{"id":4620,"date":"2026-01-16T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-ancient-origins-of-the-chinese-people-story-of-china-w-michael-wood-full-episode-1-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:32:16","slug":"the-ancient-origins-of-the-chinese-people-story-of-china-w-michael-wood-full-episode-1-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-ancient-origins-of-the-chinese-people-story-of-china-w-michael-wood-full-episode-1-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Origins of the Chinese People | Story of China w\/ Michael Wood | Full Episode 1 | PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MucaZDoMzqg?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Watch more of this series with PBS Passport: https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/4i1vB0C | #StoryofChinaPBS<br \/>\nStarting with a family reunion, when 300 relatives gather to worship their ancestors on &#8216;Tomb Sweeping Day,&#8217; Michael explores ancient myths and archaeological sites to uncover the origins of the Chinese state; he examines the first Chinese writing, and tells the dramatic tale of the bloodthirsty First Emperor, before an amazing climax with a million pilgrims at a festival on the Yellow River. [Originally aired in 2017]<\/p>\n<p>Ancestors | Story of China<\/p>\n<p>This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/donate<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the PBS channel for more clips:  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/PBS\/<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy full episodes of your favorite PBS shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2QbtzhR<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW US:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS\/<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/twitter.com\/PBS\/<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/PBS\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pbs<br \/>\nThreads: https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@pbs<\/p>\n<p>#anthropology #china #chinesehistory #chinese <\/p>\n<p>Story of China<br \/>\nTravel from the Silk Road to the Yellow Sea with host Michael Wood as he explores the history of the world\u2019s newest superpower. A thrilling and moving epic of the world\u2019s oldest continuous state with the landscapes, peoples, and stories that made today\u2019s China.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MucaZDoMzqg\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch more of this series with PBS Passport: https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/4i1vB0C | #StoryofChinaPBS Starting with a family reunion, when 300 relatives gather to worship their ancestors on &#8216;Tomb Sweeping Day,&#8217; Michael explores ancient myths and archaeological sites to uncover the origins of the Chinese state; he examines the first Chinese writing, and tells the dramatic tale of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4155150772,"featured_media":4621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1211,532,9333,9330,9339,9336,9340,9341,9329,9331,9337,9334,9335,9338,9332],"class_list":["post-4620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-ancient-history","tag-china","tag-chinese-archeology","tag-chinese-history","tag-documentary-about-china","tag-dynasties-of-china","tag-full-documentary-history-of-china","tag-full-documentary-history-of-chinese-civilization","tag-history-of-china","tag-peoples-republic-of-china","tag-the-first-chinese-writing","tag-the-first-dynasty","tag-the-first-rules-of-china","tag-world-archeology","tag-zhongguo","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4155150772"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}