{{no footnotes, date=March 2017 ''Dun Huang'' is a documentary television series about the Chinese city of

Dunhuang Dunhuang () is a county-level city in Northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population of 186,027, though 2019 estimates put the city's population at about 191,800. Dunhuang was a major ...

that was released by

CCTV Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly tr ...

in 2010, and directed by

Zhou Bing Zhou Bing (; born 1 April 1968) is a Chinese documentary director. He holds a PhD from the College of History at Nankai University. Zhou has been named "Best Documentary Film Director" three times and has created over 100 documentaries and ot ...

. It mainly introduced the art and history of Dunhuang. Dunhuang was directed by Zhou Bing following the ''Forbidden City''. It aims to record the developments in the historical and cultural contexts of the Dunhuang region and reveal the in-depth culture of Dunhuang in the past 2000 years. The production team seek to make a documentary which reflects the history and culture of Dunhuang at an all-round dimension. Dun Huang was first broadcast on News Channel on CCTV, from the first day to the tenth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. It was broadcast at 21:30 every night and replayed the next morning on 9:10. It was broadcast again on CCTV on March 19, 2010. It was broadcast on CCTV-1 at 22:30, two episodes every night.

Broadcasting time

China Central Television

First broadcast on News Channel on CCTV, from the first day to the tenth day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. It was broadcast at 21:30 every night and replayed the next morning on 9:10. It was broadcast again on CCTV on March 19, 2010. It was broadcast on CCTV-1 at 22:30, two episodes every night.

TVB

Hong Kong TVB bought this program and broadcast at 10:30 every Sunday night since February 21, 2010. It was replayed on tvb.com. The program was hosted by Bowie Lam.

Overseas

The programme was bought by National Geographic (America), it was also introduced and broadcast by the main media in countries and areas such as Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong of China and Taiwan of China.

The topics of each episode

* Episode 1 * Episode 2 * Episode 3 * Episode 4 * Episode 5 * Episode 6 * Episode 7 * Episode 8 * Episode 9 * Episode 10

References

* http://english.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20100212/101169.shtml * http://www.chnpec.com/en/2013/05/22/VIDE1369206942447376.shtml * http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20101021/100893.shtml

External links

CCTV official website-Dun Huang

TVB website -Dun Huang
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