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==Attraction History==
In the late 1970s, with most of the planning for World Showcase complete, Disney approached the People's Republic of China about creating a travelogue video for the China pavilion <ref name= "Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/walt_disney_world/theme_parks/epcot/china/ </ref>. Although interested, the Chinese government was concerned about giving Westerners permission to film their country. In fact, China originally insisted that all of Disney’s filming be strictly supervised, and they refused to let Imagineers take aerial shots of Tibet or the Great Wall <ref name= "Jack"/>. Disney was uncomfortable with this agreement, and after showing Chinese officials the movie Fantasia, they were able to acquire more freedom<ref name= "Jack"/>.
After two months of scouting, filming of the film began in the fall of 1981<ref name= "Jack"/>. The film was shot in Circle Vision 360, which required crews to film on nine cameras, which were stationed on a platform. Imagineers returned to China in the winter of 1982, to record the seasonal changes, before concluding filming in the spring<ref name= "Jack"/>. In order to make the film more interesting, Disney decided to use the famous Chinese poet, Li Bai as the films narrator. Li Bai (who is known as Li Po in the West) <ref name= "book"> The EPCOT explorer's encyclopedia: R. Pedersen - Epcyclopedia Press - 2011 </ref> wrote over 1,000 poems during the Tang Period<ref name= "Jack"/>.
