Saving Mother (西岳奇童)
Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Released in 2006
Length: 85 minutes
Director: Hu Zhaohong
Plot outline
Chenxiang was a smart and intractable boy. He lived in a small village at the foot of Mount Hua with his father. He had never seen his mother. One day, he offended Qin Bao at school, so Qin Bao said that Chenxiang’s mother was a spirit in public. Shocked and raged, Chenxiang questioned his father who his mother was. His father told him the truth. It turned out that his mother was a fairy called San Sheng Mu. She was imprisoned underneath Mount Hua for marrying his father, Yanchang, and giving birth to a child, which violated divine laws. Chenxiang decided to rescue his mother. With the help of the God of Thunder, he found the divine axe, cleaved Mount Hua and got his mother back.