"Kung Fu Panda 3" is an excellent animation film, both young and old are worth watching, this is a film that deserves to make me feel very intimate, although it is made in Hollywood, but full of many Chinese elements feel like looking at the local, we look at The Kung Fu Panda one to three to see that chinese elements are increasing in this cartoon in the United States.
First of all, the protagonist of the story, Ah Bao, is a giant panda, and we all know that the panda is our national treasure, which is also a symbol of the strong Chinese elements. Including in this film, Ah Bao has his own name, called Li Lianhua, which sounds like a very earthy name, but it makes people feel a local atmosphere. Ah Bao's living environment also has a strong Chinese geographical features in it, we take a closer look at this is actually China's Sichuan, there are some scenes such as the pepper buttoned to the head, symbolizing the characteristics of Sichuan hot girls, Sichuan people like spicy and spicy things. Including the clothes worn by Ah Bao, they are also a kind of Chinese costume, such as Ah Bao's kung fu is also Chinese kung fu. We carefully look at the Chinese elements in "Kung Fu Brothers and Sisters 3" than the first two films, and their background is characterized by a strong landscape style of Chinese painting.
There are also some things full of Chinese philosophy in "Kung Fu Panda 3", the idea of Ju Ke Gang in Tai Chi, the change of yin and yang, and the "qi" that Ah Bao finally used, which contains some philosophical things in ancient China.
In this film, the addition of many Chinese elements, in fact, more of a reflection of china's national strength, the previous Hollywood is not recognized by China, but from the past few years we can find that more and more Hollywood actors, will see Chinese elements, some movies also specially invite some Chinese. On the one hand, it is for the Chinese market, on the other hand, it is a manifestation of China's recognition.
In "Kung Fu Panda 3", I think that although there are a lot of Chinese elements, the interpretation of some Chinese elements is not profound, and the Chinese elements are trapped in Hollywood, which is actually an inspiration for the development of our films, and we Chinese directors should also explore our own local culture in China and carry it forward. We should have our own cultural self-confidence, the Chinese market is very large, Hollywood directors can correctly see the development of China in recent years, so more and more Chinese elements appear in Hollywood films. I also hope that more and more Chinese directors will pay attention to our local culture and make more films with feelings.