"What kind of people are Chinese Communists?
What kind of force is supporting them?
What kind of hope,
What kind of goal,
What kind of ideal,
What makes them brave and unbelievable warriors?
"
——Quoted from "Red Stars Illuminate China"
In 1937
A book called "Red Stars Shine on China"
Published in London, England
Cause a sensation in the world
Once known as "a key to understanding China in the 20th century"
It’s actually recorded in this book
Edgar Snow
June to October 1936
In the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region with Yan'an as the center
China's Northwestern Revolutionary Base
What you saw and heard in the field interview
Reported to the world
The real Communist Party of China, the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants
Snow's Journey
Full of unknowns and challenges
He came to Xi'an and Yan'an successively
The security guard in the temporary capital of the Soviet area at that time (now called Zhidan County)
Promote a long talk with Mao Zedong
He went deep into the forefront of Yuwang Fort in Ningxia
Living with the Red Army soldiers
Along the way
He interviewed
Revolutionary soldiers, farmers, herders, workers, Communist Youth League members, young pioneers
And the leaders of the Communist Party and many generals of the Red Army
He also went deep into the countryside of the Soviet area at that time
Explore why ordinary people support the Communist Party of China
Snow was interviewed in the Soviet area for nearly four months
When leaving
He reluctantly
Questions before traveling
Also get answers in the process of exploring
After returning to Beiping
He reported his interview
Compiled into "Red Stars Shining on China"
Clarified various mysteries about Red China to the world
Disseminated the voice of Red China objectively and impartially
Snow
Also the first
Foreign journalists interviewing in the mysterious "red zone"
Today after 85 years
We revisit "Red Stars Illuminate China"
Retake Snow's path back then
More than two thousand miles
What changes have been made along the way?
Snow's doubts back then
Today's Chinese answer with a beautiful picture of a new life
Red star shining
What kind of new journey is it?
let us be together
Seek the answer
Director system丨Luo Hongbing
Producer丨Wang Shanshan Zhang Ou
Producer丨Wang Wei
Editor-in-chief丨Li Ying
Editor丨Chen Ningzeyi Fan Jiachen Liu Tianzhe
Vision丨Tan Jingming
Dubbing丨Liu Cong
Data support丨People's Literature Publishing House