What do you think will happen when the traditional culture meets modern technology? Yes, the words become lively characters at once. How happy it is to enjoy these Chinese cartoons!
Ma Liang is a poor boy who loves painting. He always uses his magic brush to fight against the bad people in the village. The cartoon The Magic Brush came out in 1955.
A group of tadpoles (蝌蚪) are born. They try to find their mother that they have never seen. The story is very easy, but it needs complex technology to show the artistic style (风格) of ink (水墨) painting. Little Tadpole Looking for Mom came out in 1961 first.
The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven (1961-1964) is China's first color cartoon. It is from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. It's successful. Not only we but also many westerners like the monkey Sun Wukong.
To beat two bad persons, an old man grows 7 calabashes (葫芦), and they change into 7 boys. They try their best to beat the bad. Calabash Brothers (1986) is a masterpiece (杰作) of Chinese paper-cutting art.