Pigsy Eats Watermelon

Pigsy Eats Watermelon (Chinese: 猪八戒吃西瓜; pinyin: Zhu Bajie Chi Xigua) is a 1958 Chinese animation short film produced at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan. It is also translated as "Mr. Pig Eats Watermelon" or "Zhu Bajie Eats Watermelon". Wan Guchan innovated a new paper-cut technique and this film was the first to utilize the method.

Story

The main character was Zhu Bajie, the Chinese folklore character from the literature Journey to the West. Though the story was considered more of a spin-off. The character was used, since pigs were often associated with greed in the culture.

Creators

References

• CCTV cartoon history

External links

• China's Movie Database

1. History of Chinese animation
2. Shanghai Animation Film Studio
3. Wan Guchan
4. China Film Archive
5. List of Chinese animated films
6. List of San Diego Asian Film Festival award winners
7. Hu Jinqing
8. List of Journey to the West characters