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Cdrama: Gu Le Feng Hua Lu (2025?)

Gu Le Feng Hua Lu (2025) Title: Gu Le Feng Hua Lu Genres: Romance, Wuxia, Fantasy Total Episodes: 40 Airs: 2025 / TBD Network: Tencent Video

Watch this reel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLtkiRGOzIA

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Chapter Spotlight 5:

"Allegations of Chinoiserie: Gu(o)feng, Authenticity, and (Self-)Orientalization in Chen Qing Ling and Its Companion Album" by 墨客hunxi

Describe your topic/chapter in one sentence/one meme/140 characters.

Surprisingly absolutely no one whatsoever, I spend 4k+ words getting way too deep in the weeds regarding the translation choice of one (1) word. Now with bilingual footnotes in Chicago style!

What drew you to this topic?

I got distracted while working on translations of the CQL companion album back in the day and decided to make it everyone's problem.

Who's your favorite character?

How dare you try to make me choose between Lan Xichen and Xiao Xingchen!!!

Favorite line from the text?

To this day, I still really love the first line from the chorus of 《无羁》 Wuji:

煮一壶生死悲欢 / Warm a vintage of life and death, sorrows and joy 祭少年郎 / to commemorate the young men who have passed

Particular shout-out to the lyricist, 冥凰 Ming Huang — now that I've spent a little more time splashing about on the shallow end of Chinese internet fandom, I'm getting a better handle on which lyricists are out for blood.

Hey, so what's this gu(o)feng business?

Aha! Gu(o)feng is my terrible bastardization/smooshing-together of the terms 古风 gufeng and 国风 guofeng (lit. "ancient style" and "national style"). They are two contemporary Chinese music genres that intersect precisely at the confluence of authenticity and aestheticization, tradition and reception, fan production and original work, electric guitar and guzheng and suona and dizi. I can't get too far into it without really getting into it, so instead I will leave you with some links:

《倾尽天下》 by 河图

《琴师》 by 音频怪物

《风花雪月》 by 紫堂宿、林斜阳

《卷珠帘》 by 霍尊

《无约而来》 by 远皓zil、默默

《山外》 by 张远

You can find hunxi here on Tumblr @hunxi-guilai.

(FAQ) (all posts on Catching Chen Qing Ling)

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Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) Masterpost

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) is a Vocal synth (Vocaloid and SynthV) music project. It consists of songs themed around different figures throughout Chinese history. The project is a collaboration between different artists and creatives, with music and videos featuring prominent traditional Chinese elements. The project's title translates to "The Records of Magnificence of the Wangchuan" - In Chinese mythology, "Wangchuan" (or River of Forgetting) is a river in the Underworld that can rid one of their past life's memories, similar to the river Lethe.

A mobile game adaptation has also been developed by NetEast. Unfortunately, I haven't played it so I can't give much insight on it. However, I assume that its premise is similar to that of the idea behind the project as a whole: all these historical figures meeting each other in the Underworld after they died. Maybe.

You can find all the songs on Bilibili. The official Weibo can be found here. The game's website, which includes all characters appearing so far in the game, can be found here, and its Weibo can be found here.

(If you prefer YouTube, I've also put together a handy playlist. Please know that most of these videos are reposts though, so please watch the original Bilibili MVs if you can!)

This blog is where I will be posting everything I feel like I need to say about the songs in this project. A lot of it is lifted from my Twitter account but will be in much more detail. Note that I probably won't touch collab songs, or songs that don't focus solely on the project's own characters.

Disclaimer: I do not speak Chinese, nor am I an expert on Chinese history. Therefore, I cannot reliably translate the lyrics to these songs, nor my words should be taken as gospel. I am merely a nerd gushing about my hyperfixation.

Playlist

多情岸 【Duo Qing An】 ➼ B link

洛阳怀 【Luo Yang Huai】 ➼ B link

易水诀 【Yi Shui Jue】 ➼ B link

山河令 【Shan He Ling】 ➼ B link

簪花人间 【Zhan Hua Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

栖凰 【Qi Huang】 ➼ B link

心上秋 【Xin Shang Qiu】 ➼ B link

祖龙吟 【Zu Long Yin】 ➼ B link

如见青山 【Ru Jian Qing Shan】 ➼ B link

竹林间 【Zhu Lin Jian】 ➼ B link

天下局 【Tian Xia Ju】 ➼ B link

青鸟衔风 【Qing Niao Xian Feng】 ➼ B link

木兰行 【Mu Lan Xing】 ➼ B link

好字唯之 【Hao Zi Wei Zhi】 ➼ B link

不可道 【Bu Ke Dao】 ➼ B link

水叙湖风 【Shui Xu Hu Feng】 (collab) ➼ B link

是非 【Shi Fei】 ➼ B link

风起甘露 【Feng Qi Gan Lu】 (collab) ➼ B link

谓剑 【Wei Jian】 ➼ B link

万象霜天 【Wan Xiang Shuang Tian】 (New Year event song) ➼ B link

千秋梦 【Qian Qiu Meng】 ➼ B link

易安难安 【Yi An Nan An】 ➼ B link

惊鹊 【Jing Que】 ➼ B link

高歌破阵 【Gao Ge Po Zhen】 (collab) ➼ B link

不赴 【Bu Fu】 ➼ B link

西行 【Xi Xing】 ➼ B link

大航海家 【Da Hang Hai Jia】 ➼ B link

牡丹乱 【Mu Dan Luan】 (collab) ➼ B link

倾国 【Qing Guo】 (collab) ➼ B link

相虎 【Xiang Hu】 ➼ B link

补天裂 【Bu Tian Lie】 ➼ B link

此期盈期 【Ci Qi Ying Qi】 (1st anniversary song) ➼ B link

破云来 【Po Yun Lai】 ➼ B link

归钓吟 【Gui Diao Yin】 ➼ B link

始见千秋 【Shi Jian Qian Qiu】 ➼ B link

临川浮梦 【Lin Chuan Fu Meng】 ➼ B link

将军行 【Jiang Jun Xing】 ➼ B link

妄语人间 【Wang Yu Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 (2nd anniversary song) ➼ B link

问剑春秋 【Wen Jian Chun Qiu】 ➼ B link

起战令 【Qi Zhan Ling】 ➼ B link

人间应又雪 【Ren Jian Ying You Xue】 ➼ B link

旷古回响 【Kuang Gu Hui Xiang】 ➼ B link

墨隐侠声 【Mo Yin Xia Sheng】 ➼ B link

桃源故人 【Tao Yuan Gu Ren】 (3rd anniversary song) ➼ B link

燕双归 【Yan Shuang Gui】 ➼ B link

拜云台 【Bai Yun Tai】 ➼ B link

思华年 【Si Hua Nian】 ➼ B link

承天 【Cheng Tian】 ➼ B link

*Note: The anniversary songs are probably for the game's anniversaries, as the project itself is more than 5 years old.

