qiān dǎo hú de shuǐ xià gǔ cūn xǔ jiā yuán

千岛湖的水下古村许家源

The ancient village Xu Jia Yuan in the Lake of Thousand Islands

shuǐ xià chén chuán shuǐ xià zhǎng chéng

水下沉船、水下长城

Underwater wrecks, underwater Great Wall

zhěng gè fǔ xiān hú shuǐ xià jīn zì tǎ

整个抚仙湖水下金字塔

The entire pyramids in Fu Xian Lake

shuǐ xià zhōng guó shì zhōng guó dì yī bù yě shì quán shì jiè dì yī bù

《水下中国》是中国第一部，也是全世界第一部

"Underwater China" is the first documentary, in China and the world

cóng shuǐ xià de shì jiǎo lái quán shì hé zhǎn shì zhōng guó de yī bù jì lù piàn

从水下的视角来诠释和展示中国的一部纪录片

Which presents and explains China from an underwater perspective

shuǐ xià de jì lù piàn nán dù yīng gāi suàn shì zài jīn zì tǎ de tǎ dǐng le

水下的纪录片（难度）应该算是在金字塔的塔顶了

Underwater documentary in terms of difficulty lies at the top of the pyramid

qí shí pāi shuǐ xià zhōng guó zuì chū de chū zhōng shì

其实拍《水下中国》最初的初衷是

The original intention of "Underwater China"

zhōng guó méi yǒu zì jǐ de shuǐ xià jì lù piàn

中国没有自己的水下纪录片

Is that China does not have an underwater documentary of our own

guó wài rén duì zhōng guó de le jiě dōu chāo guò wǒ men

国外人对中国的了解都超过我们

Foreigners know more about China than us

yǒu diǎn bù fú qì bù xīn gān de nà zhǒng gǎn jué

有点不服气、不心甘的那种感觉

And I couldn't live with that

yòng le nián gè yuè de shí jiān lái pāi shè zhōng guó de shuǐ xià

用了2年7个月的时间来拍摄中国的水下

We spent 2 years and 7 months shooting the footage

jí de piàn zi

6集的片子

And cut it into 6 episodes

měi yī gè zhǔ tí dōu dài biǎo le zhōng guó shuǐ xià de yī zhǒng zì rán jǐng guān

每一个主题都代表了中国水下的一种自然景观

Each theme represents a natural landscape underwater in China

cóng huáng hǎi bó hǎi jiāo jiē de zhǎng dǎo kāi shǐ de

从黄海、渤海交接的长岛开始的

Starting from the Chang Island where the Yellow Sea and the Bahai Sea converge

zuì nán dào le zhōng guó de nán hǎi

最南到了中国的南海

South to the South Sea of China

zuì dōng de huà shì tái wān de lán yǔ dǎo

最东的话，是台湾的兰屿岛

East to the Orchid Island

dì yī jí hēi àn dòng xué

第一集《黑暗洞穴》

Episode one "Dark Caves"

zhǔ yào shì jiǎng de shì dòng xué de shuǐ xià shì jiè

主要是讲的是洞穴的水下世界

Is about the underwater world in caves

dà bù fēn de xuǎn tí dōu zài guǎng xī

大部分的选题都在广西

Most were shot in Guangxi Province

jīng diǎn de zhè zhǒng kā sī tè dì mào dòng xué shuǐ xià jiù tè bié dì piāo liàng

