The Pursuing Shadow Of Chinese Knight-Errant In The Past One Hundred Years

American DreamWorks SKG has launched two animation films separately in the year of2008and2011.They are 《Kung Fu Panda》 and 《Kung Fu Panda2》. Both Chinese andforeigners give good appraise to these films. Absolutely,《Kung Fu Panda》has been the mostpopular kung fu animation by now. The two films combine Chinese kung fu film andAmerican animation and take their advantages to form a new style of kung fu film. The newstyle of kung fu film has varied greatly from the old kung fu film. While the two films bringus visual impact and happy times, we definitely will ask if the dragon warrior of《Kung FuPanda》is a Chinese knight-errant or a American hero? what is the difference between theChinese kung fu film and 《Kung Fu Panda》? Why Chinese kung fu animation is not popularand How far the gap is between《Kung Fu Panda》and Chinese kung fu animation? Thesequestions seem different, but the radical problem of these questions is to analyze what is theidentity of Chinese knight-errant.The identity of Chinese knight-errant contains historical identity and cultural identity. TheChinese knight-errant appeared from Warring States and has merged into Chinese nationalspirit through the years of inheriting and developing. The Chinese knight-errant has becomeradical character of Chinese culture with national mark. But the dragon warrior of《Kung FuPanda》has transformed radically from the Chinese knight-errant by the hands of DreamWorksanimators. The dragon warrior of《Kung Fu Panda》integrates Chinese culture with Americanculture, which make《sKung Fu Panda》filled with Chinese culture outside, but American spiritinside.First, The paper defines historical identity of Chinese knight-errant by what the Chineseknights-errant do and what spirit they have. Secondly through analyzing the Chineseknight-errant and American hero their different features are summarized. In addition，analyzing how to integrate common ground of Chinese culture with American culture hasbeen analyzed from figures culture and stories, which reconstructs our familiar and strangeChinese knight-errant. After that, we clear the identity of Chinese knight-errant.At last we discuss the enlightenment and meaning of the Chinese knight-errant to animation.