Zhang Fei shen gua (1980)

Original title

张飞审瓜

Directed by

Qian Yunda

Genre

animation

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

25 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rough general named Zhang Fei is ordered to act as a county magistrate for a month. A young woman carrying a baby is accused by a wealthy man of stealing three watermelons, with a corrupt local guard backing his story. Zhang Fei tests the accuser by asking him to carry all three watermelons home at once, exposing the false accusation and punishing the schemers.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulcleverfast-pacedsillyfairytale-likemoralistic

What happens

《张飞审瓜》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的剪纸片，系根据戏曲作品改编。 张飞接到诸葛亮军令，命做一月的县官。县里的姚相公姚得佈调戏一位因母親生病前去探望、手抱襁褓的年轻妇人西秀容，与适逢在姚相公的瓜田里偷西瓜吃的一位地保相撞。姚相公与地保二人串通，賄賂地保由他作伪证，告至张飞处，起先，双方的各执一词让张飞十分为难，姚相公诬告妇人偷他的三個西瓜，并要求妇人随姚相公回家。后来，张飞用心生一计讓姚相公將三個西瓜拿回家去，但姚相公自己一人不管怎麼拿，就是無法一次拿動三個西瓜，巧妙的拆穿姚相公与地保的谎言，张飞惩处姚相公遊街示眾、地保則是被罰陪妇人回家，並交出姚相公給自己的銀子，讓妇人西秀容給母親看病。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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