《Journey》Start broadcast: In the snowy mountains and grasslands, ordinary soldiers enter the narrative of the Long March

 A major revolutionary-themed TV series - Zhengtu - has been launched on CCTV-8 and has been simultaneously launched on iQiyi, Tencent Video, Mango TV, Migu Video and other platforms.The whole play begins with the rendezvous of the First and Fourth Red Army in Maogong in June 1935, focusing on a period of the Long March that is rarely shown in film and television works.Directed by Wang Weimin, with Zhang Qiang as the chief screenwriter, and starring Hou Jingjian, Li Jian, Xia Dejun, etc., the story unfolds between strategic decision-making and the marching life of ordinary soldiers.

After Maogong joined forces, the first question facing the Red Army was where to go next.The Lianghekou Conference proposed the policy of going north to establish the Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu base area, but there were different opinions within the team.The series connects important meetings such as Lianghekou, Shawo, and Russia, and also incorporates historical nodes such as the Garze meeting into the narrative.Route selection affects the fate of the entire team, and judgments at the conference table will soon turn into actual actions in the snowy mountains, meadows, and canyons.

Another line parallel to high-level decision-making falls on the grain collection team and the people along the way.When the leader Xiao Yong led the team into northwest Sichuan, they had to face food shortages and deal with the barriers caused by language, customs and rumors.Gonpo, a young Tibetan Khampa man, gradually changed his attitude when he secretly observed the Red Army and saw that the soldiers took the initiative to provide medical treatment and food distribution to the people without taking a stitch from the masses.The trust of the characters is not established by a slogan, but accumulated through specific interactions.

The double-line structure leaves two viewing distances for the grand history.The audience can see the judgments of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and others in difficult situations, and can also follow grassroots soldiers into villages, carrying supplies on their backs, and crossing plateaus.The battle for routes no longer remains at the conceptual level. Every choice will change people's itineraries, supplies, and living conditions.The growth of ordinary characters also brings tangible daily details to the historical process.

The crew used the real environment as an important fulcrum during the production stage.In order to restore the snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and Tibetan and Qiang villages, the filming team went deep into historical places such as Hongyuan Grassland, Kangbei Plateau, and Markang Tibetan Area. The team of nearly a thousand people completed five large-scale transitions.Many filming locations are over 3,800 meters above sea level. Blizzards, low temperatures and altitude sickness all directly entered into the shooting process.There was a sudden snowstorm on the first day of the start-up, and nearly a hundred work vehicles were blocked on the way. The members did not return to the station one after another until the early morning of the next day.

Costumes, props and architectural details are also carefully considered.Straw sandals, military hats, telegraph manuscripts, firearms and temple spaces all need to be consistent with a specific era and region; ethnic minority actors are given priority in inviting actors from their own ethnic groups to play, and people from Ganzi, Aba and other places also participated in the filming.The actors walking on the real plateau, the muddy water on their clothes, breathing rhythm and body reactions in the cold are difficult to completely replicate using studio photography.These details give the trek more weight in the footage.

《Journey》 Instead of just selecting military miracles that the audience is familiar with, uniting the team, raising food, communicating with the masses and confirming the direction are all in the foreground.Such incisions gave the Long March a more complex look: the soldiers faced not only battles, but also hunger, cold, misunderstandings, and hesitation when they could not see the way forward clearly.The characters are still moving forward because they continue to confirm their common goals in their actions and find the strength to continue on by supporting each other.

When the snow-capped mountains and meadows change from a historical term into a concrete space, it is easier for young viewers to understand why that road is difficult and dangerous.The characters in the play do not know the outcome in advance, they can only bear the consequences of their choices one after another.What 《journey》 is about is the process of walking the road step by step.The vast history, the fate of ordinary people and the real plateau environment are intertwined, forming the most distinctive viewing entrance of this drama.