Although " Creation of the Gods" billed itself as " China's first national mythological epic film" , it's not even the first or best-known " The Investiture of the Gods" adaptation released in the past five years.
The box-office sensation is adapted from Chinese mythology and loosely based on the novel Fengshen Yanyi, or The Investiture of the Gods, which was written during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
The upcoming film revolves around Yang Jian, a mythological figure who, just like Nezha, is also from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) novel " The Investiture of the Gods."
Director Yang Yu, returning from the first installment, masterfully weaves a sprawling mythological tapestry drawn from The Investiture of the Gods, a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) novel, ensuring that newcomers can follow the plot.
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As with the other three works, The Water Margin, Journey to the West, and Dream of the Red Chamber, it marked a radical departure from the high style of Chinese poetic and philosophical literature.
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Scholars believe that Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written nearly 250 years before Don Quixote, which is often regarded as the first great European novel.
Later, " Romance of the Three Kingdoms" accepted such a view, and we are also willing to imagine that " wielding a spear and reciting poetry" is a historical reality.
" Romance of the Three Kingdoms" holds the banner of " respecting Liu Bei and belittling Cao Cao" , which must strengthen Cao Cao's cunning to set off the positive side of Liu Bei.
The parts that beautify Cao Cao in " Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are most importantly about covering up his massive atrocities of killing civilians, which is precisely the most important issue in the eyes of modern people.
In " Romance of the Three Kingdoms, " this scene was transferred to Zhang Fei, both to beautify Liu Bei's character by removing his violent and decisive side, but also to weaken Liu Bei.