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Monkey King and his companions travel to the West and come to the Huoyan Mountain to borrow Princess Iron Fan 's banana fan.

The short film was awarded the Special Prize at the First Shanghai International Animation Film Festival in 1988.

Lou Ye's graduation film during his study in Beijing Film Academy. Shot on 16mm film, about a pregnant girl trying to get an abortion.

Experimental short film by Yu Xiaoyang.

Four monkeys learn from people and try fishing in different ways.

Documentary about sculptor Liu Huanzhang.

The Swordman The Golden Child

Based on an ancient proverb (which one could translate into ‘it’s dogged as does it’), this film tells about a fisherman who is disturbed by two pelicans and who disguises himself as a scarecrow to catch the two birds.

Different stories at different time periods, all about revenges and killings.

The black fish is violent, devouring fish and shrimps, and grabbing bait hooks with the tortoises, vying to cook in the cauldron.

Early documentary by Kang Jianning. Originally shot in 1987 for a planned series but re-edited into a short film and aired on Ningxia TV in 1992.

The story takes place among a group of toys: the naughty Yuanyuan lost the shuttlecocks of two girls. In order to compensate for the shuttlecocks, he found chicken feathers. With the help of the robot, he caught a rooster, plucked the feathers and gave them to the little girls as compensation, but the two girls lost their shuttlecocks. The girl thought she shouldn't take the feathers, so she gave them back to the rooster.

The landmark work of early Chinese documentary. Examines the survival status of the Ningxia Loess Plateau in the 1980s from a more comprehensive perspective, applying the key words of the popular rock song "Nothing": The first part, "Nothing"; the second part, "This is you / The tears are flowing"; the third part, "The ground under your feet is shaking"; the fourth part," You follow me." In the film, the author also clearly discusses the life in the Plateau from several aspects: water, food, poverty alleviation, education, and labor exportation. A large number of interviews were conducted with local farmers, government officials, poverty alleviation working groups, etc. — trying to find the main factors leading to infertility and the methods that can be adopted to get rid of it, discussing the feasibility and effect of "going out" in the second half. The whole film objectively reflects the living conditions of the countryside at that time.

It tells the story of the people who want to get rich overnight.

The story about King of old Tibet - Songtsan Ganbu and another story abouht Tang dynasty Princess Wencheng married him.

Produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1984. Director: Shu Shi, starring: Ma Lan/Huang Xinde/Wu Yaling/Zhang Hui. Performed by Anhui Huangmei Opera Troupe. "Dragon Girl" was originally named "Dragon Girl's Love", a mythological drama adapted from a folk story. In 1984, it was filmed by Shanghai Film Studio as a stage art film and renamed "Dragon Girl". The play added birthday celebrations in the Dragon Palace, medical diagnosis in the inner court, and interviews in the Golden Palace. The carp spirit in the play was renamed Black Shark General.

Mirrors are constantly being replaced on the walls that look like news and newspapers, but the characters reflected in the mirrors are always unsatisfactory..., the last mirror makes everything harmonious. The following truth is extremely disturbing, who is lying! Is it a mirror? Is it a human?

Documentary on the Caohai Lake of Guizhou Province, how it was destroyed in the past and restored later.

The first film by Chinese documentarian Chen Zhen. Part of CCTV's Yellow River series.

Part Three: TO TASTE 100 HERBS - Dr Shen Fasheng discusses his Catholic religion, medical ethics, rural health services, centuries-old knowledge of herbal treatments and Western medical practices. The warmth, closeness and traditions of family life in China are wonderfully captured in scenes of prayer, play, chores and celebrations.