经典的这种喀斯特地貌洞穴水下，就特别地漂亮

The classic karst formation is fabulous underwater

jiǔ sòng dòng xué yán zhù yǐn dǎo shéng kě yǐ jìn qù tàn suǒ

九送洞穴，沿著引导绳可以进去探索

Jiu Song Cave, we threaded through the needle following the guideline

dòng xué tàn suǒ yīng gāi shì nán dù zuì dà de yī zhǒng

洞穴探索应该是难度最大的一种

Cave exploration is the most difficult of all

quán mì bì de huán jìng

全密闭的环境

Close environment

jìn qù zhī hòu nǐ xiǎng táo lí dōu shì méi yǒu kě néng de

进去之后你想逃离都是没有可能的

It's impossible to escape once you are in

wǒ men fā xiàn le fēi cháng hǎn jiàn de yī zhǒng xiàn xiàng

我们发现了非常罕见的一种现象

We found a very rare phenomenon

zài qì shì dāng zhōng dòng bì shàng xuán guà de shí huā

在气室当中洞壁上悬挂的石花

Hanging stalactite flowers on the side of the cave

dì èr jí shuǐ xià gǔ chéng

第二集《水下古城》

"Underwater Lost Cities"

cóng zuì zǎo fǔ xiān hú de shuǐ xià gǔ chéng

从最早抚仙湖的水下古城

From the earliest underwater ancient city in Fu Xian Lake

dào hǎi kǒu dì zhèn chén méi de gǔ cūn luò

到海口地震沉没的古村落

To the ancient villages sunk by earthquake 30

qù shuǐ xià néng jiàn dù shì

去水下能见度是0

Visibility comes down to zero underwater

dào qiān dǎo hú de shī chéng

到千岛湖的狮城

From the sleeping Lion City in the Lake of Thousand Islands

rán hòu dào qiān dǎo hú yīn wèi xiū jiàn shuǐ kù ér yān de gǔ chéng

然后到千岛湖因为修建水库而淹的古城

To the ancient city buried to build a hydro project which later became Lake of Thousand Islands

yǒu duō wàn yí mín

有20多万移民

More than 200,000 residents had to migrant to other places

chéng zài le hěn duō pǔ tōng rén de gù shì

承载了很多普通人的故事

It hosts the story of ordinary people

wǒ men zhǎo dào le gǔ cūn de yī dòng fáng zi jiào yú qìng táng

我们找到了古村的一栋房子叫余庆堂

We found a building called Yu Qing Tang in the lost city

yú qìng táng de zhǔ rén tā jiù qiāo qiāo gēn wǒ shuō

余庆堂的主人他就悄悄跟我说

The owner of Yu Qing Tang told me in private

wǒ yǒu nà me yī gè xiǎo xiǎo de xīn yuàn

我有那么一个小小的心愿

That he had a wish

dài yī kuài wǒ zì jǐ jiā yǐ qián fáng zi de wǎ piàn shàng lái

带一块我自己家以前房子的瓦片上来

Which is to take a tile from his old house

fáng zi zài shuǐ xià bǎo cún dé fēi cháng hǎo

（房子）在水下保存得非常好

The house is kept intact underwater

wū dǐng de wǎ piàn zhěng zhěng qí qí dì dōu gài zhù

屋顶的瓦片整整齐齐地都盖著

The tiles lie in neat lines

bǎo chí zhù nián qián bèi yān de nà yī kè de yàng zi

保持著60年前被淹的那一刻的样子

Just as the moment sixty years ago when they sank

jié xiào fāng shì zhōng guó xiàn zài zài shuǐ xià wéi yī de yī zuò

节孝坊，是中国现在在水下唯一的一座

This Arch of Charity and Piety is the only one arch underwater in China

hái lì zhù de wán zhěng de yī gè zhuān qiáng jié gòu de pái fāng

还立著的、完整的一个砖墙结构的牌坊

Whose brick and wall structures are still intact

pān jiā kǒu shuǐ kù

潘家口水库

Pan Jia Kou Reservoir

nǐ kě yǐ xià shuǐ líng jù lí jiē chù

你可以下水零距离接触

Is the only spot where you can make intimate contact with

qù chuān yuè zhǎng chéng de wéi yī de yī gè dì fāng

去穿越长城的唯一的一个地方

And cross the underwater Great Wall

gǔ jīn chén chuán zhè yī jí

《古今沉船》这一集

In "Underwater Wrescks"

xuǎn zé le zhōng guó zuì zǎo fā xiàn de dì yī sōu chén chuán dìng hǎi wān de bái jiāo hào

