Michael goes in search for the roots of Chinese culture. In Wuxi, Michael joins the Qin family reunion, when 300 relatives gather to worship their ancestors on Tomb Sweeping Day. Michael then journeys to the plain of the Yellow River, where he joins a million pilgrims at the shrine of an ancient goddess, Nuwa. Michael then goes in search of the origins of the Chinese state, visiting excavations at Erlitou and examining 'oracle bones' - artefacts that carry the earliest example of Chinese writing, retrieved from the Shang royal tombs in the 1920s.

Originally released by BBC Worldwide Learning, 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 21, 2019.