Lotus Lantern
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| Directed by | Guang Xi Chang |
| Produced by | Chongqing Sheng |
| Written by | Dawei Wang |
| Starring | Wen Jiang Fan Xu Jing Ning Peisi Chen |
| Music by | Fuzai Jin |
| Editing by | Liming Gong |
| Release date(s) | 1999 |
| Running time | 94 min |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Budget | 21 million RMB (about US $2.6 million) |
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Lotus Lantern (simplified Chinese: 宝莲灯; pinyin: Băo lián dēng) is a Chinese animated feature film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio.
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[edit] Plot
The story is based on the traditional Chinese folklore about a boy named Chenxiang. His mother is a goddess and his father is a mortal. His uncle Erlang Shen, punishes them by killing the father. The mother escapes and gives birth, but the little boy grows up without knowledge of his ancestry. His mother possesses a magical Lotus Lantern whose light can scare away evil. When his uncle, a strict and powerful god, kidnaps Chenxiang, his mother fights to save her son.
Unfortunately, his uncle is victorious and Chenxiang is forced to live in his palace on the sacred mountains. Erlang Shen then imprisons his sister beneath a mountain for her crimes. Although he is quite young, Chenxiang manages to escape from the palace, taking the magical lotus lantern that his mother lost during the battle.
After surviving adventures with many beloved characters of Chinese mythology, Chenxiang finally matures into a courageous boy who must battle his uncle to win his mother's freedom and fall in love at the same time.
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The production took four years and required over 150,000 animation cels and over 2,000 painted backgrounds. It was the most popular film in China in 1999.[citation needed]
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Released in 2004, it contains English- and Japanese-language soundtracks along with the original Mandarin dialogue.
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