Cartoons Fighting Pandemic
Many cartoon artworks about fighting the coronavirus have been made by Chinese artists, hoping people can have an earlier restoration of normal social life.
中國藝術家在疫情期間繪畫出許多關於抗擊新型冠狀病毒的漫畫作品，希望人們能更早地恢復正常的社會生活。
These works are mainly about heroes consisting of doctors, nurses, polices and firemen, without whom we can not come over this terrible disaster. Cartoonists draw them to record heroic moments during the fight.
這些作品主要是關於醫生、護士、警察和消防員這些英雄，沒有他們，我們就無法戰勝這場可怕的災難。漫畫家們通過畫下他們來記錄戰鬥中的英雄時刻。
Policeman, fireman and doctor who are anti-pandemic workers cooperate to help patients in despite of difficulties
Anti-epidemic workers stop the virus from attacking the ordinary and the doctor gives his mask to the old man despite his security.
Source / Weibo
Fighting the pandemic needs all of us to cooperate. Doctors, nurses, polices and firemen work together so that China controlled the virus spreading trends. Anti-pandemic workers in these two cartoons are made into cartoon characters to tell their relationship with public at this serious time. In this way, artists praise the workers and volunteers who fight for public.
防治這一流行病需要所有人配合。醫生、護士、警察和消防員共同努力，使中國控制住病毒的傳播趨勢。這兩幅漫畫中的抗疫工作者被畫成漫畫人物，在這個緊張的時刻表達他們與公眾的關係。通過這樣的方式，藝術家們就讚美了為公眾而戰的工作人員和志願者們。
Health care workers help people with their bodies though they are dangerous being attacked by the virus.
Source / Weibo
Health care providers play the most significant role in fighting the pandemic. They come from all over the country to help the people living in Hubei , central China, fight the COVID-19. They left their homes during the worst of the pandemic in the country, working day and night in the hospital. Lots of cartoon artworks are made to praise them through exaggeratedly showing their selfless service in anti-pandemic work.
醫護人員在防治這一流行病方面發揮最重要的作用。他們來自全國各地，幫助生活在中國中部的湖北的人民來對抗COVID-19（新型冠狀病毒）。他們在國內疫情最嚴重的期間離開家，日夜在醫院工作。許多漫畫作品都是通過誇張地展示他們在抗疫工作中的無私奉獻來讚美他們。
Although the domestic virus outbreak has been controlled well, the is still serious in other countries such as USA, Italy, Brazil and Canada. As the first outbreak country, Chinese experience has not been studied by other countries. They didn’t alert themselves and came into danger one by one. Some artists draw caricatures to satirize them.
雖然國內的疫情已經被很好地控制住了，但是美國、義大利、巴西和加拿大等其他國家等疫情還很嚴重。中國是最早爆發疫情的國家，他們並沒有學習中國的經驗。他們也沒有因此警覺並且逐個陷入危險。一些漫畫家畫了諷刺漫畫來諷刺他們。
This cartoon theatrically shows that other countries observe from the sideline when Chinese pandemic situation is serious and the attitude they underestimate the virulence of the pandemic leads their countries lose the best time to prevent and control the virus.
Source / Weibo
With the pandemic spreading all over the world, the global economy entered a depression. U.S. stocks have broken four times over the past one month. Bank of America economist Michelle Meyer said the U.S. economy is in recession. More people will be unemployed and wealth will be looted. Bank of America expects 3.5 million people to lose their jobs in the second quarter, which will only get worse and is not expected to return to normal until July. The US economy will shrink by 12% in the second quarter and 0.8% throughout the year. The global economy will also suffer because of this. Great losses or even bankruptcy of companies happen successively. Artists also made cartoons to record this historical time.
隨著疫情在世界各地蔓延，全球經濟進入蕭條。在過去的一個月裡，美股已經熔斷了四次。美國銀行經濟學家米歇爾·邁耶說，美國經濟正處於衰退之中。更多的人將失業，財富將被掠奪。美國銀行預計，第二季度將有350萬人失業，這只會變得更糟，預計到7月才會恢復正常。美國經濟第二季度將萎縮12%，全年將萎縮0.8%。因此，全球經濟也將受到影響。公司的巨額虧損甚至破產接連發生。漫畫家們也通過畫漫畫來記錄這一歷史性的時刻。
Virus cause problem on world economy and this cartoon records this important time in a vivid way.
Source / China Daily’s official Weibo
China has nationally lift the ban, but there are still many problems waiting to be solved. What time can the college students come back to school? Are there any protections of unemployed workers? How long should we keep wearing the mask? Will it be difficult for graduates to find a suitable job in current economy environment hitted by the virus?
