发生于20世纪30年代的中国工农红军二万五千里长征,当是万世歌颂不迭的伟大历史事件,亦是艺术创作的富矿。作为一个中国电影人,在其创作生涯当中的一段岁月里,居然三次拍摄以长征为题材的影片,似乎并不多见。兴许是从少年便从军的缘故,长期的军旅生涯培育了我崇尚英雄的情结。对长征,我怀有一种发自内心的深情。这是因为,长征集中体现了中华民族的优秀品质,创造了人类历史上空前绝后的奇迹,是中华 The Long March of the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants, which took place in the 1930s, was a great historic event that was unbearably praised by the world and was also a bonanza of artistic creation. As a Chinese filmmaker, it seems rare to see the filming of the Long March taken three times during his creative career. Probably from the army’s sake since childhood, long-term military career nurtured my advocate of hero complex. For the long march, I have a heartfelt affection. This is because the Long March epitomized the excellent quality of the Chinese nation and created a miracle unprecedented in the history of mankind,