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245	1		_aThe story of China: _bthe Ming / _cThe Ming.
100			_dWith Michael Wood ; written and presented by Michael Wood ; editor, Aleksandar Nikolic ; producer, Rebecca Dobbs
700	0		_aEngland
110			_aMaya Vision for BBC
260			_ac2015 : _b[Australia], _cMCPS.
300			_a: _b2016
300			_d1627899952
490			_avideo v|2rdamedia.
500			_avideodisc vd|2rdacarrier.
020			_a1 videodiscs: sound, color
300			_a3/4 in.
600		4	_adigital
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944			_btwo-dimensional moving image tdi|2rdacontent. _cTV-PG. _dThe tale of one of China`s most famous dynasties begins with the amazing story of Hongwu, a peasant rebel who founded one of greatest eras in Chinese history. The film takes us to his great capital Nanjing, with its 21 miles of walls, each brick stamped with the name of the village that made it. Following the trail, we go to the Bao family village and see the villagers act a Ming murder story. Like many authoritarian states, the Ming were obsessive about architecture. We see the giant fortifications of the Great Wall, the ritual enclaves of the Forbidden City in Beijing and travel with bargeman Mr Hu down the Grand Canal, China`s great artery of commerce right up to the present day. We then hear about Admiral Zheng He`s voyages to Africa and the Gulf decades before Columbus, watch the construction of an ocean-going wooden boat 250ft long, and hitch a ride on a replica Ming junk in the South China Sea. As state prosperity grew, so did a rising middle class. Wood looks at Ming culture in Suzhou, the `Venice of China`. Staying in a merchant`s house, he discovers the silk, ceramic and lacquer-making industries, and visits one of the most beautiful gardens in the city. Then on to Macao and the arrival of Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, who hoped to convert China to Christianity. In the cathedral in Beijing, we learn more about these fateful exchanges with the west. Finally in Shaoxing, we visit the house of the `Ming Proust` and at grassroots the Zhao family in Fujian where the film ends in an elegiac mood with the fall of the Ming in 1644.
953			_pRegion 1
505			_ain English
336			_aNarrator, Michael Wood.
337			_aeditor, Aleksandar Nikolic ; producer, Rebecca Dobbs
942			_2lcc _cvideo _ajderpo _b2019-05-23 14:50:58 _djderpo _e2019-05-23 17:00:49
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