The Deer of Nine Colors (九色鹿)

Happy Thanksgiving!! It's the week to celebrate kindness and commemorate history. Did you know that the earliest Chinese comics can be dated back to over a thousand years ago? They are the Dunhuang Frescoes, wall paintings at Mogao Caves in Gansu Province, China. This week’s story, which was derived from a Jataka Tale, comes from a wall painting in Cave No.257. It has been one of the most popular Dunhuang Frescoes known by Chinese people thanks to the animation “A Deer of Nine Colors” produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 1981. However, if you think all the wall paintings there are related to Buddhism and are solemn sculptures and elegant figures, then you are wrong. In the【Did you know?】, we will show you the other side of the Dunhuang murals, the funny side! And after learning the verb of the week in the【Dum Tika Bum】, try dubbing for the wall painting of the story and learn to be grateful and be a person who always keeps his/her promise.

Once upon a time, there lived a deer of nine colors in the forest. One day, he saved a drowning person and asked the drowning person to keep the secret of where to find him. However, lured by the high position and great wealth, the greedy drowning person betrayed the deer and led the king and the army to catch the deer. The deer, after knowing the truth, came facing the king and the army bravely and explained everything. Embarrassed by his behavior, the king went back to his country with his army, and eventually, the drowning person got the punishment he deserved.

感恩节快乐！你知道中国最早的漫画已经有一千多年前的历史了吗？它们就是坐落在中国甘肃省莫高窟中的敦煌壁画。这周的故事——九色鹿，就出自于第257窟中的一幅壁画。对于许多中国人来说，九色鹿可以说是大家最为熟悉的敦煌壁画故事之一。因为1981年上海美术制片厂制作的动画《九色鹿》把壁画中生动的形象和美丽的故事以动画形式展现在了人们面前。不过如果你觉得敦煌壁画中所有的壁画都是那样严肃庄严的话那可就大错特错了。本期的【你知道吗？】我们就来带你看看敦煌壁画不一样的一面！搞笑的一面！等你在【动呲嗒呲】环节中学会了这期的动词后，就可以尝试给九色鹿的壁画配音了。你会怎么向九色鹿表达感谢呢？

《九色鹿》故事梗概

很久以前，印度恒河的森林里有一只九色神鹿。有一天它救了一个落水人并让他保守秘密，不要告诉其他人自己的藏身之处。可没想到忘恩负义的落水人为了荣华富贵、封官加爵起了贪念，出卖了九色鹿并带着国王和一大群士兵来捉九色鹿。九色鹿向国王说明了实情后，惭愧的国王带着军队回去了。落水人也受到了他应有的惩罚。

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📕 More to Explore Behind the Story [The Deer of Nine Colors ]📕

🔥 The English version of Ruru Deer:

http://ignca.gov.in/online-digital-resources/jataka-stories/001-the-story-of-ruru-deer/

🔥 Animation - The Deer of Nine Colors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9E4QcYHIK4

🔍 Murals that are dubbed in the episode 🔍

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