''Feeling from Mountain and Water'' (Chinese: 山水情;

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: shān shuǐ qíng) is a Chinese animated

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio under the master animator

Te Wei Te Wei (; in Shanghai in Shanghai) was a Chinese manhua artist and animator. He is probably best known for the 1956 short animated film ''The Proud General''. From about 1960, he worked in an ink-wash animation style that was influenced by the pai ...

. It is also referred to as ''Love of Mountain and River'' and ''Feelings of Mountains and Waters''.

Background

The film does not contain any dialogue, allowing it to be watched by any culture. The only noises are the sound of the wind or other earthly elements. The film is considered a masterpiece at the artistic level, since it was essentially a landscape painting in motion.Toon Zone.
Feeling from Mountain and Water.
Retrieved on 2007-01-11. Artistically, it uses a Shan shui painting style throughout.

Story

The story is about an impoverished elderly scholar and a young boy who cares for him briefly in return for

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lessons.

Awards

* Won the Best animated film prize at the Golden Rooster Awards in 1989.

References

External links

*
The film at China's Movie Database

Website showing the film
1988 films 1980s animated short films Chinese animated short films Animated films without speech Films directed by Te Wei 1988 animated films Chinese animation {{China-film-stub