Titel: Shenbi Ma Liang (The Magic Brush) - 神笔马良
Author / Editor: 洪汛涛 Hong Xuntao, 钟杰 Zhong Jie
ISBN: 978-7-5391-5357-5, 9787539153575
Series: 悦阅读美绘本馆 Yue yuedu meihui ben guan
Publisher: 21st Century Publishing House - 二十一世纪出版社
Language: simplified Chinese Character
Date of Publication: 2010.01
First edition
Number of pages: 49
Dimensions: 30.5 x 26 cm
Binding: Hardcover


Description:

The Magic Brush is a well-know Chinese classic children's literature book written by famous children's writer Hong Xuntao. The story is based on a popular folklore. In a village, there lived a boy named Ma Liang, whose peasant family was not able to send him to school. However, he still loved painting and worked very hard at it. One day, he got a brush, which had a magical power—if you draw anything with it, it will become reality. So he started to help everyone in his village with his magic brush. This information reached a local officer. He put Ma Liang in the prison and confiscated his brush. The officer found that the bush did not have any power when it was in his hands, so he forced Ma Liang to draw a golden mountain. Ma Liang agreed and drew a golden mountain, but he also drew a big ocean around it. After the officer and his servants sailed across the sea, Ma Liang waved his brush and the officers sank into the water.

《神笔马良》是享誉世界的经典文学名著,是中国儿童文学的瑰宝。《神笔马良》由我国著名儿童文学作家、理论家洪汛涛于20世纪50年代创作。1980年获第二次全国少年儿童文艺创作评奖一等奖,被译成各国文字,在世界各地有着极为深远的影响,为祖国多次赢得荣誉。后被编成美术片《神笔》、真人版电影《神笔马良》;另有同名歌曲。