The labor documentary reality show "Let Us Farm" focuses on the theme of "young people going to the countryside to farm," showcasing the new developments in rural areas in the new era from various aspects of life and work. It serves as an excellent model for telling Chinese rural stories and opens up new possibilities for the slow variety show market, which has been experiencing aesthetic fatigue. This paper takes this show as an example to explore innovative approaches in emotional narrative for rural life slow variety shows: balancing idealism and realistic logic; awakening and anchoring the collective emotions of the public based on national conditions; the combined role of media and landscape in emotional transmission; and selecting guests who reflect the audience's true inner feelings.

Slow variety show;Emotional narrative;Let Us Farm

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DOI： https://doi.org/10.62639/sspjiss21.20250202

Published： 2025