I think if this documentary is analyzed from a geographical perspective, it should focus on people, nature and the countryside. Let’s talk about these two aspects.

Human beings and nature - an eternal issue

The balance between human beings and nature is the most primitive harmony and equality. The core point of "Tips of the Tongue" is that food should be a generous gift from nature, rather than the greedy and unbridled demands and destruction of modern society. Human beings should be grateful for such wonderful gifts, be in awe of nature, and feel guilty and sad for the damage they have caused to nature.

So when photographing people collecting raw ingredients, the copywriter never forgets to mention how collectors respect the laws of nature and protect roots, mycelium, soil and young fish. The "continuous hunting" principle of the fishermen of Zhagan Lake is their love for nature, which is very admirable. Immediately afterwards, a Guangxi captain named Lin led a group of men to fight at sea for several days and nights. In the end, they almost got nothing. The reason is that over-fishing in the past has caused the current resource depletion. Perhaps such a deliberate comparison is also another kind reminder! Episode 7 not only presents the diversity of Chinese cuisine, regional differences and agricultural diversity, but also specifically tells the story of how many Chinese people adapt to and transform nature for food. s story.

However, modern people driven by commercial interests are most likely to lack environmental awareness. People who are eager for quick success and self-righteous often unconsciously gain short-term benefits at the expense of harming nature. Nature will soon take its own way. Warning us how stupid such behavior is, we need to pay a more painful price! "Tip of the Tongue" advocates ecological and environmentally friendly agricultural production methods, and advocates that the dining table returns to the earth and food returns to nature.

Hometown on the tip of the tongue - a place with water, soil and people

A taste, a touch of nostalgia. Homeland, feelings of attachment and longing for the distant place. "Tip of the Tongue" focuses on introducing representative delicacies with various regional characteristics. Different styles of food across the country represent different personalities and even demeanor of different regions. Some people commented that this is "the hometown on the tip of the tongue", and the hometown on the tip of everyone's tongue adds up to China on the tip of the tongue, such as Yunnan for mushrooms, Sichuan for bacon and pea tips, Nanjing for dried silk, Xianghe for meat patties, and Longjing. Hangzhou with shrimps... It is said that some international students in foreign countries burst into tears when they saw this program. They cannot understand the behavior and logic of those who shout on Weibo that they cannot eat this or that because they want to lose weight.

There is a story in the film: In Cicheng, Zhejiang, there is a pair of empty-nesters. Their happiest moment is when their children and grandchildren come back from Ningbo and make delicious rice cakes for them. The whole family sat together, eating rice cakes and chatting about home-cooked things, having a great time. However, after a brief reunion, the children and grandchildren drove away, leaving the elderly couple at home again. In another episode, an old couple is planting taro day after day, but their children have already left here to work in big cities and no longer have to deal with the fields. And I also noticed that representative foods from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions were mentioned in every episode. Every time they were mentioned, they felt extremely familiar and cordial. Zongzi, rice cakes, winter bamboo shoots... Foods that I never cared about before turned out to be so precious and beautiful! Similarly, the film also depicts a group of elderly people in Hong Kong who always get together, cooking their best meals and chatting about stories from their youth. They support each other, warm each other, and share the warmth and pain of life with each other. Food here has obviously become a bridge of spiritual communication between people. Yao Guiwen and Wang Cuihua, a simple couple who have been buying tofu in Yunnan for 30 years, live a light and hard life around tofu. The wife naughtily said that her husband was lazy and stupid, and the husband chuckled and replied: She has all the advantages. Such a life is enviable.

The Chinese people love this kind of food because they actually love their own culture, their own blood, and their own land. Whether it is rice noodles or soy products, although the styles of the north and the south are very different and the differences are huge, they still have the same tradition and the same roots. Whether they are farmers, fishermen, herdsmen or mountain people, they are all the same primitive, simple, hard-working, intelligent, not afraid of tedious work, and work hard with concentration and meticulousness. Every harvest is filled with accumulated experience and hard work, every process is filled with charming wisdom and imagination, and every finished product is filled with simple satisfaction and joy, as well as the heartache that makes people feel sad. Hard work and dedication without complaint.