The Best TV Shows on CCTV-9

A documentary on the history of surgery.

This series explores the history, traditions and culture of Chinese food. Filmed at over 160 locations across China, this series truly is a feast for the senses. The seven-episode documentary series introduces the history and story behind foods of various kinds in more than 160 locations in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The documentary has also been actively encouraged as a means of introducing Chinese food culture to those unfamiliar with local cuisine.

Extraordinary show that reveals how forces of nature through sheer power of evolution shaped life in all it's unexpected and glorious forms, and filled our planet with amazing diversity of animals and plants.

100 timeless images of the Forbidden City

"Every Treasure Tells a Story" has a total of 100 episodes, divided into four seasons. To shoot this documentary, the film crew traveled all over the country, filming nearly a hundred museums and archaeological institutes and more than 50 archaeological sites.

Set in the Palace Museum of the Forbidden City, this series follows generations of skilled conservators who restore China’s cultural treasures, from paintings and bronzes to textiles and ceramics. Across centuries of history and hardship, these artisans revive the soul of each artifact, transforming decay into beauty and revealing the quiet dedication behind the preservation of humanity’s shared heritage.

The Pure Land of Kanas "is an excellent television work that presents the ecology and culture of Kanas in a comprehensive and panoramic manner. The film depicts the current situation and historic changes in Kanas through real-life events; At the same time, it also strives to record the spiritual power demonstrated by the ethnic groups living in this region during their rise from a humanistic perspective, which is civilization and culture. The film features characters as the main body and a story as the core, forming a distinctive expression technique that reveals a broader, more vivid, and thought-provoking Kanas.