# Xinhua Silk Road: Popular AI animated series explores Guangxi's maritime heritage, revitalizes local literature

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- Published: 2026-10-10T14:10:00+07:00
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BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Premiering on August 6 on China’s micro-drama
platform Hongguo and social media platform Douyin, both under Douyin Group, the 
AI animated series Cang Hai Gui Xu, drawing on the thousand-year maritime civilization
in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has become a big hit.

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The series, adapted from a local literary work, has 30 episodes with each running
for approximately two minutes. It takes viewers on a journey where marine themes
intertwine with fantasy storytelling.

So far, it has garnered more than 5.4 million views on Douyin, ranking fifth in 
the platform’s popular short-drama chart under the male-duo category. It has also
received sustained attention from major Chinese media outlets, with related coverage
attracting more than 1.4 million views.

According to its director Fu Weifeng, the production team used Guangxi’s real landscapes
as the foundation for the series. The team artistically reinterpreted the real-world
locations and imagery materials using AI, combining marine issues with fantasy narratives.

The team also developed a dedicated database of Guangxi cultural elements to support
AI-assisted production. More than 50 representative intangible cultural heritage
items and local landmarks were converted into precise labels recognizable by AI 
systems. This enabled cultural elements from Guangxi to be naturally integrated 
into the storyline.

Beyond its cultural and ecological themes, the series offers a new approach to adapting
local literary works for the screen.

Zeng Pan, deputy editor-in-chief of Southern Cultural Forum, said the adaptation
of literary works for the screen using AI technology offers fresh inspiration and
new perspectives to contemporary literature.

He noted that AI-animated productions could help overcome barriers in adapting local
literary works by reducing costs and improving production efficiency, providing 
a promising example of how works by Guangxi writers can be adapted across media 
in a cost-effective, efficient and high-quality manner.

Wan Xingwei, general manager of Guangxi Film Group, said the group would establish
a regular cooperation mechanism with the Guangxi Writers Association to connect 
literary creation with AI-assisted film and television production across the entire
industrial chain.

The initiative aims to build an integrated industry ecosystem spanning literary 
incubation, AI-powered content production and international commercialization, said
Wan.

Co-produced by organizations including the Qingxiu District Converged Media Center
and Guangxi Film Group, the series is seeking to enter the ASEAN market through 
the China-ASEAN Artificial Intelligence Collaborative Innovation Center.

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