the epidemic, each of us's cultural life was completely rewritten, and because of this crisis that didn't know when it ended, different levels of the cultural industry were accepting changes and began to explore new ways.
Perhaps you will sigh that 2020 has not fulfilled your original wish, or you really want to "retract" and "restart" this year.
So for the next inventory of cultural events, we hope to bring an "answer" for your reference.
May you and I start 2021 warmly and powerfully.
1. Anti-epidemic cultural works
At the beginning of 2020, a city and a sudden outbreak have written a gloomy and cold beginning to the story of the whole year.
However, the strength and enthusiasm of the human heart is enough to allow us to overcome suffering.
The medical staff went into the frontline battle, and ordinary people greeted them from afar.
"Thank you" and "Come on Wuhan", more and more words of encouragement and gratitude replaced sad sighs and helpless tears.
Everyone has their own battlefield, and the role and mission of cultural works are the recorders.
Writers use words, film and television creators use lenses.
A batch of film and television works based on real stories during the anti-epidemic period emerged on the screen, such as anti-epidemic dramas "Together", "The Most Beautiful Retrograde", the documentary "Human World", and the special program "Chinese Doctors Fighting Epidemic Edition", etc.; and Ordinary people also use their own methods to record the impact of the epidemic on their daily lives, such as the vlog "Wuhan Diary 2020" taken by the little brother in Wuhan, and the "Warm Meal" "Winter and Spring Return" that filled the world with fireworks—— China in the 2020 Epidemic" "One Day for the Rest of Life"...
Through frame after frame of text and light and shadow records, we recalled 2020 related to the epidemic in this way.
2. The Forbidden City was built 600 years ago
In 2020, the Forbidden City will be built for 600 years.
Today's Palace Museum is no longer a static museum, a magnificent building complex, but a living museum with vivid colors and a vibrant cultural space.
600 years later, the palace wall remains the same, but in the eyes of young people nowadays it has a different appearance.
Today's Forbidden City has become youthful and approachable. As soon as it snows in Beijing, the Forbidden City is very lively and there are more people than snowflakes. The artisans who restore the treasures and cultural relics have become the "male gods" popular among young people; Small pieces of cultural and creative products of the Forbidden City and a "Forbidden City Ice Cream" are both popular, and the "Forbidden City Calendar" has become the most sought-after calendar at the end of the year.
"I repaired cultural relics in the Forbidden City" "National Treasure" "New!"
Films and variety shows such as "The Forbidden City" make the static palace walls and the dusty history glow and charm.
The Forbidden City is 600 years old, and we are thinking about one thing: how to make China's historical sites a favorite of young people and a wealth of civilization shared by mankind all over the world.
3. The stagnation and restart of the film industry
After the epidemic hit, the Chinese film industry pressed the "pause button," and audiences stayed away from theaters for 178 days.
The entire industry has fallen into an unprecedented predicament, seeking a breakthrough in the struggling six months.
This year's Spring Festival, among everyone's exclamations, "囧Mom" chose to be broadcast for free on a certain online platform, becoming the first Chinese New Year popular movie premiered online in history.
Although this incident caused controversy in the entire industry, it also prompted us to think about the technological innovation and future broadcast mode of the film industry.
"The First Parting" is the first new film released in July this year after the theater resumed work.
The title seems to be a metaphor that matches the film industry that has been stagnant for half a year: just like a movie theater that is gradually reopening, no matter how long the timeline of parting extends, we are always waiting for a beautiful reunion.
The restart of the domestic film industry, accompanied by awards and film festivals-online, has become a major position.
Compared with the pure enjoyment of watching movies in previous years, everyone gathered at the film festival and cared more about "how the film industry can break through after the epidemic". At the same time, some brand new opportunities are growing.
Through the power of the Internet, many movies can meet with the audience in a more convenient way. For example, "Spring River Plumbing" meets with the audience through the Internet. Some small and medium-cost movies also show their abilities in this way.
Because of the crisis caused by the epidemic to the industry, everyone found that the Internet must be extended to the film industry, so that the industry can extend to a broader and free space.
4. Cultural industry "self-help in the cloud" during the epidemic
In 2020, due to the impact of the epidemic, the "cloud era" and "cloud see" have become a popular form of flooding various cultural venues and consumer spaces this year. Although this transformation began with helplessness, the crisis has also pushed some cultural industries to find " New track".