选择了中国最早发现的第一艘沉船定海湾的白礁1号

We came to the earliest wreck found in China -- Bai Jiao No.1 in Dinghai Wan

rán hòu dào xiàn dài

然后到现代

To the modern artificial reef wrecks

yīn wèi hǎi yáng de bǎo hù ér zhǔ dòng tóu fàng zài hǎi dǐ de rén gōng yú jiāo de chén chuán

因为海洋的保护而主动投放在海底的人工鱼礁的沉船

For the protection of the sea

lái zhǎn shì chén chuán de yǎn biàn gōng néng de yǎn biàn

来展示沉船的演变，功能的演变

In an effort to show the changing wrecks and their changing function

zuì hòu yī jí hǎi dǐ liáng cāng

最后一集《海底粮仓》

The last episode "Underwater Granaries"

zhǔ tí luò zài rén shàng miàn le

主题落在人上面了

Is about human

bù guǎn wǒ men guān zhù shì shuǐ xià de jiàn zhù

不管我们关注是水下的建筑

No matter it's underwater buildings or underwater creatures

hái shì guān zhù shuǐ xià de shēng wù

还是关注水下的生物

That we focus our lens on

qí shí zuì hòu wǒ men dōu xī wàng tòu guò tā lái le jiě

其实最后我们都希望透过它来了解

At the end of the day

zhōng guó rén de yī duàn gù shì yī duàn guò qù

中国人的一段故事、一段过去

We want to understand the past of Chinese

wǒ tè bié gǎn dòng de shì zhōu shī fù

我特别感动的是周师傅

I was really touched by Zhou

hěn jiǎn pǔ de yī gè rén yào yǎng huó zhù sān gè hái zi

很简朴的一个人，要养活著三个孩子

He is a simple man who is father to three children

duō nián yī zhí zài hǎi shàng zhè zhǒng zuò yè

20多年一直在海上这种作业

And he has been doing this out at the sea for two decades

qù lāo hǎi dài kǔn hǎi dài

去捞海带、捆海带

Harvesting seaweeds

shǒu wán quán shì biàn xíng de

手完全是变形的

And his hands are out of shape because of that

tā dà nǚ ér měi cì gēn tā shì pín de shí hòu

他大女儿每次跟他视频的时候

Everytime his biggest daughter video chats with him

kàn dào tā shǒu de nà yàng zi jiù zǒng huì kū

看到他手的那样子就总会哭

She'd cry when she sees his hands

wǒ men zài xiǎng yòng zhè zhǒng hǎi yáng zī yuán de shí hòu

我们在享用这种海洋资源的时候

We enjoy the resources of the sea

dōu bù zhī dào bèi hòu yǒu shén me rén zài fù chū

都不知道背后有什么人在付出

Without knowing who is doing all the work

wǒ shēng zhǎng zài yī gè shān chéng zài hú nán

我生长在一个山城，在湖南

I grew up in a city of mountains in Hunan

dú dà xué zhī qián dōu méi yǒu jiàn guò hǎi

读大学之前都没有见过海

Never saw a sea before university

nián de shí hòu wǒ jiù kāi shǐ xué xí qián shuǐ

2011年的时候，我就开始学习潜水

I started diving in 2011

nián wǒ dào ào dà lì yà kǎi ēn sī dù jiǎ

2012年我到（澳大利亚）凯恩斯度假

I went for a vacation in Cairns in 2012

zhēn de kàn dào le quán shì jiè zuì hǎo de shān hú jiāo dà bǎo jiāo de shí hòu

真的看到了全世界最好的珊瑚礁、大堡礁的时候

When I saw the most beautiful reef -- Great Barrier Reef

yuán lái shuǐ xià shì kě yǐ yǒu zhè yàng de yī gè shì jiè

原来水下是可以有这样的一个世界

