Little Year Beast by Xiong Liang is an original Chinese story of traditional culture enlightenme

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-03

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Target audience: 3-6 years old.

Hans Christian Andersen Award-nominated painter Xiong Liang's work.

Picture book of traditional culture enlightenment.

An authentic Chinese story.

Xiong Liang: Chinese Picture Books (all 10 volumes) is an original picture book in China. Its spiritual core is ** in traditional Chinese culture, and the story of "Walking with the Wind" originates from the "Wind Fu" written by Song Yu of the Warring States Period; "Dragon Slayer" is a metaphor for the descendants of the dragon; "The Lord of the Stove" depicts traditional family life; "Little Stone Lion" ** presents traditional art elements such as copper smoking guns, blue and white bowls, swallow kites, and red lanterns.

The so-called tradition is not to copy some old-fashioned stories to children. Xiong Liang presents the rural life and fables that modern children are not familiar with through adaptation and recreation. "Changban Slope" and "Wu Song Fighting the Tiger" borrow two classic repertoire from Peking Opera, accompanied by the cute and stupid image of cats, to achieve a refreshing effect, which is rare in children's picture books in the past. At the same time, his picture style integrates the techniques of traditional Chinese ink painting, which has personal characteristics and recognition.

Xiong Liang Chinese Picture Book is a unique existence in the existing children's picture book market, which shows the simple and innocent beauty of ordinary life for children, and is the entrance for children to understand traditional Chinese culture.

The mystery of Chinese fairy tales is that "all things have love", and the little stone lion, the rabbit lord, the tree god, the stove god, and the Peking Opera cat ......Everything becomes lively and harmonious, and this is the fairy tale world I want to give my children.

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Introduction

You've heard that"years"The legend of the legend? Once upon a time, on a high mountain, there lived a lonely monster called"years"。He has four eyes, a big mouth, and a big belly. Every winter when Zui is cold, he gets especially angry, rushes down from the mountains, grabs those lonely people, and swallows them up ......Help me!

How to get from"years"What about the hands that escaped? What are the customs of removing the old and welcoming the new? Let this book full of New Year's flavor tell you"Little Year Beast"The story of it!

About the Author

Xiong Liang. Writer, painter, picture book artist.

He is a pioneer and mentor who promotes the development of Chinese original picture books, and one of the representative authors of Chinese picture books whose works have been translated and won many awards overseas.

In China, the concept of "drama on paper" was proposed and promoted, and the idea of picture books is rooted in traditional Chinese culture and Eastern philosophy. The picture pays attention to the sense of line and ink color; However, the structure and language expression are not bound by tradition, modern, concise, innocent, with a unique sense of humor and poetry; It can be easily understood by children and even readers of different cultures, and is full of emotional expression.

Past Awards. In 2005, "Little Stone Lion" was awarded the "Open Book" children's book by China Times. One of the top 10 best books of the year at Eslite Bookstore in Taiwan.

In 2007, "Nagasaka Slope" (Cat Theater) won the "Open Book" children's book of China Times, won the AYACC Asian Youth Animation Contest Work Award, and won the 17th "Golden Bull Cup" Art Book Silver Award.

In 2008, "Family Tree" won Taiwan's "Good Books Everyone Read" Children's Book of the Year. "The Lotus Flower is Back" won the "Book of Chinese Beauty".

In 2011, "Nagasaka Slope" (Cat Theater) won the "Golden Monkey Award" at the 7th China International Animation Festival, and won two awards: the China Comics Award and the Comics Image Award.

In 2012, "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" (Cat Theater) was selected as one of the "Basic Reading Books for Chinese Children".

2014 Nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Illustration Award.

Wonderful book review

Xiong Liang's way of picture books is to explore the world. The way for children to connect with the world is not to directly inform them of experience, but to slowly explore and understand the world.

The Beijing News

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