The Application of Chinese Traditional Culture in the Animation Scene Design

As a kind of visual art, the animation scene design is not only the development background of the story, but also the reflection of the animation characters and the visual expression of story line with the development of time. Therefore, the animated films with national cultural connotation are able to be favored and admired by the world audiences. We can make full use of Chinese traditional culture elements, such as ink painting, paper cutting, Chinese opera, shadow puppet and Chinese architecture, in producing animated films. We can make full use of traditional decorative patterns in its scene creation. For example, Lingxiao Hall in "Havoc in Heaven" has imitated the traditional Chinese architectural form; the shadow puppet animation of "Peach Garden" has used shadow puppet, Chinese painting, paper cutting, bold freehand brushwork and other traditional cultural elements.