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“Life,” Sun Ye, Ma Yuru, Zhou Honglei, of China

In the World of WearableArt, 88 Dramatic Garments Grace the Stage in a Spectacular Performance

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Left: “This Is the Pyrocene,” R. R. Pascoe, of Australia. Right: “The Giant Purse,” Thao Nguyen, of Vietnam

“X-Ray,” Lyndal Linton, Brett Linton, Harvey Linton, of New Zealand

“Plastic Marriage,” Allison MacKay and Gabrielle Edmonds, of New Zealand

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for modern AU fics - what chinese media did diaspora consume?

making this post because some of us in the diaspora server were having a chat about what Chinese media "Diaspora Chinese" watched in the 90's - 2000's (and even sooner than that) while not having access to satellite chinese media or streaming services - this is in the context of writing modern AU fics based off Chinese media/novels (so your main character's grandpa or uncle is not, in fact, watching an episode of Friends or Shortland Street or something as flavour text because sorry what the hell-)

We generally watched a lot of stuff on VCDs, including bootlegged and non-bootlegged movies, shows, anime/donghua. My household had a whole VCD album of this, and a lot of VCDs (even if they were pirated editions) would have a fancy hardcover box with a magnetic clasp and some artwork representing the show on it.

All of this is Mandarin - so not TVB stuff, because I'm from Northern China and I don't know any cantonese - but Canto friends, please feel free to add to the list! This is mostly stuff my parents liked to watch, or I liked to watch with them, with the exception of a few which I mainly watched with friends/cousins when I was maybe (in most cases) eleven/twelve years old onwards. This is a pretty personal list, meant to give people general idea of a possible "ballpark" of sorts, and by no means exhaustive.

Now, for the list of shows which I can confirm I had or someone I know had on VCD or some kind of offline media format lol (I'll try add release year stamps and links to the EN wikipedia where possible):

Period dramas (mostly Qing Dynasty stuff):

Huan Zhu Gege 还珠格格 (1998, April-) This is a classic, so many memes come from this show; hugely popular series, basically cemented Zhang Tie Lin's face as the face of the Qing Emperor for about a decade. Tie Chi Tong Ya Ji Xiao Lan 铁齿铜牙纪晓岚 (2002-2010) - I loved this show as a kid and watched all four seasons on repeat with family... The "trio" in this show are well known and loved.

Amazing Detective Di Ren Jie / 神探狄仁杰 (2004) A very popular and addictive show. Ok now the Big Four:

Romance of 3 kingdoms 1994 / 三国演义 (1994) - a classic that has had many remakes, my older cousin would play this on repeat...

Hong Lou Meng/红楼梦 （1987） - another classic with many remakes, but I think the most recognised by the public one is the 1987 one.

Journey to the West / 西游记 live action (1986) - I think the 1986 version of the live action is the most recognised one. *Shui Hu Zhuan / 水浒传 (1998) - I am not too familliar with the live action of this one in my household tbh bc my mum doesn't like it lol (she keeps saying it's too depressing) but I'm sure it's up there with the rest of the big four, if anyone has an opinion on this one please let me know!

Modern setting shows:

My dad loved all the Sun Honglei (孙红雷 - actor name) stuff, iirc it was a lot of MinGuo period espionage stuff, your shanghai 1920's sxc aesthetic. This actor has been around since 1999? Qian Fu （潜伏）was very famous, and Ren Jian Zheng Dao Shi Cang Sang （人间正道是沧桑）。 These were around '08 and '09.

Chuang Guan Dong - 闯关东 (2008) (Baidu link, sorry - couldn't get an EN wikipedia one). This show was huge when it was airing, everyone was watching it. I was pretty young but even I watched it and got invested ... and I thought it was such an "old person" show at the time lmao. Xiao Bing Zhang Ga / 小兵张嘎 （2004） (sorry, again Baidu link) - yo, anti-japanese war movies set between 1937-1945 were crazy popular - this is one of them and was very popular):

Donghua/Anime (all the stuff kid me watched and some which I didn't but were popular):

喜羊羊与灰太狼 (2005-) Calabash Brothers / 葫芦兄弟 （1986-1987） Black Cat Detective / Hei Mao Jing Zhang 黑猫警长 （1984-2010） Lan Mao Tao Qi 3000 Wen 蓝蓝猫淘气3000问 AKA 蓝猫 (blue cat) (October 1999 - Present) Legend of Ne Zha 哪吒传奇 (2003) Journey to the West/Xi You Ji 西游记 This was truly the Donghua I grew up on from when I was a bb, the OP song and ED song are classic bangers all kids know. Slam Dunk/ 灌篮高手 - People truly watched a lot of anime that may or may not have been terribly dubbed into mando (possibly canto too). Late 80s and 90s kids were all over this, and Dragon Ball, Crayon Shinchan (labixiaoxin).

Taiwanese Dramas:

This is mid-late 2000's, I would be remiss to not talk about the Taiwanese dramas of this era. Mike He, Rainie Yang, Wu Zun (amongst many, many others) were huge. Stuff like Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao, it started with a kiss, Hua Yang Shao Nv (Taiwanese version of Hana Kimi) were all pretty popular. Not sure if these shows all hold up in 2023, but boy were they popular at the time.

Note about CNY:

For CNY, people would try to tune into 春节联欢晚会 (the CCTV official CNY show) at that One Friend Who Had China Satellite TV's house. Zhao Ben Shan / 赵本山 was a comedy staple, and the show would often feature people from the music industry to perform. Eventually these people became more and more relevant to my gen and Jay Chou etc started appearing.

