Judging from the scenes in the animation, there is a large peak forest where Huluwa lives, and there are stalactites in the cave where Snake Spirit lives, which is an obvious Caster landform. Although China's Kasite landform area is mainly distributed in Yunnan and Guizhou, it is also distributed in Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan, Shanxi, Gansu and Tibet. It seems that it is impossible to determine the area where the gourd doll is located.
Therefore, we need to continue to look for clues in animation. In the animation, the thatched cottage where Grandpa lives has a sharp roof. This design is generally designed to facilitate drainage, which means there should be a lot of rainfall in the local area. Combined with the snake essence, spider essence, scorpion essence, pangolin and other animals in the plot, it can be inferred that the local climate is hot and humid, and the biological types are diverse. The provinces that best meet these characteristics are undoubtedly Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.
Mr. Wu Chuyun, the original author of Hulu Brothers, said in an interview that the first draft of Hulu Wa is not what we saw. Later, after several revisions, I saw the image of Huluwa. Although there are some differences in the modeling of several versions of Huluwa exposed by the old gentleman, the national costume style in their costume design is very obvious. Unfortunately, the old gentleman did not specify which nationality the inspiration came from.
From the perspective of costume design, the costumes worn by characters in Hulu Brothers' animation tend to be the traditional costumes of Li, Dai, Lahu and Wa. Among these ethnic minorities, except Li mainly lives in Hainan and a few in Guizhou, the other three ethnic minorities mainly live in Yunnan.
In other words, judging from the scenes and costumes in the Hulu Brothers animation, if there is a gourd doll, it is probably from Yunnan.
The plot of Hulu brothers
In the play, seven gourds are transformed into little boys, each with his own unique skills. For example, Dawa is a Hercules with infinite strength; Erwa is a clairvoyant and an ear. She can see and hear distant voices. Sanwa copper head and iron arm are basically invulnerable; Four dolls and five dolls, one can breathe fire and the other can spray water; The invisibility of Liuwa is not easy to be found; As for Qiwa, there is a magic weapon called Purple Gourd, which can suck any creature into the gourd.
It's a pity that these seven gourd dolls didn't go to save grandpa together. Because the oldest baby was born first, she was worried that grandpa would comfort her alone and was finally caught. As for the other gourd brothers, they are not much better. They all went to save grandpa one by one, and finally they were caught one by one. Fortunately, they successfully rushed out of the blast furnace at the last minute and defeated the devil. Together, they turned into seven-color peaks and suppressed the monsters at the foot of the mountain.