"There are fish in the north, called Kun. I don't know how many miles it is. " This is the beginning of the film and Zhuangzi's happy journey. Zhuangzi is one of the important figures of Taoist school. His Taoist philosophy has influenced China people for thousands of years, including obeying nature and following its laws. Follow the inherent nature of human beings and govern by doing nothing; Understanding everything and not being afraid of life and death are philosophical thoughts that teach people how to get happiness.

The story of this film is based on a myth and legend. Everyone is a big fish. He was born on this side of the sea, traveled across the ocean all his life, and returned to the other side of the sea after his death. His body turned into mud, and his soul turned into a small fish, constantly experiencing reincarnation.

There is another world under the sea. Everyone here is born from the transformation of natural forces, and has innate strength, including controlling the growth of trees and flowers, changing the flame and using the power of the wind. In addition, the souls of human beings after death are also collected in this world. People here also have the power to control the natural laws of the human world. I call them protoss here, and the world is sacred.

When the protoss reaches the age of 16, they have to perform the passing ceremony alone, swim across the sky-high water column summoned by the gods as red dolphins to reach the human world, observe the human dynamics, and return to the divine world smoothly after 7 days. This is where the plot of the movie begins. Toona sinensis, the protoss heroine, came to the human world and saw many beautiful things in the human world, among which Kun, the hero, was the most beautiful.

Kun is a handsome boy with a red birthmark in the middle of his forehead and a long braid before the Republic of China. His image is very characteristic of ancient China. In addition to his beauty, his inner morality is also excellent. He loves nature, the sea, dolphins and fish and has a pure and kind heart. Why is this character so deified? Because he is the Kun in Zhuangzi's Happy Travel! As the representative of Chinese Millennium civilization, it must be perfect.

On the sixth day of the human world, Toona sinensis was entangled in the net used by humans to kill dolphins, and it was in danger. At this time, Kun appeared a hero to save America in time, but he was involved in the whirlpool and sacrificed himself. When Kun knew there was a whirlpool, he decided to save a dolphin without hesitation. This is the first time the film has appeared, paying the price of life and sticking to your heart.

Thun saw the loss of his brother's sister in great pain, filled with remorse and anxiety, and determined to revive Kun. After returning to the divine world, I asked my grandfather where he would go after his death-such as going upstairs. Then I got the help of the stone statue and arrived there unintentionally, asking the spiritual woman to save Kun, but the way to get it must be to pay half his life, and Thun immediately agreed. This is the second time that the film has appeared, paying the price of life and sticking to the heart.

After that, Toona sinensis went home with Kun Soul (a small fish) and they were very happy together! But it's not that simple, because raising people's souls is against the commandments of the people and against the sky, which will bring disaster to the gods. The whole protoss, including Thun's mother, not only opposed it, but also killed Kun. At this time, only Ba has been guarding Toona's side to help her overcome difficulties and get out of danger.

Ba is another protagonist of the film, or rather the first hero, because he has more scenes. He is also a handsome boy, with short white hair, cool appearance, bold and cautious. I love Toona sinensis deeply and don't want Toona sinensis to suffer a little. I do my best to support Toona sinensis. This role is very important and explains the core idea of the film, which will be mentioned later.

Qiu was bitten by a two-headed snake on the way to escape the chase with Kun, and was poisoned and unconscious. Thun hurried to find grandpa behind his back. Grandpa's strength is to be in charge of herbs and save lives, but the poison of the two-headed snake can't be cured. At this time, grandpa made a decision. He gave his life for Pakistan and cured Pakistan. I devoted the rest of my life to saving lives. This is the third time that the film has paid the price of its life to stick to its sincerity.

Kun grew bigger and bigger, so the environment of the divine world deteriorated. In June, it snowed, and the protoss became more angry. They tried their best to kill Kun and began to attack Toona sinensis. After learning that the people were embarrassed by Kun, Ba was very uncomfortable and secretly released Kun behind his back. But he doesn't know how important Kun is to her because he bought it with Toona sinensis's half life. Thun jumped out of the ice cave as soon as he learned that Kun was released, and spared no effort to find it. Finally, he tried his best to find Kun, but Kun was unconscious in the snow. When Lu saw this scene, he felt sad and sorry. He finally realized how important Kun was to Toona sinensis. After waking up, Toona sinensis told her everything. She is heartbroken, and her beloved has only half a life. What should I do?

Qiu found the spirit girl, hoping to exchange her half life for Toona sinensis's life, but the spirit girl said the price was higher and she wanted a life! Pakistan immediately agreed. This is the film's fourth appearance, paying the price of life and sticking to the heart.

But Ling Nv didn't want his life, but wanted something more valuable in him-the identity of Qi, the future god (with the power to open the water column leading to the world), and Qi's grandmother was the god, but she didn't tell Qi about her identity. Moreover, the spirit girl also told Lu that the lives of Toona sinensis and Kun are linked together, and if Kun returns to the world, Toona sinensis's life will be over.