Albums

Vol 1: 溯洄 【Su Hui】 Includes character songs from Duo Qing An to Zhu Lin Jian. Features human vocals.

Vol 2: 踏浪 【Ta Lang】 Includes character songs from Tian Xia Ju to Yi An Nan An + Shui Xu Hu Feng.

Vol 3: 数风流 【Shu Feng Liu】 Includes character songs from Bu Fu to Yan Shuang Gui, and the two anniversary songs.

Visual character guide:

PRE-QIN | QIN | WESTERN CHU | HAN | THREE KINGDOMS | JIN | NORTH & SOUTHERN DYNASTIES | TANG | FIVE DYNASTIES & TEN KINGDOMS | SONG | YUAN | MING | QING | DREAM

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i wanna get some new things started so like this for a realistic smut starter from one of the muses below the cut!! and by "realistic smut" i mean stuff like finishing too soon, not being able to finish at all, getting the giggles mid-stroke, accidentally elbowing your partner in the ribs, etc.

griffyn aimes (j.acob e.lordi fc)- he/him, 26, pansexual, switch, baker

bobbie childs (c.ailee s.paeny fc)- she/her, 23, bisexual, submissive, diner waitress

fern caruso (k.rysten r.itter fc)- she/her, 40, queer, dominant, therapist/dominatrix (verse dependent)

rory gifford (d.ominic s.essa fc)- he/him, 21, bisexual, submissive, hacker

marnie babbitt (t.aylor r.ussell fc)- she/they, 27, queer, submissive, nomad/doppelganger

esme cortez (a.lexa d.emie fc)- she/her, 28, bisexual, switch, exotic dancer/nail tech

buffy bloom (m.ia g.oth fc)- she/her, 26, bisexual, switch (dominant preference), exotic dancer/adult film star

leon ebert (b.ill s.karsgard fc)- he/him, 31, heterosexual, switch, jazz pianist

charlie gomez (r.uby c.ruz fc)- they/them, 24, lesbian, submissive, movie theater concessions clerk/projectionist

ari olsson (a.lexander s.karsgard fc)- he/him, 44, heterosexual, submissive, ceo

fiona rousseau (j.az s.inclair fc)- she/her, 27, queer, switch, vampire hunter/bounty hunter (verse dependent)

gwen michalchuk (m.addie p.hillips fc)- she/her, 28, pansexual, switch, witch/super human mutant (clairvoyance, telepathy, compulsion, power absorption, conjuring/spell-casting abilities)

romy chung (l.ondon t.hor fc)- they/she, 28, lesbian, dominant, personal assistant

keanu zhao (d.erek l.uh fc)- he/him, 28, bisexual, dominant, trust fund brat

gael campbell (a.sa g.ermann fc)- he/him, 24, bisexual, submissive, amusement park employee/super human mutant (strength, necromancy, advanced healing)

dominic "nickie" hagen (b.ill s.karsgard fc)- he/him, 27, bisexual, submissive, thief

winifred "winnie" perkins (m.ia g.oth fc)- she/her, 26, bisexual (closeted), submissive, farmer's daughter

priscilla mosyakov (k.aia g.erber fc)- she/her, 22, bisexual, switch, fashion blogger/nepo baby

josefine "jo" obasi (a.yo e.debiri fc)- she/her, 26, bisexual, switch, television writer

frenchie horowitz (r.achel s.ennott fc)- she/her, 25, pansexual, switch, escort/podcast host

lemon doyle (n.iamh m.ccormack fc)- she/her, 22, bisexual, switch, fashion magazine intern

bronte ferguson (m.argaret q.ualley fc)- she/her, 27, queer, switch, cult leader

jonah darke (b.ill s.karsgard fc)- he/him, 25, heterosexual, dominant, guitarist/lead singer/grafitti artist

august "gus" mueller (j.eremy a.llen white fc)- he/him, 31, heterosexual, dominant, landscaper/painter

julian "jules" hicks (t.imothee c.halamet fc)- he/him, 25, bisexual, switch, bassist/record shop employee

juliette feng (h.avana r.ose l.iu fc)- she/her, 26, pansexual, submissive, costume designer

envy adams (m.ia g.oth fc, m.addie p.hillips alt)- she/her, 27, bisexual, switch, lead singer of the clash at demonhead

gideon graves (b.ill s.karsgard fc)- he/him, 33, heterosexual, dominant, ceo/inventor/music executive

scott pilgrim (j.oe k.eery fc)- he/him, 27, bisexual, submissive, bassist for sex bob-omb

roxie richter (r.uby c.ruz fc)- she/her, 25, lesbian, switch, artist

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Love Me, Love My Voice (很想很想你) Review

I went into this drama not knowing anything about it. I didn’t know the actors nor the plot. However, after watching this drama filled with honey dripping sweetness, I was so glad I gave it a watch. 

My Rating: 9/10

Episodes: 33

Country: China

Genre: Pure Romance with good Music and too many scenes with food

Aired: Nov 30th, 2023 - Dec 16th, 2023

Cast:

Tan Jian Ci plays Mo Qing Cheng/ Qiang Qing Ci

Zhou Ye plays Gu Sheng/ Sheng Sheng Man

Hou Wen Yuan plays Zhou Zheng/ Jue Mei Sha Yi

Yang Xi Zi plays Geng Xiao Xing

Vincent Cao plays Feng Ya Song

Chen Hao Lan plays Dou Bing/ Mo Mo Er

Synopsis: 

Sheng Sheng (played by Zhou Ye) seems like a typical university student, however she has another identity online as “Sheng Sheng Man” where she makes music in the folk pop genre. One day, in a voice chat room while Sheng Sheng was talking to her friend, her idol, Qiang Qing Ci  who is a voice actor (played by Tan Jian Ci) enters the voice chat and speaks to her. Thus, Sheng Sheng’s world into professional music and love begins. 

