What are the oldest cartoons in China?

Why crows are black is an animated short film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio 1956. The short film was directed by Li Kewei and Qian Jiajun, and Yifan was the screenwriter.

The film mainly tells a beautiful bird, full of feathers, gorgeous and moving, but arrogant; The story of disdaining to build a bird's nest in autumn, freezing in winter, being ignited by wildfire when heating, and being blackened into a crow.

The theme song "Beautiful Crow" was composed and conducted by Chen Gexin and played by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

2. "Little Carp Leaps over the Dragon Gate"

Carp Leaping at the Dragon Gate is a domestic color cartoon based on the story of Carp yue longmen, which was produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio 1958. The short film is directed by He Yumen, written by Jin Jin and photographed by Duan.

The film mainly tells the story that grandma carp told the little carp that their ancestors jumped into the Longmen and the little carp wanted to jump into the Longmen. So under the leadership of the biggest herring, the little carp set out to find Longmen without telling her grandmother.

The theme song "Little Carp Leaping over the Dragon Gate" was composed by Zhang Junqing and played by Shanghai Film Orchestra.

3. Proud general

Ao Jiang is a work published by Shanghai Animation Film Studio 1956. The director is Te Weihe, Qian Jiajun is the chief designer, and cartoonist Hua is the screenwriter.

In order to "explore the road of national form and knock on the door of comedy style", the film draws lessons from the facial makeup art of Beijing opera and tells the story of a general who returns victorious, is complacent, gives up his martial arts and is finally captured alive by the enemy.

The theme song of the same name is composed and directed by Chen Gexin and played by Shanghai Film Orchestra.

4. Fisherman

"Fisherman's Boy" is a paper-cut cartoon shot by Shanghai Animation Film Studio 1959, which is based on the folklore of the same name collected by Zhang Shijie and circulated among fishermen before the Boxer Rebellion. This short film is directed by Wan Guchan and written by Yu Jingjing.

The film mainly tells the story that the little fisherman was appeared in the white marble fish tank by the grandfather of the old fisherman from the sea net to help the fishermen punish local corrupt officials and foreign priests.

The theme song "Caught Grandpa" was composed by Wang Yi and Duan, and played by Shanghai Film Orchestra.

5. The story of two generations of love

The Story of Two Generations of Love is a puppet animated film released by Shanghai Animation Film Studio on 1980. Qu is the director.

The whole animated film takes the romance of two generations of legends as the protagonist and is divided into more than a dozen short stories. The funny and humorous images of two generations riding donkeys upside down and hilarious jokes are well known not only to the Uighurs in China, but also to the people of all ethnic groups in China, and are widely spread all over the world.

The theme song of the same name was composed by Jin Fuzai and Zhou Ji and played by Xinjiang Opera Troupe.