Videos of ancient people "answering me" have gone viral. How can AI be used to create videos of ancient people being brought back to life?

Recently, videos of ancient people "answering me" have been all over the internet. Li Shizhen in the morning, Sun Simiao in the afternoon, Bian Que in the evening, and Zhang Zhongjing at night have taken turns appearing. Each one is fun and full of witty remarks, and they have a lot of views!

Even People's Daily Online has joined this trend.

Zu Chongzhi's repeated "Answer me" resonates deeply. Throughout the video, through concise words and highly expressive visuals, he effectively conveys the viewpoint the video creator wanted to express.

Especially the phrase "look in my eyes," after scrolling through more than a dozen fan-made videos, that phrase is all I can hear in my head.

Some people also based their gameplay on this...fastStarting an account is like this: for example, this blogger I came across got 246,000 likes with just over ten videos, and successfully started an account right away.

These types of videos are not difficult to make; they require a total of 6 steps:

1. Paraphrase copywriting

2. Generate portrait images

3. Generate character videos

4. Audio Production

5. Lip-syncing

6. Editing

Below is an example I created:

01

DeepSeekParaphrase copywriting

This video is based on a game blogger named "Xiaoming Sword Demon". The original video was extremely emotionally engaging, and we created a derivative work based on it.

We sent our creative requirements to DeepSeek, andAIPlease generate a similar length of text for us. Here, we'll use Zhang Zhongjing as an example. Input:Prompt words:

• Please generate a script template for the current online video of Xiaoming the Sword Demon "Answer Me," and then apply this template from Zhang Zhongjing's perspective, including some吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic remarks) and memes. The length should be similar to the original video.

The resulting copywriting content is as follows:

• Not sleeping at midnight, not getting up at noon, hair clogging the drain, more pimples than toads—do you know why I "take bedtime medicine"? Speak up! Drinking iced chrysanthemum tea during the day to cool down, then insanely spicy hot pot at night to boost yang—are you playing with yin-yang dynamic balance? Is Article 360 of the *Shanghan Lun*, which says "alternating chills and fever will inevitably injure the middle jiao," just for show? Answer me! My tongue coating is yellow and white, you could draw a Bagua diagram on it, can't you see? Hmm, answer me, look in my eyes, tell me why, why? Baby, why? The most amazing thing is vitamin effervescent tablets with whiskey, and angelica and astragalus stewed in milk tea—this counter-attack of chills and fever is more effective than Hua Tuo's anesthetic powder! Speak up! If you dare use Baduanjin (Eight Pieces of Brocade) as a bedtime stretch again, believe me, this medical saint will perform "Cinnamon Twig Decoction to wake up this reckless youth" on the spot?

We only needBundlePrompt wordsReplace the names in the text with the characters you want and the subject of your comment, and you can use...AIBatch generate copy.

02

Create images of ancient people in a dream

Open the app and select "Generate Image".

enterPrompt words:

• Ink wash style, half-length portrait of Zhang Zhongjing, close-up front view

Click DeepSeek-R1,Let DeepSeek help us improvePrompt words.

In the generatedPrompt wordsChoose a suitable option and click "Generate Now".

Here we save the second image. (The person's face is frontal and the features are relatively clear.)

Using the same method, let's draw another background image in the style of traditional Chinese ink painting.

03

Viggle video creation

Here we need to download the original video of "Xiao Ming Sword Demon".

Open the Viggle web version.

Upload the original video of "Xiao Ming Sword Demon" and the character portrait we drew.

Select a green screen background, then click Generate.

If you notice some ghosting in the initially generated video, you can click [here].Background EnhancementThen generate it again, and you'll get the desired video effect.

Click the download button in the upper right corner of the video to save it for later use.

04

Minimax Audio Audio Production

Regarding the voice portion, weRetain the phrases "Answer me" and "look in my eyes" from the original audio.These are the more prominent aspects of these emotions.

For the other parts of the text that have been modified, we use Minimax Audio to clone the sound and regenerate it.

Import the original video into CapCut and select to export only the audio.

Open Minimax Audio, and in the Sounds tab, select Create New Sound.

Upload the audio we just extracted.

Enter a name for the sound, select Chinese (Mandarin) as the language, check the confirmation box for the terms of service below, and click "Convert".

On the speech synthesis page, enter your text.

In the settings on the right, select the new voice you just created (Xiao Ming Sword Demon).Default Emotional ModeautomaticThe speed can then be adjusted to 1.1-1.3 times.That sounds more natural.

Click "Generate" to listen to and download the newly generated audio.

If you are not satisfied with the preview, you can click "Generate" again. Each generated audio will be randomly adjusted, and you can choose the appropriate version to download.

05

Lip-syncing

Open the lip-syncing page in JiDream Digital Human. Upload the video and audio we just generated.

We don't need to lip-sync the parts of the audio that use the original sound; we can just cut out the parts that need lip-syncing from CapCut and import them in.

06

CapCut Editing

Click to select the video frame.

Select the scene - Chroma keying, then use the color picker to sample the color of the green screen in the scene.

Adjust the cutout parameters to completely remove the green screen area and reveal the background.

Add subtitles, and you can export the finished video!

By following these steps, even beginners can create innovative videos without much effort; all you need is a good idea.

If you're also interested in getting into self-media, why not start with this video?

Perhaps the next viral video will be created by you!

All tools mentioned in this article:

DeepSeek:

Dream:

Viggle:

MiniMax Audio:

CapCut: