2. Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy (1960)

Water-and-Ink animation first appeared in the 1960, and one of the most successful in-wash films called Little Tadpole Looking for Mommy.It developed a high reputation both at home and abroad at the time and won the Best Animated Film Prize at the First Hundred Flower Awards as well as five international prizes.

The film focuses on a cloud of newly born tadpoles seeking their missing mother through an oddly predator-free world. They mistake a succession of animals for their mother, garnering a new clue about their mother's appearance from each misunderstanding. A pleasant narrator explains the on-screen events slowly and clearly, making this film an excellent means of learning elementary Chinese.