The Documentary "The Divine Capital of Luoyang" Wrapped Filming

|ChinaNews|Published:2021-09-27 15:27:49

On September 25th, one of the first key multi-development projects of iQiyi's "Luoyang" IP project, and the first key project of "Youth Creation Plan", the historical and cultural documentary series "The Divine Capital of Luoyang" (formerly "The Twelve Hours of Luoyang"), successfully wrapped filming.

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iQiyi, Luoyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism, Meilin Culture, and Luoyang Wenbao Group jointly held a press conference in the Mingtang Scenic Area of Luoyang Ruins of Sui and Tang Dynasties. Luoyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism Director Hu Dapeng, Deputy Director Lu Yi, Luoyang Wenbao Group General Manager Cui Xiaomei, iQiyi Vice President Yang Haitao, Documentary Channel Director Ning Yuqi, Meilin Culture CEO Xu Yu, Deputy General Manager Zhang Shaofeng, project Producer Li Huan and other representatives attended the event. They jointly embarked on a cultural journey that traveled through a thousand years of time.

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Hu Dapeng, Director of Luoyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism, said Luoyang is an important birthplace of Chinese civilization, with vibrant and brilliant history and culture. It is the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, the eastern starting point of the Silk Road, the center of the Grand Canal in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and an essential node of the Ten Thousand Mile Tea Road. iQiyi's "Luoyang IP Linkage Plan" is a model innovation of the cooperation between the Internet platform and the city's IP. It is developed in 12 fields such as documentaries, VR live-actions, movies, web dramas, games, derivative cultural creations, stage plays, animations, variety shows, works of literature, comics, businesses, etc., creating a "Luoyang model" of cooperation between "city IP" and "content platform" in China. The Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism will carry out in-depth cooperation with iQiyi around the 12 fields, jointly explore the diversified development path of culture, turn the advantages of cultural and tourism resources into development advantages. The plan will cultivate a city brand of "Walking in Luoyang and Understanding History" and a city image of "Being Young in Luoyang" with a youthful perspective and diversified forms and help build a youth-friendly city.

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The historical and cultural documentary "The Divine Capital of Luoyang" is another breakthrough in the business model of "diversified development" of iQiyi's "Luoyang" IP, following the drama series, thematic murder mystery game, VR game experience stores, theme hotels, and variety shows. Since the documentary started in August, it has overcome many difficulties and completed the filming. It is now entering the post-production stage. It is expected to be completed in November and meet with the audience in December.

"Divine Capital of Luoyang" has ten episodes, which are based on the cultural scenes and historical facts of Luoyang during the era of Empress Wu Zetian, using a combination form of "actual filming + reproduction + animation" to record and present the everyday life of the capital city. It strives to portray the unique charm of the mid-Tang Dynasty vividly. The series focuses on the mutual echo of history and the present in its storytelling, breaking the traditional linear pattern and enhancing the story's suspense, making the audience look forward to it even more.

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Xu Yu, CEO of Meilin Culture, mentioned on the scene that to better realize the creation requirements of the historical and cultural documentary, "Divine Capital of Luoyang" invited an outstanding national history team to give authoritative and comprehensive support. The company also has in-depth cooperation with an animation production team of Chinese historical subjects to achieve more innovation in content and form.

Li Huan, the producer of "Divine Capital of Luoyang", introduced that the series was shot in Luoyang and Xiangshan simultaneously. It was carried out in a documentary and multi-group shooting method. After overcoming many difficulties, such as the pandemic and unfavorable weather, it has successfully entered the post-production stage.

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At the iQiyi World Conference held in May this year, the content platform officially launched the "Luoyang" IP linkage plan. It announced the development of twelve areas around the "Luoyang" IP, namely, "Twelve ways to eat a fish". As an essential deployment of "Luoyang" IP in the documentary field, "Divine Capital of Luoyang" closely follows the new expression of traditional culture. It combines exciting stories with traditional Chinese aesthetics and expands the artistic form of "Luoyang" IP, creating more links with potential audiences and extending the life span of IP.

Yang Haitao, vice president of iQiyi, said that the documentary is the first batch of key projects of iQiyi's "Youth Creation Plan". It has carried out multi-dimensional linkage with the television series "Luoyang" in creation and broadcasting. It has made innovative explorations in the development of film and television works and city IP and the integration of culture and tourism development.

Cui Xiaomei, general manager of Luoyang Wenbao Group, said that the Group has actively participated in multiple projects of iQiyi's "Luoyang" IP and jointly explored Luoyang's profound historical and cultural heritage. The two parties are committed to using modern, fashionable, and youthful expressions to tell the story of Luoyang to integrate the two industries of cultural entertainment and cultural tourism and make the IP of "Luoyang" a phenomenon.

Wang Xiaohui, president and chief content officer of iQiyi Professional Content Business Group (PCG), previously stated at the shooting site of "Divine Capital of Luoyang" that the creation of historical and cultural works deserves long-term persistence. iQiyi is willing to actively communicate and cooperate with relevant departments through the "Luoyang" IP series to realize the integration of multi-party advantages of government departments, historical and cultural cities, and media platforms to drive the emergence of more high-quality industries and works.

In the future, "Luoyang" will continue the business model of "diversified development" and open up more fields to provide users with rich and diverse IP experiences and consumption forms.

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