Today's Highlights：
1. Mini Series Wu Xiang Li Bo (My Hometown Libo) Releases Trailer
2. People's Short Dramas Season 2 Surpasses 100 Million Views, Sparking Online Discussion
3. AI Transforms Mini Series Production: Shanghai-Produced AIGC Photorealistic Series Ling Tan (Soul Detective) Becomes a Hit
4. New Mini Series Production Base "Canglin Cangxi" Bailucang Launches, Telling Stories of Guanzhong
5. The Second China (Hainan) Nanhai Cultural Relics Image Exhibition Announces Winners
Mini Series Wu Xiang Li Bo (My Hometown Libo) Releases Trailer
The Qiannan cultural tourism mini series Wu Xiang Li Bo (My Hometown Libo), starring new-generation actors Qu Mengru and Hua Wenchen, will be officially released online on December 16. The trailer MV for the drama, titled Xia Mo Ji (Summer's End), was recently launched. This song, written and performed by renowned singer-songwriter Wu Huan, serves as the emotional prelude to this "slow-culture" mini series. Its delicate emotions and healing tune sketch out a soundscape about return and peace of mind for the audience in advance.
Wu Xiang Li Bo (My Hometown Libo) is adapted from Shan Feng's novel From Guizhou to Rovaniemi, and the entire series was filmed on locations in Libo and Duyun. In the trailer, the morning mist of Xiaoqikong, the smoke rising from the Yaoshan Market, the flowing shuishu (Shui script), the rising steam of the Yao herbal baths, and the poetic scenes of the Cloudwood Village in Duyun all come together to weave a moving emotional picture. Shan Feng integrates the "slow life" philosophy he has long-advocated into the visual language: "This is not a landscape showcase, but a letter from the mountains and rivers to the wanderer."
As a key carrier of the "Qiannan·Xiaotianma" brand system, the series uses the theme of "protection and return," to vividly interpret the brand's core idea of "Where the heart feels at peace, there is home."
It is reported that following the release of the mini series Wu Xiang Li Bo, the "Xiaotianma" brand will launch a "Visit My Hometown Libo" themed tour route, achieving a seamless connection from watching the drama online to experiencing it offline. Visitors can personally visit the cliffside café, Yao bath experience hall, Shui script heritage family, and other scenes from the drama, and feel the authentic warmth of Qiannan.
People's Short Dramas Season 2 Surpasses 100 Million Views, Sparking Online Discussion
Recently, the second season of People's Short Dramas, Jin Qiu La, Er Zi Wa Wa (Goal! Sons) (focused on the growth story of young football players in Kashgar, Xinjiang) has surpassed 130 million total views online, with 2.155 million views overseas. The series consists of 20 episodes, each 2 minutes long, and was inspired by the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the "Village Super Football League" craze. The drama boldly cast local children with no prior acting experience and modifies dialogue and script details based on their habits.
Deeply rooted in reality, the series was filmed in various including the ancient city of Kashgar, deserts, and grasslands. It not only showcases the stunning natural landscapes but also presents local customs through scenes such as parents singing and dancing to see off their children. Aerial shots highlight modern development and vitality of Kashgar, while also depicting the harmonious coexistence of various ethnic groups.
Li Shan, the Chief Planner of People's Short Dramas Season 2 and Deputy General Manager of People's Daily Culture Media Co., Ltd., stated: "The short drama is an effective practice in our innovation of mainstream narrative. It proves that content light format, strong plot, positive energy, and high production quality can transcend regional and cultural boundaries, forming consensus on a larger stage. This also lays a foundation for the deepening of the "People's Short Dramas" brand.
AI Transforms Mini Series Production: Shanghai-Produced AIGC Photorealistic Series Ling Tan (Soul Detective) Becomes a Hit
The Shanghai-produced Ling Tan (Soul Detective), China's first AIGC photorealistic mini series with a total length of over 100 minutes, has attracted wide attention since its premiere. Within just one month of release, its total online views have exceeded ten million. Blending urban fantasy, mystery, and light comedy, the series was not the result of "one-click generation," but rather the outcome of close collaboration between AI technology and human creators.
The production team first employed AI to generate the main storyline and character settings. After about one week of refining precise prompts, they generated images and converted them into video materials. Human editors then curated and assembled the final content. When facing technical challenges, such as scenes where the female lead snaps her fingers, the team extracted key frames from real human movements to assist AI generation. AI was also applied in voice acting, music composition, and color grading, significantly reducing costs and improving efficiency. However, creativity and final editing remained firmly human-led.
At present, AIGC mini series mainly focus on science fiction and fantasy genres. While AI can present visually striking effects at relatively low cost, it still faces limitations in expressing subtle human emotions compared with real performers. As a core project of Shanghai's "Sci-Tech Film City" initiative, the Shanghai Hope Smart Media Park has built a comprehensive AIGC film and television ecosystem, providing technical, hardware, and commercial support for production teams. A hundred-card computing power pool ensures robust technical capacity, the "AI-Empowered 100 High-Quality Mini Series Plan" facilitates market access, and a 30-million-yuan incubation fund offers financial support. So far, about 40 companies have settled in the park. Next year, it is expected to produce 100 to 200 high-quality mini series.
New Mini Series Production Base "Canglin Cangxi" Bailucang Launches, Telling Stories of Guanzhong
Recently, Xi'an, known as the "Capital of Mini Series," has added a brand-new mini series filming base. The "Canglin Cangxi" Bailucang Mini Series Production Base, part of the Qujiang mini series base matrix, has officially commenced operations. Characterized by the architectural style of the Guangzhong region and utilizes rich real-world resources such as pseudo-classic architecture, pavilions, towers, archways, and theater stages to provide one-stop filming and production services for mini series creation. The base innovatively employs a "Film/TV + Cultural tourism + Intellectual property" integrated development model, creating a complete film and television industry ecosystem, achieving the creative transformation and innovative expression of traditional culture.
Furthermore, the "Canglin Cangxi" Bailucang Production Base explores a diverse integration of "film shooting + cultural experience + tourism consumption," linking mature industrie like dining, leisure, and entertainment. This transformation turns the mini series shooting locations into immersive experience spaces, offering visitors interactive experiences that enable a role shift from "observer" to "participant."
The Second China (Hainan) Nanhai Cultural Relics Image Exhibition Announces Winners
On December 13, the award ceremony of the Second China (Hainan) Nanhai Cultural Relics Image Exhibition was held at the television studio of Hainan University. The award-winning works were also screened the same day at the 2025 Hainan International Intellectual Property Trade Conference. The exhibition aims to explore the historical, cultural, and contemporary value of cultural relics through mini series, short videos, and other formats, bringing cultural relics "to life" and integrating it into modern life.
This year's exhibition set up the "Golden Nanhai Cultural Relics Award," with one first prize, two second prizes, and twelve excellence awards presented. Among them, the cultural heritage mini series Nan Hai Yi Zhen Zhi Chu Shi Qi Yu (Treasures of the South China Sea: An Envoy's Adventure), co-created by Song Minghan, Yang Yang, and Sun Yue, won the top prize. The mini series uses a personified storytelling approach, telling the story of a Fahua porcelain artifact that lay dormant on the seabed of the South China Sea for 500 years and completes an envoy mission across time and space. In addition, Luocheng by Wang Chen and others, and Gu Jian Xin Yun·Yin Dong Wei Lai (Ancient Sword, New Rhythm: Sound Moves the Future) by Zhang Mingchuan and others, received the second prizes.
