It is always a good sign to study Chinese lessons online with interest, which is said in China to be a good teacher. We can spur our interest by watching Chinese movies, listen to Chinese songs, etc. For kids who want to learn Chinese, we can teach them mandarin by Chinese cartoons.

If you are trying to find a more fun way to learn Chinese online, maybe you can just start with Chinese movie, cartoon and Chinese song. Watching movie is a very good way to learn Chinese. When you are watching Chinese movie, you can listen to their pronunciation and see the Chinese subtitle. So is cartoon. All of this can be your motivation to learn Chinese.

Today I am going to introduce a very famous Chinese cartoon in China, called Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. When first shown in 2005, it has been shown on more than fifty channels at an incredible speed. Not only are children crazy about it, but adults may also be attracted.

One reason this cartoon can beat the others is that it quotes many popular Chinese words known by the young. With the swift development of the Internet, many classical words are spread among youngsters, such as “Your mother calls you back home to have lunch.” and “I am not eating noodles but loneliness.” It abandons the dull and modular plot of traditional cartoons. Instead, it makes good use of the fashion culture and mass psychology to combine the teaching with entertainment. So learning Chinese popular words is a kind of fashion.

The audience ratings of this cartoon rose up to 17.3% which none of other cartoons before could reach. Apart from it, the film version acquired the highest box office in the history of the original home-made cartoons.

Another reason it differs from others is that the Chinese characters don’t have the absolute good or bad personality. Many people are fans of Big Big Wolf and Lazy Goat because they have their special personalities and lovely features although they have some shortcomings. This pattern is similar to the real society where nobody completely represents devil or angel. It makes every character in this cartoon become lively and true beings with weaknesses and strengths.

Besides, a more necessary reason that the cartoon can spread among audience of wide age range is that the company which creates it has used various propaganda and marketing strategies. In this commercial society and information age, advertisements and mass media take an important role in the process of marketing economy. The cartoon is shown on television, at the same time, various related products are provided to the markets. The company even has cooperation with KFC and offers little toys to the customers. Consequently, we can see the images almost everywhere.