River Elegy

Overview

A formal critique of historical Chinese culture, arguing that developing a so-called "yellow civilization" based on the land and rivers has led to conservatism, ignorance and backwardness, and that China should develop a "blue civilization" based on the sea, while establishing a system based on the market economy.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

June 16, 1988

Last aired

July 16, 1988

Episodes

6

Network

CCTV-1

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Production

CCTV

Creator

Jun Xia