When talking about Chinese animation, we can't forget to mention the Wan Brothers-Wan laiming, Wan Guchan, Wan Chaochen and Wan Dihuan. They were the forefathers of China's animated films. The Wans developed China's first animated film, Uproar in an Art Studio, in 1926. It was black and white, and it lasted 10 minutes. In 1935, they unveiled China's first animated film with sound. It was called The Camel's Dance. The Princess with the Iron Fan, released in 1940, was Asia's first feature animated film. It won numerous
international awards, and it outshined Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), one of Disney's greatest animated films and a pioneering, classic tale in film history.
The shooting of New China's artistic film began in 1947, two years before the founding of the People's Republic of China. During this time, the first puppet-animated film, The Emperor's Dream, and the cartoonfilm, TurtleCaughtin thelar, were produced. In 1953, China's first color, wood-puppet-animated film, Little Hero, was produced. It was followed, two years later, by the first traditional color animated
film, Why the Crow is Black.
