
Te Wei
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Biography
Te Wei (22 August 1915 in Shanghai – 4 February 2010 in Shanghai) was a Chinese manhua artist and animator. He is probably best known for the 1956 short animated film The Proud General. From about 1960, he worked in an ink-wash animation style that was influenced by the painter Qi Baishi. Not permitted to carry on his animation during the Cultural Revolution, Te Wei regained a position of artistic influence in the late 1970s and the 1980s with a series of animated films in painterly style.
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中国水墨动画

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上海美术动画合集

Sun Wukong, the Great Sage of Heaven, Zhu Bajie, the Marshal of the Canopy, and Monk Sha, the Great General of the Curtains, protected the Tang Monk to the West for Buddhist scriptures. They went through countless hardships along the way and subdued countless demons and ghosts. On that day, the four disciples came to a wild mountain. At this time, a young village girl came to ask for help. Sun Wukong, with his golden eyes, recognized that it was the monster Baigujing, and came forward to beat it away. However, Tang Sanzang, with his naked eyes, blamed Wukong for harming the living creatures. In addition, Zhu Bajie fanned the wind and ignited the fire. The incantation made Wukong feel unbearable pain. After that, the white bone essence turned into a child and an old man to lure them, and they were both beaten away by Wukong. Monk Tang was so angry that he drove away Wukong in a fit of anger that he was caught in the devils' tricks
The Monkey King Conquers the Demon

In the heart of wild mountains, a dreadful devil, disguised as a pretty young woman, tries to seize Xuan Zang to devour him. The holy monk is an easy prey because, naive and good, he is easily misled by appearances. But fortunately he is accompanied by the Monkey King, who is clairvoyant.
The Monkey King Conquers the Demon

The narrated film describes the adventures and misadventures of a group of tadpoles in search of their mother.
Where is Mama

After a victorious military campaign, a general returns home to glory and prosperity. The king rewards him and claims that all enemies will be intimidated by the general. From then on, the general no longer practice martial arts. He eats, drinks, lives the glamorous life, and didn't bother anymore with sharpening his weapons. When the enemy one day returns, his own arrogance led to his defeat and eventually to the downfall of whole nation.
The Conceited General

A young boy who likes to play the flute dreams that he has lost his water buffalo.
The Buffalo Boy and His Flute

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万氏兄弟和《大闹天宫》

The little duck's mother is going to go to grandma's house, but she is worried about the babysitting, so she entrusts the little duckling to the mother hen to take care of.
Good Friends

The story is about an impoverished elderly scholar and a young girl who cares for him briefly in return for guqin lessons.
Feeling from Mountain and Water

The story of a revolutionary Tibetan youth who discovers and defeats an old landlord and tribal leader who is plotting against the Communist government’s plan to end the locust plague.
The Golden Wild Goose

Duan Xiaoxuan, A Da and Te Wei's exploration of the ink wash animation technique.
Demo of Water Ink Animation

Shot in 1983, edited for the VISIONS: CINEMA programme in 1985, a short documentary about Shanghai Animation Studio.
Frame by Frame: Shanghai Animation Studio

Two little rabbits one with long ear and the other with a short tail are good friends. One day, they found a big mushroom in the woods and started a fight for this mushroom. The two good friends quarreled. It suddenly rained heavily in a thunderstorm, and short tail was washed down a waterfall to the bottom of a ravine. Long ear tried to find short tail and finally rescued him from the moat. In the end both are good friends again.
Mushroom Picking
In spring, many little tadpoles swim to and fro in the water. Seeing a group of chickens embracing their mother affectionately on the bank, they begin to look for their own mother. With the help of an “uncle shrimp”, goldfish, crab and turtle, they finally find a frog — their beloved mother.