2024年是大运河成功申请世界遗产的第十年，为传播千年大运河流淌至今的时代脉搏，擦亮中华文化名片，《闪耀吧！大运河》开启大运河探访纪实新篇章。来自不同领域的学者和年轻的新秀代表组成“走运团”，结伴踏上运河之旅，每集他们将汇聚在一座运河沿线城市。通过深入的实地探访、极具地方特色的“闪耀夜”以及深度畅聊“开运会”，“走运团”将引领观众亲历运河的历史与现代交融，为大家呈现源远流长的文化精髓。

The year 2024 is the 10th year of the Grand Canal's successful application for World Heritage. In order to spread the pulse of the times when the thousand-year-old Grand Canal flows to the current day, and polish the Chinese cultural card, "The Grand Canal" opens a new chapter of documentary on the Grand Canal. The scholars from various fields and young talent representatives organize into a "Canal Visiting Group" and embark on a journey along the Canal, and each episode will bring them together in a city along the Canal. Through in-depth field visits, "Shining Night" with local characteristics, and in-depth chats about the "Opening of the Canal", the "Canal Visiting Group" will lead the audience to experience the blending of the Canal's history and modernity, and present the long-standing and well-established cultural essence of the Canal to everyone.