Peppa Pig Felt Homesick in China

Tiger Wang
JN2507 UnitedMedia
Published in
3 min readJan 26, 2019
Peppa Pig air blower(Source: YouTube

Pink painting and big side, a unique Peppa Pig model shocked a little girl and her parents when an old man went into his granddaughter’ home and unpacked it. To our surprised, it is made by an air blower and it designed by an old farmer from Chinese countryside.

But the phone called from his granddaughter before. The farmer did not have any ideas of Peppa pig and didn’t know what she is looks like until a woman inspired him when she held air blower to speed up firewood burn and pointed its shape is same as the Peppa Pig.

A special gift for his grandchild (Source: YouTube)

This content which is source from the Peppa Pig Movies Official Trailer has got 70 million plays and nearly 300,000 likes on Weibo in a week and people prised the grandpa which is full of “punk style” and “strong practical ability”.

Seeing the great design, Mr Liu try to transform their old idle air blower and sold for 999 yuan (£113) in the e-commerce platform and then made a deal immediately. During the hot discussion on the internet, he received a large number of orders. “people do not care of the price, they just need a place to remember,” he thought.

The vwnder sold his air blower Peppa Pig on the network (Source: Weibo@紧急呼叫Live)

But the point of this trailer does not focus on the Peppa Pig air blower, it emphasizes the leading character who eager to get together with his family during the Spring Festival, especially when the grandpa heard his family would not have opportunity to meet him. This scene is moved by all the oversea people who cannot go back their hometown this year.

“This trailer made me burnt with smiles in tears. The director did a good balance between entertainment and main meaning.” said by Frank, who study abroad in the UK. he has not been home for a year. “I cannot fall asleep and I long for my meeting time with my parent after watching it. Even the Peppa Pig make me laugh, we don’t forget it mind,” he thought.

Other people consider that a funny Peppa Pig air blower is poured into love with his granddaughter and he still insist on finishing a big new year present even he is old. They hope everyone spend time meeting with family as soon as possible.

Peppa Pig is the famous British pre-school cartoon television, originally aired on 2004 in Channel 5. Since played on TV and video website, Peppa Pig has become one of the most popular child cartoon characters in China in 2015. Because of Peppa Pig’s unique role shaping in animate, lots of people shot with Peppa Pig related in the world-famous short video app Tik Tok. For example, some adult like doing tattoo on the arms, others like wearing related watches and clothes. They want to tell people know “I’m a dressy and optimistic girl” and “outgoing butterfly man”. After that, not only children like it but also adults enjoy it. At the same time, this trend makes plenty of emoticon package and more than a thousand secondary creation in social network.

A painting in Chinese farmland (Source: Facebook@CCTV中文)

For the fans’ love, the copyright holder Entertainment One (eOne) launched Peppa Pig related product like clothes and decoration. to celebrate the Year of the Pig, the eOne makes a co-production with Alibaba Pictures to push out the big cartoon movies in China and hopes all the family enjoy in the cinema during the Chinese New Year. In the future, eOne will plan to open a Peppa Pig theme park in Beijing and hold stage play in the next three years. This film will be shown on Feb. 5th.

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