The show's production team is working on a 1950s-style look for a Chinese model by a German stylist.

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Today, more and more German audiences are glued to their televisions, waiting for a TV show called "Chinese tea time" to find out more about Chinese culture.

Participation and contrast give people more empathy.

"Chinese tea time", which is broadcast on the Berlin alex TV channel, will focus on a specific Chinese theme. In 30 minutes per set the length of the program is not simply the Chinese speak Chinese, but the audience from Germany side of Chinese elements, with the participation and the way of narrative, give a person with the sense of more.

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In a quiet spot in downtown Berlin, reporters found the busy filming crew of "China tea time". In the photo studio, the modelling team is making up for the two models in the middle and Germany, showing the features of women's makeup in the past 100 years as the theme of the next program. The program's director, vick compfer, joined the team in April this year via a friend.

"I live in the culturally diverse city of Berlin, where I meet a lot of Chinese people every day, but I don't really understand their pop culture." Asked to join the team, eu booker told reporters that in the economic globalization today, culture communion from "globalization" and distance, people are always more or less brought the prejudice or ignorance, to judge the human culture of another country. "For example, the theme of" the century-old aesthetic change of Chinese and German women ", through specific comparison, will find that the two sides have similarities in the aesthetic interest of many times. Modern Chinese women are not as white and delicate as the German stereotype, and a lot of people are in pursuit of physical fitness.

Inspired by a parent-child culture class.

The idea for the show has been brewing for a long time in the minds of the mastermind and producer, zeng li. During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China, a series of negative china-related reports appeared in the German media, whose one-sided views made many Chinese people, including zeng li, feel sad. Zeng li, a journalism major, recalls a quote from her college teacher: "instead of criticizing others, do it yourself." Instead of criticizing the German media for wearing "colored glasses", do a multi-dimensional show of contemporary China.

In 2012, she found confidence and direction in a casual experience. "When my son was in the first grade of primary school and had a chat with his head teacher, he suddenly said, 'why don't you give us a lecture and introduce Chinese culture?'" Zeng told reporters that because her son was the only Chinese child in the class, she made the slides carefully, hoping to make German pupils feel the profound and profound Chinese culture. From the differences in dietary differences between north and south China, to the origin of pictographs, German children are excited to interact with each other. Not long after, she received a variety of letters of thanks from her children, some of whom could not write, and even drew a picture of the class and love. Some parents will also "stop" zeng li and share her children's talk about the "Chinese culture class" when they return home.

The rich cultural connotation of China has great appeal to the German people. This experience gave Ceng Li great confidence, in the heart of the idea also gradually mature, making a TV really discover Chinese culture highlights, including traditional and modern, adhere to innovation, supplement the shortage of the German media reports on China. In 2013, she completed her first planning scheme, and in 2014, she was able to communicate with her German media friends, and she finished the first sample in the same year.

The content and meaning are good, "we will do it diligently."

By Chinese and German media people together to build "China tea time", is a rare on a national TV shows, popular culture received the affirmation of Berlin, Hamburg various television stations, have expressed a willingness to provide broadcast time. Finally, Berlin alex TV channel manager on board soon, decided to "a knife cut" in prime time the introduction of the program, alex TV channels in the German capital Berlin and Brandenburg region has more than 4 million people. In 2015, after the first batch of samples, the tea experts who participated in the program quickly became the local "stars", and received many congratulations from relatives and friends after watching the program.

Success is inseparable from the "Germany national team top configuration" director production team. Three German program director from Europe - two German TV, one of the largest television director Wolfgang gru, the column editor has particularly, has 20 years experience in TV. "Apart from the understanding of China's status quo, how the Chinese living in Germany live, grow and develop together in a social environment is not well understood by the germans." He told reporters that he would be tempted to dig up their stories when he met Chinese on the road.

"The 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Germany and China, despite the fact that they have been communicating with each other on the cultural level, has not been enough. The lack of understanding in the humanities has led many germans to stereotype China. Ms. Utete told reporters that years of experience had added to her feelings. When she found out about her idea for "tea time in China", they hit it off. Starting in February 2017, the program will be available on the alex TV channel on a monthly basis, with a prime-time slot at 19:45 on Saturday.

Next, the team plans will help China and Germany both sides understand each other's program into a bridge, to add to the Chinese audience is introduced the content of the German pop culture, front will also extend to the Internet from TV. Columns often needs to be done in two film both in China and Germany, to this, especially has said: "we are certainly want to continue to get investment to ensure that the quality of the programs, but first of all, this is a from the content to the significance of all I like work, we will put my mind to do it."

China tea time, a brand new Chinese cultural image from here to Germany.