The Study Of The Application Of Myths And Legends In Chinese Animation Industry

As the secret origin of everything in the world, myths and legends have asignificant impact on literary and artistic works, surly including animation industry.Since1920th, myths and legends has been strongly associated with Chinese animationindustry. From the beginning to the development of the industry, even the declination,Chinese animation industry was always accompanied by myths and legends. However,with the new age coming, the environment and market demand of animation industryare changing. For the sake of adapting to the new environment and rebuildingChinese animation’s world status, the application of myths and legends in Chineseanimation industry should make some adjustments. That’s why it is necessary tofurther investigate the application of myths and legends in Chinese animationindustry.This article is going to study the former and foreign application of myths andlegends in Chinese animation industry. It concludes the characteristics of myths andlegends in Chinese animation industry, including following the prototype ofanimation and blending in much national elements and monotonicity as well. It willalso conclude the shortcomings, like lacking of aesthetics and making the past servethe present, and simple theme. Based on the above, it can make some suggestions forthe revive of Chinese animation industry. The article mainly evolves from fouraspects. Firstly, it explains the concept of myths and legends and fully explains fourpopular elements of myths and legends. Secondly, it introduces the concept ofChinese animation and its current situation and features. Thirdly, it expoundsspecifically the development of the application of myths and legends in Chineseanimation industry, and analyzes the features of application. Besides, comparing withother countries, it concludes the shortcomings of the application of myths and legendsin Chinese animation industry.