“Looking at China·Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Youth Video Project” is a cultural experience and cultural identity project of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan youth carried out by the Chinese Cultural Video Communication Research Center of Beijing Normal University. Under the guidance of Mr. Huang Huilin, a senior professor of Beijing Normal University, the “Watching China·Foreign Youth Video Project” organized by the Institute of International Communication of Chinese Culture in Beijing Campus of Beijing Normal University has been extended to Zhuhai Campus.
"Looking at China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Youth Video Project" uses video as a medium, and invites young filmmakers from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan with different educational backgrounds, different perspectives, and different expressions to come to the mainland, and use their feet to look at every place they pass by. The camera tells the story of China in the eyes, showing the simplicity and prosperity, ancient and fashion of the motherland.
Through the unique perspectives of young filmmakers from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, in the set Chinese cultural theme, young students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan cooperate with young students from the mainland one-on-one, and each group shoots a 10-minute series of short documentaries called "Looking at China".
The results of all works will be displayed in colleges and universities in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and through new media platforms.
To build a communication platform for young people from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to enhance mutual understanding and cultural identity.
The "Looking at China" project has been launched for 5 phases since its launch in 2019, inviting 45 young people from City University of Macau, Macau University of Science and Technology, University of Macau, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (postponed due to the epidemic) to work with Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus, Jiaying College, Hainan In cooperation with teachers and students of the university, they went to Zhuhai, Meizhou, Jiangmen, Foshan, Zhongshan, Haikou, Hainan and other places in Guangdong, and created more than 40 short documentary films about "Looking at China" for young people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
From the "Looking at China" film, follow the lens of Hong Kong youths to experience the land of China they see, in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
This episode "The Coordinates of Home" starts from the ancient town of Songkou in Meizhou, and through the perspective of contemporary Hong Kong youth, interviews the descendants of the local overseas Chinese, learns about the hardships and difficulties of the overseas Chinese going to Southeast Asia in that era, and feels the Hakka people's "fist and fist heart, Yin Yin Sang Ziqing" ".
Songkou, people's impression of it starts from "going to the South Seas". This thousand-year-old town records the stories of countless Hakka people who left their homes and worked hard to start a business, and also carries the nostalgic memories of overseas travelers.
People come here one after another to explore the origin of the Hakka people's "sail to the sea and forge ahead", the return place of the Hakka overseas Chinese, and feel the strong nostalgia and family affection.
(Video source: Beijing Normal University Chinese Cultural Image Communication Research Center)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]