This drama was adapted from the novel “Really, Really Miss You” (很想很想你) by Mo Bao Fei Bao (墨宝非宝). 

Beware of Spoilers Moving Forward!

What Episode did the Main Couple Start Dating?

Sheng Sheng and Mo Qing Cheng start dating as early as episode 8. She is reluctant to accept since they have only been together a handful of times, however, Mo Qing Cheng persuades her to start a relationship with him. 

Misunderstandings?

There are literally no misunderstandings, no break ups, no petty problems between the main couple as they talk about their feelings pretty straightforwardly. This show was genuinely a breath of fresh air between two green flagged characters. 

Love Triangles?

None. Nada. There was no second male lead or female lead there to squash the other person’s feelings. Purely feel good. 

Love Me, Love My Voice Ending

Love Me, Love My Voice has a cute typical happy ending, where they skip 2 years into the future and basically wrap up the story where they show that Sheng Sheng has finished her postgraduate studies and is beginning to work professionally as a composer. She is also preparing to get married to Mo Qing Cheng as he has already bought them a house. They go on a little vacation to their first retreat spot, and take wedding pictures and essentially reminisce about their time together. 

We also find out that Zhou Zheng and Geng Xiao Xing are also officially together. We also get a cute ending for Feng Ya Song and Dou Bing, where he finally takes the courage to try to confess to Dou Bing and she essentially accepts by telling him to stop talking, and takes his hand. 

Love Me, Love My Voice Review- Cute, Fluffy, Wholesome Romance

I give this show a wonderful 9/10. This show literally was the fluffiest, cutest, most wholesome romance for a girly who loves romance. It fulfilled every checkmark. The main characters have the healthiest relationship, the premise of voice acting and folk pop music was new and super fun to watch and listen to. I’ve never listened to any folk pop music before this show, but I was genuinely loving every song in this show (P.S. i have all the songs from this show added to a playlist on Spotify luls). They were massive foodies, which didn’t help me as I was watching the show. It made me always crave food when they described recipes or he was whipping up a dish. 

My review of this show lost a point only because I felt the character’s romance stayed very stagnant close to the end and not much was changing. Also, with the random time skip I felt like the ending was rushed. It felt like it was supposed to have a 40 episode run, but the show was cut short. 

This show, all in all, was just pure fluff with a new fun premise of voice acting and folk pop music, with a lot of food added in to create a unique wholesome romance. 

In my opinion, it's a must-watch if you love romance shows with little to no misunderstandings, no love triangles and pure fluff romance <3. 

[gracexiong]

closed: @gus-amado where: Downtown, Port Leiry

There were a great many things to do - since the chaos at the music festival, Grace felt unnerved and on edge. The Feng-Lindons so far had no said much of anything. But of course, that meant nothing. She wouldn't be brought into such discussions even if she preferred. Leaving the shop, she gave notice to the workers that she was stepping out for lunch.

Her eyes and stomach were set on a little cafe just a few blocks down and the fresh air would certainly allow her to think clearly.

Of course, she did not expect to run into someone on the way there. She stopped and looked him over, wondering if perhaps he was lost, confused, or simply just gotten himself turned around. If he was a tourist, it could be any number of things. He certainly didn't look familiar enough to be a local.

"Excuse me, are you looking for something in particular?"

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English translation for 红马 (女版) sung by 许蓝心 

translation is by yours truly ;)

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧  - ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 　　

Red Horse

I’m in Jiangnan, sprinkling joy free from sin,

You used the setting sun and broke the spring snow,

You’re in Qingjian, rouge parasol, damask satin,

Your music sings prospering embroidered lakes and mountains,

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Nanshan’s fishing village at night, a bowl of rice wine for three coins,

You travel the whole of Qingzhou province, 

Riding a red horse, feet in cloud boots, searching for a soulmate

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Woooh, by the clouds at dusk,

Woooh, sleeping to the sound of rain,

Woooh, love at west city

Woooh, parting at north city,

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I’m in Jiangnan, spreading joy free from sin,

You used the setting sun and broke the spring snow,

You’re in Qingjian, rouge parasol, damask satin,

Your music sings prospering embroidered lakes and mountains,

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Woooh, by the clouds at dusk,

Woooh, sleeping to the sound of rain,

Woooh, love at west city

Woooh, parting at north city,

.

I’m in Jiangnan, spreading joy free from sin,

You used the setting sun and broke the spring snow,

You’re in Qingjian, rouge parasol, damask satin,

Your music sings prospering embroidered lakes and mountains,

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I’m in Jiangnan,

You use the setting sun,

You’re in Qingjian,

You play a song

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[grrritz-ezra]

Tgcf playing fnaf:

Hua Cheng: He’s playing fnaf 1. He’s unbothered for the most part. A little stressed. He doesn’t understand what is making these robots so angry. Gege said this was a ghost game. These aren’t ghosts. These are tyrants.

Xie Lian: He laughed really hard when Bonnie jumpscared him. It was hilarious and a good effort at scaring him. It’s fnaf 2 that gets under his skin. It frustrates him.

Fu Yao: Weirdly good at fnaf 2. Like strangley good at it. He’s managing everything perfectly. The only issue is Nan Feng breathing in his ear. Murder will fix this.

Nan Feng: He’s about to lose his shit honestly. He thought it would be fun to play and it isn’t. The chicken he made fun of in the beginning has killed him at least four times now.

He Xuan: He chose sister location and he’s honestly seconds from never sleeping again. This is the best thing he’s ever seen. He’s relating to all of the animatronics. Besties in festering in hatred and spite for years until finally given the chance to get revenge and ruin everything good they ever had going for them. Mmmm good soup.

Shi Qingxuan: She cried immediately. Didn’t get past the fnaf 3 loading screen. Was in tears the moment she clicked on the game.

Qi Rong and Gu Zi: It’s a joint effort. Gu Zi is a master at this. He’s saying hes doing good so he can “protect his dad” when the time came. Hasn’t been jumpscared once. A natural born speedrunner. Qi Rong is about ready to hang himself. His kid hasn’t stopped playing since he woke up. He’s been going since fnaf 1 and they’re on ultimate custom night. He should have eaten him when he had the chance.

A TREAT:

Qi Rong and Gu Zi get to security breach and Gu Zi immediately claims rights to Gregory. Qi Rong is jealous. He’s heard Glamrock Freddy be called dad four times now. How the fuck is he coparenting with a bear? Gu Zi pointed at music man and said it looked like Qi Rong. He’s beginning to regret becoming a father.

