With the popularity of "Changjin Lake", the real war and life scenes in the movie triggered a series of chain reactions among the audience.
A new topic has become a hot search topic among netizens. If the movie had not triggered a chain reaction, how many people would know about this battle? Where did our historical knowledge come from and is it enough?
CCTV Six Princess Channel's "Chinese Film Report" launched an offline survey: "If there was no "Changjin Lake", would you know "Changjin Lake"?"
"Hello everyone, I am Ou Rui, a reporter from the "China Film Report" column group of the movie channel. My current location is at the entrance of Beijing Times Cinema."
The entrance to Beijing Times Cinema.
A screening of "Changjin Lake" ended, and many viewers walked out of the theater.
The first person Ou Rui visited was a young male audience member who was in trouble.
"Hello, sir, I am a reporter from the "China Film Report" column. Can I interview you?"
The young male audience member was quite surprised, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
"What's your name, sir? Can you introduce yourself?" Orui asked with a smile.
"My name is Chen Fei. I am twenty-five years old! I am an IT worker." Chen Fei replied.
"Hello Mr. Chen, before "Changjin Lake" appeared, did you know about Changjin Lake?" Orui asked.
"I really don't know about this. Before watching this movie, I only knew something about fighting the United States and aiding Korea. I knew that we had fought such a war, but I knew nothing about the details and why we fought this war."
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"I have seen the history of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea on TV, and I have also heard old people talk about it. In fact, I once felt that I did not understand why we should fight this war when Xinhua had just been established and its national strength was not strong. And he went abroad to fight.”
"However, I read a sentence in the movie that awakened my doubts: "The US military has crossed the 38th parallel, but can't cross the Yalu River? "
Volunteer soldiers also stated time and time again, "We fight this war so that future generations will not have to fight."
Only then did I finally understand why we had to fight such a battle. " Chen Fei said with emotion.
"Actually, it's not just me. Many of my friends also have a limited understanding of historical knowledge. Even if they know some common sense, they don't know the meaning and details behind it. For example, in the movie, the U.S. military can celebrate Thanksgiving. We had a feast of roast chicken, while our soldiers were lying in the snow eating frozen potatoes. Such a sharp contrast was something I had never dared to imagine before."
"Thank you Mr. Chen for accepting my interview!"
Ou Rui's second target was a pair of old people with gray hair.
"Hello, old man, I am a reporter from CCTV Movie Channel's "China Film Report" column. Can I interview you?"
"Reporter from CCTV? Yes, yes!" The old man and his wife looked at each other in surprise, then nodded quickly.
"Do you often come to the cinema to watch movies?" Orui asked curiously.
"This is really infrequent. It should be said that I have almost never been to a cinema to watch a movie. But when I heard that "Changjin Lake" was released, I specially came to watch the movie with my wife." The old man shook his head.
"Oh? Why is this?" Ou Rui was curious.
"Because I now have photos of the 'Top Ten Marshals' hanging in my house. Everyone who has come from the hard times will never forget them. In fact, when I talked with young people from the younger generation about the wars and heroes and models that the country has experienced, I always felt I feel that the other party is not interested. Living in such a good era, people pay too little attention to the past."
"I hope young people can pay more attention to history and don't forget that today's good days were bought with the blood of many soldiers!"
After that, Ou Rui interviewed several audiences of different ages.
When a middle-aged female audience member was asked if she knew "Changjin Lake", she shook her head and said: "I am 40 years old this year. I think that my grasp of historical knowledge is very shallow, but before the release of "Changjin Lake", I only listened to it. I’ve talked about this place before. I think we should use the power of communities and schools to help young people develop patriotism and historical literacy from an early age, and give them more opportunities to remember their bitter experiences and think about their sweet memories.”
Male audience member in his thirties: "After watching "Changjin Lake", I learned a lot about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. I really neglected the study of historical knowledge before. This movie gave me a lot of inspiration. Young people should Keep in mind the contributions of the older generation, cherish the present, live up to your time, and contribute to national construction."
Couple in their twenties: "After watching "Changjin Lake" I was deeply moved by the spirit of the revolutionary martyrs, but I really knew nothing about this period of history before. There were too few ways to learn historical knowledge after leaving campus. . I hope there will be more movies with main themes that respect historical facts in the future."
Netizens on the Internet have also joined in the discussion on this topic.
""Changjin Lake" tells the story of the little-known Battle of Changjin Lake that turned the world around. Those soldiers who sacrificed their lives in a foreign country and fell in the ice and snow deserve to be written about, remembered, and praised.
Almost everyone in the country knows about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. But it wasn’t until the end of last year that I heard about the documentary “Icy Blood of Changjin Lake”, the tragic history of the Battle of Changjin Lake, and the “Ice Wither Company”. While I feel ashamed of my ignorance, I am also reflecting on how there seems to be something lacking in the patriotism education and history education that I have received since childhood. Fortunately, the movie "Changjin Lake" was released this year, which imprinted that blood-stained history into the hearts of the Chinese people. "
"I was just scrolling through the comments and saw a fan saying, "There were special war effects in the movie for more than an hour. I couldn't understand what they were for and I fell asleep." I can only say that such viewers are "too tired" and it's best to reply. Reflect and reflect at home.”
"What is this? A thick history book can be described in one minute in a certain audio. Thousands of years of historical events can be summarized in a cartoon in 30 minutes. But can these really be considered to make you understand? It’s so difficult to expect people to understand this!”
"After taking my 7-year-old son to see "Changjin Lake", when I got home, I saw my son wearing the little red military uniform used in the school drama, with several plastic bottles and dirty umbrellas on hand, pretending to be grenades and Pack of explosives, and secretly turned on the air conditioner at home to 16 degrees Celsius.
I asked him what he was doing?
My son told me: "I want to experience what it feels like for soldiers to lie down in the ice and snow."
At that moment, I felt relieved! I hope more movies like this will be made! "
"Thumbs up to the enlightened parents upstairs! When I was watching a movie, the theater gave out a frozen potato and fried noodles as a gift for watching the movie. As a result, when I was watching the movie, a child next to me imitated eating Wu Wanli from the movie. Frozen potatoes, but my parents stopped me from eating them. They said it was bad and would cause diarrhea, so I was not allowed to eat them! I was speechless at the time!"
"Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea knew that Changjin Lake was at minus 40 degrees Celsius at that time. I really didn't know anything about it before watching the movie, so I was even more shocked after watching it! Our ancestors really had a hard time!"
