Tang Dynasty Poetry Comes Alive in Animated Film "Chang An"

A Chinese animated film, “Chang An,” featuring some of China’s most well-known poets has won praise for drumming up interest in traditional Chinese poetry and has been a surprise hit at the box office. Since its release on July 8, the film has fetched over 700 million yuan ($100 million) as of Monday, leading the domestic box office over the weekend. The film is set in the Tang dynasty, an especially prosperous era of Chinese history from 618 to 907, and depicts some of the era’s most famous poets including Li Bai, Du Fu, and Gao Shi — all household names in contemporary China, with the study of their poems mandatory at school.

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win praise for doing sth：做某事而赢得赞誉

drum：鼓；击鼓🥁，激起

domestic：国内的

prosper 繁荣；兴隆；成功（pro 前面；sper- = hope，希望）

prosperous：成功的；繁盛的

depict：描述

household：家常的

household names：耳熟能详，家喻户晓的名字

contemporary：同时代的人；a. 同时代的，属于同一时期（con- 共同；tempor- = time，age，season，表时间或者时间引起的现象）

mandatory：命令的；托管的；必修的

mandatory courses：必修课