Speaking of Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", I believe domestic audiences will first think of "Nie Xiaoqian" among them. The reason why audiences are the first to think of "Nie Xiaoqian" is mainly due to the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" produced by Tsui Har

Speaking of Pu Songling's " Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio ", I believe domestic audiences will first think of " Nie Xiaoqian ". The reason why the audience is the first to think of "Nie Xiaoqian" is mainly due to the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", which was produced by Tsui Hark, directed by Cheng Xiaodong, and co-starred by Leslie Cheung and Wang Zuxian .

The movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" began to be released in Hong Kong, China in 1987. It eventually earned a high box office of nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars. In addition to its high box office, the film also received unanimous praise from domestic audiences, with nearly 800,000 viewers giving it a high score of 8.8 online. Not only that, it also triggered a craze in the Hong Kong film market for shooting fantasy martial arts films in costumes.

Because of the great success of the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Nie Xiaoqian" is the most famous in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", and it has also become the subject of domestic filmmakers competing to shoot.

As early as 2017, a Chinese animation film team had already come up with the idea of ​​filming an animated film "Xiao Qian". In October 2019, they posted a notice on social platforms stating that they had officially started to produce concept trailer storyboards. A year later, the film released a picture showing half of the character's face, with the caption "Love can't last until dawn."

I thought that this animated film "Xiao Qian" would be able to meet the domestic audience smoothly, but I never thought that it would make us wait for 7 years.

On March 28 this year, "Xiao Qian" released a preview, announcing that the film will be released on May Day on April 30. However, due to the film's poor box office performance at screenings and pre-sales, it suddenly announced its withdrawal shortly before its release.

Now, more than half a year has passed, and "Xiao Qian" has finally been scheduled again. This time it will not "break the promise" again.

On November 12 this year, "Xiao Qian" once again released a preview and poster, announcing that it will be released on December 6, which also aroused the collective expectations of many domestic audiences.

Compared with "A Chinese Ghost Story" produced by Tsui Hark, this animated film "Xiao Qian" also made extensive adaptations of the original work "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". It is understood that this film subverts our understanding of the original plot and brings a brand new story to the big screen. The adaptation in this film highlights the awakening of female consciousness. It mainly tells the story of Xiaoqian was betrayed by others and died with hatred. After her death, she turned into a female ghost and was imprisoned in Lanruo Temple by her grandmother. It happened that scholar Ning Sheng came to Beijing to take the exam and stayed here, accidentally saving Xiaoqian. On the way to escape, the two continued to encounter obstacles from the forces of the world and the underworld, but their relationship also grew stronger during this experience. Ning Sheng takes Xiaoqian to experience the beauty of the world. Xiaoqian is determined to return to the world, but after arriving at the ghost market, she discovers that things are far from such a simple story.

Although the plot adaptation of the original work is very large, "Xiao Qian" still has the ability to create high box office. Because its painting style and special effects production are in line with the aesthetics of domestic audiences, if it can get unanimous praise from the audience after its official release, it will have a high chance of breaking a certain box office record in China.