[Explanation] Xi'an guy Li Yan is a "historical enthusiast". On the online platform, he uses the pseudonym "Anzhou Mu" to popularize historical knowledge, share "historical journeys", and "translate" Chinese history into video-based popular science content. , Let it become vivid and vivid.
With the characteristics of objectivity, humor, and unique perspective, Li Yan's works have attracted the attention of many netizens.
Born in the ancient city of Xi'an, Li Yan treasured his history and monuments.
In order to promote the ancient cultural charm of Xi'an to more people, Li Yan, who studied history at university, began to try to produce a series of videos of "Old Place Names in Xi'an", telling the past and present of the corners of the ancient city.
These videos have received a lot of attention on the Internet, which allowed Li Yan to determine the direction of production.
In the next few years, he successively produced video works such as "Two Jins and Sixteen Kingdoms" and "Wind Yunnan and Northern Dynasties". Every day, nearly a million "fans" squatted on the Internet and urged updates online.
[Concurrent] Li Yan, creator of Xi'an video
At the beginning, I wanted to let us people in Xi'an know more about the history of our local city, but now what our team wants to do is let us Chinese understand our original glorious piece of ancient Chinese history.
And now we are also advocating our cultural self-confidence. If we want to be confident, we must first understand, and then we can accumulate a sense of self-confidence from the inside out step by step.
[Explanation] In Li Yan's video studio, a new episode of the program is being polished.
Li Yan told reporters that before making the video, he needed to collect a lot of historical materials and documents, and "translate" the classical Chinese into easy-to-understand daily language.
Li Yan sometimes plays some "Internet stalks" in the videos to achieve entertainment effects. These "witnesses" are backed by real historical data.
After the program copy is determined, steps such as original illustration production, dubbing, and editing must be carried out.
For a 25-minute program, Li Yan’s team often needs seven or eight days to produce.
[Concurrent] Li Yan, creator of Xi'an video
We often rework and repaint because the costumes worn by the characters have some small flaws, or some small parts, which do not meet the characteristics of this historical era.
Sometimes because the weapon he was holding was not a North-South Korean sword, or his bow and arrow were not an infantry longbow, etc., these details would be changed.
I often tell our painters that it is precisely because everyone likes your paintings that your paintings should be painted more accurately.
This is why we are often urged by fans.
[Explanation] The popularity of the program has increased the influence of Li Yan's team on the Internet, which has also aroused everyone's sense of social responsibility.
The team often visits some unpopular cultural relics, or interacts with cultural preservation units to broadcast live, attracting people's attention and understanding of historical relics.
Li Yan said that it is his constant pursuit to let more people understand the beauty of history.
[Concurrent] Li Yan, creator of Xi'an video
We also hope that we can get more opportunities for ourselves, whether we can cooperate with our national museums, or our public welfare organizations, and have more opportunities to cooperate together, so that our existing communication power or The influence can be more radiant, so that the people of our country can be proud of their history.
Party field Zhang Chenhui reports from Xi'an
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]