Cartoon version of Sanmao's Adventures 1

Author: Xiong Chi
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The cartoon version of Sanmao's Adventures is adapted from the original work by Zhang Leping. Zhang Leping created a vast amount of comics in his lifetime and achieved great success. This book is his masterpiece, which mercilessly criticizes the cruelty, brutality, deception, and injustice of the old society. It praises the "Sanmao spirit" – the resilience, optimism, kindness, cleverness, and humor of Sanmao in the midst of extreme hardship and isolation. Sanmao's story resonates with all good-hearted people. Zhang Leping and his Sanmao live in the hearts of generations of Chinese people. The story takes place in Shanghai before the liberation, where the homeless child Sanmao has no home, no food, and no clothing. To survive, he sells newspapers, picks up cigarette butts, helps push rickshaws for others, but is always mistreated. Only those who share his fate, fellow orphaned children, care about him and give him warmth. Later...