However, if we understand the series of films on the tip of the tongue from a broader perspective, and see clearly what ideas it hopes to convey and what contents it records, maybe we will not understand it from the narrow point of "talking less."
The series "The Tip of the Tongue" is of course about the exquisite craftsmanship of Chinese food and the unique cuisine of various places, but this is only the first meaning.
I don't think this is a pure food film, at least it is not a documentary about food introduction with rigorous scientific exploration.
The film itself, like Chinese food, is not rigorous, but emphasizes "artistic conception" and "taste".
Rather than introducing the delicacies in Chinese culture, it conveys the profound culture of China and the various states of the world under the drastic changes in China society through delicacies-all these things are symbolized and materialized by "eating", thus being conveyed to everyone in an abstract way.
Chinese food is undoubtedly the most influential cultural content of Chinese culture, and its influence on the western world even exceeds that of China's arts and commodities.
The reason for this is not only that Chinese food is rich in color and delicious, but more importantly, China people's thinking mode, philosophy, living habits and so on are all devoted to "eating".
China people's highest standard to measure the quality of life is eating, and the main body of all celebrations is eating.
People in China have great differences in tastes and dishes. For example, the difference between Shandong pie and Guangdong exquisite small dish is not only the difference in climate and ingredients, but also the difference in culture and way of thinking. If you understand eating, you will understand China culture. If you want to understand China culture, I am afraid that quite a few people need to start with "eating".
From this point of view, the intention of "Tip of the Tongue 2" may not simply describe the technology and taste of food itself objectively, but make food a clue to record the beauty of human nature, people's rush for life and the conflict between tradition and modernity in contemporary China society.
The first episode of Tip of the Tongue 2, Footsteps, describes the stories of Tibetan bee-picking teenagers, couples' beekeeping teams, Shaanxi Maike, Zhejiang couples' boats, all kinds of pasta, working couples in Guizhou, and returned old overseas Chinese in Fujian. In every story, there are one or several kinds of food as clues, but the emphasis is on describing people's emotions-the expression of this emotion is very restrained and obscure, and it is also very in line with the characteristics of China people.
The strong part of the emotion is conveyed by the pictures of food "without saying anything"-for example, the complex technology of Guizhou fish sauce and rice fish is described in the film, and in fact, the rare time for working parents to reunite with their children is described together.
After a short reunion, parents left their children with a few seemingly insipid "gone" words, but that kind of feeling seemed to be concentrated in several cans of fish sauce that they took with them, which became a spiritual sustenance-besides food, what is more suitable to be the emotional sustenance of China people? In addition to China people, who else would pour such emotion into their food?