Some documentaries speak of horses in order to tell grand history; Leading With the Horse speaks of horses with lightness, vitality, and closeness. It does not rush to place horses high within narratives of battlefields, empires, and civilisation, but begins with their expressions, evolution, cultural images, folk meanings, and modern tra.

Taking the Lead
一马当先
Some documentaries speak of horses in order to tell grand history; Leading With the Horse speaks of horses with lightness, vitality, and closeness. It does not rush to place horses high within narratives of battlefields, empires, and civilisation, but begins with their expressions, evolution, cultural images, folk meanings, and modern tra.
Watching Leading With the Horse today is not only about understanding horses, nor only about feeling the festivity of the zodiac year. More importantly, it allows us to rediscover the lively and deep relationship between horses and Chinese culture. The horse is an animal, and also a partner; a subject of science, and a.






《一马当先》:从“马语”到生肖,重新认识这位文明老友
有些纪录片讲马,是为了讲宏大的历史;《一马当先》讲马,却带着一种轻快、灵动和亲近。它不急着把马放进战场、帝国和文明叙事的高处,而是从马的表情、进化、文化形象、民俗寓意和现代转型讲起,让观众重新发现:这位与人类同行数千年的老朋友,其实一直比我们想象得更复杂、更有趣,也更接近生活。“一马当先”这个名字,本身就有中国人的语言趣味。它既是成语,也有生肖年的喜气;既有。
Some documentaries speak of horses in order to tell grand history; Leading With the Horse speaks of horses with lightness, vitality, and closeness. It does not rush to place horses high within narratives of battlefields, empires, and civilisation, but begins with their expressions, evolution, cultural images, folk meanings, and modern tra.
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