During the epidemic, the Potala Palace was broadcast live for the first time in its history in 1388. In 51 minutes, 920,000 netizens "wandered" the Potala Palace and climbed to the top of the Potala Palace Red Palace; many authentic national treasures can be stress-free It is displayed in front of thousands of people.
The Gansu Provincial Museum took out the authentic "Horse Treading Flying Swallow" that was rarely seen before, and Sanxingdui showed the "Mountain Worship Picture Jade Bianzhang".
The narrator from Xi’an Stele Forest Museum and Li Jiaqi started broadcasting at 8 o’clock at the same time. Many people accidentally walked into the live broadcast room of Xi’an Stele Forest Museum. They were fascinated. The narrator could not go offline for two hours. Netizens said "The man who made me give up Li Jiaqi".
There is nothing impossible for the cultural industry of "self-help in the cloud".
Bookstores can order "book delivery", and cloud performances are endless.
TME live has held more than 40 "online concerts": Mayday, Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Eason Chan, Zhou Shen, Stefanie Sun, Jessie J, Billie Eilish... The epidemic cannot prevent us from continuing to enjoy cultural life, use our brains, and change the form , Wonderful still.
5. The "her time" of film and television dramas, variety shows, and games
This year, maybe you have chased the TV series "Twenty Do Not Confused" and "Thirty Only", maybe you voted for the variety show "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", and played "The Collection" after studying and working.
"Animal Forest Friends Club", "Hundred Scenes of the South of the Yangtze River"... There are more female faces in "Baping". We not only love to see sisters who are immersed in campus love and job-hunting confusion, but also obsessed with society and rethinking self-worth after years of hard work Sisters, yes, we ushered in "her era" and "her economy".
In the public opinion field in recent years, Chinese women have more voice and space for expression.
Women change from the object of desire to the subject of desire, the subject of consumption, and the subject of creation.
The number of entertainment products tailored for women on the market has surged, and film and television works with women as the main body of expression continue to emerge.
Many products are no longer monopolized by men. Women have become the new main consumer. At the same time, their active performance in the social space has also injected blood and vitality into the film and television creation and entertainment industry.
However, in the process of embracing the "her era", we must always be vigilant: we must pay equal attention to women groups and protect their rights under the premise of true respect, not in the name of "her era". Superficial consumption, definition, and hype.
6. Li Xueqin and the talk show out of the circle
The prosperity of the talk show industry is obvious to all.
When it comes to talk shows, in the past few years we could only try to squeeze out three or two names. By this year, the faces of a group of people and their distinctive characteristics can come to mind.
The talk show is an "exotic product", and its development in China has not been long.
At the moment, the attention of the talk show industry is intuitively quantified. Good or bad, the evaluation criteria are always delivered to the viewers, the real-time data broadcast on the Internet has the final say, and the frequency of hot searches has the final say.
Judging from the attention of talk shows in 2020, the industry is still developing steadily, and at the same time some unexpected and unique flowers are growing.
Li Xueqin became a well-known talk show performer this year.
As a graduate of Peking University, Li Xueqin's career development experience is enough to become a stalk of netizens.
Stay away from the regular route of top famous schools and shoot short videos. Because the plan to break the routine became popular, he stood on the talk show stage and was recognized by the whole network, and then became a public figure with a unique style.
Brainy, interesting, and confident.
This configuration makes Li Xueqin's fame reasonable and makes us look forward to more possibilities for her in the future.
The appearance of Li Xueqin has also painted an optimistic color for the next development of the talk show industry: Don't underestimate the talk show, the configuration requirements are very high!
7. Suspense drama and "short drama" mode heating up
No one can resist the charm of suspense films.
The "Mist Theater", which was born in 2020, used "The Hidden Corner" and "The Silent Truth" to "seal the gods" and push this type of film and television drama to the focus of public opinion.
At the same time, it has also set off a carnival in the online "short drama" mode.
In addition, female suspenseful web dramas "White Moonlight" and "Skyscrapers" also achieved good results.
The dissemination "energy" of short online dramas is beyond imagination. "The Hidden Corner" turns "Climbing a mountain together?" into a popular online joke, and also turns the nursery rhyme "Little White Boat" into a chilling "war song" High-quality works are more inspiring than watching dramas. "The Silent Truth" and "Skyscrapers" directly address social "pain points" such as social justice and women's rights. The younger generation of audiences thinks about the suspenseful web dramas and gains.