[myu21]

Hello, do you have any recommendation of a good wuxia drama? I really love wire work in word of honor and would like to see more of nice action scenes in dramas. Thank you!

Hello~ Thanks for trusting in my judgement, and also my apologies that I've taken so long to get back to you. I don't know whether or not you can speak Chinese, so I'll try and give you ones that have Eng subs, and also try to cover all bases. Disclaimer: I love wuxia, but mostly old wuxia. I gave up wuxia after a certain someone butchered wuxia dramas year after year. So WOH was an absolute surprise to me. Therefore, I haven’t watched most of the recent productions I am recommending and I’m relying on other people’s judgement. 

If it's purely the wire work that you like from WOH and want something similar, then I recommend checking out the other works the WOH martial arts director has done. In particular, "Ultimate Note 终极笔记" has the best reputation among fellow WOH viewers. I've heard a lot of VERY good things about this show even though it's not wuxia. 

Most of the best wuxia is old, but not everyone is used to the old wuxia aesthetic. So I'll start with the recent production recommendations.

When I first began watching WOH I was SO drawn to the wuxia. I then started bemoaning the lack of good wuxia all over c-social media, and then was promptly reprimanded by some wuxia fanatics who told me there is good wuxia, just that people don’t know about it. The shows that were again and again recommended to me are: “Ancient Detective 侠探简不知" and “Love in Between 少年游之一寸相思”. I’ve only just begun watching these two myself, and I don’t want my experience to colour yours too much (though so far I'm liking "Ancient Detective" more as a successor to wuxia). Each have their pros and cons, and I reckon give them both a try and see which ones floats your boat more. They’re both relatively smaller productions, but I can tell good effort has been put into both and they aren’t just cash grabs by studios. 

Ok. Now onto a recent production of a canonical wuxia story. We are entering into Louis Cha or Jin Yong territory, the godfather of wuxia, the author to wuxia stories that get readapted every 5-10 years.

THE classic wuxia story is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Just how canonical is this text? It's the only Louis Cha novel to be translated into English. The recent 2017 production has a solid reputation as being faithful to the text, as opposed to some of the butchered adaptions of recent years. So it received good reviews. I haven't found any official eng subs, but a quick youtube search gave me the following fan sub:

Annnddddd now I'm going to recommend two of my absolute favourite wuxia stories, both by Louis Cha. There are many adaptions of these and I have spent way too many years of my youth (fiercely) debating which one is better and why. So without getting into that, I'm just going to tell you what I like.

The first is "Laughing in the Wind 笑傲江湖". It is both a layered look at the nature of good and evil as well as functioning as a political allegory. You will see WOH being influenced by ideas in this text re jianghu. This is the 2003 version I like. The music and cinematography and costumes. *Chefs kiss* Fan subbed version I found:

The ending theme song deserves its own spot in this post:

The second is "Demi-gods and Semi-devils 天龙八部". My absolute favourite. I spent years obsessing over the character of Qiao Feng. He remains my favourite wuxia character. I have also read and watched this story... too many times. Again, lots of philosophical and religious allegory in this story, lots of commentary on the nature of ambition and desire.

The 2003 version I have watched way too many times: fan subbed version I found:

Once you've got these names feel free to find the best fan subbed versions for yourself.

Needless to say, any Louis Cha story is guaranteed complex plot, complex characters, endless intrigue. Goes without saying.

The other biggest contenders to best Louis Cha adaptions are the even earlier ones from Hong Kong. However I was not able to find any eng subbed versions.

I've only mentioned one of the three titans of wuxia writing. So you can go crazy by looking into the works of Gu Long and Liang Yusheng too.

Happy viewing and do let me know how you go. 🙂

[nutty1005]

The new and starstudded “A Dream Like A Dream”, is the starting point, not the ending point, of Xiao Zhans

Original Article: https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_12542131 Original Author: 程辉剧场手记 The author published this in Pengpai News and shared on his Weibo Post on 6 May 2021.

Andante Cantabile, my most beloved music by Tchaikovsky, came from his String Quartet No. 1 in D major, every time it would painfully touch my heart, poet Xi Murong also used this to caption a melancholic poem. I thought, using it to sum up Lai Shengchuan’s representative work, “A Dream Like A Dream”, would be most apt.

“A Dream Like A Dream” lasts for 8 hours, this is something rare in Chinese theaters. Using the doctor as the first person, Patient No. 5 recalled and narrated in his narration, a surreal stage arrangement, emotions, life, fate, culture and societal upheaval, bringing tears to fog up your eyes. After 9 years of continued changes in the crew, Yanghua Theater brought in a new version with actors such as Xu Qing, Feng Xianzhen, Ge Xinyi, Xiao Zhan, Yan Nan, Zhang Liang, Huang Lu, Kong Wei, etc. The new version rivaled the quality of its predecessors, but yet bestowed a new presentation and expression.

A unique city was the backdrop for its first showing and the chance fate of the characters within the play allowed us to truly understand the nature of impermanence. In the play, there was an important term called “self-exchange”, which was said to come from an ancient practice from South Asia, by “breathing” with the others, so as to gift health and happiness, and remove his pain and misfortune. “A Dream Like A Dream” was a play that spoke of the search for the meaning of life, did it also deliberately “self-exchange” with the audience then? Once we understood the concept of “self-exchange”, we could also see that it was also a request to communicate with the reserved hearts of the contemporary person.

The fates of Gu Xianglan and Patient No. 5 were the two main timelines in “A Dream Like A Dream”, and the other timelines served to supplement or trigger the former. Patient No. 5’s motive came from “searching”, Gu Xianglan’s came from “chasing”. The chaser is the key to enlightening the searcher, the searcher became the resolution for the chaser, although they had different obsessions in their lives, they both came together in the end. Gu Xianglan’s deathbed confession to Patient No. 5 was not simply just an apology in her dazed state, but also her most unforgettable, wonderful and romantic memories of love; Patient No. 5, with his concern, consideration and inquiries, was like the listener from heaven, the guiding light to aid the soul in letting go of her regrets.

