Comparison: The Lotus Lantern

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The traditional folklore Lotus Lantern, which created anonymously, was passed down orally since Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) for more than 700 years. The original name of that folklore was Prince Chenxiang Splits the Mountain Hua, which developed around several main characters—Shengmu, the Goddess from heaven, later married a mundane village doctor Liu Yanchang. They have a child afterwards, whose name is Chenxiang. Shengmu’s brother Er Langshen holds the opinion that it is highly banned for a goddess to marry an ordinary person and strongly against their marriage. Thus at the ceremonial day after Chen Xiang was born 100 days, Er Langshen stole away Shengmu’s precious Lotus Lantern. Together he took away Shengmu, who was trying to protect her families, and prisoned his sister under the Mountain Hua. Chenxiang was fostered by Immortal Pili for 15 years. He learned Kong Fu with Immortal Pili. Once he got to know his life experience, he came back to find his father, together he seized back the Lotus Lantern from Er Langshen …show more content…
The function of the precious Lotus Lantern will be discussed and take into consideration in pushing forward the story line. In addition, the essay will take scene settings into discussion as well.

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In the original folklore Prince Chenxiang Splits the Mountain Hua, all kinds of plots are mentioned. It including write poem, follow imperial order, Shengmu married with Liu Yanchang, take exam, Shengmu imprisoned under Mountain Hua, Liu Yanchang marries another, Chenxiang refuses to go to school, searching for a teacher, split mountain and save mother. Looking at the 1999’s cartoon work, lots of details were omitted. Only the essential plots of the story—Shengmu imprisoned under Mountain Hua, searching for other’s help and Chenxiang splits the mountain to save mother were

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