It is painful to know everything. Kun has grown very big and will soon return to the human world, and then his beloved Toona sinensis will die. How can we save the people we love?

Why is this happening? If everything is normal, you can catch up with your beloved by your own persistence and be happy together. Even if you can't catch him, you can stay with him. It is also happy to see the person you love every day. But now everything can't work, even God can't be with his beloved, and he can't let his beloved live to the end of his life. What's the use of this god!

Kun made a big decision, and with the power of his own god, he opened the water column leading to the world privately, so that Kun could take Toona sinensis to the world and live a happy life. Sorry, I can't be with you, but I must let you live!

But this practice is very risky, because cockroaches are still weak, and if the water quantity is not controlled well, the whole heaven will be flooded. Sure enough, what I was worried about finally happened. The sea water poured backwards, the whole heaven was flooded, and the people were in danger. On the one hand, it is the beloved Kun, on the other hand, it is the safety of the whole protoss. Toona sinensis is in a dilemma. I didn't expect to bring such a disaster to her people. Toona sinensis has infinite remorse and remorse in her heart.

But it's no use blaming yourself. We must find a way to save our people! Farewell, Kun, go back to the world alone! Toona sinensis jumped into the water and hugged the roots of the begonia tree (grandpa). With his greatest idea, he turned the whole begonia tree into a powerful force, making it grow rapidly and grow bigger and bigger, becoming a towering tree, propping up the whole sky and saving the people. This is the fifth time the film has appeared, paying the price of life and sticking to the heart.

Has Kun returned to earth? No, Kun didn't go to earth alone. He saw Toona sinensis jump into the water and realized the danger. He immediately dived into the water to look for it, but there was no figure, only Haitang. Finally, I swam away with a begonia branch in my eyes.

In other words, Qiu's plan was a complete failure, and he had to turn to the spirit girl again, and finally exchanged the other half of Toona sinensis's life with his identity as a god. Begonia branches became human bodies, Toona sinensis was resurrected, but there was no magic. Happiness finally returned to Toona sinensis, Zu and Kun.

Without any magic, Toona sinensis and Shu became the most common human beings and could never return to their own people. They sat quietly by the sea, enjoying a hard-won happy time. Ba knows that this precious time is very short, because he has made another decision, a perfect decision, and will act at dawn. At that time, he will say goodbye to his beloved forever.

So, this is the last night with the person you love, so you must confess! Ba finally got up the courage to say the words in her heart, "Chun, I grew up without parents, only my grandmother accompanied me. Until I met you, I had another caring person. Being with you is my happiest thing. I like to see the way you walk, the way you are embarrassed, the way you smile, and all your looks! "

After saying this, Ba looked at Chun, and his eyes were full of expectation. "Well, I know, I have always regarded you as my brother." The cartoon only said one sentence.

The confession failed, and Ba was very sad and lay quietly on one side. Chun suddenly said, "Ba, you are the only person who is the best to me in the world." Hearing this, Ba couldn't restrain his inner excitement any longer, and his eyes filled with tears and he couldn't stop crying. With your understanding, all my efforts are worthwhile.

At dawn, Qiu took out the artifact and opened the water column leading to the world. Kun said goodbye with tears, and his long arm flew into the water column. Cartoon wants to go to the human world with him, but he can't get into the water column without a human token. Pakistan knows this very well. He wants to fulfill his sweetheart's wish, and her happiness is my greatest happiness. So Yan swallowed the artifact, turned it into a force and surrounded the toon, sending her into the water column.

"Go to the world, live happily with Kun, and I will turn into a storm between people and stay with you forever." This is the sixth and last appearance of the film, paying the price of life and sticking to your heart.

The plot is not very complicated, but it is very touching. In particular, there have been six acts of sticking to your heart at the cost of your life, which is not only touching, but also shocking! What does the film want to convey to the audience?

The description of the value of life is mentioned many times in the film. Grandpa answered Chun's words about death for the first time. Death is part of everyone's life journey, and everyone will experience it. Grandpa's time is up. We should cherish the living life and do what we want to do, so as to meet the arrival of death.

The second time was what Grandpa said to Thun before he died. I know you are doing a very dangerous thing, and many people will oppose you. But as long as you do it with your heart, good or bad, right or wrong, leave it to others to comment. Grandpa supports your decision. I will turn into a begonia tree and bless you.

The third time was a conversation between Lingpo and Bapo. Lingpo said that you young people don't take life seriously and kick it like a stone in the street. Unlike us old people, you are desperate to live one more day. Go back and say, what's the point of being unhappy if you can't do what you want to do?

Through these three descriptions, we can easily see the idea that the film wants to express: only by sticking to one's original intention and doing what one wants can life be valuable and meaningful, and such a life will not regret and be afraid in the face of death. Looking back at the six behaviors that paid the price of life, each time it was to stick to the original heart and face death calmly, which just verified this idea.

This thought coincides with Zhuangzi's philosophy.

