The cartoon version of the "Epic of King Gesar" will be launched in Qinghai in mid-April, Xihaidushi Daily reported.

The Qinghai Ethnic Languages Animation Development Center began to produce the 26-episode “Epic of King Gesar” animated series at the end of 2014. After a year of preparation, two episodes of “Horse Racing King” and “Huoling War” in the animated epic series were born.

In each 20-minute cartoon, various elements representative of the culture on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, such as grassland yurts, ethnic costumes, grassland life utensils and others, are all integrated into the animated characters and scenes.

In addition to scene changes, each character in each of the episodes have a distinct personality. King Gesar is a lively teenager and during “Huo Ling War” he has already grown into mature and steady hero.

The person in charge at the Center said, this cartoon aims to encourage youngsters to learn the spirit of Gesar, as well as the intangible cultural heritage.

The "Epic of King Gesar" is a folk epic that is popular in the Tibetan-inhabited areas on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China. King Gesar is believevd to be brave and capable enough to fight against demons and drove off monsters. Finally, King Gesar had completed all the tasks commissioned by the Buddha and returned to the heaven. King Gesar is a heroic epic that was born and developed on the basis of the folk literature as ancient myths and legends, poems, proverbs. It represents the highest achievement of the folk culture and oral narrative art. The "Epic of King Gesar" has been put on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations.