Cao Xueqin and the Dream of the Red Chamber Documentary Afterthought

The documentary "Cao Xueqin and the Dream of Red Mansions" is rooted in traditional Chinese culture, actively exploring and innovating the famous artistic display, fashionable expression and dissemination techniques, realizing the creative transformation of traditional culture and embodying the beauty of traditional culture.

It has been proven that only through inheritance and innovation based on outstanding cultural resources and in-depth cultivation can we showcase the profound heritage of traditional Chinese culture and tell the story of China to the world.

Artistic expression incorporates a variety of means. Two-dimensional animation is used to tell the story of the Red Mansion and restore its characters; professional actors reproduce relevant characters, such as Cao Xueqin, his second wife Fangqing, Cao Xueqin's grandfather Cao Yin, and Emperor Kang Xi.

Their naturally outstanding performances contribute to the series' narrative. The documentary distinguishes between text and history in three forms: animation, reenactment, and interviews, and strings the whole story together through narration. Based on cultural relics, it confirms the trajectory of Cao Xueqin's life in Xiangshan.

The Cao Xueqin Society forms a chain of evidence based on the wall of inscribed poems at No. 39 Zhengbaiqi in Xiangshan, a pair of book boxes, the remnants of the transcription of the Collected Manuscripts of the Waste Arts and Cao Zhan, a picture album of Cao Zhan, a kind of celery man;

it proves that Cao Xueqin resided in Zhengbaiqi camp in Xiangshan and finished writing Dream of Red Mansions and Collected Manuscripts of the Waste Arts and had a renewal of his marriage in the 25th year of the Qianlong reign.