On August 26, the self-driving travel documentary variety show "Starting to the Mountains and Seas" was broadcast. Zheng Kai, captain of the "Mountain and Sea Road Exploration Team", team members Meng Hetang and Bo Yuan, joined hands with "Shanhai Road Exploration Friends" Du Haitao and Zhang Liang, to start the first stop - the journey of Yili, Xinjiang, by self-driving and camping.

When traveling, would you prefer to be fully equipped and travel elegantly, or would you prefer to travel lightly and just go? In the program, members of the "Mountain and Sea Road Exploration Team" have to make difficult choices-they need to prepare the equipment needed for this camping by themselves, and formulate a self-driving route map to Yili, Xinjiang.

"Departure to the Mountains and Seas" poster

Among several guests, Zheng Kai, as the captain of the "Mountain and Sea Road Exploration Team", prepared a full set of professional equipment in advance, and also formulated a thick guidebook for self-driving tour in Yili, Xinjiang; The camping style is completely different: Meng Hetang, as a camping expert, focuses on "exquisite tourism" and has all kinds of professional equipment. Although Boyuan is a newcomer to camping and focuses on "basic tourism", he has been silently completing the work to be done during the trip and feeling the beauty of the mountains and nature with everyone.

In the recently held "Departure to the Mountains and Seas" film viewing meeting, the chief director Zhou Bo introduced that in the selection of guests, he tends to choose guests who love outdoor sports. Travelers have different concepts, but the combination of such a delicate and considerate person, a professional, and a camping novice will inspire more things to watch."

Du Haitao and Zhang Liang joined in the first issue. According to the director, in the next few issues of "Departure to the Mountains and Seas", each issue will focus on presenting a relationship pattern. For example, the first issue is called "Mountain and Sea Friends". Several issues will have themes such as "brothers", "couples", "time friends" and "sisters".

Stills of "Departure to the Mountains and Seas"

In the first episode that has been aired, director Zhou Bo said that "truth" is also an important keyword in "Starting to the Mountains and Seas". During the entire recording process, the "Mountains and Seas Pathfinding Team" determines the route by itself, and can also change and adjust it at any time. Therefore, all your experiences during self-driving travel are reflected in the most authentic and natural way in front of the audience.

The director joked that "Going to the Mountains and Seas" is a "three-no program"-no script, no help, no interference, "This is a double-edged sword. Although it presents true feelings, it is difficult to execute, and the director team does not interfere. The artist’s decision also makes transitions and other events random, requiring the team to make decisions and cooperate faster.”

For example, in the first episode that has been aired, the "Shanhai Road Exploration Team" directly changed the itinerary and drove the car to Shihezi because of Du Haitao's sentence "I want to eat scrambled eggs with scallions"; ", specially drove to Shawan to pack and take away; after arriving at the original camping spot, Zhang Liang drove alone to find a more suitable place for everyone to see the beautiful scenery... Everyone proved with practical actions, "Let's go ? Let’s go!” is not just a simple slogan, but also a spontaneous practice.

Stills of "Departure to the Mountains and Seas"

In addition to "truth", the "Mountain and Sea Pathfinder Team" adheres to the concept of exploring the world outwards and self-awareness inwards, and has been trying to explore "niche" attractions that are not well-known to the outside world among many popular routes, leading the audience to discover more Such an unknown place, "China is so big that every small corner that we once ignored is actually very beautiful."

Director Zhou Bo said that the combination of niche attractions and self-driving is what distinguishes this show from other travel variety shows. The show hopes to discover more niche and unique attractions by self-driving. Regarding the form of self-driving, Zhou Bo introduced that this is the first time to record a self-driving tour program. During the recording, we met a large number of self-driving travelers from all over the country. Their ages, occupations, and incomes vary greatly, which also made us feel that they are not rich. Only by driving in China, these travelers have no profit motive, they just want to see the scenery all over China and enjoy life.

Stills of "Departure to the Mountains and Seas"

During the self-driving process, the "Mountain and Sea Road Exploration Team" also pulled away from the busy life, felt everything around them, and devoted themselves to this journey. They can shuttle between the canyons, feel the magic and greatness of nature, and also chat about life under the endless starry sky, expressing the most real emotions. There are many interesting encounters during the journey. Artists will communicate with local herdsmen in no man’s land, and meet Tibetan people and cyclists at an altitude of 1,000 meters. This is the meaning of self-driving tour, and discover the beauty of life from the great rivers and mountains , share and express straightforward love, learn to be self-consistent, and learn to get along with others.

It is reported that this Saturday, the "Mountain and Sea Pathfinding Team" will continue their journey to Ili, Xinjiang. Everyone will encounter new beautiful scenery and face new challenges.

"Four stops" in the first season of "Search for the Mountains and the Sea"