This is a tourism promotional video created for the Yotkan Ancient City in Xinjiang, China. We explored and experienced the beautiful scenery and cultural heritage of this ancient city, combined our imagination, and through the excellent craftsmanship of film production, showed the world the "magnificent" of Yotkan Ancient City.

The Yotkan Ancient City in Xinjiang, China, is a city with a history of thousands of years. It was the capital of the ancient Khotan Kingdom, one of the Thirty-Six States of the Western Regions during the Han and Tang dynasties. It's a renowned historical site located in Hetian, Xinjiang, China, It was also an important town on the ancient Silk Road leading to Central Asia and Europe. The Yotkan Ancient City is home to 19 ethnic minorities, such as the Uyghur, Han, Kazak, Mongolian, and other ethnic groups, where various cultures are exchanged and integrated.

We collaborated with musician Ma Shang You to create a song titled "A Thousand Years" dedicated to this ancient city. The film follows a young cyclist as he journeys through Yotkan Ancient City, witnessing moments that transcend a thousand years. It features scenes of a princess on horseback galloping through the desert; The trumpeter lying in the vast snowy wilderness soloing for the flock of sheep; a Uighur girl dancing on a rooftop; a soccer enthusiast agile as a hare on the trunk of a Populus euphratica; The elderly motorcycle couple, conversing affectionately about their love as they wander the world; Performers enveloped in 39 meters of emerald silk, resembling living sculptures in motion; The enchanting silhouette of a Loulan heroine running along the eaves of a red wall etc. This dreamlike and enchanting realm showcases the "magnificent" of Yotkan Ancient City to the world.

Yotkan Ancient City was the capital of the ancient Khotan Kingdom, one of the Thirty-Six States of the Western Regions during the Han and Tang dynasties. It's a renowned historical site located in Hetian, Xinjiang, China. Through a promotional short film, this brand aim to attract tourists to experience the magnificent of Yotkan Ancient City.

The name "Yotkan" in ancient Xinjiang language translates to "blanket in the desert." We unveil this "blanket" and explore the magnificent of Yotkan Ancient City, including its architectural aesthetics, historical culture, local customs, culinary delights, and traditional performances.

We adopt the minimalist composition of post-modern photography,, strong and rich color contrast, with city walls, deserts, and mountains as the stage backdrop, staged a series of colorful musical plays.



Xinjiang in China is a region with rich colors, and we used a lot of color-enhancing lenses in our early shooting; In order to capture beautiful shots, we spent a lot of time exploring the world’s largest moving desert and the cold Kunlun Mountains, looking for the most beautiful angles; To uniquely showcase the exuberant dancers in the desert and snow mountains, we used the Trinity camera that allows for smooth and free movement; For high-quality presentation of architectural aesthetics and local customs, we chose the ARRI SP lens and large-format camera system; The happiness and joy on the faces of people in the ancient city, we used warm color temperature to design the backlight of characters during the day.