Mining the modern value of Long March spirit

Gao Wei, a Ph.D at Tsinghua University and researcher at the Center for China and Globalization, shares his feeling after watching the movie at the seminar on Dec 4. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Chen Duan, an associate professor at Central University of Finance and Economics, pointed out that social media can help spread the film, as a public art form. Getting picked up in social media circles is extremely important to modern films’ marketing and promotions.

Zhang Kan, a famous producer, said the movie presented stories of love, hate and personal growth. He also talked about the potential of red-themed movies to attract young audiences.

Xue Yuan, head of the Global Chinese Film Industry, raised questions about how production of red movies can advance with the times and whether they can be presented by the most up-to-date and coherent expression forms.

Li Rongfeng, executive editor at People's Political Consultative Conference News, discussed his views on the Chinese spirit including Long March spirit as a media professional.

Tian Jing, the first person to retrace the entire 65,000-mile-journey of the Long March, shared his spiritual journey. He reaffirmed the importance and significance of modern research and spiritual mining of Long March.

Zhang Xue, a journalist at the cultural industry channel CEINET, talked about her optimism that mainstream movies would create a confident culture.

Gao Wei, a researcher at the Center for China and Globalization, summarized that the movie shows many details of the Long March and moving characterizations of how grassroots level people perceive and accept this period in the great tide of history, filling in the blanks of Long March movies.

Triumphantly Join Forces also depicts the fusion of Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Chinese Communist Marxism-Leninism beliefs.

It is an unprecedented movie which can show the world where the Communist Party of China came from and where it will go in the future. It offers the world a chance to understand China’s past as well as China’s future.