I was amazed by the underwater world

wǒ huó le nián wǒ dōu bù zhī dào

我活了30年我都不知道

I didn't know that in the past 30 years of my life

zhēn zhèng jī fā le wǒ de xīng qù

真正激发了我的兴趣

And that inspired me

wǒ yī nián kě néng yǒu yī bàn de shí jiān

我一年可能有一半的时间

Half of the time in a year

shì zài shuǐ miàn yǐ xià qù jì lù qù pāi shè

是在水面以下去记录、去拍摄

I spend underwater, to film, to take records

yóu qí wǒ men qù dào hěn duō zhè zhǒng wú rén qū

尤其我们去到很多这种无人区

And we went to many depopulated zones

wǒ jì dé nián wǒ zài gǔ bā pāi shè de shí hòu

我记得2014年，我在古巴拍摄的时候

In 2014 I was shooting in Cuba

méi yǒu xìn hào

没有信号

There was no signal

tiān zhī hòu wǒ gěi wǒ mā dǎ dì yī gè diàn huà de shí hòu

8天之后，我给我妈打第一个电话的时候

After 8 days I called my mom for the first time

wǒ mā jiù gēn wǒ shuō nǐ ràng wǒ duō huó liǎng tiān bù xíng ma

我妈就跟我说，你让我多活两天不行吗？

And she said, can you just let me live?

cóng nián yuè fèn kāi shǐ pāi shè shuǐ xià zhōng guó

从2017年2月份开始拍摄（水下中国）

The shooting of Underwater China started in February 2017

zhěng gè pāi shè guò chéng dāng zhōng

整个拍摄过程当中

Throughout the shooting

qí shí shè bèi zī jīn dōu yǒu hěn dà de kùn nán

其实设备资金都有很大的困难

We were faced with many difficulties, such as equipments and funding

néng gòu yòng dào de de zhè zhǒng diàn yǐng jī zài shuǐ xià lái zuò jì lù

能够用到red epic w的8k的这种电影机在水下来做记录

We are probably the first in China

zài zhōng guó yīng gāi suàn shì shǒu gè

在中国，应该算是首个

To use red epic w 8K movie-level camera underwater

kě yǐ zài shuǐ xià tè bié qīng xī dì jì lù bǐ jiào zhēn xī de huà miàn

可以在水下特别清晰地记录，比较珍稀的画面

So we were able to record clear, rare scenes

xiàng shān hú chǎn luǎn

像珊瑚产卵

Like coral spawning

kě néng měi nián zhǐ yǒu fēn zhōng

可能每年只有20分钟

It happens for 20 minutes a year

cuò guò yòu dé děng yī nián

错过又得等一年

And you have to wait a whole year if you miss that

zhè xiē rén zài kàn shuǐ xià zhōng guó de shí hòu dōu huì qù lèi bǐ lán sè xīng qiú

这些人在看《水下中国》的时候都会去类比《蓝色星球》

Some compare "Underwater China" with "The Blue Planet"

nǎ xiē dì fāng bù rú

哪些地方不如bbc

In which ways we are not as good

wǒ jué dé lán sè xīng qiú shì shì jiè de

我觉得《蓝色星球》是世界的

"The Blue Planet" belongs to the world

dàn shuǐ xià zhōng guó tā shì zhōng guó wéi yī de

但《水下中国》它是中国唯一的

But "Underwater China" is the only one in China

ràng wǒ men de zhōng guó rén zì jǐ néng gòu le jiě zì jǐ de guó tǔ

让我们的中国人自己能够了解自己的国土

That shows Chinese our own homeland

ràng gèng duō de rén duì shuǐ xià de shì jiè gǎn xīng qù

让更多的人对水下的世界感兴趣

And meanwhile arouses more interest to the underwater world