3 years ago, hunan girl Zhou Fang
Taking 5 cameraman one case, visited 24 towns of Chinese,
Took the place of historic interest of underwater of a lot of China thoroughly first:
Yunnan strokes the underwater pyramid of celestial being lake,
The underwater Great Wall of Heibei Pan members of a family,
The underwater of 1000 islands lake hundred years ancient village...
In September 2019, " underwater China " newsreel broadcasts,
Became the newsreel that the world shows China the first times from underwater perspective.
Innermost burrow is fastened in Guangxi groundwater,
Because Zhou Fang films blind shrimp,
Within an inch of is died in underwater by tired burrow;
Be in Hangzhou bottom of 1000 islands lake,
She saw immersed in underwater 60 old,
Still save in good condition memorial archway however;
In Taiwan orchid island,
They were patted at present Chinese water area is saved the most in good condition,
The heavy boat with underwater top visibility...
A lot of people are taken " underwater China " with BBC " blue heavenly body " do quite,
Zhou Fang feels, this underwater China subject matter,
Certainly BBC cannot be replaced.
"The Chinese films oneself underwater world,
We are not is see thing with content,
See a person with content however, see China with content. See China with content..
Write Wen Zhangxiang eaves
Director: Zhou Fang
Begin from Feburary 2017, 6 cameraman spent two years of time of 7 months, visited 24 towns of Chinese, most the long island that north arrived at Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea to have sex, most south the Nanhai that went to China, most east it is island of Taiwan orchid island, film thoroughly first and record the place of historic interest that played underwater of a lot of China...
Zhejiang ancient city of underwater of 1000 islands lake
1959, chun An, install two counties then
Reach all round more than 900 dorp that distributing flood water in
Great Wall of underwater of Heibei Pan members of a family embeds blue waves forms those who grow about 50 kilometers " underwater Great Wall " marvellous spectacle 6 degrees water is warm, visibility can go to 10 meters
Zhejiang China of lane of filial piety of section of 1000 islands lake is exclusive the saves whole brick wall structure memorial archway that an underwater still does not have a cave in
At present Chinese water area saves heavy ship of date of fort of Taiwan orchid island the most in good condition, a visibility is highest heavy boat
" underwater China " it is China the first, also be the newsreel that the world shows China the first times from underwater perspective. Carry world of another underwater parallel, we are able to understand the Chinese culture that is forgotten to those.
Risking life danger,
6 individual flowers film 3 years underwater world of China
Zhou Fang likes outdoors sport very much all the time, compare at be in forest, glacier is pedestrian, she feels phreatic water has more the feeling of acme. "In underwater, I do not listen all round any sound, can hear oneself breath only, experience oneself heartbeat, underwater makes me infatuate most, be this kind is far from a city, by the feeling of natural wrap up. By the feeling of natural wrap up..
3 years ago, she is being taken other 5 young associate, begin to prepare " underwater China " of newsreel film.
" underwater China " also completed 6 part finally only, every collect 30 minutes into piece. Director Zhou Fang says: "A lot of people oppugn us efficiency is low, film with nearly 3 years actually the China of underwater, time is too short really. Time is too short really..
Each collect is a theme: Underwater burrow, Gu Cheng, heavy boat, coral, marine zoology, fishery... every theme represented Chinese underwater a kind of infrequent natural landscape. Director Zhou Fang says: "We are not is see thing with content, see a person with content however, see China with content. See China with content..
Before Zhou Fang, never have the newsreel of such subject matter of China of person sortie underwater, the most immediate cause films namely difficulty is too great.
Zhou Fang says: "Natural kind newsreel is all film in newsreel difficulty is the greatest, and film underwater world, if be divided according to grade, the cat head that is pyramid. The cat head that is pyramid..
Underwater films the most difficult is its unpredictability. Weather, visibility, current, it is water even lukewarm, a bit deviation can build heterodyne photograph failure. Group of even if science gives a technology support, just also raised successful rate, after nobody can assure to enter the water, can film what.
