中国的在校生有三千五百万。在这个系列中，我们只把焦点放在几个学生身上。 　　《中国学校》以安徽省一个小镇为缩影，集中拍摄了一组家庭、老师、孩子们一个学年的生活。 　　这个故事里有艰难痛苦也有欢乐喜悦，通过它可以了解中国成千上万个同它一样的学校。不仅对一群孩子和一个小镇的印象有了新的了解，而且能见到中国教育鲜为人知的一面。 　　There are 350 million children enrolled in education across China, and, in this series, we focus on just a few of them. 　　Chinese School takes as its subject one small town in rural Anhui, and focuses on the lives of a group of families, teachers and children during the course of a single academic year. 　　The schools are schools like many thousands of others across this vast nation, but through the individual stories of hardship, joy and success, an extraordinary portrait emerges, not just of a group of children and a town, but of a side of the Chinese nation seldom seen.

中国的在校生有三千五百万。在这个系列中，我们只把焦点放在几个学生身上。 　　《中国学校》以安徽省一个小镇为缩影，集中拍摄了一组家庭、老师、孩子们一个学年的生活。 　　这个故事里有艰难痛苦也有欢乐喜悦，通过它可以了解中国成千上万个同它一样的学校。不仅对一群孩子和一个小镇的印象有了新的了解，而且能见到中国教育鲜为人知的一面。 　　There are 350 million children enrolled in education across China, and, in this series, we focus on just a few of them. 　　Chinese School takes as its subject one small town in rural Anhui, and focuses on the lives of a group of families, teachers and children during the course of a single academic year. 　　The schools are schools like many thousands of others across this vast nation, but through the individual stories of hardship, joy and success, an extraordinary portrait emerges, not just of a group of children and a town, but of a side of the Chinese nation seldom seen.

2008年7月的北京，在距奥运会开幕越来越近的日子里，上班途中的中国美术馆馆长的思绪并没有离开在2008年一月的敦煌艺术展……

一个面积相当于一个大陆的国家,拥有13亿人口,如何去了解这样一个国度,以及塑造她的各种力量?探索中国的艺术无疑是最好的方法。中国山水中透出的宁静平和是古代诗人与画家的心灵港湾,凭借一个世纪以来考古学上的惊人发现,中国人凭借双手创造出的最引人注目的杰作从尘土中苏醒，中国古代艺术由此揭示了这个国家的文化之根。

一个面积相当于一个大陆的国家,拥有13亿人口,如何去了解这样一个国度,以及塑造她的各种力量?探索中国的艺术无疑是最好的方法。中国山水中透出的宁静平和是古代诗人与画家的心灵港湾,凭借一个世纪以来考古学上的惊人发现,中国人凭借双手创造出的最引人注目的杰作从尘土中苏醒，中国古代艺术由此揭示了这个国家的文化之根。

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic tavelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. "In my previous films I have dealt with the themes of exoticism, minorities and their differing role behaviour within their own culture. Now I am interested in expanding this theme, in getting to know a 'real exoticism' in a foreign land and in a different culture. I am attempting to conduct a visual discourse with my camera about exoticism as a question of point-of-view. 　　In making the film, I was influenced by Chinese naturepainting: by the use of the scroll, which not only demands a different method of painting, but a different way of viewing - rolling out the scroll, focusing in on details, wandering to and fro, viewing piecemeal. So if I was filming a market square, for example, I'd pan very slowly and steadily across the square, rather than trying to capture the image in toto. 　　– Ulrike Ottinger

中国绘画艺术历史悠久，源远流长，经过数千年的不断丰富、革新和发展，以汉族为主、包括少数民族在内的画家和匠师，创造了具有鲜明民族风格和丰富多彩的形式手法，形成了独具中国意味的绘画语言体系，在东方以至世界艺术中都具有重要的地位与影响。

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic tavelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. "In my previous films I have dealt with the themes of exoticism, minorities and their differing role behaviour within their own culture. Now I am interested in expanding this theme, in getting to know a 'real exoticism' in a foreign land and in a different culture. I am attempting to conduct a visual discourse with my camera about exoticism as a question of point-of-view. 　　In making the film, I was influenced by Chinese naturepainting: by the use of the scroll, which not only demands a different method of painting, but a different way of viewing - rolling out the scroll, focusing in on details, wandering to and fro, viewing piecemeal. So if I was filming a market square, for example, I'd pan very slowly and steadily across the square, rather than trying to capture the image in toto. 　　– Ulrike Ottinger

中国画家引用书法的笔法，来传达中国绘画第一法则，即传神。因此，从很早开始，书法的表现线条就流入绘画艺术当中。 　　Discovery Channel带您一同探讨中国最伟大的发明之一：毛笔，其历史发展、工具技术、象征意义，以及其对中国绘画的影响。中国人认为想了解绘画须先了解书法，因为书画同源。以毛笔作画，无论是画会意字、树、石或山，都是兼具表面及隐含意义的象征，透过学术修养，即可识出其中奥秘。之后的道家哲学也深深影响了中国绘画，士大夫本着道家一贯精神，从天地中寻找灵感，体现表象背后看不到的真实。因此伟大的书法或绘画，必须有阴阳调和之感并且气韵生动。我们将带您一同走进一代著名画家赵孟俯、苏轼及郭熙等人的心灵世界，观赏他们独树一格的画作，并造访世界上最古老的书店、影响中国山水画最深的黄山，以及一千七百年前，一位绘画大师曾亲临的兰花栽培场，一同体验笔下的中国之美与自然之力！

中国画家引用书法的笔法，来传达中国绘画第一法则，即传神。因此，从很早开始，书法的表现线条就流入绘画艺术当中。 　　Discovery Channel带您一同探讨中国最伟大的发明之一：毛笔，其历史发展、工具技术、象征意义，以及其对中国绘画的影响。中国人认为想了解绘画须先了解书法，因为书画同源。以毛笔作画，无论是画会意字、树、石或山，都是兼具表面及隐含意义的象征，透过学术修养，即可识出其中奥秘。之后的道家哲学也深深影响了中国绘画，士大夫本着道家一贯精神，从天地中寻找灵感，体现表象背后看不到的真实。因此伟大的书法或绘画，必须有阴阳调和之感并且气韵生动。我们将带您一同走进一代著名画家赵孟俯、苏轼及郭熙等人的心灵世界，观赏他们独树一格的画作，并造访世界上最古老的书店、影响中国山水画最深的黄山，以及一千七百年前，一位绘画大师曾亲临的兰花栽培场，一同体验笔下的中国之美与自然之力！