国学大师饶宗颐先生说：“造成中华文化核心的是汉字,而且成为中国精神文明的旗帜。”中国是世界上唯一不曾中断的文明，中国也是穿越古今始终保持统 一大势的大国，这两个辉煌的成就，都与汉字五千年的延续传承有极其重要的关系。《汉字五千年》全片纵横4大洲12个国家，专访100多位专家学者。着名文化学者易中天挥毫赋诗：汉字五千年，风流一脉延。初成鬼夜哭，演变人欣然。翰墨情怀驻，文明薪火传。环球同凉热，都是艳阳天。
第一集：人类奇葩
第二集：高天长河
第三集：霞光万道
第四集：华夏心灵
第五集：翰墨情怀
第六集：天下至宝
第七集：浴火重生
第八集：芳华永驻
The Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters
During two years of filming, the crew went to 12 countries and interviewed hundreds of world-renowned scholars in an endeavour to investigate into the origin of Chinese characters and exhibit the glorious and magnificent Chinese culture through literature exploration, archeological research and discussions with experts.Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters selects 32 representative characters and revealed the history behind the development of characters in a story-telling way. It vividly portrays a picture of the 5,002 years Chinese civilization. It is very authoritative and has a high historical and aesthetic value.