Invest many time and capital, probable also whats were patted, so major person had not begun to had abandoned.
Group member has 6 only, 4 male 2 female, have train of explorer, cameraman, dive... besides an American, other 5 are a Chinese. Some are Zhou Fang's good friends, some are abroad films the partner with old collaboration, some are the stranger that never had been acquainted. Zhou Fang says: "The underwater that everybody has more than 10 years films experience, depending on an enthusiasm to be together. Depending on an enthusiasm to be together..
" blue heavenly body " it is the about underwater theme newsreel surveyor's pole that BBC pats, it lets the person of the whole world begin to be interested in underwater world. Even if arrived today, a lot of people still are met " underwater China " and " blue heavenly body " make quite. Evaluate this newsreel what place is inferior to " blue heavenly body " , where be inferior to BBC. Zhou Fang says: "" blue heavenly body " be the world, but " underwater China " it is China is exclusive. But " underwater China " it is China is exclusive..
With life photograph rich, film underwater burrow
Film in all underwater in, of underwater burrow film, it is difficulty the biggest, have challenge sex most.
Because itself is a professional underwater exploration environment, it is completely airtight space. And Chinese burrow, was not explored and had developed mostly, without clear map directive, the mouth did not flee for his life directly after going in. "Encounter when mouth of a cave is narrower, diver can be stayed in by card, come down gas cylinder discharge to throw the past, the person climbs the past again. The person climbs the past again..
Group of produce a film ever stepped sufficient Guangxi 6 times. The karst of Chinese south, own one of the world's seniorest subterranean river water system. The subterranean river overall length with independent Guangxi exceeds 10 thousand kilometers, approximate the length of earthly diameter, be equivalent to the total length that the Yangtse River and Yellow River add up.
Guangxi, swallow a fossil hole
Guangxi installs autonomous county of the Yao nationality, because be located in out-of-the-way, ever was judged to be one of places that appropriate least of all mankind lives by U.N. , became whole world hole to go however the heaven of searcher.
Group of produce a film explores burrow of more than 20 place early or late, film Chinese underwater provides 6 representative burrow most finally: Hole of Ling Wandong, white dragon, Red Army hole, 9 send burrow and hole of the fossil that swallow a row.
Among them the most significant is 9 send burrow, it is the earliest be discovered by class of French a place of strategic importance, along the guiding that he leaves the rope is explored, group of produce a film still discovered hole wall Shihua and blind shrimp accidentally.
Blind shrimp, unusual burrow water live thing
Film the experience of blind shrimp, zhou Fang answers recall to be able to 't help quivering every time. Blind shrimp is the most unusual burrow water live thing, because grow in completely dark hot spring environment, the eye of blind shrimp has degraded, can pat lean lot completely.
It is extremely tall to living environmental requirement, live in water quality mostly pure burrow is the most rock-bottom, if subterranean river water gets,pollution can die instantly. Although film blind shrimp is one of booked plan selection of subject, but home never has the person films truly it.
Of underwater burrow film, rely on one root guiding rope to maintain an order completely. Once break away from, extremely possible hold back dies in the hole. Because see blind shrimp is too excited, zhou Fang and follow of another female cameraman are worn blind shrimp entered hole of a side, a bit did not realize had broken away from those who maintain an order to lead a string.
Zhou Fang says: "Enter side hole probably one, two meters position, I kicked two offal web, whole hole sand and dust diffuses, visibility instant is 0. I feel at that time from personal follow-up bier is same, having holdinging the heart that dies surely in the arms. Having holdinging the heart that dies surely in the arms..
Two people are the condition of be scattered, she can rely on the right hand to feel to consult only thing goes forth, discover the road is blocked up dead suddenly. Zhou Fang loosened suddenly at a heat, know way is wrong, this is a favour instead in underwater exploration.
"Want to assure to find outlet below the condition with sufficient air, most be afraid that him diver is flurried, nervous when move in disorder, catch in disorder, can catch the respirator of the other side even. " another cameraman bumped when Zhou Fang retrace comes, she exerts all one's strength hand emphatically before her face lens shake, turn over direction to swim forward, just returned advocate hole.
