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Qujiang Film and TV Investment Group promotes Xi'an

By Lu Hongyan (China Daily Shaanxi Bureau)
Updated: 2011-05-17 13:09

Thanks to the invitation from the University of Pennsylvania, Qujiang Film and TV Investment Group held a big show of Chinese documentary films in Philadelphia at 5 pm on May 13 (US time).

The New Silk Road, debuted on that day, was a great success, which brought the audience back to the Tang dynasty (618 AD - 907 AD) and reflected the prosperity of ancient Xi'an (Chang'an), the capital of 13 dynasties in history.

The New Silk Road was based on activities during a review tour for the application for the world cultural heritage, starting from the Daming Palace Ruins Park, which crossed the Hexi Corridor in Gansu province and Xinjiang, passed countries including Middle Asia, Russia and Turkey and reached the final destination of Rome.

The whole journal of 15,000 kilometers lasted 55 days. It explored the geographical landscape and cultural roots along the ancient silk route linked the European and Asian continents, which got its fame mainly for the Chinese silk trade.

The Daming Palace, debuted on the same day, was directed by Jin Tiemu, a famous Chinese director. This documentary cost 15 million yuan and took three years to be completed.

The audience can travel back in time by having a close look at the glorious palace and experiencing the rich culture of Tang Dynasty.

Pennsylvania University, one of the oldest higher educational institutions in the United States, boasts for its Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The museum has abundant collection of relics from Ancient Egypt and Middle East. The museum has also collected a considerable amount of cultural relics from China, including the national treasures of "saluzi" and "quanmaogua", which were parts of to the six stone charger sculptures stolen from Zhao Mausoleum and smuggled overseas in the 20th century.

The two stone steed sculptures were destroyed in transportation

Last year, the university invited Chinese experts from the Cultural Relics Restoration Expert Team of Tang Dynasty Daming Palace Foundation from Shaanxi Province to jointly repair the two relics. The restoration work achieved great success half a year later.

A cultural seminar, focused on the Silk Road studies, kicked off after the documentary shows. Zhao An, chairman of Qujiang Film and TV Investment Group, He Jianchao and Wu Chun, officials from the Cultural Relics Projection Office of Qujiang Daming Palace Ruins and other experts exchanged their views thoroughly at the meeting.

The company is expected to meet some film production institutions and look for cooperation opportunities in terms of film industry management and investment during its business tour in the United States.