■Our reporter Weizhong

　　90,000 barrages, 52 million views, and a Douban score of 9.3 - this is the transcript handed over by the documentary "Land of the Gods" at station B.

The documentary consists of four episodes, with a total duration of 200 minutes.

After watching it, the audience received rave reviews: "The land of China is so beautiful, and every frame of the picture can be used as a screensaver." "Every episode was tricked out of tears. The background music is accompanied by narration, which is touching..."

　　When it comes to nature documentaries, the first thing that many people think of is the BBC. In the past, "Dynasty" showed various games hidden among animal groups, and later "Prehistoric Planet" took people back to 400 million years ago to explore the unknown. dinosaur world.

And the domestic documentary "Land of the Gods", what is it that amazes the audience?

　　Photographing wild animals and ethnic cultures that are unique to China

　　"Land of the Gods" shoots wild animals and national culture that are unique to China, and are closely related to Chinese civilization.

It selected the "Snow Mountain Messenger" wild yak, the "King of the Forest" Siberian tiger, the "Sea Elf" white dolphin, and the "Rainforest Overlord" Asian elephant as the protagonists, because the people living in the area of ​​these four kinds of animals have been circulating since ancient times that they are related to each other. Legends or myths related to gods.

Zeng Hairuo, the chief director of the documentary, believes that only when people feel that these animals have divinity will they remain in awe, respect their territory, and respect their way of life.

　　In summer, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is covered with green, and the wild yak "Kunlun" watches the family yak herd at the foot of the mountain from the ridge. At this time, the herdsman Zhida is buying and selling domestic yak here, but the transaction ends here - there are ordinary families The "Kunlun", twice the size of the yak, rushed down the mountain, provoked the yaks everywhere, and quickly became the leader of the group of yaks.

The herdsman Zhida was very helpless at the moment, he could only watch helplessly as "Kunlun" took his herd to a distant mountain, but he was not anxious because he knew that "Kunlun" would leave when winter came, and he Will become the owner of the herd again, and there will be many "Kunlun" bloodlines left in the herd.

In recent years, wild yaks, which were rarely seen in the past, have had more and more contact with herders, and formed a wonderful coexistence relationship: wild yaks will conquer the herdsmen's homes after they fail to compete for the leading position in their own groups. Yaks, and although the herdsmen can't go milking for a few months, the mixed-breed calves born from wild yaks and domestic yaks have larger physiques and better physiques than ordinary domestic yaks.

The herdsmen believe that the "Biography of King Gesar", which has been circulated in the wilderness for a long time, said: as long as the wild yak is good, the wild yak will not hurt itself.

　　In northern China, ancient shamans regarded tigers as psychic animals.

In the episode of Siberian Tiger, "Land of the Gods" tells the story of a "heroic mother" who has made great contributions to the continuation of the population.

In the legend of the Dai people, elephants hold up the sky and the earth.

In this episode of Asian elephants, "Land of the Gods" begins with why they leave the nature reserve and wander around, telling the legendary story of elephant herds in search of wild elephants' homeland.

　　Provide a unique perspective on the relationship between man and nature

　　Compared with the stern and objective output of a large amount of knowledge points and data to the audience of the BBC and National Geographic Channel, "The Land of the Gods" provides a unique perspective to observe the relationship between man and nature. It is not a simple slogan. To promote the protection of wild animals, but to teach the audience how to understand these wild animals.

　　For example, in the episode of white dolphins, the audience can see that the blood vessels of white dolphins are congested when they swim, which makes their white skin appear pink, which is very cute.

In ancient times, ancient fishermen from southern Fujian to the coastal areas of Guangdong called the white dolphin Mazu fish as a symbol of good luck.

But today, because of the shortage of food in the oceans caused by the widespread use of trawlers, white dolphins have to venture close to humans to steal fish from fishermen and sometimes rip through their nets.

To this end, a team of special rangers is rescuing the white dolphins who are caught by fishing nets and cut by propellers.

Humans do not understand why old white dolphins swim dozens of kilometers from the ocean and wait to die in freshwater rivers; it is also difficult to achieve a balance between maintaining livelihoods and protecting the number of white dolphins.

These questions are not answered in the documentary, but prompt people to think and pay attention.

　　Some people may say that too many people's emotions are mixed in nature documentaries, and they are not scientific enough.

But what this documentary wants to explore is precisely the perceptual connection between man and nature - nature is powerful and vast, and animals are a mirror for man to face nature.

Just as Zhou Yu, the director of the episode "The Return of the Mountain God", which takes the Siberian tiger as the subject, said: When humans can photograph tigers, tigers may have observed humans in secret a hundred times.

They are the real masters of this forest, and we are the passers-by who have rashly intruded into other people's territory.

　　Industry insiders pointed out that the production of nature documentaries is difficult and the shooting cycle is long, but it is an important benchmark to reflect the comprehensiveness and high level of documentaries.

"The Land of the Gods" can be said to be a good start, showing the improvement of domestic production standards in the field of nature documentaries, and also showing people's expectations for more high-quality works.

Audiences expect more platforms to keep up, forming a blooming trend in original nature documentaries.