Little Tadpoles Looking for Their Mother 小蝌蚪找妈妈

Little Tadpoles Looking for Their Mother Real-Posted FDC. Posted on 1st June, the China's Children's Day, from Shenzhen

小蝌蚪找妈妈首日实寄封。六一儿童节由深圳寄出

  "Written by Fang Huizhen and Sheng Lude, Little Tadpoles Looking for Their Mother is a fairy tale and lively tells about the scientific law for tadpoles' development by metamorphosis. The fairy tale was filmed in 1960 by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and was adapted into a color ink painting cartoon, the very first one of China. Animals in the film, such as tadpoles, frogs, shrimps and crabs, all originally come from paintings by Qi Baishi, great master of Chinese traditional paintings, The stamps show little tadpoles ask Grandpa Shrimp for information and mistake the goldfish, the crab and the tortoise as their mother before they finally find their mother"

  "小蝌蚪找妈妈， 童话故事，原作者方惠珍，盛璐德，通过小蝌蚪寻找青蛙妈妈的过程寓教于乐地讲述了蝌蚪变态发育的科学规律。故事于1960年由上海美术电影制片厂搬上银幕，改编为中国第一部彩色水墨动画。影片中蝌蚪，青蛙，虾，蟹等原型取自于国画大师齐白石的画作。邮票表现了小蝌蚪向虾公公打听，错认了金鱼，螃蟹，乌龟为妈妈，最后终于找到青蛙妈妈这五个画面。"