Some documentaries film flowers in order to record natural beauty; others film flowers in order to enter the spiritual world of a people. Flowers Blooming in China Season 2 clearly belongs to the latter. It does not treat flowers merely as colours and forms before the camera, but slowly unfolds a cultural scroll of life, aesthetics, seaso.

China in Bloom Season 2
花开中国(第二季)
Some documentaries film flowers in order to record natural beauty; others film flowers in order to enter the spiritual world of a people. Flowers Blooming in China Season 2 clearly belongs to the latter. It does not treat flowers merely as colours and forms before the camera, but slowly unfolds a cultural scroll of life, aesthetics, seaso.
Watching Flowers Blooming in China Season 2 today is not only about learning about flowers, nor only about appreciating beautiful images. It helps us understand again a gentle and enduring cultural ability: how people gain feeling from nature, how they turn plants into poetry, and how they place their emotions, ideals.






《花开中国(第二季)》:在花期里,看见中国人的精神气象
有些纪录片拍花,是为了记录自然的美;有些纪录片拍花,是为了进入一个民族的精神世界。《花开中国(第二季)》显然属于后者。它没有把花卉只当作镜头前的颜色和形态,而是从梅、兰、桂、荷、玉兰、水仙、芍药、百合这些中国人熟悉的花中,慢慢展开一部关于生命、审美、节令和人格的文化长卷。花在中国文化中,从来不是单纯的植物。它们生长在山野、庭院、池塘和案头,也生长在诗词、绘画。
Some documentaries film flowers in order to record natural beauty; others film flowers in order to enter the spiritual world of a people. Flowers Blooming in China Season 2 clearly belongs to the latter. It does not treat flowers merely as colours and forms before the camera, but slowly unfolds a cultural scroll of life, aesthetics, seaso.
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