Film and Television Analysis of the Microfilm Pancake

Pancakes is the painstaking work of talented Singaporean director Royston Tan. Through touching stories, it shows the Chinese Singaporeans' inheritance of China's traditional food culture.

Pancakes tells a life episode: A Jie, a teenager, had an argument with his father because he was dissatisfied with his father's insistence on making pancakes by hand, and worshipped his ancestors every year to "mobilize the masses". It was not until he understood the ancestral craftsmanship of pancakes that he began to understand his father's painstaking efforts. The film reflects the story of the younger generation from disdaining tradition to being influenced by their parents, thus understanding and cherishing traditional culture and learning to respect and care for each other. According to the film, Singaporean pancakes came from early immigrants from Fujian, China. Pancake craft and ancestor worship custom handed down from generation to generation are not only the continuation of ancestor spirit, but also the same culture that maintains China society. "What is the most important material for making pancakes?" "The stuffing should be fragrant." "Wrong, it is pancake skin. Without the skin, the stuffing will be scattered. " Starting from small pancakes, Royston Tan deeply explored the emotional world of China people and showed his creative skills.