The Dragon Hunt in Jiangnan

The stop-motion animation shows the junior high school students in Shanghai, China's search for Dragon culture in the south of the Yangtze River. Through the mythical story of the Divine Dragon coming down from heaven to find its people, the dragon dance tradition in Sanlin area of Shanghai is shown. The film also on the Shanghai state-level non-heritage culture, “Pudong around the dragon lantern” inheritor Mr. Lu Dajie conducted an interview and investigation.

  • YI XIN RUAN
    Writer
  • YI XIN RUAN
    Director
  • BIN WEN YU
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    江南寻龙记
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 9, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director - YI XIN RUAN, BIN WEN YU
Director Statement

Yu Wenbin and Ruan Xinyi love traditional Chinese culture and wants everyone to know about the intangible cultural heritage “Dragon Lantern around Pudong”. All tribes in Central Plain had the same dragon totem, and the history of unifying Chinese civilization began. Therefore, the Chinese people were all “Legend of the Dragon.”. “Dragon dance” includes“Good weather”, let the world know China's dragon dance.