Last but not least Xian Jiaaaan 仙剑:

In 2005 I was all over 仙剑奇侠传 (Chinese Paladin), based off the video game. This show was crazy popular and probably sent me and a whole lot of other kids into Xianxia / Wuxia hell (and Hu Ge hell, and later I came back to love Liu Yifei). Thank you. The OST is a true banger.

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The Detectives' Adventures (2021) 萌探探探案

Director: Wu Tong Starring: Na Ying / Yang Zi / Sun Honglei / Sha Yi / Huang Zitao / Yang Di / Song Yaxuan / Liu Yaowen / Song Dandan Genre: Reality Show Country/Region of Production: Mainland China Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 2021-05-28 (Mainland China) Number of episodes: 14 Single episode length: 180 minutes Also known as: 萌贼探案 Type: Crossover

Summary:

This show is iQIYI's first work to create a "Variety Track" and the country's first IP immersive reasoning reality show. Each episode is based on a classic IP, restoring, adapting, and "traveling" to the original show in a hilarious way. clip; seven guests form the "Cute Detective Family", and through the plot's doubtful points and high-energy games, they obtain clues, counter-routine reasoning, and happily find the truth!

Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/35231928/

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW5fXiOcWdc&ab_channel=iQIYI%E7%BB%BC%E8%89%BA%E7%B2%BE%E9%80%89

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQbFfbf9raI ¡Te invitamos a un nuevo capítulo de la serie de transmisiones en vivo del ciclo 2024: "ANÁLISIS HIPERBÓREO DE PELÍCULAS"! Con los comentarios y análisis expertos del Lic. Pablo Santa Cruz de la Vega. Hoy, nos sumergiremos en el fascinante mundo de “Mongol”, una película dirigida por Sergéi Bodrov en 2007 y producida por varios países, entre ellos Rusia y Mongolia. La película está protagonizada por Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun y Khulan Chuluun, y obtuvo una nominación al premio Óscar por mejor película extranjera. Es el primer filme de una trilogía basada en el Rey del Graal mongol Genghis Khan.

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Zhang Ziyi apaixona-se pelo professor que acabou de chegar à aldeia da província da China. Tenta atrair a sua atenção por pequenos gestos, até que um dia o professor vem almoçar a sua casa (numa circuito programado para se integrar e conhecer todos os habitantes da aldeia. Almoçava numa casa diferente a cada dia) e torna-se mais evidente o seu encanto por ele. Porém ele tem de regressar à cidade para prestar declarações, e só quando Ziyi adoece, ele vem à aldeia para a visitar, e no dia seguinte regressa para cumprir pena. O filme anda à volta da espera, das paisagens e tradições rurais da China e da importância da entidade do professor no meio rural. Boas paisagens, boas fotografia. 

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Bad movie I have Triangle 2007 aka Tit sam Gok

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MONGOL Review - **½

MONGOL Review – **½

While digging through a mass of papers left from my freshman year of college, I discovered a couple of my earliest in-depth film reviews, written for an Introduction to Russian Culture class in the spring of 2009. First is my review of Sergei Bodrov’s biopic of Genghis Khan—first of a planned trilogy, though it’s not clear if the trilogy will ever be completed—which earned a B+. I offer it as it…

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Do you believe, that freedom comes with a price?

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Dilireba and Sun Honglei’s endorsement posters for the mobile game - Archangel of Glory

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Promo Round-up: New World

Promo Round-up: New World

L-R: A police officer, a gangster and a spy.

New World stars Sun Honglei, Zhang Luyi and Yin Fang as non-biological brothers who always have each other’s backs despite differing political loyalties. Wan Qian, Li Chun, Hu Jing costar.

The 70 episode drama airs daily on Beijing TV / Dragon TV beginning tonight.

Teaser 2, Romance Teaser

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周渔的火车（2002）

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Tadanobu Asano: “ I had a wonderful time in Mongol. 15years ago? “ (from his twitter)

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Go Fighting! S5E8

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Sealed Demon Tower (2016) 西游记之锁妖封魔塔

Director: Miao Jinguang

Screenwriter: Miao Jincang

Starring: Yu Shangmin / Zhang Zhilu / Qin Peijun / Zhang Xueyan / Li Honglei / more...

Genre: Drama / Action / Fantasy / Costume

Country/Region of Production: Mainland China

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Date: 2016-03-03

Duration: 60 minutes (China)

Also known as: Demon Lock Tower

Type: Reimagining

Summary:

The story takes place after the four master and apprentices went to the west to learn scriptures. At this time, Sun Wukong (played by Yu Shang) has been named as the Buddha of Fighting and Conquering Buddha, and the golden cudgel was returned to its original owner. Hearing that the thousand-year seal on the Demon Locking Tower was broken and demons were rampant, Sun Wukong came forward to subdue the demons and eliminate them. However, in the process, Sun Wukong discovered that the Heavenly Court actually had the act of referring to human beings as monsters and imprisoning them. Behind this, the sanctimonious Daoist Qingfeng manipulated everything. Wukong got acquainted with the human girl Yuexian (played by Zhang Xueyan) and the little monster Biliu (played by Li Honglei) who were slandered as demons, and they protected them on their journey to the west again, hoping to find Guanyin Bodhisattva and find out. When the court learned that Sun Wukong led the monsters in the monster lock tower to escape, they sent heavenly soldiers and generals to block their way. In the face of powerful pursuers, can Monkey King and his party reach their destination smoothly?

Source: https://chinesemov.com/2016/Sealed-Demon-Tower

Link: https://cn.pvod.tv/videoplay/28922-7-1.html

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Preparing my draft for an upcoming post in blog about the Qin's Moon: Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens - my new favorite 3D Chinese animation. Here are some screencaps from it and I am really loving it so much.