Narrative Editorial Feature (Doc Promo + Interview Integration), Script writer/ director
Project introduction:
How do symbols preserve memory — and what hidden philosophies lie within the strokes of language?
This editorial feature, written as a narrative-style press article, introduces the CCTV-9 documentary Meet the Chinese Characters. It presents the documentary’s structure — one episode, one character — and interweaves commentary from cultural scholars and calligraphy experts. The piece uses storytelling to reflect on the symbolism of characters, revealing how Chinese writing encodes worldviews, traditions, and collective identity.
It serves as both a cultural essay and promotional script, blending documentary insight with accessible narrative to spark public interest in historical linguistics and visual storytelling.
Translated Script Excerpt:
What holds a civilization together for 5,000 years?
Not walls. Not bloodlines.
But a written code — evolving yet stable, visual yet philosophical.
In the Chinese language, every character is more than a word. It’s a worldview.
Take “中” (zhōng). Most people translate it as “center,” but Professor Li explains it differently:
“It represents a balance point — not static, but dynamic. It’s not the middle of a line, it’s the pivot of a scale.”
Each episode in the series Meet the Chinese Characters explores one such symbol. Not just how it’s written, but what it reveals: about time, space, belief, and the structure of thought.
As the scholar says, “Chinese characters are alive. Their strokes are shaped by centuries of values. When we write them, we inherit more than language — we inherit perspective.”
The series invites viewers to rediscover what we think we already know. Not by looking at the words themselves, but by entering the world they quietly hold.