The 2021 Yanghua version of “A Dream Like A Dream” maintained its previous feature of multiple actors to one role, and multiple roles to one actor. Xu Qing, Feng Xianzhen, Ge Xinyi acted as after going abroad, old age and before going abroad versions of Gu Xianglan respectively. From the “peerless beauty” socialite of the brothels in Shanghai Beach, to the Baroness of a French Ambassador, to an artist, then to a maid, a sweeper of roads and alleys, to the lonely elderly in the hospital, she went through indescribable ups and downs.

Xu Qing had acted as Gu Xianglan since the play’s debut, and in the new version, her portrayal had already been exquisitely refined, the Gu Xianglan in her prime is lovely and graceful, but yet proud and wild, sensitive and emotional, as though Gu Xianglan’s soul had fully occupied her body. In addition to the true to form portrayal of the amorous nature of Gu Xianglan, her performance was exceptionally focused on the details of the silent scenes. When she and Xiao Zhan’s Patient No. 5 gazed at each other, when teary eyes met with clear eyes; from afar it seemed like she was looking at her younger self about to go onto a journey of no return, the resigned helplessness and the restless hope looked at each other; when realizing that the lost Baron had once returned, her astonished and sharp glares of anger; when Wang Debao found the tiny loft she stayed in by chance, her stealing glances were surprised and flustered… They were all full of the character’s aura and emotional tension, and the pain took the audiences by their hearts.

Senior actress Feng Xianzhen’s portrayal of the elderly version of Gu Xianglan was quite different from the version by the previous actress Lu Yan, which allowed the audiences to experience the wonder of plays due to different characterization. Lu Yan’s version was one that remained elegant and proud despite her tribulations, there was more calm and temperance, which would make the audiences respect the tenacity of this legendary lady. Feng Xianzhen’s version was a Gu Xianglan who went to France from Shanghai, and back to Shanghai from France, twice she found freedom and twice she fell. The cruelty of fate had ripped away all of the pretentiousness, the charm of her past had been lost, she was like every ordinary person. She would scheme cigarettes from strangers, curse as she liked with phrases such as “bastard”, “no good-doers in Taiwan”, mock those relatives who came to look after her as those who came for their inheritance. She fully portrayed the effects of her unfortunate life and her bitterness at the world, which made the audiences sigh in sadness.

Facing these two powerful actresses in portraying the same role, Ge Xinyi as the young Gu Xianglan, had a lot of pressure. Her performance was more inclined to a lonely beauty, the purity despite her circumstances, so as to provide a solid motive for the Baron and Wang Debao’s unrestrained infatuation. As a newcomer to the theater, her steady control was not an easy task, and should be praised for it. If she would be more open, layered and flavorful in her portrayal, the characterization would be better. After all, Gu Xianglan was the top courtesan within the midst of love and affairs, and the quiet and calm of a learned lady would be quite different from that.

Patient No. 5 was a journeyman of life. In the beginning, he suffered painful setbacks from the death of his child and the loss of his wife, and started a self-exiled wanderlust. His marriage came by mistake, almost like a replacement for his wife’s frustrating relationship. Fate caused him to lose his spirit, but he was unwilling to give up, hence he wanted to search for his wife, as though he wanted to search for himself. His encounter with Jiang Hong, was the wanderers’ sympathy for each other and to rely on each other. Only when he walked into the French castle and saw the tranquil and woeful eyes of Gu Xianglan, he seemed to see himself at the far coast of the lake, the cumulative rage and sorrow in both their hearts, their collective unwillingness to concede suddenly exploded, and he decisively dropped everything to find the lady in the painting. He did not know what question was ignited then, but he started his search for the dream of life.

In terms of the control of this character, Xiao Zhan and Yan Nan definitely put in a lot of efforts, they were highly immersive. What was even more rare was that, although their performances had different focuses, but they were both very united in terms of aura, body language, speech, pace and habitual actions, as though the two actors in the same stage were truly one character. For such a complete creation, you need not only tacit understanding.

Xiao Zhan’s performance exceeded my expectations. Despite it being his debut in a play, his performance was not even the least bit disjointed, and he was even able to merge his own personality characteristics with the role itself. His actions, pace and emotions gave a smooth interplay between tension and relaxation. The portrayal of innocent, naive, youthful, kind and fragile Patient No. 5, his unpreparedness in matters of love, was especially suitable as a youth who just joined society. It made the random encounter in the cinemas as the prelude of love more believable, and also gave a firm foundation to his actions later on, the multiple setbacks in later on, his wanderings, and his endless searching. With his wife and Jiang Hong, he had different relationships, the former was a budding first love, the latter came from empathy, Xiao Zhan had slightly different portrayal for the different phases of space and time, the cycle from simple to confusion, from searching to questioning, there was careful understanding and detailed handling. After discovering Gu Xianglan’s tracks, the clear longing that Xiao Zhan gave off collided with the layered longing from Xu Qing after her tribulations, was like the undercurrents under a calm lake, it drew in the rousing emotions, and became the strong force that pushed the story forward.

Xiao Zhan has the ability and the reason to achieve much better results in future theater stages. With time, if he could become even more at ease with the control of his body, if he could be even more accurate during the changes of character condition, I trust that he could achieve another breakthrough, and create even more challenging characters.

Reprising Patient No. 5 after many years, Yan Nan was obviously even more in-depth with his understanding of the script and character, and gifted the character a melancholy aura similar to those of an ancient poet, the quiet tones and deep glances became the key feature. The sense of accumulation of the vicissitudes, merged with Xiao Zhan’s portrayal, realized the continuation of the character’s fate. His performance on the hospital bed contrasted with Gu Xianglan on her hospital bed in a different time, and manifested Patient No. 5’s enlightenment after his miles of wandering, the person on the bed is awake, but those not were instead still dreaming. His calmness held the strings of every timeline together.

Zhang Liang’s portrayal of the Baron was the surprise of the show. If the old version’s Baron and Gu Xianglan was like the contest between eagle and the wild pigeon, the huge difference in power created the tragedy that made the audiences sad. The 2021 Yanghua version’s Baron and Gu Xianglan was like a pair of heavenly cranes, but they sang different notes as they flew to each other, and became a pair of lovebirds who hurt each other as they fell. The Baron became more romantic, more gentle and loving, but he remained prideful as he was still a noble beneath that amicable exterior, this was Zhang Liang’s new expression to the character, this also elevated Gu Xianglan’s difficulty in her choice, and even more so contrasted Gu Xianglan’s “evil” in her woeful revenge, and also left a branching point to the remaining love. His love for Gu Xianglan was true, it was not possession, but he loved the Oriental beauty, the caged Gu Xianglan, not the wild and free Gu Xianglan. Letting go and abandoning was his hopelessness for his lover, he felt that Gu Xianglan was letting herself go, she was betraying and depraving her beauty, he felt that his efforts were painfully wasted, it was not an attack on an escaped prey. This kind of portrayal made us wonder – love, was it to love a person, or was it to love an ideal? Love was to give or to receive? Was the ultimate goal of giving receiving?

