"China Qi Tan 2" debuts on New Year's Day, showing the resonance of Chinese aesthetics and reality

Today, the Chinese fantasy animated short film collection "China Qi Tan 2" jointly produced by Shangmei Film, Shangying Yuan, Bili Bili and Chen Liaoyu Studio premiered exclusively on the entire network of Bili Bili. As a sequel to the high-profile Guochuang animation series,"China Qi Tan 2" continues the exploration of oriental aesthetics and opens a new chapter with the continuous broadcast of two short films "How to Become Three Dragons" and "Man in the Ear". The work weaves fable stories with Chinese whimsy, hides realistic meaning in Oriental aesthetics, and brings the audience a cultural feast for the opening of the New Year that combines visual enjoyment and realistic thinking.

Qitan shines light on Reality *: Chinese ** Fable ** directly hits the hearts of contemporary people **

"China Qi Tan 2" continues the creative core of the series "Traditional Culture, Contemporary Expression", realizes the modern translation of classic cultural images in the first short film, and delicately depicts the emotions and thoughts of contemporary people.

"How to Become Three Dragons" takes the oriental mythical image of "snake transformed into dragon" as the entry point, cleverly maps the issue of "identity", and uses the setting of "little snake examines the dragon king" to convey the profound theme of respecting individuals and breaking the shackles of growth. The film chose the snake as the protagonist because of its cultural connotation as the embryonic form of a dragon. The core of the story is to express: true growth begins with the acceptance and deep cultivation of the ordinary self. This inner determination may be the most precious of the contemporary era."The way to Jackie Chan".

"The Man in the Ear", based on "Liaozhai Zhi Yi", breaks through the original narrative framework and embodies the "inner desire" into an ear demon. Through the game between the scholar and the "man in the ear", it completes the direct view of the self desire, dialogue and reconciliation. The core of the work transcends "desire" itself and points to the life topic of "how to accept the true self" that contemporary people generally face, arousing deep emotional resonance. Although this work originates from classical texts, it can accurately reflect current life-the parts of self that people try to avoid are often the most authentic voices in their hearts.

Multi-dimensional exploration of aesthetics: diverse styles broaden aesthetic expression

While the content closely follows reality,"China Qi Tan 2" continues to make multiple attempts in artistic presentation. The first two films have very different styles, showing the rich expressive power of Chinese aesthetics. The two creative paths not only take root in traditional context, but also boldly break through form, highly integrate with the tone of their respective stories, and strengthen theme communication.

"How to Become Three Dragons" launches a new exploration in the light comedy genre of Guochuang Animation. The short film adopts a bright and delicate national style, creating a healing and warm visual atmosphere with fresh colors and flexible lines, allowing the audience to easily enter the growth journey of the three little snakes full of childhood fun and hope. The creative team pays attention to realistic textual research in the art design, selecting China native snakes such as the Dwocys snake, the Black-browed brocade snake, and the Green Snake as image prototypes, so that the fantasy story can be rooted in the real soil. The work also cleverly integrates elements of national-level intangible cultural heritage Nuo opera into the narrative, giving traditional art a new life in animation.

"Man in the Ear" creates a unique audio-visual texture with extreme ingenuity. The short film deliberately retains the graininess of old film films, innovatively simulates the depth of field effect of a telephoto lens in the two-dimensional picture, and creates a fantasy atmosphere of trance through meticulous presentation, echoing the lonely struggle of the scholar. The work is innovatively integrated into the ASMR sound design to guide the audience to perceive the subtle ups and downs of desires, realize the immersive transformation from "watching the story" to "experiencing the state of mind", and enhance the appeal of the narrative.

The fantasy journey of "China Qi Tan 2" has just begun. It can be seen from the released trailer that "Today's Zoo" focuses on rules, wildness and thinking on survival philosophy. The dimensions of "Qi Tan Universe" will be richer, bringing continuous innovation and resonance to the audience.

The launch received enthusiastic response. Guochuang IP continues to write a new chapter on cultural inheritance

On the day when "China Qi Tan 2" was launched, it received enthusiastic responses from the national innovation animation circle, and the top ten national innovation IPs collaborated to congratulate them. What is even more touching is that experts from the Shangmei Film and Art Committee personally hand-painted congratulatory pictures and sent blessings, demonstrating the ingenuity and warmth passed down from generation to generation in the animation industry.

From the first work to the launch of the sequel, the "China Qi Tan" series gradually formed a creative temperament with "Chinese imagination" and "realistic care" as the core. As a cultural bridge connecting tradition and contemporary times, this series not only helps China's animation ecology present a more diverse and sophisticated trend, but also becomes a window into the hearts of contemporary people and the style of the times. With the launch of "China Qi Tan 2", the context of "Qi Tan Universe" has been further expanded. It not only inherits the artistic spirit of China animation, but also injects new exploration vitality into it, demonstrating the vitality of the sustainable development of domestic animation

"China Qitan 2" is jointly produced by Shanghai Art Film Studio Co., Ltd., Shanghai Film Yuan (Shanghai) Cultural Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai Kuanyu Digital Technology Co., Ltd. and Chen Liaoyu Studio. Suda and Zhu Benin serve as chief producers, Chen Liaoyu serves as chief director, Wang Jun, Li Zao, Li Ni and Cui Wei serve as chief producers, and Wang Jun, Li Zao, Zhang Shengyan and Cui Wei serve as chief producers.

Some of the main creations of the nine short films are as follows:

Yang Mu, director of "How to Become Three Dragons";

Hu Rui, director of "The Man in the Ear";

Yang Yaci, director of "Today's Zoo";

Chen Lianhua, director of "Snow";

Ouyang Zhonghong, director of "Saburo";

Du Pengpeng, director of Big Bird;

Directors Zhang Junjie and Zhou Xu of "Paying to the Mountain";

Zhang Yang, director of "Xing Tian";

Gu Yang and Liu Kuang, directors of "Big Noble";

• The short films are arranged according to the actual broadcast order of the works

When a wonderful place enters the world, all things will be popular. "China Qi Tan 2" will be broadcast exclusively on Beili Beili from January 1, 2026.