Today, the news of the death of huluwa's father ranked first on the hot search list, which attracted the attention of many netizens, because huluwa is one of the best memories of childhood for many people, and huluwa's father Hu Jinqing is the one who brought these happiness to us. It is reported that at 3:02 p.m. on the 13th, Hu Jinqing, the father of Cucurbita, died of invalid treatment at the age of 83. Some people may not know much about the father of huluwa. This article brings you the profile and details of Hu Jinqing, the father of huluwa. Let's have a look.
Screenshot of wechat company number of Meiying factory
In the announcement, Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio (hereinafter referred to as Meiying studio) said that Comrade Hu Jinqing created many classic and lovely animation images, left beautiful childhood memories for generations, and made important contributions to the brilliance of Meiying studio and even the development and prosperity of China's national animation film industry.
In countless post-80s and 90s childhood, there are memories of gourd babies. Whether it's the fat Cucurbita boy image or the snake spirit, it's impressive. The song 'gourd baby gourd baby, seven flowers on a vine, not afraid of wind and rain, Lala Lala', many people come with their mouths open.
These are from the 1986 paper-cut cartoon "gourd brothers". This film is a classic of Chinese animation. It tells a fantastic story: Grandpa planted a gourd tree and seven gourd babies were born on the tree, which are called red baby, orange baby, yellow baby, green baby, green baby, blue baby and purple baby.
One day, the snake spirits in the mountains took grandpa away. The gourd babies were very worried. When they were mature, they went to fight with the snake spirits one by one. After many difficulties, the gourd babies finally defeated the monsters and put them into the treasure gourd.
Poster of gourd brothers
Although more than 30 years have passed, gourd babies are still not out of date. Today, they still exist in young people's lives in various forms such as expression packs and catchwords. It is also said that gourd babies are the first 'brotherly alliance' in the history of Chinese animation.
All this is inseparable from Hu Jinqing. Although "gourd brothers" has been popular for decades, Hu Jinqing, as a director, is rarely known. In fact, he has a famous name in the Chinese animation industry and is also one of the outstanding artists who created and developed Chinese paper-cut animation. He once participated in the creation and research of China's first paper-cut film "pig Bajie eats watermelon", and later invented new paper-cut processes such as' roughing ', so as to successfully produce paper-cut films in ink style.
Hu Jinqing was born in 1936 and graduated from the animation major of Beijing Film School in 1953. After that, he entered the US film studio to work as a modeling and animation designer. He participated in the production of 40 art films such as proud general, pig Bajie eating watermelon and ginseng doll. He has been directing works since 1962. He has directed paper-cut films such as snipe and clam competition, naughty golden monkey, grass man and gourd brothers. Many films have also won international awards.
Speaking of it, Hu Jinqing almost missed the gourd brothers. At that time, the US film studio decided to change the novel "Ten Brothers" into an animation. The novel tells the story of ten brothers who have special functions such as thousands of miles' eyes, ears, infinite divine power, copper head and iron bone to save Li people from water and fire.
Due to the complex plot, numerous characters and the limited budget for the production of paper-cut films, Hu Jinqing once thought: "I can't shoot this book."
Later, Hu Jinqing insisted on replacing the 10 characters with different images in the original book with seven 'gourd brothers' with the same shape and different colors, and many negative characters were also simplified into two monsters,' snake spirit 'and' Scorpion spirit '.
Animation screenshot of gourd brothers
He also participated in the design of the image of Cucurbita. The most important requirement is to have 'game'. Angry eyes, exaggerated hair, open chest and barefoot, the image is simple and powerful, which is the image of huluwa after.
Although "gourd brothers" has only 13 episodes, its shooting time is as long as two years. As a 'paper cut', the shooting process of gourd brothers is like a shadow play. The staff first cut the characters into pieces of paper with movable joints, then put different actions on the large background pattern, and then take pictures one by one. 13 episodes of animation, need thousands of scenes.
After the broadcast, "gourd brothers" was widely welcomed, and almost every TV station in prefecture level cities purchased the right to broadcast the animation. In 2008, the sales volume of animation audio-visual products of Meiying studio was about 20 million sets every year, of which "gourd brothers" accounted for 18% of the total share, which shows the value of this animation work.
Later, huluwa also became the big IP of animation, and there were many film and television dramas adapted from it. But for Hu Jinqing, he only knows that the film 'made some money', and his life has not changed. Many people don't know that he created huluwa.
Animation screenshot of gourd brothers
Hu Jinqing entered the public view as' huluwa's father 'in 2009. Online news said that he was suffering from depression, and many netizens sent him postcards and greeting cards. Although it was later proved that this was' Oolong news', Hu Jinqing still said to the media: 'please represent me and thank you for your support & hellip& hellip;'
In 2011, Hu Jinqing and another creator Wu Yunchu had a dispute with Meiying studio over the copyright of huluwa. At that time, Hu Jinqing's son revealed that his father didn't know about the dispute. He had Parkinson's syndrome and his hands shook badly. He couldn't create with a paintbrush anymore.
People who live on brushes can't afford brushes. This may be the saddest story. Fortunately, art is eternal, 'the father of gourd baby' left us, but "gourd brothers" will always be there.
Many people sent documents to mourn the old man. The director Jiang Ping said that the old man once said to him, 'Xiaojiang, if you write about me in the future, such as the gourd brothers, you can't write that I am the director alone and two other comrades. Their names must be written. This is the rule of life. "
Some netizens commented that huluwa could no longer save Grandpa. Some netizens said, 'salute, thank you for giving me the best childhood memories.'