The tragedy between Baron and Gu Xianglan became a tragedy of conflict between culture, social status and ideals. The difference between Baron and Gu Xianglan, did not merely exist on levels of culture and artistic ideals, but it was down to different life goals due to different cultural influences. It was hard for Baron to understand that his love only moved Gu Xianglan from a smaller cage to another bigger cage, even if he loved her deeply; Gu Xianglan who struggled for survival in a twisted environment, simply wanted to escape her cage, even if it meant poverty. This type of tragedy could not simply be explained with the character’s personality. The energy from repeated characterization is evident.

Huang Lu as Jiang Hong was a character that was rather difficult to grasp in “A Dream Like A Dream”. In her portrayal, Jiang Hong was an ordinary girl, who went through multiple troubles but was always chosen, besides her strong sense of survival, I almost could not see more personality. I remembered that I had brief flashes of a parallel universe while cooking eggs one morning, that was the state that she could not find herself or her position in life. She claimed herself as “the original Jiang Hong was dead, the Jiang Hong who arrived in Paris never existed” wanderer, her “relationship” with Patient No. 5 was merely a chance encounter in life, both of them were scared and questioning whether they should “fall into another relationship”. Huang Lu’s performance was very restrained, controlled, and tried hard to make herself not stand out, to do it to this extent was quite difficult. When she was talking about her stowaway escape, there was a point for emotional explosion, but yet she had to control it within the fine line between “surviving the calamity” and “unable to calm herself”. For this actress who was nominated multiple times for international awards and also won a national acting award, this was a rare stage experience.

Kong Wei, who just took off her costume in “Thunder Rain”, portrayed Shi Li Hong, the Mama-san of “Fairy Court”, in “A Dream Like A Dream”. Scheming and cunning in worldly matters, but yet she maintained her own sense of righteousness with Gu Xianglan and her sisters, fleshed out the character with even more emotions. Especially when the drunk professor professed his love for her, her teasing and forced calmness was mixed with surprise and shyness, as every emotion came at the same time, she managed them with ease, not only was the set brightly colored, there was also the sudden exposure of the character’s personality. Wang Peiyu who acted as the young Wang Debao, also showed the character’s clumsiness and stubbornness, his portrayal of passionate love was on point, which was just as brilliant.

There were many characters in “A Dream Like A Dream”, the group’s shared brilliance could not be forgotten, many actors who acted as multiple roles displayed exceeding energy. This came down to the Yanghua creativity production team, lead by Art Director Wang Keran, who had astute senses in actor selection as well as careful detailing in every part of the creation.

Luo Yongjuan, who portrayed a puppet in “Jewish City” and Li Zonglei, who had many important roles in many dramas and plays, both portrayed over 10 characters, and outstandingly completed the character creation for all of these different roles. Ruan Li, who portrayed the cousin, the dancer, the child, etc, also contributed multiple talents. Wang Weiqian, who portrayed Aunt Jin, the tourist, etc; Sun Zhongyi, who portrayed the professor, the old servant, etc, they all left deep impressions.

To display the characters but not to display themselves, this was the forefront of all theater actors, this was done by Xu Qing and Xiao Zhan, Zhang Liang and other stars, this was the respect they gave the play, the stage, the audience and themselves.

When the first kissing scene appeared for Xiao Zhan, part of the audiences were controlled but there were still some excessive “fan” reactions, but this did not interrupt his performance pace, this reminded me that Xu Qing and Hu Ge version also had the same situation many years ago. We could see that the actors were immersed, they prepared mental homework for every segment and detail, this was the hard work and the goal of both the production and the actors. Putting in efforts into acting and solely seeking the effects of celebrity, these are two totally different things after all.

When rehearsing or refreshing old classic plays, most of the time, methods such as subversion, recreation or simple replay were used. 2021 Yanghua’s version of “A Dream Like A Dream” is a case of production relying on the new cast to continuously discover deeper understandings, to recreate, and then to give audience a new icing on the cake while ensuring the quality of the play.

I was interviewed after the debut showing and said that this play was the Xiao Zhan’s starting point and not his ending point, and I also hoped that more capable actors would come to the theater stage, focus on the creation of art, and from that we could forge our own generation of quality “full celebrities”, such as Jin Shan, Shi Hui, Bai Yang, Zhang Ruifang, Shu Xiuwen, Laurence Olivier, Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, etc, of China. On the international theatrical stage, this is just commonplace.

[nakareiiii]

忘川风华录 Cheat Sheet - THREE KINGDOMS

Character list for the music project/game Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu

Cheat sheet created solely for my own convenience

All images etc taken from the game's official website

Info taken from Wikipedia

Mao-mao not included, sowwy

曹植 | Cao Zhi | Tào Thực

192 – 232

Poet, son of the warlord Cao Cao, author of Luo Shen Fu

Extremely unfavoured by his family

Song: Duo Qing An

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 天

赵云 | Zhao Yun | Triệu Vân

Died 229

Military general, subordinate of Liu Bei and his state Shu Han

Song: N/A

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 天

曹丕 | Cao Pi | Tào Phi

187 – 226

Older brother of Cao Zhi, son of Cao Cao, first monarch of Cao Wei after the state's foundation was laid out by his father

Song: N/A

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

甄姬 | Zhen Ji | Chân Cơ

183 - 221

First wife of Cao Pi, post-humously honoured as first empress of Cao Wei

Song: Duo Qing An

Also appears in: Ci Qi Ying Qi, Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

嵇康 | Ji Kang | Kê Khang

223 – 262

Poet, musician, composer of Guang Ling San

One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Song: Zhu Lin Jian

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

阮籍 | Ruan Ji | Nguyễn Tịch

210 – 263

Poet, musician, composer of Jiukuang, friend of Ji Kang

One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Song: Zhu Lin Jian

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

[xz1005fanblog]

