Late Tide｜Tolerance of the "Dragon Guardian" that is neither Chinese nor Western
2024-08-20
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Chao News Client Lin Wei
"Dragon Guardians" is a Sino-Western co-production animated film that uses relatively refined images to interpret the global perception of Eastern culture.
This cognition can be understood at three levels.
First, the theme is about the growth of a teenager, with love and courage as the core values, which are common emotions around the world. Children from all over the world can be moved by such stories.
Second, the story features a kind dragon as the protagonist, which corrects the Western stereotype and huge misunderstanding of the dragon as a Chinese totem. In the film, the use of single characters such as Ping and Kai as names and the understanding of "qi" as a kind of energy are all manifestations of Western cognition. This gives the film a strong sense of globalization and effectively guides Chinese audiences' understanding of the West.
Third, the pursuit of harmonious coexistence between humans and alien beasts breaks both Western-centrism and human-centrism, and is a good embodiment of the common values of all mankind. The dialogue between Chinese and Western civilizations is very important, and Dragon Guardians is an attempt to start from the perspective of animated films.
Many people may not be used to this kind of attempt, and may feel that it is "out of place". It is normal to have this feeling. In the face of the wave of globalization, we will eventually get used to it and participate in shaping it, just like getting used to Disney and Bollywood.
About the author: Lin Wei, Executive Vice President of the Institute of Leisure Studies and Art Philosophy of Zhejiang University, professor, doctoral supervisor, and young talent in the film field of Zhejiang Province's "Xinguang Project".
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