''Chuang Tapestry'' () is a Chinese animated film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It is also referred to as ''"Chwang Tapestry"''.

Story

Once upon a time the Chuang family chopped firewood for a living. Mother Tanja spent three years day and night weaving this

tapestry Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike most woven textiles, where both the warp and the weft threads may ...

. One day a wind storm came and the tapestry flew away. Kam Tong, one of the children, would venture off to the dangerous

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

mountains to try to get the tapestry back. Very few have ever survived the cave.

Creators

DVD

The film has since been republished on a DVD along with other animation movies.

Awards

* The film was nominated in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

1960

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

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References

External links

The film at China's Movie Database
1959 animated films 1959 films Chinese animated films 1950s Mandarin-language films {{1950s-animation-film-stub