Guangxi 9 send the underwater stone inside the hole the flower, the world is infrequent
Final positive result makes her gratified very much, the blind shrimp that this burrow films, be in domestic newsreel first. Besides, the hole wall stone that films is beautiful, be in the world to go up also is very infrequent. "The data that does not have any forefathers can consult, explore at the same time record at the same time, it is to take a lot completely creating selection of subject. It is to take a lot completely creating selection of subject..
Risking a building at any time the risk of the cave in,
Film ancient city of underwater of 1000 islands lake
Of underwater historic site in filming, of ancient city of underwater of 1000 islands lake filming is the most difficult.
1959, cut sheds Xin Anjiang, chun An, install two counties instant to become seas change into mulberry field and mulberry fields in seas-time brings great changes to the world then, the immigrant that change goes at that time has 20 much people about. Major person is likely already be dead, alive also crossed a cycle of sixty years already year.
These historic site are timberwork, immersed in underwater 60 old. Before the building is preparing to remove in those days, be torn open mostly only broken tile of remnant incomplete brick, some eave are collapse, some buildings only remnant half wall. Zhou Fang says: "These buildings have the risk of the cave in at any time, enter boldly below the situation that does not understand building construction indoor, it is challenge of a huge. It is challenge of a huge..
1959, chun An, how to tear open change history then video
The former appearance before underwater Gu Cheng is flooded pursues
For complete understanding the underwater ancient city of 1000 islands lake, group of produce a film found a painter, he is among them an immigrant.
He spent time of 10 years, collect clue from door to door, reductive a before underwater Gu Cheng is flooded former appearance pursues. This work relapses instead answer had revised 5 times, shop of each previously each each street, other people, street, by true and reductive.
The lane of section filial piety of underwater of 1000 islands lake, be apart from today 300 old. It is China at present underwater does not have a cave in exclusively, the memorial archway that saves the wholest brick wall structure, was filmed this by the success come down.
The host of memorial archway is the wife king family name that is called Yao Wenjun, 2 people marry only a year, the husband dies due to illness. Wang preserve chastity after the death of her husband uses up filial piety 50 old, qianlong grants this memorial archway especially. The head hangs the memorial archway of imperial edict, it is one of 4 big memorial archway of Chinese tradition, of monarch of bibcock, imperial edict, ancient time indicative engrave in underwater on this memorial archway.
Underwater of 1000 islands lake civilian curtilage: Yu Qingtang
Searching underwater when the building that specific need films, zhou Fang saw an article that recollects home town accidentally, the author is to make old. Then Zhou Fang makes those who film object lock is Xu Jiayuan surely old civilian curtilage: "Civilian curtilage hiding more the milk of human kindness rear. "Civilian curtilage hiding more the milk of human kindness rear..
To record house thoroughly, group of produce a film makes please often made special introduction: "My home is called Yu Qingtang, there is a horizontal inscribed board of a stone on the door, writing belt of hill screen water, mu Chuan fights a structure, there is small yard in the house, the large tree of collapse... backyard has a stair to be able to get on 2 buildings, my father once became the dish jar here weapon, had protected us this home. Had protected us this home..
In the last day, group of produce a film prepares to enter the water film Yu Qingtang when, make often request Zhou Fang to say stealthily: "I have a little cherished desire, the tile that hopes you can help me take a messuage comes up. The tile that hopes you can help me take a messuage comes up..
After entering the water, zhou Fang was found successfully make old home, she discovers Yu Qingtang is saved very thoroughly in underwater, the tile of housetop is being built shipshapely, still maintaining 60 be wided before New Year more that momently about.
When Zhou Fang takes a tile, flashy dust flies upwards, tile instant broke away from the environment all round, became a new tile. Zhou Fang says: "Struggled for ages, I or do sth without authorization tile replace former office, in the memory that should let it stay before 60 years, this ability is it best attributive. This ability is it best attributive..
