This article aims to discuss the result of the analysis of the Taoism principles in the 1988 Chinese ink-wash animation Shan Shui Qing (Feelings of Mountains and Water). In contrast to popular animation, Shan Shui Qing incorporates calligraphy and landscape paintings that are rich in the charm of Chinese traditional culture. The expression of nationalisation in the animation is not only in the superficial "Chinese elements" form but more importantly, the core of Chinese cultural thought conveyed in it. Shan Shui Qing takes the Taoist principles as the soul and creates a virtual purely spiritual world. It employs level shifts in the Chinese ink-wash painting technique on rice paper to convey aesthetic ideals and artistic endeavours that are not only distinctive but also have significant implications for the harmony between nature and humanity.
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