XZ’s Collection of Honors and Awards

Collection will be updated regularly

As Actor

2020-01-16    Bilibili Rankings of the Year 2019

Most Popular Male Actor

Most Discussed Male Actor

Most Popular Mandarin-speaking Actor

Top Breakthrough Actor

2020-01-07    Tencent Entertainment Bai Pi Shu Awards Ceremony

Best TV series Actor of the Year for The Untamed

Most Influential Star of the Year 

Best TV series Male Actor of the Year (fan vote)

Most Influential Artist of the Year (fan vote)

2020-01-06    Literature Awards Ceremony

Feng Yun Male Actor 

Heartfelt Character Portrayal (with 3 other actors)

2019-12-28    Tencent Star Awards Ceremony: 

Most Popular Drama Actor of the Year for The Untamed

Tencent TV VIP Star of the Year (shared with 4 other celebrities)

Doki! Popularity Award: Most Popular Star of the Year (fan vote)

2019-12-24    6th Chinese TV Best Actors Awards: Outstanding Actor

2019-12-23    Movie Channel M Rank: Most Potential Male Actor - Jade Dynasty (nominated)

2019-12-20    Sinorama Pictures Awards: Most Popular Male Actor of the Year for The Untamed

2019-12-06    Aqiyi Night: Biggest Leap in Popularity Actor for The Untamed and Jade Dynasty

2019-12-05    SoGou IN: Most Potential Artist for The Untamed

2019-11-25    4th Jin Gu Duo Web Drama Awards: Male Actor of the Year for The Untamed (nominated)

2019-11-06    3rd Chinese Yin Chuan Web Drama Festival: Best Web Drama Male Actor for The Untamed

2016-12-10    WeTV Star Awards Ceremony: Best Newcomer Drama Male Actor for Super Star Academy (nominated)

Music

2021-03-10 International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Global Bestselling Single Top 7: Light Spot (Made to Love)

2021-01-23 TMEA Music Awards Second Edition: Most Popular Single - Light Spot

2021-01-10 Tencent Awards: Most Popular Singer

2020-06-29 Sina Entertainment Awards 2020 Top Ten Singles: Light Spot 2020-07-19 27th Eastern Music Awards Top Ten Singles: Remaining Years and Wu Ji

2020-01-01    QQ music popularity rank 8th Qu Jin Chen Qing

2019-12-08    TMEA Tencent Music and Entertainment Awards Ceremony - KuGou Music Song of the Year: Wu Ji

Miscellaneous

2021-02-28 Weibo Night Awards: Weibo KING

2021-01-19 Douyin Most Popular Star

2020-12-20 Tencent Star Awards Ceremony

Tencent TV VIP Star of the Year (shared with 5 other celebrities)

Third time Doki! Popularity award winner

2021-01-10 Tencent Awards: Most Influencial Star

2020-11-02 TCCAsia Most Handsome 100 faces of Asia: First place

2020-04-06 Starmometer’s 100 Asian Heartthrobs of 2020: 8th place

2020-01-11   Weibo Awards Ceremony:

Weibo KING (fan vote)

Weibo Most Popular Artist (along with 3 other celebs)

2020-01-08   Headlines Awards Gala: Most Popular Male Artist of the year

2020-01-01   Beijing News Entertainment: Person of the Year

2019-12-28   TC Candler: 100 Most Handsome Faces, rank 6 (fan vote)

2019-12-10   Baidu Celebrity ranking: Most Popular Star

2019-12-04   COSMO Fashion Awards: “Tradition - Dream” Person of the Year

2019-11-09    LikeTCCAsia: Asia’s 100 Most Handsome Faces, rank Top1 (fan vote)

2019-10-17    Forbes China: 30 People under 30yo 

2019-03-26    2019 Celebrity Charity Gala: Star Charity - Best Influence

2018-12-18    WeTV Star Awards Ceremony: Doki! Popularity Award: Most Popular Star of the Year (fan vote)

2018-11-28    COSMO Fashion Awards: Young Handsome Idol of the Year

[weilongfu]

HIStory Playlist Fic Challenge

Okay! I think I finally have my list sorted out for this. Some songs might change after I try writing and realize they aren’t working. But please feel free to tell me what you all think!

Shao Yichen: First Burn from Hamilton Jiang Jinteng: Monster by EXO Song Yichen/Jiang Jinteng: Call Me When You’re Sober by Evanescence Lei Zhongjun: Ice Cream Cake by Red Velvet Li Mobai: Fall by EXO Li Mobai/Lei Zhongjun: Despacito by Luis Fonsi Gu Siren: Holding out for a hero by Bonnie Tyler Mai Yingxiong: Give Me A Chance by LAY Gu Siren/Mai Yingxiong: Hard Carry by GOT7 Cheng Qing: Girls Girls Girls by GOT7 Feng He: Stop Stop Stop It by GOT7 Cheng Qing/Feng He: Check Yes, Juliet by We The Kings Fei Shangzhe: I Don’t Want To Be by Gavin DeGraw Shi Yijie: Fuck You by Cee Lo Green Shi Yijie/Fei Shangzhe: This Is Me by Dream Qiu Zixuan: Getcha Head In The Game from High School Musical Xia Yuhao: Blooming Day by EXO-CBX Xia Yuhao/Qiu Zixuan: Teenager by GOT7 Wang Zhenwen: Unfair by EXO Wang Zhenwu: Thunder by EXO Wang Zhenwen/Wang Zhenwu: XOXO by EXO Meng Shaofei: Growl by EXO Tang Yi: Iris by Goo Goo Dolls Meng Shaofei/Tang Yi: Love Shot by EXO Jack (Fang Liangdian): Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers Zhao Zi (Zhao Li’an): Don’t Leave by Chris Wu Jack/Zhao Zi: 我怎能留下你 by Ezu Xiang Haoting: Really Bad Boy by Red Velvet Yu Xigu: Heaven by EXO Xiang Haoting/Yu Xigu: Death of a Bachelor by Panic! At the Disco Lu Zhigang: Lonely No More by Rob Thomas Sun Boxiang: Just Right by GOT7 Lu Zhigang/Sun Boxiang: Never Ever by GOT7

[superimpassionednetgeneration]

S.I.N.G. Music Videos

2015:

Qing Chun De Gao Bai - Debut Single

Qing Chun De Gao Bai - Dance Version

Ting Jian Xia Zhi

Ting Jian Xia Zhi - Dance Practice

Bulu Bulu

Ling Er Xiang Ding Dang

2016:

