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灼灼风流 The Legend of Zhuohua (2023)
Xu Haiqiao as Shen Jinghong | Weibo
#xu haiqiao#the legend of zhuohua#shen jinghong#xu haiqiao plays all kinds of deeply troubled and tragic characters#but Master Shen is truly something else#the purest and most heartbreaking character ever#that look#and then the slow little smile#is so precious to me#i know there's a main pairing in zhuohua and i appreciate them but#it was the tragedy of Shen Jinghong and Princess Roujia that really kept me watching to the end#(and now i regret watching to the end but then that's what fanfic is for)
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goodbye and sleep well ♡
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"Official Shen," her voice was still just as gentle and pleasant as ever, but it did not comfort him. "What I would like you to do for me - is -"
He looked down, knowing already what she was going to ask.
"I would like..."
He braced himself.
"... for you to kiss me."
He startled at the word, his eyes widened, his teacup clattered on its side as his fingers fumbled in shock.
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Fun Facts behind TTEOTM!
Creative Team
Till the End of the Moon is the second TV drama produced by newcomer Otters Studio (獭獭文化), which was originally set up for dangai/BL drama Immortality (皓衣行), also featuring Luo Yunxi.
The Hangzhou-based Otters Studio is a subsidiary of Nanpai Entertainment (南派泛娱), the company owned by Kenneth Xu (aka “Third Uncle" 南派三叔). Xu is best known as the novelist and screenwriter behind "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" (盗墓笔记).
A big part of TTEOTM's core creative team also worked on Immortality. And a lot of the Immortality team came from Ashes of Love (2018) with Luo Yunxi. This includes...
He Fang (Screenwriter) - Immortality
Luo Xuan (Screenwriter & Associate Producer) - Immortality
Huang Wei (Costume Designer) - Immortality
Guan Dazhou (Music Director) - Immortality
Wang Yirong (Lead Producer) - Immortality
Wang Haiqi (B Unit Director & Action Director) - Immortality & Ashes of Love
Tsang Mingfai (Makeup Designer) - Immortality & Ashes of Love
Shen Xufei (Special Effects Director) - Immortality & Ashes of Love
Hua Tian World Concept - Immortality & Ashes of Love
Wang Haiqi was the stunt coordinator who trained Luo Yunxi in Ashes of Love
Part of the creative team came from Huanyu (Bai Lu's management company, aka the production company of Yanxi Palace). This includes award-winning art director Luan Hexin, Huang Xinyao (Yue Fuya) and Liu Min (Nan'an).
This is the second time Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu have paired up in a drama. They previously played a couple in modern workplace romance Love is Sweet (2020). Bai Lu expressed interest publicly in pairing up with LYX again in a costume drama numerous times.
In addition, a number of Love is Sweet actors have minor roles or cameos in TTEOTM:
Zhao Yuanyuan (Qiao Na aka Yuan Shuai's colleague who has a crush on him) plays the Moon Goddess
Cheng Chang (Jiang Jun's father) plays Ye Xiwu's father
Deng Jinghong (Jiang Jun and Yuan Shuai's shady client) plays Ye Xiwu's brother Ye Zeyu
The popularity of TTEOTM has generated renewed interest in Love is Sweet on iQiyi. In the first half of 2023, Love is Sweet is ranked #5 on Yunhe's "old/classic drama" list, receiving 360M views (10M views/episode), equivalent to airing a new medium-budget drama.
Two actors in Ashes of Love also have minor roles in TTEOTM:
Wang Yifei (Shuihe aka peacock princess in Ashes of Love) plays the Devil God's lieutenant Siying
He Zhonghua (Heavenly Emperor aka Runyu's father) plays the King of Sheng, again terrorizing Luo Yunxi's childhood
In addition, a number of TTEOTM actors play minor roles in the unaired Immortality:
Huang Yunyun (Yue Yingxin) plays Song Qiutong
Zheng Guolin (Qu Xuanzi aka Susu's father) plays Jiangxi
Huang Haibing (Zhaoyou) plays Nangong Zhangying
He Zhonghua (King of Sheng) plays Nangong Liu
Geng Yeting (Ye Qingyu) plays an unknown role
Production
The source novel (黑月光拿稳BE剧本) was optioned by Otter before it was complete due to strong early hype around the IP and interesting characters & premise. It's one of the top 10 most-saved web novels of that genre on the Jinjiang platform. Its title literally translates to "black moonlight is guaranteed a bad ending screenplay".
