In the inheritance of human culture, the father figure owns its special symbolic meaning, not only referring to a specific group of people, but also representing a cultural symbol. In Chinese animated films, the interpretation of the father figure has always been tightly bound with the mainstream culture and values of the society, and is evolving along with their transition. From the symbolic "hegemonic" father who symbolizes authority and order in early Chinese animated films, to the "idealized" father with tenderness and wisdom, then to the "wimpy" father that emerges in response to the changing concepts of the times, and finally to the present father who has become more vivid and diverse thanks to the breaking down of the traditional stereotype of gender, the evolution of the father figure represents the transition of the public cognition and emotion towards it with the development of the times.