中國已經在全國範圍內解除禁令，但仍有許多問題有待解決。大學生什麼時候能回到學校？對失業工人有什麼保護措施嗎？我們應該繼續戴口罩多久？在目前受病毒侵襲的經濟環境中，畢業生是否難以找到合適的工作？
These questions are of public worries and cartoon work is an excellent way to reflect the aspirations of the people.
這些問題引起公眾的擔憂。漫畫作品是反映人民願望的極好方法。
A man who engages in special service on the jig to dinner is afraid of being found by policemen because he doesn’t wear a mask.
Source / Weibo
Cartoon is a form of art and a figure in simple and exaggerated way of life or pictures of current events. Methods of distortion,metaphors, symbols, implication and insinuation are generally used in it. Artists often constitute a humorous picture or the picture group, to achieve the effect of irony or praise.
漫畫是一種藝術形式，是一種簡單誇張的生活方式或時事圖片中的人物。歪曲的方法，隱喻，符號，暗示和影射的方法一般都在其中使用。藝術家往往構成一個幽默的畫面或畫面群體，達到諷刺或讚美的效果。
Culture of cartoon have developed for many years. It has strong sociality while some works purely for entertainment. Cartoon’s main differences with other painting form are unique methods and the concept of representation. It is ironic, having humorous art characteristics and social functions such as awareness, education and aesthetic.
漫畫文化已經發展了多年。它有很強的社會性，而一些作品純粹是為了娛樂。卡通與其他繪畫形式的主要區別是獨特的方法和表現的概念。具有諷刺意味，具有幽默的藝術特徵和意識，教育和審美等社會功能。
Chinese cartoons came into vogue from 1925. Feng Zikai’s paintings are serialized in Shanghai Literature weekly. Zheng Zhenduo, editor in chief of the magazine, named Feng Zikai's unique style of painting "cartoon". Since then, the word "cartoon" has become popular in China.
中國漫畫從1925年開始流行起來。豐子愷的畫被連載在上海文學周刊上。該雜誌主編鄭振鐸將豐子愷獨特的畫風命名為「漫畫」。從那以後，「漫畫」這個詞在中國流行起來。
In 1979, The People's Daily cartoon supplement "Satire and Humor" was published. Cartoon newspapers and periodicals from all over the country appeared. Cartoon societies, research societies and so on have also been established in various places.
1979年出版了《人民日報》的漫畫副刊《諷刺與幽默》，全國各地的漫畫報刊出現。各地也建立了漫畫社，研究會等。
American cartoon has developed to this day, and has evolved into three forms, namely, traditional cartoons with satirical humor, narrative cartoons, and exploratory pioneer cartoons. We usually see traditional caricatures of satire and humor and they are often drawn for political use.
美國漫畫發展到今天，並演變成三種形式，即具有諷刺幽默的傳統漫畫、敘事漫畫和探索性先鋒漫畫。我們通常看到諷刺和幽默的傳統漫畫，並且他們常被用於政治用途。
Ironical cartoon of Trump's launching of a trade war drawn by an American cartoonist.
Source / Bing
Chen Yuli, a cartoonist awarded the highest award 「Golden Monkey Award」 by the Comic Arts Committee of the Chinese Artists Association in 2010, said, 「sarcasm and humor are cartoon’s life.」 However, he thinks that thought was liberated, cartoon was also liberated now. Today's cartoons are more varied.
在2010年被中國美術家協會漫畫藝術委員會授予漫畫家最高獎「金猴獎」的陳玉理，他說：「諷刺和幽默是漫畫的生命。」然而，他認為現在思想得到了解放，漫畫同時也得到了解放。現在的漫畫更多樣化。
Chinese cartoons in the 21st century are mainly spread on the Internet. Because of the shortage of cartoon talents in the 21st century and some complicated reasons, Chinese cartoons are in the bottleneck period.
21世紀的中國漫畫主要流傳於網絡，由於21世紀的漫畫人才短缺和一些錯綜複雜的原因，中國漫畫正處在瓶頸期。
Current Chinese cartoons are mainly Japanese-style cartoons, which also shows that Chinese cartoons are hard to explore. However, there are still very good comics nowdays, including Ao Youxiang's "The House of Sable Gragon", Xia Da's"Things That People Can't Explain" and "The Long Song Goes".
21世紀的中國漫畫主要為仿日式漫畫的風格，這也說明中國漫畫正在艱難的探索，但是今天，仍然有非常不錯的漫畫，包括敖幼祥的《烏龍院》、夏達的《子不語》和《長歌行》。
To fight virus, China made lot of efforts and there are also a lot of sacrifices. Cartoon is a good way to record this memorable time and alert us to respect nature.
為了抗擊疫情，中國付出了很多努力也有許多犧牲。漫畫是一個很好的方式來記錄這個難忘的時刻並且警惕我們尊重生命與自然。
By | Wu Zheng
Type Setting | Xing Fengyi
Profreader | Yu Yousi
News Media Director | Xing Fengyi
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