Selling Tree Shade: Rabbit Sends the Letter. Divine Doctor (1)

Author: Wu Zhifei
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The A Fanti puppet films are adapted from Xinjiang folk tales. A Fanti is a symbol of wisdom, he is resolute in his condemnation of evil, clear in his love and hatred, and humorous. The Baima Laoye are afraid of him, while the common people trust and welcome him. The creators of the films adopted a rough, cartoon-style approach with bold lines and large areas, designing character appearances, backgrounds, and actions to highlight the film's theme, make the characters' personalities vivid, and fill the film with humor and fun. Especially, the portrayal of A Fanti is lifelike and deeply loved by the audience. To shape the image of A Fanti, the main creative team of the production team visited Xinjiang twice to immerse themselves in the local life, collect stories about A Fanti, and search for his prototype. Finally, this character who was only known through books and word of mouth gained a concrete and vivid image: a long goat beard, a hooked nose, small round eyes with small leaf-patterned eyebrows, wrapped in a "sela" headscarf, wearing a small hat, holding a plucked instrument, riding a small donkey, traveling around, and "loving to interfere in the world's injustices and speaking out for the poor."