Journey to grassroots
Online reality show takes six celebrities on a road far from stardom, Xing Wen reports.
This time, he has directed a new reality show, a bold interpretation of the world in Journey to the West, by which he aims to enable viewers to see how individuals at the grassroots manage to make a living in the country.
The online reality show, titled The New Journey, has invited celebrities, namely, pop star Huang Zitao, cross-talk performer Yue Yunpeng, as well as actors Zhang Ruoyun, Wang Yanlin, Lin Gengxin and Chen Feiyu, to travel from the east to the west in southern China, enabling the audience to follow the camera to see the customs, cultures and lives of people in different places. The show has been aired on the streaming platform Tencent Video since last month.
Their route passes through Guangdong province, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces.
