White Snake:Afloat is the third film of Light Chaser Animation"New Legend"series,and the latest masterpiece of the"Chinese Animation Universe"that retells classical myths in 21st century.The film takes tolerance as its theme,showing transgressive love and its accultural function:the images of snake devils aggregate animals,women and monsters into transgressive power of thought,constructing tolerance and understanding of multicultural identities;the love myth in the classical poetic landscape provides a possible path to resolve the crisis of identity politics,and uses beauty to heal the tired soul in the era of cold intimacy.As a"digital classicism"animation,this film borrows the cumulative effect of cultural memory,expressing its feelings in the scenery of Hangzhou,and showing the elasticity of Chinese Civilization.