In the animation, two cartoon elves represent the two halves of the famous artwork “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains,” by Song dynasty painter Huang Gongwang. Painted in the 14th century, the ...

The series became wildly popular on Chinese social media, viewed hundreds of millions of times; the first episode on Douyin, the sister app to TikTok, has so far garnered more than 10 million likes.