1. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100645/http://www.3dfocus.co.uk/3d-news-2/3d-film/chinese-3d-film-questions-price-of-chinas-growth-via-music/9570 Chinese 3D film questions price of China’s growth via music] Jul 30, 2012 "‘Transcendence’ is a Chinese 3D movie that looks at how Bob Dylan inspired musician Cui Jian symbolised China’s gradual acceptance of western influences in the early 1980s"
2. ^Global Times Transcendence' transcends time {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608050527/http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/712406/Transcendence-transcends-time.aspx |date=2012-06-08 }} May 31, 2012 "At the end of 2010, after learning that Cui Jian was staging a performance alongside Beijing Symphony Orchestra (BJSO), Bai approached Cui with the idea of shooting future live concerts using advanced technology for a 3D film." "If this had happened several years ago, I would think it was an unrealistic idea," said Cui. "But after I watched the 3D movie of U2's concert, I changed my mind. Improved technology and sound effects evokes the feeling of actually being at a live concert," he said."
3. ^{{cite news|title=Echoes of Tiananmen, on Film, Face Hurdles in China|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/asia/echoes-of-tiananmen-on-film.html|accessdate=May 18, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 17, 2012|author=Jonathan Landreth}}
4. ^{{cite web | url = http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?cui_jian_gets_a_3d_concert_film_and_documentary_16551.aspx | title = Cui Jian Gets a 3D concert film and documentary | publisher = Asia Pacific Arts | date = 2011-03-24}}