世界电视，迄今已有80余年的历史。

中国电视，迄今已有60余年的历史。

但是，在中国大陆电视史上，在中国大陆电影史上，从来没有一部基督教题材的电视剧。因为，中国共产党的宗教政策很另类，很严格，要求党员不得相信任何宗教，包括但不限于道教、佛教、天主教、基督教和伊斯兰教。中国共产党治下的中华人民共和国，自成立至今，一致冷落并边缘化宗教，坚持宗教与政治分离，宗教与教育分离。因此，中国人才会信仰危机，道德滑坡，迷失自我。自习近平上台以来，对宗教的禁锢，对意识形态的管控，有过之而无不及。

在重压与束缚之下，一丝光亮透过历史的天空，灼照在思想的盲区。翻阅中共党史和中国现代史，毛泽东、周恩来、宋庆龄等中共元老均曾重视基督教的问题，尤其是在1949年前后，他们多次要求中国基督教的领导人吴耀宗积极作为，竭力摆脱欧美外来传教团体的控制，引领中国基督教走向“自治，自传，自养”的“三自”之路，从语言、释经、布道、仪轨、心理等各个层面促使基督教中国化。当时，中共利用政治、外交、军事手段驱逐了大批外国传教士，令方济各会、多明我会、卫理公会、浸信会、圣公会、福音会、路德宗、加尔文宗、君士坦丁正教会、耶路撒冷正教会等欧美主要基督教宗派在华势力大为削弱，令其主教、长老、神父、牧师、修女颜面扫地，无地自容。于是，他们垂死挣扎，试图挽回。面对这种激烈冲突，吴耀宗发挥聪明才智，利用外国教会宗派之间的龃龉甚或内讧逐个击破，揭批教父、主教乃至教皇等神学权威岸然道貌掩盖下的贪婪、虚伪甚至荒淫，巧妙斡旋于中共与梵蒂冈罗马教廷之间，有效平衡了双方的利益，促成了双方的相互体量，求同存异，彼此包容，终使基督耶稣的福音继续荣耀中华大地。这，就是中国大陆第一部基督教题材电视剧《大爱》的主题与主线。

电视剧《大爱》集中刻画新中国建立初期中国基督教倡导并走上“三自”之路的艰辛历程，展现了以吴耀宗为代表的新中国第一代基督教领袖为彻底摆脱以美国为首的帝国主义差会之重重控制而展开的艰苦卓绝的斗争画卷，展示了广大基督教进步人士自立自强、团结奋进的可贵品质，赞颂爱己爱人、爱教爱国的基督教大爱精神。同时，形象再现了老一辈党和国家领导人毛泽东、周恩来、宋庆龄等关怀、扶持基督教事业的丰功伟绩，歌颂党的宗教宗教自由政策，赞扬党的统一战线方针。同时，该剧也提及以丁光训为代表的第二代中国基督教领袖巩固“三自”的简要事迹，再现邓小平、江泽民、胡锦涛等党和国家后继领导人持续关爱中国基督教的感人情景。该剧扎根于真实历史人物及其真实历史事件，具有极强的纪实色彩；选题独特，开辟了第一，填补了空白；叙事清晰，大事不虚，小事不拘；人物众多，鲜活丰满，有血有肉，可信可亲；时空结构灵活，信息量大。

电视剧《大爱》系重大革命历史题材，将直报完整剧本至中宣部审阅，获准后由国家广播电视总局备案公示。该剧剧本由杨新磊教授搜集并精读大量中外基督教文献，历时廿载，经十多次修订，呕心沥血，字斟句酌，写作而成。1996.7 - 1998.2，杨新磊编导过长纪录片《中国基督教》，9集，174分钟，播映后反响良好，影响深远，轰动中美两国宗教界。在摄制该纪录片过程中，杨新磊与丁光训相识并成为忘年交，友谊深厚。丁光训亲笔题词，勉励并对《大爱》寄予厚望，时任北京市基督教两会主席于新粒随即附议，鼎力加持。

