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別人说她是“青田版李子柒”,她说:“我是独一无二的青田李秋香。”这位和伙伴们扛着摄像机行走在青田的角角落落拍摄当地美食美景与乡土人情的姑娘,有着怎样的故事呢?
很多人把她称作“青田李子柒”,当然,这是一种褒奖。
李子柒,四川姑娘,因以“古法风格”的形式发布原创美食视频而走红网络。可以说,她唤醒了不少人心中的田园梦,尤其生活在喧嚣城市,被生活和工作压得有些喘不过气的人,无比渴望那种“采菊东篱下,悠然见南山”的陶渊明式的自由和朴素的生活方式。
最近,在抖音,又悄然走红了一位名叫“青田李秋香”的主播,这是一个浙江姑娘。
在她发布的视频中,田鱼能做捞饭,树叶能做豆腐,覆盆子可以酿酒,每一种青田农产品都有其独特的做法,一转眼成了令人垂涎欲滴的精致菜肴。
身着古装的李秋香,认真地做着每一件事,上山、下水、摸鱼、烧饭——偶尔抬起手,擦掉额头的汗珠,每一帧画面都是那么唯美和动人,敲打着人们柔软的内心。
“因为我是土生土长的青田人,抓鱼、烧饭、酿酒——这些农活,我做过很多次,非常熟悉。”李秋香说。
从小在农村长大的李秋香,到了城里后才知道这种慢节奏的生活非常难得。繁忙生活的压力,让她萌生了拍摄短视频分享青田美食和本土文化的想法。
作为青田侨乡农发公司的一名工作人员,李秋香对青田的农产品很了解,但是对于拍摄却是“大姑娘上轿——头一回”,怎么解决?于是,她将这个想法向公司领导作了汇报,公司很支持,特意组建了一个拍摄团队,协助她拍摄短视频。
于是,临时组建的团队忙碌起来,准备主题、内容和表达的形式。大家虽都是新手,但是都不愿意随便“玩玩”,要拍就要拍成最好的,把最美的青田展现出去,让更多人了解青田、爱上青田。
“以前从来不知道短短一分钟的视频要拍摄这么多的素材。如果要把最优质的青田美食展现出来,就需要到盛产这一农产品的乡镇去拍,有时候花在路上的时间就需要一天。踩点、拍摄,等到全部完工,有时真的会累得虚脱。”李秋香说。
因为认真、精细,而且是新手上路,视频和制作周期就会比较长,目前出品的视频数量还不多,李秋香和她的团队还有许多要学习的地方。在已经发布的15条视频中,李秋香最满意的是“制作杨梅酒”,这也是她拍摄最累最辛苦的一次。
杨梅树长在山上,拍摄团队扛着器材,顶着烈日,边拍边爬山,到山顶的时候已是中午。一刻不休息,又开始拍摄采摘的画面,然后赶回去制作。
“又累又晒,但最后出来的画面,超美,一切辛苦都值了。”李秋香说。
还有一部制作田鱼捞饭的视频,也非常吸引人。李秋香说,因为田鱼捞饭,是用稻鱼米和田鱼做成的,而这两个产品都来自全球重要农业文化遗产——青田的稻鱼共生系统(也就是常说的稻田养鱼,在青田历史悠久,2005年6月被联合国粮农组织列为首批全球重要农业文化遗产),绿色又健康。
有着1300多年建县史的青田,境内特色古村落星罗棋布,散发着古朴之美,这里的生活更是有着一种与别处不一样的美和历史沉淀,可以说,对做短视频来讲,是一个取之不竭的素材宝藏。
自从拍摄了短视频,李秋香就变得超级忙。青田素有“九山半水半分田”之称,团队大部分时候都是奔波在山路上,辛苦不必多言,不过,乐在其中。能够和大自然、和青山绿水打交道,再累也是一件开心的事情,尤其当看到作品最终发布,网友们赞美青田、赞美自己的家乡,李秋香更是觉得无比自豪!
