The Chinese legend of the butterfly lovers - Lijun Zhang
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Although only boys were allowed at the Confucius Academy, what Zhu Yingtai wanted was to go to school. She begged her parents to let her attend dressed as a boy and, seeing her determination and clever disguises, they finally agreed— as long as she kept her identity a secret and later returned to the traditional path they’d set for her. Lijun Zhang shares the Chinese myth of the butterfly lovers.
How do you interpret the ending of the story? Do you think it’s a tragic ending or a happy ending?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Lijun Zhang
- Director Amir Houshang Moein
- Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
- Storyboard Artist Amir Houshang Moein
- Animator Amir Houshang Moein
- Compositor Amir Houshang Moein
- Art Director Amir Houshang Moein
- Composer Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
- Sound Designer Nirana Singh, cAMP Studio
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Cella Wright
- Script Editor Iseult Gillespie