作为影视学家，《大爱》亦将由杨新磊教授出任总导演，将遴选中美两国50余位实力派演员倾情出演，除了赴中国的北京、南京、上海、广州、西安等地之外，还将赴意大利、法国、西班牙、德国、英国等欧洲代表性国家以及美国的纽约、洛杉矶等地拍摄，场景包括数十座罗马式、拜占庭式、哥特式、巴洛克式、洛可可式和现代主义教堂，服饰考究，舞美绝伦，不乏诸多宏大场面。

该剧由中美数家公司联合投资人民币4000万元整，采用RED + SONY的4K超清技术制作，将针对中美受众诉求的不同剪出不同版本，制作中英双语对白与字幕。完成后，由中国中央电视台CCTV-1黄金时段独播，同时由美国两家电视台同步播出，随后在爱奇艺、Youtube等主要视频网站播映，出版正规DVD在全球公开发行。

电视剧《大爱》所谓“基督教/Christianity”，取其广义，即“基督宗教/the Christian Religion”，包括天主教/Catholicism、基督新教/Protestantism of Christ、东正教/Russian Orthodox Church。《大爱》剧本共25集，26万字，已完成；播出时不少于20集，每集50分钟，总时长1000分钟。

                             INTRODUCTION TO “CHRISTIANITY CHANGED CHINA”

In China, there are still not any film or television artworks focusing to the Christianity. But now, it will become history. Christianity Changed China, whose Chinese name is《大爱》, a television drama or television series, will begin to shooting. It is the first television artwork on Christianity, officially approved by the China’s government and the Communist Party of China (CCP), which includes 20 episodes, running over 15 hours.

This television artwork will be excellent to communicate the liberty, equality and fraternity from Christianity, based on a long historical story that narrates two amazing Chinese priest, Wuyaozong(1893~1979) and Dinguangxun(1915~2012), preached to Maozedong, Dengxiaoping, Jiangzemin and Hujintao, who are the top leaders of CCP from 1949 to 2012. Finally, Wuyaozong and Dingguangxun changed their attitude at the Christianity, ultimately make them change the policy of China’s government governing Christianity. Although the CCP does not believe any religion, including Christianity, although Mao is a typical atheist /antitheist, they still acknowledge Christianity in the end. Both the CCP and the Mao have been changed by Christianity. Therefore, faith or belief can overcome everything in the world.

However, who is Wuyaozong? He is acquainted not only to foreigners but also to most Chinese.

Wuyaozong (1893~1979), whose Chinese name is “吴耀宗”，an important Christianity leader with preeminence exploit in China, made the Christianity independent really and truly after China won the independence in 1950s. He was born in Shunde, Guangdong, China. Before 1913 he finished his basic education in a school founded by a Britannic merchant prince, who is a Jew. In 1913, he was been matriculated to a college of taxes in Beijing, but he wasn’t interested in it and then he received baptism from G.D.Wilder, a vicar of U.S.A, in Jun 1918. Soon, he abdicated his work in custom, of which the salary is more rich and generous than too many works at that time, and dedicated himself to the Christianity as a secretary in Y.M.C.A of Beijing. In Aug 1924, he was dispatched to U.S.A to study in Theological Seminary in N.Y. City and won a degree of M.A in philosophy form Colombia University, in 1927. From he came back to Shanghai, he became a more and more excellent torchbearer of Christianity in China, and he made the Christianity slip the leash from foreigner and oversea churches both in preaching and other religion activities and in economy: Wuyaozong got rid of any other control to make Chinese Christianity self-preaching, self-charging and self-financing, which is praised as “Three-self Patriotic Movement”. As you know, China wasn’t a country with own dominion and dignity in diplomacy when Wu did those. Therefore, in fact, all that Wu did in 1920~1970 contains very meaningful value, which is proved by history heretofore.