对于网友们给予的“青田李子柒”的称呼,李秋香有不一样的看法,她说,虽然在视频的呈现方式上有类似的地方,内容也都是偏美食,但大方向不一样。她并不想太多地包装自己,而是希望通过自己的努力去讲好青田的文化故事。
先从青田的美食拍起,接下来,李秋香和她的伙伴们将会更多地去挖掘青田的乡土文化,扛着摄像机走进一个个村落,通过网络推广自己的家乡青田。
“青田还有许许多多的美食、美景、乡土人情等着大家呢,多关注我的抖音号哦!”李秋香说:“我想很快,大家都会认识我,认识一个独一无二的‘青田李秋香!”
Girl in Qingtian Tells Story about Rural Life in Qingtian
By Zhu Zhu
“Whatever nicknames and titles the media and my followers prefer to shower on me, I am Li Qiuxiang from Qingtian, and I am the only one,” said the girl who has made a name for herself just like the popular video blogger Li Ziqi has with her camera.
Fairly speaking, “the Qingtian version of Li Ziqi” can be taken as a fitting compliment, considering what Li Qiuxiang has been doing to share the best of her hometown with a wider audience.
Li Ziqi, a Sichuan-based short video blogger, has won followers worldwide for her video clips presenting traditional Chinese cooking and handicraft in a genuine, elegant and beautiful way and drawing viewers in search of respite and truly Chinese enjoyments.
In the short video clips released by Li Qiuxiangs team on Douyin.com, a popular social networking platform used by tens of millions, the agricultural products of Qingtian in the southwest of Zhejiang are turned into culinary art works – fish rice, raspberry wine, and bean curd made with leaves...
“I am born and raised here in the countryside of Qingtian. Catching fish, cooking rice in a firewood kitchen, and making wine used to be part of my daily life, with details of farming work burned into my childhood memory. Years of city life made me realize how much I miss the slow pace and peace of the countryside. Feeling more and more stressed up with a busy work schedule, I eventually found an outlet by sharing the local food and culture on Douyin.com,” says the young expert in agricultural products.
The girls work at a local agricultural development company helped her start the project, but she did not know much about how to use a video camera. She talked about her idea with the management of the company, and got lots of support including a photographing team ready for work.
“We are amateurs determined to make something professional. What we aim at is not the second best, but the best, so that the true nature of Qingtian can be shared and loved by more people.”
“I never knew how much work it would take to make a 60-second video clip, until I really got involved with my own two hands. The best way to present something is to go to the root of it and find out, which means we always have to spend a lot of time on the road, not to mention the time and energy spent on photographing and finishing work to get the video clip ready for release. There were times when everyone felt exhausted.”
Lis team focuses more on quality than quantity. Of the 15 video clips released so far, Li Qiuxiangs most satisfactory work is the “waxberry wine”, a project she calls “the most tiring one”.
“The photographing team had to work under the scorching sun. It was a lot of climbing because the waxberry trees are grown on the top of the hill. It was a long day, and we had no time to take a break. The video clips turned out perfect, and we knew it was worth all the sweat.”
Another project Li Qiuxiang takes pride in is “Fish Rice”, designed to present the unique rice and fish symbiotic cultivation in the rural areas of Qingtian. The idea of the project is to explain this long-standing agricultural tradition through culinary perspectives.
With a history of more than 1,300 years and situated in the mountainous southwest of Zhejiang Province, Qingtian has a landform that is ideal for the photographic and cinematic presentation of pristine and natural beauty. For Li Qiuxiang and her team, the countryside charm of Qingtian is a guarantee of endless aesthetic and cultural inspiration for the creation on the screen.
Ever since the video project started, Li Qiuxiang has been super busy, and happier than ever before. The reward of all the on-the-road hardship is the joy of getting closer to nature and learning more about what it has to offer. And the biggest reward is the moment when she saw the viewers marvel at the treasures of her hometown after the release of a new episode. “I feel truly proud and happy,” comments Li.
“Strictly speaking, I am not the Qingtian version of Li Ziqi. We have something in common, but we have different directions. What I try to do is not to be eye-catching by taking advantage of all the conveniences of such a social networking platform, but to find a new way to tell the stories of Qingtian.”
The girls next goal is to branch out into the bigger realm of local culture, taking into consideration that Qingtian is home to a host of well-conserved ancient villages awaiting the exploration of cultural buffs.