Prompt
A 10-second animated historical documentary in the explanatory style of Vox. The background is a yellowed parchment world trade map with latitude and longitude grids, old routes, port stamps, paper creases, and light brown water stains.
An ancient tea picker carrying a bamboo tea basket sets out from a paper-cut illustration of the tea mountains in southern China and glides briskly along a green trade route. Each time the character passes a location, they scatter several tea leaves into the air, where the leaves spin and transform into tea cakes, tea chests, ceramic teacups, and maritime cargo icons.
The route passes through mountain roads, relay stations, ports, and sailing ships. Vintage paper-cut stickers of caravan traders, teahouses, sailors, and overseas merchants pop up in sequence on both sides of the frame. The character eventually arrives at an old European-style tearoom, pours the tea into a teapot, and enjoys tea with the locals.
At the end, steam rises and forms a map curve connecting East and West. Smooth motion graphics, paper collage style, tea green, ochre, umber, and cream tones, warm and restrained, evoking the historical spread of tea.