The flood waves lifted the sky and destroyed the old world; all wastes were rejuvenated and rushed to a new future.

Created by the famous director Gao Xixi and the chief screenwriters Long Pingping and Qin Qin, the major revolutionary historical drama "Dawn of the East" starring Zhang Jiayi, Liu Tao, Li Zefeng, Qiao Zhenyu, etc. will premiere on CCTV-1 prime time tonight.

The play is adapted from the documentary literature "Battle Shanghai" by Liu Tong, the award-winning work of the 15th "Five One Project" Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction and professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University.

The whole play centers on the thrilling history of the liberation of Shanghai in the past year, and unfolds in a panoramic manner. The Communist Party of China liberates Shanghai and takes over the political power. The story of Shanghai and the stability of Shanghai.

"Great things are true, small things are not limited" is the principle of creation of major revolutionary themes.

The "big test" restored in the play includes not only military warfare, but also political warfare and financial warfare. Historical events such as typhoons and the lifting of the "big bombing" crisis.

At the same time, "Dawn of the East" uses a lot of pen and ink to draw portraits of characters under the big historical perspective, focusing on the efforts made by the Communists to restore the vitality and operation of the city in the first year of Shanghai's liberation.

Under the correct guidance of the Party Central Committee, and under the strong policy implementation of Chen Yun, Chen Yi and others, Shanghai has solved the problems of people's livelihood, stabilized the social and political order, resumed production and trade, and changed its old appearance in a year.

The script constructs a vivid group portrait of characters in the interweaving of historical facts and artistic creation, and outlines the games and hardships behind the "War in Shanghai" from different aspects.

The details are the expression of history, and the ingenuity can be seen in the slightest.

The creation cycle of "Dawn of the East" lasted nearly 3 years, with a total of 575.3 pages and more than 490,000 words; the whole play has 141 scenes, 161 main actors, 1,480 foreground actors, and 14,213 extras; 5,000 sets of costumes were produced and rented, 75,950 pieces of props were produced, modified, and rented... Through the comprehensive cooperation of makeup, scene design, and props, the film crew vividly reproduced the historical time and space.

Fight the enemy bravely and break the situation wisely.

In the battle of defending Shanghai, move forward without fear!

Starting tonight, lock on the CCTV-1 prime-time TV series "Dawn of the East". Stay tuned.