Furthermore, Wu is a man, a common man, not a deity, who has all feelings that populace has such as happy, angry, sad and gladness, especially who has love. He loved his wife, his son and daughter and every Christian, so did he for someone who didn’t believe the Christianity. He cared for his secretaries and colleagues as taking care for his son, and he loved his motherland — China deeply wherever he stayed exceptionally he studied and worked overseas and no matter what circumstance he faced exceptionally he was stigmatized and persecuted wrongly in the ten years of “Culture Revolution”. Thereby, Wuyaozong in this teleplay is both a leader again a patriot and a husband withal a father, a man with strong love in his heart.

Dingguangxun(1915~2012), is the successor of Wuyaozong, who continued to mediate Roman Curia in Vatican and CCP, to facilitate both inclusiveness and collaboration, based on keeping comprehension and tolerance each other via conversation equally. He reinforced the “Three-self Patriotic Movement of Christianity”, to enhance self-preaching by Chinese, to augment self-charging by Chinese, to strengthen self-financing by Chinese, from staff to institution, from language to finance. Depending on so many years of endeavor from Dinguangxun, the CCP and Christianity have become a good friend, still so today. On the other hand, Christian in China, who are follower or believer of Christianity, increase rapidly, more and more, based on Ding’s efforts. By the end of 2018, the number of Christians has reached 80 million, in China.

The script of this television artwork has been written by Yangxinlei, which totals up to 260 thousand words, spending more 20 years, undergoing over 10 revises, based on a great deal of substantial of documentaries, literatures and files on Christianity in English or Chinese. He conceived one and one fascinating stories to embody good features or nice characteristics of Wu + Ding, meanwhile to expose the greed, hypocrisy and debauching of God-fathers, bishops even or Pope, to uncover the complex of humanity. In his script, Christianity contains Catholicism, Protestantism of Christ and Russian Orthodox Church, so Yangxinlei stands at a broad sense to generalize the Christian religion successfully.

As an expert or proficient, it will been directed by Yangxinlei. From China and US, the grew will employ over 50 seasoned and talented actors dressed by exquisite costumes, to perform in many magnificent scenes to show religious spectacles, to shoot in so many basilicas, cathedrals, churches and chapels, whose architectural style changes from Roman, Byzantinism, Gothic, Baroque, Rococo to Modernism, from chief countries of Europe to USA. To be seasoned with it, we’ll choose the most advanced cameras for the nonce, which is 4K made by RED + SONY. We’ll spend 2 years to shoot it seriously in China, Europe and USA, along with 1 year in elaborative post-production earnestly and elaborately, especially in VFX+SFX.

Yangxinlei, PhD, professor, master tutor, major in film and television art. In 1990s, Yangxinlei directed and written a famous documentary “The Christianity in China”, including 9 episodes, running 178min, which sensationalized China and the US deeply. Dingguangxun made friend with Yang for many years, so he was been interviewed in the documentary, as the most authoritative person. In addition, Ding proposed and encouraged Yang to finish the Caritas Changed China.

In fact, Yangxinlei studies and teaches film & television, media & communication for over 20 years. He published 4 books and more than 100 papers to study various academic topics theoretically. Moreover, he accomplished in technologies of film and television art, meanwhile grasped all professional cameras and some top-rank software for post-production even and digital especial effects (VFX+SFX). Based on which, he directed 4 films or television dramas, Chinese Christianity, The Imperfect Sculpture and Excellent Auditioning Actors from Figurants or Amateurs and Women knight-errant aided by Buddha Dharma from Famen Temple, in Ancient China, all of which are popular welcomed. All works by Yang can be searched to see in Youtube and IMDB.

The investment amount of Christianity Changed China nears to 58 million dollars. It’ll be firstly broadcasted in golden time of CCTV-1 and main Christianity television channels of USA. Secondly, it will be shown in main websites of video, such as Youtube and Iqiyi. Finally, it will been published in DVD with ISRC to distributing or selling.

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