The sky screen appears, and a livestream spanning the ages slowly opens its curtain for the ancestors swept along by the currents of history. Following the course of time, from the dawn of civilization under the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and the first glimmer of fire at Xihoudu, to the first flourishing of ritual and music in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties; from the struggle for supremacy in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, to the might of the Qin and Han, the spirit of the Wei and Jin, and the foundations laid by the Sui; then on to the golden ages of the Tang and Song, the vastness of the Yuan, the grandeur of the Ming, and the vicissitudes of the Qing, until the fall of the imperial dynasties, every scene is breathtaking.
When the ancestors see the Great Wall winding for thousands of miles and Dujiangyan nourishing the land for millennia; the Grand Canal linking north and south and imperial tombs hiding the secrets of the ages; the legendary lives of princes, nobles, generals, and ministers coming to an end, and the loyal hearts of worthy officials and renowned scholars immortalized in history; and the magnificent beauty of China's vast lands surpassing all that came before, they are filled with wonder, moved to tears, or brimming with pride.
A conversation between past and present, a look back at civilization. Wherever the camera turns, there are dazzling relics from thousands of years of Chinese history and the beautiful landscapes of the homeland, inviting the ancestors to a rendezvous with civilization across time and space.
