Chinese-style origins give vitality to domestic animation

The director has to revise the animations many times to complete a scene. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Attention to every detail

How does such a short animation go viral go online?

"To be honest, it is quality. I am confident to say everything in the animation stands the test of history," Peng Qingzheng, director of the animation answered.

"Upon making up my mind to do the program, I have tried my best to render the viewers a sense of reality," Peng told.

"From the background props to every word spoken by the characters, I have done a lot of studies to make them line up with the historical facts. I also invited historian Xu Zhengwei, who is familiar with Jiading history and culture, as my consulter," said Peng.

In addition, Chinese mountain-and-water painting skills and Chinese-style music have added glamour to the success of the animation.

"To be honest, I am not a master of Chinese brush paintings. At the preparation stage, I bought many related books for studying. At the creation stage, I cooperated with my team members to integrate the Chinese brush painting style into many scenes. For instance, the speed and sound of raindrops may vary from time to time to reflect on the mood of the leading characters," Peng said.

"Also, it is worthwhile to notice that the background music, created by Yi Fenglin, is an essential part of the animation. The theme song is turning the Love Pea poem into a melody and having a child choir constantly sing it. Meanwhile, our team invited the musician Wei Zhuocheng to create six partitas on the basis of theme songs. When the characters are happy, excited, sad or desperate, we play different partitas to exaggerate the feelings, and it works well," Peng added.