- 03/07/2025
This is a reality-themed documentary narrated and recorded by "others" to depict China's contemporary development and changes.
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00:00Thank you very much.
04:03on the backside of the mountain where the battle took place however because unfortunately most of
04:09the bodies are unable to be identified instead of tombstones they used rocks to recognize and
04:16remember the soldiers and like this one instead of a name they simply have a number the entire
04:24hillside before me is covered by thousands and thousands of nameless memorial stones
04:33a long and arduous journey ahead the worst yet to come and already they were dropping like flies
04:50what gave them the power to carry on
05:07people say that the long march was a miracle a real life miracle made possible by everyone working
05:14together people party and army driven forward by shared goals and lofty ideals
05:32the roads on the border between hunan and guangxi provinces are full of twists and turns
05:38the five undulating mountain ranges known as the five ridges
05:42divide the four provinces of chiangxi guangdong hunan and guangxi
05:58local villagers have especially fond memories of the three red army women who passed through here
06:11this is
06:18mr ju tells me that when the red army made a stopover at chadjo village three female medics lodged with his
06:25mother for six nights
06:30Let's talk about this.
06:31When you have three women,
06:33you have to sleep in this room.
06:35That's what I told you about.
06:41This is very hard.
06:43Just sitting here,
06:45just sitting here,
06:47just sitting here,
06:49and then use a glass,
06:51a broken glass glass.
06:52I'm going to cover the paper.
06:55I'm going to cover the paper on the paper.
06:59Just like this.
07:00Just like this.
07:01Just like this.
07:02Just like this.
07:03Oh, I'm not comfortable.
07:06That's not enough.
07:10When they went to the hospital,
07:12they wanted to thank my mother.
07:15They saw me at home.
07:17They sent me to the hospital.
07:20They sent me to my mother.
07:23They sent me to my mother.
07:25She said,
07:26and took me to the hospital.
07:29They sent me to the hospital.
07:31But my mother felt that they had to go through.
07:33She was able to take her.
07:35She took the hospital.
07:36She opened the hospital.
07:38She opened the hospital.
07:39She opened the hospital.
07:40To get the hospital.
07:41She told me to leave her.
07:43She called me,
07:45She said,
07:46Everybody, you have to be a hero for this half a day.
07:51But we will still be able to see you.
07:55We will still be able to see you.
08:07Stories like this abound along the Long March route.
08:11It didn't take long for rural people to realise
08:14that this army's goal was to make life better for ordinary people like themselves.
08:23Communication and trust helped the Red Army forge ahead in China's remote mountains.
08:31Today, convenient transportation has brought tourists and business to the small villages scattered in the hills.
08:38People can sell local specialties on their doorsteps.
08:44Thanks to new roads and bridges, urban and rural China are being pulled together.
08:54Now everyone can share in China's development.
09:02But despite the improvements in transportation,
09:05you need something really special to induce people to venture deeper and higher into the mountains.
09:11That's one reason why the authorities have been promoting carp aquaculture in paddy fields,
09:17as a way of alleviating poverty in these highland areas.
09:21Fish kept in rice paddies can feed on insects and rice blossoms that fall into the water.
09:27Thanks to this special diet, the flesh of these fish is said to have a rice-like fragrance.
09:31This is when you came to me.
09:32This is when you came to me.
09:33I've been working on the river and I've been working on the river.
09:34I'm working on a river and I'm working on the river.
09:35I'm working on a river and I'm working on the river.
09:36Why?
09:37I'm working on the river and I'm working on the river.
09:38Fish kept in rice paddies can feed on insects and rice blossoms that fall into the water.
09:43Thanks to this special diet, the flesh of these fish is said to have a rice-like fragrance.
09:48Fish kept in rice.
09:49Fish kept in rice.
09:50Fish kept in rice.
09:51Fish kept in rice.
09:52Fish kept in rice.
09:53Fish kept in rice.
09:54Fish kept in rice.
09:55Fish kept in rice.
09:56Fish kept in rice.
09:57Fish kept in rice.
09:58Fish kept in rice.
09:59Fish kept in rice.
10:00Fish kept in rice.
10:01Fish kept in rice.
10:02Fish kept in rice.
10:03Fish kept in rice.
10:04Fish kept in rice.
10:05Fish kept in rice.
10:06Fish kept in rice.
10:07Fish kept in rice.
10:08Fish kept in rice.
10:09Fish kept in rice.
10:10Fish kept in rice.
10:11Fish kept in rice.
10:12Fish kept in rice.
10:13Fish kept in rice.
10:14Fish kept in rice.
10:15Fish kept in rice.
10:16In this way, the carp eaten here by the Red Army gained a nationwide reputation, which
10:36is why the township government thought it would be a good idea to attract tourists with
10:40these little fish, increasing farmers' incomes and improving their lives.
10:48In order to create a brand, the township government has not only established breeding cooperatives,
10:54but also invited chefs from major cities to teach the locals how to cook and develop
10:58new fish dishes.
11:13So thanks to this initiative, these rice paddy carp are bringing tourists and prosperity
11:18to the area.
11:20In only a year, the industry's value surged by 40 million yuan, bumping 200 million yuan
11:26output value into the processing, catering and tourism sectors.
11:31The income generated by raising carp now exceeds income from farming.
11:41The government also built a road leading to the mountaintop.
11:45Thanks to this initiative, the mountaintop is attracting even more investment and becoming
11:51a unique tourist attraction.
12:00At the top of this mountain, which is about a thousand meters above sea level, turns out
12:05to be this beautiful, expansive grassland.
12:08Now, the local villagers here have teamed up with the government and they're hoping to
12:12invite even more tourists here to enjoy both beautiful food and of course this exquisite scenery.
12:18Now, this also, they hope, will enable the local villages to enjoy a more prosperous life
12:24without having to emigrate.
12:30On its way through the mountains, the Red Army entered lands controlled by ethnic minorities.
12:35Here, the Kuomintang army gave up the chase, supposing it had an unwitting ally in the form
12:42of the local Dong people.
12:44Surely, these formidable warriors, who had given Kuomintang warlords so much trouble in
12:48the past, wouldn't let the Red Army pass through the territory without a fight.
12:54In the past, we built a local village in the U.S.
12:58We built the U.S.
12:59The U.S.
13:00The U.S.
13:02The U.S.
13:03The U.S.
13:04The U.S.
13:05The U.S.
13:06We built the U.S.
13:07The U.S.
13:07Why is this called the U.S.?
13:09When the U.S.
13:11When the U.S.
13:12When we lived in the農民村, there was a big earthquake.
13:17The earthquake was burned by the west side.
13:22The Red Army had a hard time to take this building.
13:27If it didn't take this building, the building would fall down to the south.
13:31The building would also be burned.
13:34It would have been burned.
13:36For the people to thank the Red Army and the Red Army,
13:40so we changed the Longyang floor as the Red Army.
13:54During the Long March, the Red Army's three main rules of discipline
13:58and six points of conduct played a crucial role.
14:02These regulations stipulated that the soldiers, first of all,
14:05should not take anything from the people.
14:08that they should speak kindly. Next was that if they do borrow something they
14:13must return it. Later they also added extra rules which included things like
14:18avoiding women when bathing and also digging their own sanitary pits and
14:23toilets. Now all of these rules were simple and easy to understand but of
14:30course in wartime not easy to implement and manage. However it was exactly
14:35because the soldiers of the Red Army did follow and stick to these principles
14:40that they earned the trust and respect of all the communities and people that they
14:45passed along their route.
14:55Today new roads are being built connecting large and small dong villages.
15:00Nowadays people can see many more newly constructed drum towers. Local people say
15:08that they are living better than ever and that their drum towers are getting higher
15:12and more beautiful.
15:20Here in Lejang Town I've just seen this brand new built drum tower and this is definitely
15:25the biggest drum tower I've seen on the whole journey.
15:33The local people still name this new drum tower after the Red Army.
15:44After dinner the villagers gather under the drum tower and spend the happiest time of the day together.
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16:45While faster and more convenient transportation has given young people here access to opportunities
17:05outside their home villages, the downside has been a sudden vitality-sapping loss of
17:11labor in the villages themselves. Large differences between rural and urban areas are a reality
17:18in many parts of the world. But in 2017, the Chinese government made a strategic decision
17:24on rural revitalization, ultimately aimed at realizing the great dream of common prosperity.
17:32Answering the clarion call of this initiative and the various policies put in place to support
17:37it. Successful entrepreneurs have returned to their hometowns in droves, bringing capital
17:43and new ideas with them. I made an appointment with Mr. Bin, who had just come back from Guangdong
17:51where he used to work. He's going to show me his new workplace.
17:58Mr. Bin just told me that he is the minister for the company's Ministry of Agriculture and
18:14he is responsible for leading and encouraging all of the workers who farm the land here.
18:21Just like this, right?
18:22Yes.
18:23Yes.
18:24Yes.
18:25Yes.
18:26Well, this is a more traditional way of planting trees, right?
18:29Yes.
18:30Yes.
18:31Yes.
18:32Yes.
18:33Yes.
18:34Yes.
18:35Yes.
18:36Yes.
18:37We have 80,000 groups in the village and have gotten a top city, right?
19:00Dabitou Village has now become a modern holiday resort that provides hot springs and tourism services.
19:09Instead of acquiring land for tourism, the company hired farmers to replant the abandoned fields.
19:30The speed is still fast.
19:38I've never been able to do this before.
19:40I've never been able to do this before.
19:43I've been able to do this before.
19:46I've been able to do this before.
19:55Do you want to do this before?
19:57Yes.
20:00I've been able to do this before.
20:02I've been able to do this before.
20:03I've been able to do this before.
20:04I'll tell you what.
20:05Even though it's clearly not me doing the work, it's obviously the bull there.
20:20But you really do have to work some to control the rudder there,
20:24to make sure all the mud gets turned over right.
