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Foreign Media consider Chinese Culture to walk global like A Bite of China

A few days ago, China Press USA published that A Bite of China, which with seven volumes only, is a successful example in Chinese traditional cultural transmission. The consideration in human feelings is first of the reasons for the success. Secondly is sincere attitude and last is the inclusive culture. Subjected to the Chinese Culture, with its reference of western mature form of expression, A Bite of China extremely getting the qualities of open and inclusive.
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Nowadays, if Chinese culture creator intended to make the work towards the world, and open up the path for the global of culture, they should first of all make attention to the human nature and life. To impress others, move ourselves first, thus to make the real revival rise of Chinese nation's splendid culture.
A Bite of China, as a food documentary present at dead of night by China Central Television, arousing a piece of hurrah among Chinese at home and abroad. So many of them quit watching CCTV for a long time, however, once keep eyes on it, they found acquiring a completely new outlook with thumbs up, and the strong homesickness overflowing their heart. and the Chinese who is eager to introduce the beautiful to America friends. And those, who eager to recommend their splendid Chinese to American friends, call for English version urgently.
A Bite of China, which with seven volumes only, is a successful example in Chinese traditional cultural transmission. Via personal stories one by one, with the elegant frames, it sparingly narrates all kinds of ecological food at river north and south. It starts from the mushroom of Yunnan Province to Momo of Shaanxi Province, and the gammon of Jinhua , shrimp paste of Hongkong, stone mill for grinding, and vat for kipper etc. When taste buds were aroused, homesickness was reminded, the unique national symbol and common life memory, and for thousands of years, the broad and profound Chinese food culture, they will not only on the tongue experience, but also in the soul purification.
Why the film so successful? The first is to take care of human feelings. On the theme, "Food is god to the people", food, not serious ideology and moral enlightenment, just reflect the pursuit of a better life. On the Content, it based on food, shows the heritance and decline of an traditional craftsmanship of ancient ethnic, discusses the acceptance and gift between human and natural, integration and alienation between human and society. Secondly is the sincere attitude.
The film Chief Director CHEN Xiaoqing said, "to be honest, with respect and affection for food, we do this documentary". Last is the inclusive culture. Subjected to the Chinese Culture, with its reference of western mature form of expression, A Bite of China extremely getting the qualities of open and inclusive.
Whether did Chinese Culture walk global and into West, the overseas Chinese is the very one to find it and empathize with others.
Today, China overseas culture dissemination, its momentum is very big, but the real "global" is rare. Like the film and television play, US TV series plays popular in China, China TV series is difficult to find in USA, occasionally switch to the mainland television station, what will you most found is about an anti-Japanese swordsman leap onto roofs and vault over walls, or an extraordinarily brave and invincible spy, even the combat among imperial harems. All these exaggerative and blundering instant culture really difficult to let a person to stay. In terms of book publishing, there is so many China book gather at annual overseas book fair, but the one can be popular in overseas is always hard to figure out. There is so many reasons for the culture deficit, the most important point is the lack of humanistic feelings, which behaves in literary and art works. Creators are not care in real life, only to cater to the cultural recreation lack of spirit. No express nature of human, only pay attention to moral preaching, and there is no more thinking afterward. What about culture spread? Now let us observe A Bite of China , as a realistic documentary, its cohesion of people's morale and closing to life, just brought a fresh wind for cultural propaganda. By a logical extension of this point, if so, China's Film can cause resonance, and produce the effect.
Due to regional, language and objective limit, there is lots of obstacles for spread of culture as well as the two-way communication between different ideology Chinese and Western culture, however, that are not two walls unable to communicate. Nowadays, if Chinese culture creator intended to make the work towards the world, and open up the path for the global of culture, they should first of all make attention to the human nature and life. To impress others, move ourselves first, thus to make the real revival rise of Chinese nation's splendid culture. Overseas Chinese positively blend into politics, economy, culture and society of host country, they are richly endowed by nature of conversational communication between Chinese and Western culture. Based on this point, if the cultural carrier communication can touch Chinese first, and then the local propagation started by Chinese, even promoted and exchanged among ethnics, without the chasm between space and interpersonal communication, then the culture unconsciously influenced may start from the point to the surface, make it easy to be accepted and respected by the mainstream, Chinese culture can truly become into global, and thereby change the pattern of Strong West Weak China.

(Source: China News Editor: CHEN Di Translator: Charlie Ching）