The success of "Mist Theater" also broke the prejudice that actors used to make web dramas "badly mixed".
Web dramas are no longer synonymous with fast production and sales and low quality.
As long as the main creative team devotes all their time and sincerity, it can be recognized and respected by the market.
8. Five people and band culture
The most popular band in 2020 is the Gojo Band.
When "Summer of the Band 2" invited Wujo people, I wonder if they would have imagined that they would become what they are today.
It cannot be denied that the appearance of the five people made this summer date with band fans full of unexpected surprises and expanded the public's understanding of the cultural richness of the band.
Whether it is the magical operation of changing the song casually when it debuts on the show, or the act of putting the trophy into the red plastic bag of the "Wujoman", the special of the Wujoren band is destined to set off a trend that is followed by netizens.
Even if many people still don't understand their lyrics, this band from a small county in Guangdong has moved on to various large-scale performances and has become a cultural symbol worthy of recollection this year.
Last year, there were also bands that performed their own style in dialects, such as Jiulian Zhenren, and this year's Wutiaoren, which shows that those bands that adhere to local culture and cherish homesickness have always maintained a special favor and obsession with the public.
After all, such bands are independent and valuable. They were born in a pristine soil, and they believe in the value of the original environment without changing their original intentions, and confidently tell the world: We recognize and love who we are.
9. Ding Zhen became popular
At the end of the year, a 20-year-old Tibetan boy from Ganzi, Sichuan, Ding Zhen, became popular on social networks.
What is the real netizen Eding?
The first thing to look at is the face. This face was evaluated as "wild and innocent", and the breath of pure sunshine came upon his face with a smile.
When the Tibetan boy was discovered by netizens, he made fancy contracting and hot searches on Weibo.
Ding Zhen is a "juvenile from far away". His hometown coordinates, Litang County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, gave many netizens a popular science lesson on geography. Many netizens exclaimed "So Ding Zhen is from Sichuan". Later, there was a lively event of "grabbing Dingzhen" everywhere.
The Internet is creating hotspots every day, creating a celebrity that condenses imagination.
"He evoked my yearning for poetry and the distance." Ding Zhen became popular, carrying a lot of people's romantic imagination of pure cultural environment.
Even if Ding Zhen would not be as active as an internet celebrity or an artist, and would not respond to the tens of thousands of favorites from netizens in real time, his "unchanged" status has instead made netizens more favorable and inexplicable. The heart is fascinated.
In the Litang travel promotional film "The World of Ding Zhen", Ding Zhen said: "The outside world is big, but I still love my hometown the most." It is a good thing to give fairy-tale reveries to people far away. .
It's just that we should all be more cautious and cast this beam of attention, respect their living space, and be less curious about following trends, consumption and hype.
10. Selection of the Nobel Prize in Literature
In October, the night waiting for the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature has become a "sense of ritual" that the public is unwilling to give up in recent years.
After all, compared with other Nobel Prizes, literature has a slightly stronger sense of intimacy with ordinary people.
Even if many netizens just joked, "Will Murakami Haruki run with me this year?" When the awards were announced, he stared at the unfamiliar name and laughed: "Ah, it's not Haruki Murakami!" Nobel Literature. The award is filled with a strong sense of public participation.
The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature is an American poetess, Louise Glick.
Obviously, this name is "unpopular" to domestic readers, but there are also her readers and people who work hard for it.
For example, Liu Xiangyang, an earlier translator of Greck’s poems in China, had spent more than 10 years working on translating and publishing the Chinese version.
After Glick won the award, everyone went to congratulate the translator, and years of silent efforts were not in vain.
The translator is very calm, and it would be a good thing if everyone can go through her poems.
This poetess's own destiny of "caterpillars turning into butterflies" and the life of surpassing and overcoming herself can also give us profound inspiration.
In October of the following year, everyone will still watch the excitement of "Who gets the Literary Award".
However, for such a literary award with the greatest influence in the world, perhaps we have to abandon the two simple and crude evaluation calibers of "unpopular" and "deservedly deserved", and strive to be closer to literature and closer to writers.
At least, a few books have been added to your book list after that night.
China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily reporter Shen Jiequn Source: China Youth Daily