20:27It's physical labor.
20:29But at the same time, really fun and really interesting.
20:31I love the fact that this is a hands-on opportunity to get to understand how traditional agriculture all around the world has happened.
20:38Hands on.
20:39Mud under fingernails.
20:40Mud in your toenails, etc.
20:42Sweat on your brow.
20:43Wet on your brow.
20:44And some traditional agriculture happening right here, right now.
20:48Absolutely fantastic.
20:50The one who returned to the village with billions of yuan was the first college student in the village after China's reform and opening up.
21:05When hearing that he wanted to return to his hometown and start a tourism business, his friends advised him to invest cautiously.
21:12However, he was quite optimistic in light of the government's rural revitalization strategy.
21:18Most of the 700 people in the village now work for the company, and even young people from neighboring villages have come to work in Da Bi Thou.
21:31On the hillside, luxury spa villas are under construction, and because the investor has strong confidence in national economic development and people's spending power, investment is on the up.
21:48It's also good to know that the company's employees have the opportunity to enjoy its services.
22:08I think I'm going to stay here a few days longer.
22:18I'm now taking a high-speed train from Guanxi over to Hunan Province, which is roughly in the same direction that the Red Army traveled, but of course without the same experience.
22:33Now, the Yue Chenglin that I'm crossing right here is the largest of the Walling Mountain system, and was the first mountains that the Red Army traveled and crossed during their long march.
22:45As we can see, they're really mountainous, and we've got lots of tunnels as we go through all of this fine territory.
22:50But these mountain ranges really left a strong impression on the soldiers of the Red Army during the Long March.
23:06Today, I only took three hours to arrive at Xu Pu County, Hunan, through the Yue Cheng Mountains.
23:12High-speed trains have become a powerful accelerator for rural revitalization.
23:18Stepping out of the high-speed railway station, you immediately arrive at the foot of the Xuefeng Mountain scenic area.
23:25Now, 60% of tourists come here by high-speed train.
23:29As we can see, this super narrow path is really only suitable to use a horse to transport goods to and from on.
23:41Now, I've heard that the surrounding area received quite a boost from tourism economics.
23:47But what I didn't realize is part of the reason for that is that this very road, this tiny path, which the Red Army soldiers took during the Long March, has now actually become a really popular tourism hiking route for people to enjoy.
24:02There's a Chinese saying that goes, do not forget the past misery when in pursuit of happiness.
24:13In this sense, this hiking route is not only for sightseeing and exercise, but also educational.
24:18These Xu Pu people will not forget that 3,000 of them chose to join the Red Army during the Long March.
24:33In addition to the Red Army's Long March route, there's another way to the top of the mountain at an altitude of about 1,000 meters.
24:50This winding road was built in 2018 to the highest specifications and is called the Red Army Spirit Road.
24:57Whereas it once took half a day to travel up the mountain, now it takes less than an hour.
25:07At the end of the road is a unique village of a branch of the Yao ethnic room.
25:13Thanks to tourism, the traditional embroidery art of Huayau has survived and flourished.
25:18These people's unique cross-stitch tradition was first recorded 2,000 years ago in the Han Dynasty.
25:36The colourful patterns resemble modern pixel art, but because it takes 3 years to finish one piece of work, the tradition was once on the verge of dying out.
25:57Now, with the development of tourism, this ancient craft is prospering again.
26:02In addition, the villagers spend every night singing with tourists from all over the country.
26:10It's just as if every night is a festival night.
26:19Going west, I took various roads between the mountains.
26:23They continue to change people's lives in the deep mountain communities.
26:26This stockaded village in the Xiangxi Valley is called Ai Zhai, which means Low Village.
26:38Now, it's called so because at the top of the mountains are where all the other villages have made their home where they sit.
26:46But Ai Zhai sits right here at the bottom of this valley.
26:49So in both a physical and a metaphorical sense, all the other villages have always looked down on Ai Zhai.
26:58However, since the construction of this absolutely amazing Ai Zhai bridge, which as we can see, spans right the way across the mountains.
27:08Now Ai Zhai has become the shining star and has the envy of all of the other villages at the top, which previously looked down on it.
27:17At an altitude of more than 350 meters, this gigantic project connecting the two ends of the canyon 1.4 kilometers apart inspires awe in all those who stand before it.
27:40What's more, soon after the Ai Zhai bridge created many firsts in China and the world, its records were soon broken by other Chinese projects.
27:55All the modern bridges and roads I passed along the way have profoundly changed China.
28:07Three, two, one, go!
28:17This is amazing!
28:19Woohoo!
28:20More than 80 years ago, after crossing the Xiangjiang River, the Red Army suffered a heavy blow.
28:39But they continued on their perilous journey.
28:42Their faith in the cause undiminished, building a bond of mutual trust with ordinary people and sharing with them their lofty dream.
28:54Today, every road, every channel of communication, every means of exchange and sharing is a continuation of the Long March to change the lives of the Chinese people for the better.
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