#zhang yao

[movielosophy]

Riverside Code at Qingming Festival | Do I have to call you Sister-in-law too?

[dangermousie]

Do you know what struck me watching this? This is the world of Joy of Life with no Fan Xian. This is what this is.

But oh, ZBY's humanistic, stubbornly hopeful credo - and not because he doesn't know horrors or powerlessness but bcause he refuses to accept them.

The message really is even if the fight is hopeless, it's worth it; and just as with the doomed couple, the same with the scholar - they are not condemned for their acts because the world has left them no choice; they may have fought against the stacked rules (and broken laws and taken lives - though the lives they took were those of monsters) and lost but they fought and that's what matters.

[cnladies]

ZHANG YAO 张瑶 | photoshoot

Zhang Yao: more photos here photoshoot: more photos here

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: The Rise of Ning (2024)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama "The Rise of Ning"

【锦绣安宁】第1集 | 张晚意、任敏主演 | The Rise of Ning EP1 | Starring: Zhang Wanyi, Renmin | ENG SUB

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9IGi7CmhE

[lostinadrama]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 (2024)

[chineseredcarpet]

Zhang Yao for A Lonely Hero's Journey promos

[ohumrak]

Zhang Yao 张瑶 | 2025.04.08

[stellarflex]

[psychic-waffles]

Our three main cast for jiumen have been officially announced and the booting ceremony was held today！

William Chan as Zhang Qishan

Zeng Shunxi as Wu Laogou

Chen Yao as Huo Xiangu

(although not officially announced, Ying Haoming was at the table reads so we can assume he's back as Ba Ye in some capacity)

[niteshade925]

April, China, some fun stuff and the conclusion to the 2024 China series:

First up is something I came across while window shopping, a folk art of Tianjin and also a recognized Intagible Cultural Heritage of China called Niren Zhang/泥人张, translated as "clay figure Zhang". This folk art was passed down through a family of clay sculptors where the surname of the family is Zhang/张, hence the name. The family established their name as clay sculptors during the Daoguang era (1821 - 1850) of Qing dynasty, and up until the present day, there has been six generations of sculptors. Niren Zhang is known for their life-like depictions of people, characters, mythical figures, deities, and particularly of the life of commoners in Tianjin in late Qing dynasty to early Republic era. This piece depicts the scene in a shoemaker's shop, and it was, of course, in the display window of a shoe store.

Two pieces by the sixth-generation sculptor of the Zhang family, Zhang Yu/张宇 (both pictures from the Niren Zhang official site). The piece on the left is a painted clay sculpture of Guan Yu/关羽. The piece on the right is an interesting one, a somewhat rare depiction of Guanyin/观音 as a male (also how Avalokiteśvara was originally depicted in India), while Guanyin is most commonly depicted as a female in Chinese Buddhism today. This change in how Guanyin was depicted happened during Song dynasty (960 - 1276).

More "window shopping" (in quotes since we did go into the stores) pics, this time at a mall

There was a cool merch/toy store in the mall that has A TON of cute merch from various shows and games

Yao Chinese Folktales (中国奇谭) merch, this is the fox scholar from Ep 2 Goose Mountain

These are DIY toys from pretty well known Chinese toy brands (btw this is not an ad lol) so I'll just leave these pics here

And that's it for the 2024 China series! The 2025 China series will start around May-June 2025, see y'all then!

[morweneledhwen]

After 84 years of waiting, filming of 九门/Jiu Men finally begins.

Rumors say that it will take about four months.

[movielosophy]

Riverside Code at Qingming Festival | Just one bite, okay?

[dangermousie]

The way Mo offers to take the guilt on himself so SQ won't have to do it!!!!

And SQ won't let him!

Honestly, I am unwell.

Mo's little grin in response. This breaks my heart in the best way.

[cnladies]

ZHANG YAO 张瑶 | Tencent Video All Star Night 2024

Zhang Yao: more photos here Tencent Video All Star Night 2024: more photos here

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: The Rise of Ning (2024)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama "The Rise of Ning"

【锦绣安宁】第1集 | 张晚意、任敏主演 | The Rise of Ning EP1 | Starring: Zhang Wanyi, Renmin | ENG SUB

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n9IGi7CmhE

[lostinadrama]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 (2024)