On the evening of May 6th, the launching activity of the 11th PKU International Cultural Festival (ICF) and an exchange meeting between the creative team of A Bite of China and PKU faculty and students was held at Ying Jie Exchange Center of PKU.
As a brand campus event enjoys enduring popularity, PKU International Cultural Festival started in 2004. With overseas and Chinese students on campus acting as organizers, ten PKUICF have been successfully held, aiming at showcase the charm of cultures of different countries and enhance cultural understanding and communication. During the past decade, ICF attached great importance to advance with the times, draw upon others’ successful experience and keep the vigor of openness while insisted on promoting cultural exchanges. Thus ICF has become an inseparable symbol of PKU campus culture.
The creative team of A Bite of China’s visit to PKU not only makes us aware of the stories behind A Bite of China, but also kicks off the 11th PKU International Cultural Festival.
The exchange meeting started at 7p.m. First, Prof. Wu Zhipan, Executive Vice President of PKU, delivered a keynote speech, in which he noted that ICF of Peking University is a platform to exhibit cultural diversity and conduct cultural communications. Cuisine culture is a short cut to observe a civilization closely. The unique contribution made by A Bite of China lies in taking cuisine as the theme, displaying and spreading Chinese civilization under a global context. Then, Mr. Liu Wen, Director of CCTV Documentary Channel, said that as a successful documentary, A Bite of China has huge influence both in China and other countries. The extensive attention and debate aroused by A Bite of China means that Chinese documentary acquires international perspective and level in its true sense.
The guest speakers include chief director Chen Xiaoqing, Chen Lei, director of the episode Inheritance of Chinese Cuisine, Hu Bo, director of the episode Seasons, and Deng Jie, director of the episode Home Cooking. Meanwhile Prof. Yu Hong, vice Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication, and Prf. Zhang Yiwu from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature are also invited to talk about their feelings towardsA Bite of China.
Four team members’ talking enables the audience to realize the intention of the directors’ creativity and have a deeper understanding of the connotation behind A Bite of China. Although starts from cuisine, what the documentary really wants to show is Chinese people behind the delicious dashes and what it really wants to convey is a kind of profound Chinese cuisine culture.
Translated by He Yicheng
