A Dream of Red Mansions is famed for its complex portraits of many women characters. Skybright is the most representative of the maids portrayed in the book. Restricted and stymied by the feudal conventions of the time, she’s ultimately doomed to a miserable fate. But against the tragic backdrop her vivid personality shines through.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

A timeless literary classic, A Dream of Red Mansions, is Qing novelist Cao Xueqin’s magnum opus. Full of sharp-eyed observations, it’s a novel that casts much light on 18th-century China. First published over 250 years ago, this story of a declining noble family is enduring cultural phenomenon that continues to attract more and more devotees.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

The wild yak is one of the most resilient species to have evolved on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. With their intimidating size and numbers, even wolves give them a wide berth most of the time. But wolves are nothing if not opportunistic, so when a yak strays from the herd, all bets are off.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

The plateau pika is the most common species in the Hoh Xil Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Unfortunately, the degeneration of meadows is threatening their numbers, and there are no other suitable food resources for them to turn to. As a vital link in the food chain, their survival could determine the fate of an entire ecosystem.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

Every May, Tibetan antelopes from three different regions in China make an incredible migration towards Zhuonai Lake, their preferred breeding ground. Witness the miracle of life the Hoh Xil Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

Aser music, the time-honored variety of Mongolian music, is on the verge of extinction. To study Aser music, Chinese pop band Hanggai is visiting several folk musicians of the older generation to perform together an Aser song.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

Guitarist Zheng Xiaogang wants to be as free and unfettered as the famed Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai one day. In this episode, he follows in the footsteps of Li Bai and writes a song based on one of Li Bai’s poems as a memento of his trip.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

After his band split up, singer and songwriter Geng Qi suffered a series of blows in his life. Now he decides to accompany his friend to Tibet so he can sniff out creative inspiration.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

Three young Chinese musicians have embarked on a music trip themed on Hua’er, a representative type of Hui ethic folk music in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying

The 12 Girls Band was a pioneering Chinese musical group formed in 2001. Now they plan to create a new piece of music incorporating a characteristically ideal sound found during their journey in Honghe, southwest China’s Yunnan Province.

Editor: Luo Wen

Operation: Qiu Ruiqi

Producer: Li Xin

Chief Editor: Zhang Wan

Supervisor: Liu Changying