A film about Peppa Pig is hitting theaters across China on February 5 next year, just in time for the Year of the Pig on the Chinese calendar.

一部关于小猪佩奇的电影将于2019年2月5日在中国各大影院上映，正好赶上中国历法上的猪年。

The film was co-produced Alibaba Pictures and Canadian media company Entertainment One, and is the first Chinese title combining live action and animated elements.

这部电影是由阿里巴巴影业和加拿大媒体公司eOne联合制作的，也是第一部将真人动作和动画元素结合在一起的中国电影。

The film features many Chinese elements, including pandas, Tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) and Jiaozi (dumplings), dragon dances, paper-cutting art and firecrackers.

这部电影有许多中国元素，包括熊猫、汤圆和饺子、舞龙、剪纸艺术和鞭炮。

It is an "important work" promoting "Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges with its global release,” Olivier Dumont, president of Entertainment One, said earlier this year.

今年早些时候，eOne的家庭及品牌总裁Olivier Dumont说：“此次联合制作的电影是一项促进中外文化交流的重要工作。”

"We hope excellent traditional Chinese culture will be inherited in a better way, and the up-to-date family atmosphere and education idea of Chinese younger generation can be shared to global viewers," said Zhang Wei, president of Alibaba Pictures.

阿里影业总裁张蔚表示:“我们希望优秀的中国传统文化能够以更好的方式被传承，中国年轻一代的最新家庭氛围和教育理念能够分享给全球观众。”

Peppa Pig is a British preschool animated TV program that has taken over the world since it first aired in 2004.

小猪佩奇是一个英国学前动画电视节目，自2004年首次播出以来，已经风靡全球。