China-Live Seasides Show

To mark the National Day, the China Central Television is airing a special documentary series demonstrating the vastness and diversity of the world's third largest country. The broadcast is punctuated by live shows of China's various scenery and topography.

On Monday, TV viewers are entertained with refreshing views of China's seasides. The series features six themes -- mountains, rivers, oceans, color, life and Chinese dream.

Some 400 specialists armed with five helicopters, 25 drone cameras, 28 live broadcast vehicles have documented what they see with various tricks. These include slow-motion, time-elapse, underwater filming and hand-held swift-cam video making.

High-tech equipment coupled with high ideas had resulted in enlightening and entertaining TV programs, starting with the Chinese national color of red.

To most, seasides link them to sand beaches of white or yellow. But this red at Panjin is from a special plant suaeda or seepweed which grows in northeast China's Liaoning Province. It turns red twice a year during spring and then in autumn.

The so-called Red Beach is now the biggest wetland and reed marsh in the world. It hosts the most complete ecosystem the world over. It is home to over 260 species of birds and 399 species of animals including the endangered red-crown cranes and black beak gulls.

At where the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea meet rises the Miaodao Islands. It's a vantage point to see both sunrise and sunset. Further down to the south is Penglai, where the ancient maritime Silk Road once started.

With its hill and dale, the Zhoushan Archipelago has provided natural fishing ports and hence its nickname of fish warehouse of East China Sea.

As the fifth largest island of the country, Pingtan off southeast China's Fujian Province sits only 68 kilometers from Hsinchu in Taiwan. It gets enlisted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its marine abrasion landform constituted by granite rocks.

China's territorial waters are principally marginal seas of the western Pacific Ocean, covering about 4.7 million square kilometers. The seas and coast lines present splendid natural scenery and topography for millions of Chinese holiday-makers. On Sunday, 104 million trips were made throughout the country.