Along the Banks of the Yangtze

Name: Along the Banks of the Yangtze
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-02-07
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Ruben Terlou

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Documentary

Creator:Ruben Terlou,Maaik Krijgsman

A six-part series in which photographer Ruben Terlou travels from Shanghai, the most westernized part of China, to the much more traditional Tibetan city of Shangri-La. Through the stories of people he meets along the 6,300-kilometre river, Ruben discovers the real China, forty years after Mao’s death.

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Original TitleLangs de oevers van de Yangtze

StatusEnded

First AiredFebruary 7, 2016

Last AiredMarch 13, 2016

Episode Runtime44dk

Seasons1

Episodes6

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryNetherlands

Original LanguageDutch

Spoken Languages普通话, Nederlands

Keywords

china tradition modernity society travel urban culture journey real life yangtze river reflective rural observational documentary poetic visual

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Last Episode

S1 E6 • 3/13/2016

Motorway to Tibet

The River Yangtze flows along the mountain sides of the Himalayas before taking a sharp turn in the direction of Shanghai. In this area, we should still be able to find the authentic China, but for a huge motorway that was constructed here five years ago and is responsible for the rapid development of the remote district. This has great consequences for the minorities that live here, such as the Miao and the Tibetans. Ruben lives among them and discovers ancient traditions and customs, such as local traditional medicine and ritual funerals, which slowly seem to be disappearing. Modern China advances, but how do these minorities feel about that themselves?