Time travel with classic poets

河北 胡金莹

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The documentary Travel With Tang Poetry selects five famous poets from the Tang Dy⁃nasty, and in each episode, a scholar or artist is invited to retrace their footsteps during a representative period of their lives.

Documentaries centering on travel or poetry are common, but it is rare for any to combine the two elements. With these journeys and the situations the presenters encounter,the documentary wants to prove that Tang poetry is still very much thriving as an art form.

Apart from scholars who provide in⁃depth analyses of the po⁃ems from the perspectives of literature and history, and young stu⁃dents who learn Tang poetry in their compulsory courses, the docu⁃mentary also tells stories of people from other walks of life and their personal, down⁃to⁃earth understanding of ancient poetry.“Tang poetry should not merely be literary works written on paper, or the possessions of scholars and experts, but something in the hearts of Chinese people and an ordinary part of their everyday lives,”the documentary director Li Wenju said.

On these journeys, all the people appearing in the documentary display one thing in common:a genuine passion for Tang poetry.

An important reference material for the production team is a digital map of writ⁃ers from the Tang and Song Dynasties developed by Wang Zhaopeng, a professor at South⁃Central Minzu University, who also appears in the documentary.The map,which Wang's team spent five years developing, lists the poets in time order. Click on a name and the courses of their lives will be displayed on the map, showing the cities they visited and the poems they wrote there. According to the map, many Tang⁃era writers trav⁃eled long distances, especially Li Bai, his footprints covering a significant part of today's China map.

Reading Check

1.What's special about the documentary Travel With Tang Poetry?

A.It pays much attention to poetry in the Tang Dynasty.

B.It mainly records beautiful landscapes in China.

C.It includes both poetry and travel.

D.It involves famous scholars.

2.The attitude of people in the documentary to Tang poetry is ________.

A.passionate B.indifferent C.tolerant D.concerned

3.Which of the following is true about the digital map in paragraph 6?

A.It shows all poets'personal lives.

B.It took more than five years to make.

C.It lists the poets in order of birthdate.

D.It plays an important role in filming Travel With Tang Poetry.

Language Study

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An important reference material for the production team is a digital map of writers from the Tang and Song Dynasties developed by Wang Zhaopeng, a professor at South⁃Central Minzu University, who also appears in the documentary. 制作团队的一个重要参考资料是由中南民族大学教授王兆鹏开发的唐宋作家的数字地图，他也出现在该纪录片中。

【点石成金】该句中，主语为An important reference material，谓语动词是is，a pro⁃fessor at South⁃Central Minzu University 是同位语，后面的who 引导的是一个非限制性定语从句。