What are the highlights of the 2nd episode, "The Goose," in China Odd Tales?

Point one, where has Ah Guai from "The Mysterious Scroll" been these years? "Ge Ge Ge" has the answer.

"Tian Shu Qi Tan" is a classic animated work that has brought joy to countless audiences, and the characters have left a deep impression. As the director of "E E E," I grew up watching "Tian Shu Qi Tan," especially the lame fox Ah Gua who loves to eat roasted chicken. Ah Gua almost fulfilled all my imagination about delicious food during a time when material resources were scarce. Therefore, in "E E E," we 特意加了一个小细节, which is the fox eating the peddler's two geese. This action does not exist in the original work, and it can be considered a tribute across time and space. I love "Tian Shu Qi Tan" so much, and I really like Ah Gua.

  Point two, the extraordinary encounter of an ancient Chinese courier.

The protagonist of the story "The Goose, The Goose, The Goose" is a peddler, a setting that does not exist in the original work. When we began creating it, we thought that if the character was just a young person from ancient times with no background, it would be too thin. So, we looked through various Ming and Qing dynasty storybooks and found that the most common identity was that of a scholar. However, we felt that scholars were too familiar to the audience, so we considered a very practical issue: if these scholars did not have wealthy families to support them, how did they make a living? This led us to think of the profession of a peddler, who, besides selling various household items, would also act as a messenger, delivering goods, letters, and even messages between different places. This idea struck us as a revelation—a courier from ancient times. What kind of day would he have? Find the answer in "The Goose, The Goose, The Goose."

  Point three, a bit of eerie beauty in the strange tales.

Strange tales are a shining pearl in the treasure house of Chinese classical literature. Their concise and powerful form, boundless imagination, and bizarre and absurd plots, along with their highly individual yet subtle beauty, are all characteristics that the work "Goose, Goose, Goose" aims to present. "Goose, Goose, Goose" is not a simple story of binary opposition but a strange tale. According to the original work Yangxian Scholar, the characters in this world keep their beloved ones in their bellies, and when they miss them, they directly invite them out of their mouths. This is, of course, a dramatic and absurd writing technique, but it also demonstrates the ancient people's astonishing ability to use grand and sweeping metaphors. Speaking of the strange tales and their subtle beauty, when the protagonist, the peddler, feels the depth of human hearts and a chill on his back, the fox prince tidies up and departs, without any lingering or hesitation. It is in the vast blank spaces that we truly appreciate the sense of life where a moment of loss is eternal. These are the unique artistic charms of strange tales, which have always been the driving force and pursuit behind the creation of "Goose, Goose, Goose."

  Viewpoint four, the beauty of Chinese mountains and rivers — Mi Family Cloudy Mountains.

The visual presentation of the work "The Goose, The Goose, The Goose" is highly stylized. Although it is drawn using sketching techniques, the sketching method can be considered as merely the "use," while its intrinsic core, the "body," is Chinese ink landscape painting. It can be said that "the landscape is the body, and the sketch is the use." This style is not a spur-of-the-moment idea but stems from my experience learning traditional Chinese painting during my youth. Among various schools, I have a particular fondness for the grand, mysterious, and subtle beauty of Mi-style cloud mountains. Within the Mi school, I especially admire the brushwork of Mi Youren, to whom I have a deep attachment. I have made many attempts to present the beauty of Mi-style cloud mountains in a relatively simple and unadorned way, even though it may seem somewhat clumsy. It is a small tribute to Chinese ink painting, and who could not love such beautiful Chinese ink?