Yao-Chinese Folktales
Season 2
20269 episodes
Yao-Chinese Folktales 2 is a collection of nine animated shorts brought to life by twelve visionary directors. Building on Chinese imaginative storytelling, it explores diverse themes and artistic styles, blending fantasy, folklore, and allegory with reflections on real life. The shorts invite audiences to ponder self-identity, family relationships, and social connections, offering both visual richness and thoughtful insight into contemporary human experiences.
Episodes
E1How to Become Three Dragons
2026-01-01 · 23m
This film features 2D cartoon style with meticulous and vibrant brushwork, using a young snake's quest for immortality to explore themes of self-discovery and growth.
E2Man in the Ear
2026-01-01 · 22m
Employs ink-wash sketching and is based on strange tales from "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", outlining the inner desires of the heart.
E3Today's Zoo
2026-01-08 · 22m
With a retro picture quality and mockumentary style, it reflects individual choices within a fantastical stage.
E4Light Snow
2026-01-15 · 22m
Felt is used as the material to create stop-motion animation, delicately portraying the complex and profound emotional bonds within family affection.
E5San Lang
2026-01-22 · 22m
Combines 2D and 3D animation, featuring desert aesthetics and science fiction elements, as it searches for the inner path home amidst the world of martial arts with flashing blades.
E6The Big Bird
2026-01-29 · 28m
A 2D animated film in a dark fairy tale style, using this dark fairy tale to write a story of a journey of guardianship.
E7Worship the Mountain
2026-02-05 · 24m
A fantasy realism piece that showcases Hakka culture, blending Hakka folk customs with fantastical imagination to find echoes of homeland and distant places.
E8Xingtian
2026-02-12 · 20m
Fuses 3D technology with hand-painted animation to reinterpret the heroic epic from ancient mythology.
E9The Great Nobleman
2026-02-19 · 22m
Featuring a watercolour style that is heartwarming and comforting, weaving humor and warmth between father and son within a fantastical setting.