Heavy boat of the underwater Great Wall of shock making a person, sea floor
Luan is brought to enter ferry 30 years ago, the village of Pan members of a family that a large dams is in Heibei cut off rapid name of a river in northern china,
The underwater Great Wall of Pan members of a family, it is a whole world exclusive can 0 distances contact underwater, wear the Great Wall that goes more. Zhou Fang says: "6 degrees water is warm, visibility can go to 10 meters, this is I had seen the most beautiful Great Wall! This is I had seen the most beautiful Great Wall!!
American Sidiwen is a foreigner that records the Great Wall the earliest in Chinese underwater, zhou Fang decides to follow Sidiwen to record this process: "Nonexistent who discovered the Great Wall first, I hope to pass more western face, the underwater historic site that allows China and culture transmission go out. The underwater historic site that allows China and culture transmission go out..
Heavy boat of date of fort of Taiwan orchid island, was 1983 a of Korea be sent on a diplomatic mission giant oceangoing freighter, diffuse because of smoother strike a reef, the captain went to its travel an international heavy accommodation, be located in water area of 8 acting bays at present, probably many meters of 40 dark place. This heavy boat, it is at present Chinese water area is saved the most in good condition, a visibility is highest.
The heavy ship that Zhou Fang still sent archaic the Silk Road to go up, contemporary Nanhai heavy boat, and put the man-made fish reef in sea floor on marine and actively heavy boat for protection, the heavy boat that told about Chinese underwater with this evolves.
With microscope record coral is worn bed
Coral lays eggs the instant: Happen every year 20 minutes only
Because need many tall frame to lead material, group of produce a film used the 8K movie machine of Red Epic W to make a record in underwater, this is in Chinese underwater newsreel first. Coral lays eggs, happen every year 20 minutes only, miss should wait one year again. "So precious small be apart from video, we hope to let more people see detail. We hope to let more people see detail..
China can have those who belong to his certainly in the future " blue heavenly body "
Zhou Fang is born in hill city Hunan, before reading an university, she never has had seen the sea, do not know the sea is what appearance even. 2012, she goes vacationing in Australian Keynesia when, saw the big fort reef with best whole world. "I just know, underwater still has a such beautiful parallel worlds. Underwater still has a such beautiful parallel worlds..
Because want to know underwater world, the underwater that finish films, she begins to study phreatic water evidence. From now on later, she is annual in the time that has half an year basically, alive bound each district dives.
When Zhou Fang is diving, ever went for many times unmanned area, unmanned island and out-of-the-way maritime space, with family it is the status that loses couplet completely.
2014, she goes to sea to Cuba phreatic water, place does not have a network, without signal, she cannot be contacted with family, disappeared full 9 days. "I evaporated like the world at that time same. The first phone plays my mother, she is very indignant big to me growl, a few days can you make me much vividder? A few days can you make me much vividder??
The work of the first underwater that Zhou Fang completes was 2015 " search a whale shark " . Later, she manufactured again altogether the newsreel of 25 collect " lurk the world " .
In January 2017, she goes to arctic ice. A coach of Russia asks Zhou Fang, "Is the underwater world that you know China what kind of? I saw completely different underwater world over. I saw completely different underwater world over..
This issue is very large to Zhou Fang's blow. "I took each corners of the world, be defeated however finally in the underwater world that does not know China. Taking a kind of ill-affected, not reconciled to, I begin to film the China of underwater. I begin to film the China of underwater..
Compare lover of Yu Qian water, of the person that Zhou Fang prefers to film as underwater oneself: "I pay close attention to visual stimulation only no longer, what I want to pay close attention to more is an a kind of biology, common Chinese. What I want to pay close attention to more is an a kind of biology, common Chinese..
Film after finishing, she had changed herself to film the original intention of this newsreel: "Can the opportunity lets a Chinese know his land, be interested in underwater world of China, it is the business that is worth to be done all the time. In the future sooner or later, the Chinese also can have those who belong to his " blue heavenly body " . The Chinese also can have those who belong to his " blue heavenly body " ..
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