Story of ‘Great Yichang Evacuation’ retold in CCTV Documentary
2025-08-31 20:08:49
By Chen Zai
The heroic story of the 1938 Great Yichang Evacuation was retold by China’s Central TV Station as the sixth episode of its documentary series Victory on the evening of August 28. Titled The Legend Through the Flames of War, the episode highlighted this dramatic chapter of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
The heroic story of the 1938 Great Yichang Evacuation was retold by China’s Central TV Station as the sixth episode of its documentary series Victory on the evening of August 28. Titled The Legend Through the Flames of War, the episode highlighted this dramatic chapter of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
The Legend Through the Flames of War, the sixth episode in the documentary series Victory, was aired on China Central TV Station’s Channel 1 on the evening of August 28.
In 1938, Chinese industrialist and owner of the Minsheng Company Lu Zuofu mobilized his company fleet to ship troops, civilians, and vital supplies over 40 consecutive days between Yichang and Chongqing, preserving crucial resources in China’s war against the Japanese invasion.
To faithfully and vividly recreate this chapter of history, the Yichang Three Gorges Media Center assisted the CCTV crew with filming in Yichang for two weeks in mid-May. The team worked in intense summer heat to capture historical sites and gather archives, photographs, and artifacts.
Yichang Three Gorges Media Center assisted the CCTV crew during filming.
Photo by Han Jingwen
Photo by Han Jingwen
Victory was produced to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War. The 10-episode series, each 30 minutes long, aired on CCTV-1 from August 26 to 30 at 8 pm, with rebroadcasts on CCTV-10 the following day at 9:20 pm.
The 10-episode series Victory aired on CCTV-1 from August 26 to 30 at 8 pm
Reporter Zhu Haoying contributed to this story.