The first article in Zhuangzi is entitled "Wandering". These articles are all stories. These stories contain the idea that there are different levels of happiness. The free development of our natural nature can bring relative happiness; Absolute happiness can be achieved through a broader understanding of the natural nature of things.

Zhuangzi believes that the necessary condition to achieve relative happiness is to develop our natural nature, that is, to give full play to our natural abilities, which is our "virtue". Everything has different natural natures and different natural abilities, but one thing is the same, that is, when they fully and freely exert their natural abilities, they are all equally happy. Happy Travel tells the story of a big bird and a small bird. The abilities of these two birds are completely different. Big birds can fly to Wan Li, but small birds can't fly from tree to tree. But as long as everyone does what they can, everyone loves and is equally happy. Zhuangzi advocated inaction, and his personal nature was different. If he conforms to his natural nature, he can get relative happiness.

Back in the film, we found that this is indeed the case. Kun's nature is to love nature and dolphins. Grandpa's nature is to be in charge of herbs and save lives; The nature of Toona sinensis is to repay kindness and cherish family ties; The essence of Ba is that you don't want your beloved to suffer and fulfill your sweetheart's wish. And they all adhered to their original intentions and got relative happiness.

Zhuangzi also gave an understanding of death. People are afraid and anxious before death. The mental pain caused by this emotion is sometimes as serious as corporal punishment. However, people can use the role of understanding to weaken their emotions. For example, if it rains, you can't go out. Adults can understand and won't get angry, but children often get angry because adults understand more and are much less disappointed and angry than children. Therefore, the mind understands the natural nature of all things, and it has the power to control the consequences without suffering for them. That is, "physical and chemical feelings." Think of the angry people around us. In fact, it is not because of personality, but because the scope of understanding of the essence of things is very limited. In the words of Jiang Yang, "your problem is mainly that you don't read much and think too much."

Zhuangzi's own story illustrates this point well. Zhuangzi's wife died, and Hui Shi went to mourn, only to find Zhuangzi squatting on the ground, singing. Hui Shi said, it's enough that you don't cry. Isn't singing too much? Zhuangzi said, no, I'm really sorry that she died, but death is the most natural thing, just like the alternation of seasons. Now that people are at rest, I just don't understand if I cry.

If we combine the characters in the film, do we find that no matter Kun, Grandpa, Chun or Ba, there is no fear or hesitation in the face of death? It is because they know life and death that they have resolved their fears.

In addition, Taoism believes that a saint has a complete understanding of the natural nature of all things, and his heart will never be affected by changes in the world. In other words, he reached the "identity" between man and everything, that is, he surpassed the difference between himself and the world, and the difference between me and "non-me" reached the realm of unity with Tao, inaction of Tao and nameless Tao. In this way, the happiness he gets is absolute happiness.

In the film, only Toona sinensis and Shu made two acts of realizing their wishes at the cost of their lives, and they are definitely saints. In particular, Ba finally devoted his whole life to becoming his sweetheart, turned into wind and rain, and lived with nature, and the happiness he got was absolute happiness.

Toona sinensis and Toona sinensis have a source? Of course, "Xiaoyao Tour" also said: there are ghosts in southern Chu, 500 years old is spring, and 500 years old is autumn; In ancient times, there was a big tree, eight thousand years old was spring, and eight thousand years old was autumn. This is the origin of Toona sinensis.

To sum up, the film conveys a philosophical thought of China Taoism to the audience in the form of China's fairy tales, praising and praising this attitude towards life. We should stick to our nature, give full play to our strength, contribute our lives to meaningful causes, realize our self-worth, and let our lives bloom beautifully, even if they wither, we will never regret it. This philosophy itself is a kind of beauty, which can infect everyone to reflect on themselves and strive for a better life.

How can such a great work not shock me! Moreover, it is also a domestic animated film. You know, domestic animation has been moving very slowly. Once there was an excellent lotus lamp, but it never came back. It was not until the Great Sage returned last year that it marked the rise of domestic animation. I didn't expect to produce such an excellent work as "Big Fish Begonia" in more than half a year. It's better than any animated film I've ever seen, because my mind has been upgraded.

Whether it is caring for the environment and protecting peace in Miyazaki Hayao's works or affection, friendship and love in Disney's series of works, they all belong to small love, that is, love for a certain kind of things. The big fish Haitang preaches a kind of great love, love for everything (including animals, people, environment, racial peace, emotions, etc.). ) is supported by China's philosophy, which is totally different from one level.

So, I'm excited. "Big Fish Begonia" marks the arrival of an era, and excellent domestic animated films will appear in the form of a hundred flowers, just as Taoism is just one of many schools of thought.

Love animation, let's look forward to it!

In terms of painting style, including figure modeling, biological species, articles, clothing and house design, and even music, all elements are original with China characteristics. If some aspects are like Miyazaki Hayao's works, it is also a reference, but more is a return, because these elements are China's! )