Love Hunter

Gongxi Gongxi

Tian Mi Ju Xian Shi

Kiss Me - Dance Practice

Zhan - See 2017 Release "War"

Toutou Xihuan Ni - Audio Only

Zhongyao de Hua Shuosanbian

Bu Er Qing Shu

Feiguo Shijian de Hai

Star - Audio Only

July - Dance Practice

Jiayou Jiayou - Audio Only

Rhythm Evolution

Dream Kingdom/Zao Meng Wang Guo

Dream Kingdom - Dance Practice

Unfinished Sketch - Live

Ai Qing Jing Wei Xian - Live

2017:

Bei Dui Zhe Xiang Nian

Run For More

War

War - Dance Practice Video

War - Live

Red Light, Green Light

Red Light, Green Light - Dance Practice

Happy Rotation

Adventure Times

Moonlight Thought

Moonlight Thought - Dance Version

Moonlight Thought - Dance Practice

Ru Meng Ling

Ru Meng Ling - Dance Version

Ru Meng Ling - Dance Practice

Like This

Brightest Light

2018:

Xiang Dai Ni Dao AiAi Chen Guang Li

Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan

Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan - Dance Practice

Bai Yi Shao Nian - Xu Shin Yin Solo

Qing Bei - Dance Practice

Qing Bei - Live

Yi Bu Xiao Xin Dao Gu Dai

Ye Sheng Ge

Ye Sheng Ge - Dance Version

Yun Shang Yao

Yun Shang Yao - Dance Practice

Bu Xian

Bu Xian - Live

Feng Hua Cuo>

Wei Lai De Yue Ding - Live

Shen Yu Fa Ze

Shen Yu Fa Ze - Dance Practice

Qui Feng Ci

Feng Hua Ye Wu

Feng Hua Ye Wu - Dance Version

Feng Hua Ye Wu - Dance Practice

Qian Chen - Dance Practice

Moonlight Thoughts - English Version Live

Qian Nian

Qian Nian - Dance Version

Qian Nian - Dance Practice

Xian Yuan zai Xu - Audio Only

Sheng Dan Yuan

2019:

Mermaid (Debbie Solo)

Mermaid - Dance Version

Nao Yuan Xiao - Audio Only

The Descendants/Chuan Ren - Audio Only

Shi Ni Mei Cuo Le (Shiyin Solo)

Daughter of the Sea - Audio Only

Dive Into The Sky

Guo Chao Shi Dai

Goddess Luo Rhapsody

Someday (Bian Li Solo)

Qian Zhan

Qian Zhan - Dance Version

Qian Zhan - Fan Dance Version

Jie Meng

Jie Meng - Dance Version

Shao Nian Zhong Guo - Audio Only

Pi PA Xing - Audio Only

Pi PA Xing - Dance Practice

Wang Yue

Hàn Fang Hù Ti Wo Lái Yang Ni

Hua Qiang

Hua Qiang - Dance Practice Fixed Camera

Hua Qiang - Dance Practice Moving Camera

Hello, Imperial Palaces in Beijing - Short

Hello, Imperial Palaces in Beijing - Lyric Video

[misscrawfords]

So I’ve been binge-watching Accidentally in Love this week, my second Chinese drama after Love O2O and at first I really, really loved it. Qingqing is a really awesome heroine and her relationship with Situ Feng has spark and chemistry. The secondary characters are charming and it’s honestly hilarious. For the first 2/3rds of the drama anyway.

Spoilers ahead...

I am now really struggling with it and it’s because of the Mean Girl, Lan Xinya. I get that the Mean Rich Girl is a trope from watching Love O2O and, like, every single US high school movie ever. Meng Yiran was pretty irritating in Love O2O but she was bearable because she didn’t actually seem to hold much sway over the other characters and she apologised at the end and got to leave with some dignity. Xiao Nai was always in Weiwei’s camp and Weiwei herself made a point of rising above it. Yes, she was annoying but she was bearable.

Lan Xinya is something else altogether. She has been a complete bitch to literally everyone apart from her tiny little posse of supporters and has really and truly publicly bullied Qingqing since day 1. This isn’t cool. One of the great things about Qingqing is that she has oodles of self-confidence and she knows she doesn’t deserve Xinya’s taunts and at first it was almost funny to hear Xinya lord her money, status and good looks over Qingqing when she and the viewers know that Qingqing out of disguise has got her beat.

But Xinya just won’t stop. And now she’s basically threatening suicide if she doesn’t get what she wants. And, like, this isn’t a joking matter! This is too serious! But the music goes soft when we see her ~pain. And like, I have no objection to showing mean people as 3D and explaining where their pain comes from and seeing them grow and overcome it - Lin Yiyang is a great example in this drama of the redeemable bad boy - but Xinya is getting worse and you can see she feels pain and then she knuckles down and comes up with another horrible, nasty, bullying, manipulative plot. She’s like Medea - without any nuance of feminist outrage. I cannot feel any sympathy for her at all and watching her and her antics take over the plot is killing my enjoyment in the show.

MOREOVER, and this is worse, Xinya is friends with the good guys and none of them call her out on it. Like??????? Xinya is literally out there bullying Qingqing in front of her best friends and new boyfriend and nobody does anything??!?!?! At the beginning of the show, I loved Qingqing for giving as good as she gets but now she’s just tired and taking it??? And Situ Feng does NOTHING??? Why is Xinya and her friend Lanting - who is apparently like Situ Feng’s childhood bestie - accepted in their circles? Situ Feng and Gu Nanxi and Hua Munian are all good people and Yiyang is a good person who used to be a bully so should have no issue with putting people in their place. Why are they giving her the time of day? Why is nobody calling her out? This is making me dislike the likeable people now!

It’s honestly really making me dislike this show. I have never wanted a character to be publicly humiliated and smacked round the face and sent off in absolute disgrace more than Lan Xinya.

I don’t know if this is a Chinese cultural thing that I’m not getting. I understand politeness is very important, but the thing is that Lan Xinya is not polite, she’s horrible, and there are characters - including Qingqing - who are frank and open and able to give punches (literally and figuratively) so I don’t think it would be out of character for the characters in the drama to punish and shun Lan Xinya as she deserves. 

Honestly, I’m at the point where I’m cringing as I watch and this is so sad. I want my cute, hilarious show where Qingqing bounces around with piles of energy and makes the world better for people to come back.

I hate this.