The screenplay was written for 40 episodes, which was edited into 50 episodes of probably 45 mins each. The original plan (based on governmental records) was to air 34 episodes as part 1 and 16 episodes as part 2. However, the NRTA (Chinese government agency that regulates TV) closed the loophole around airing two seasons back to back early this year, which is why TTEOTM was edited back down to 40 episodes of 55 mins each so that it could air in one go.
TTEOTM changed its Chinese title twice. It was originally named 月照千峰为一人 (The moon shines for one person). It was then renamed to 长月无烬 (long moon without Jin/ember, also a pun for without limit or endless), which is the official publication name proposed by fans of the web novel. Right before the booting ceremony, it was renamed 长月烬明 likely for auspicious reasons (especially after the LYX accident and Immortality not airing)
Some keen netizens have noticed that if you break apart the characters of its Chinese title, 长月烬明, it becomes 长月火尽日月, which literally means....
长月 (long moon) - how people refer to the drama, in its short form
火 (fire) - Chinese internet lingo for explosive or popular
尽日月 (to the end of sun and moon)
(Gotta give one to Chinese people for coming up with auspicious names)
Luo Yunxi was injured right before production began when filming his final scene in Light Chaser Rescue. He got punched in the mouth by a costar which required emergency surgery and left a scar on the top left corner of his mouth. Production was delayed as a result. Bai Lu had to film her solo scenes first starting Oct 19, 2021. The booting ceremony took place on Nov 6, 2021 after Luo Yunxi joined the set.
Luo Yunxi was the first actor to be cast, according to an interview with the producer. It is rumored that he might have even picked which novel to adapt as Otter initially optioned both "Black Moonlight" and "Black Lotus Casebook". Bai Lu is also the "only choice" for Li Susu according to Yu Zheng.
Yin Tao (Who Rules The world, Love & Redemption, and Ancient Love Poetry) was originally considered for director, but he worked on the Blood of Youth instead. In the end they went with Kuk Kok Leung, an award-winning veteran TVB director who has adapted 7 out of 8 Jin Yong novels. One of the Cantonese songs Luo Yunxi kept singing on set is the OST of the 1983 Condor Heroes where Kuk served as Assistant Director.
Sun Zhenni (Pianran) and Zhao Shiyi (Fuyu) won their roles through open casting call. Sun Zhenni was a big fan of Bai Lu, and the two became close friends during the shoot. She is 1/4 German Jewish through her paternal grandmother.
Chen Duling (Ye Bingchang / Tian Huan) briefly dated Xichao Wang (who plays Jing Mie, the demon god's other lieutenant). They were apparently introduced by Yu Zheng (boss of Bai Lu's studio).
Luo Yunxi and Sun Zhenni are the only actors who dubbed themselves in the drama. Bai Lu is dubbed by Duan Yixuan, who is also the voice behind Linglong in Love & Redemption.
This is the second time Luo Yunxi plays a dragon god (Runyu is the first). This is also the second time Bai Lu plays a character who leaps off the tower to her death in a costume drama.
Post-production was rumored to be delayed and then rushed due to a number of reasons, including covid which hit the special effects team hard and the last minute change of the 40-episode rule.
Promotion
During the premiere day, celebrities posted on Weibo to promote the drama in support of Luo Yunxi (usually actors only ask for this favor when it's a really important project to their career): Huang Xiaoming, Tan Songyun, Wu Jingyan, Chen Yuqi, Cheng Xiao, Victoria Song, Zhang Ruonan, Huang Xuan, Chen Yao. The most noteworthy ones were Chen Xiao (whose drama was also opening on the same day) and EDG (the esports team that LYX supports)
#till the end of the moon#luo yunxi#bai lu#black moonlight holds the be script#cdrama#chang yue jin ming#chinese drama#tantai jin#tteotm#ye xiwu#ashes of love#immortality#2ha#love is sweet#leo luo
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Best character surnamed: Baili
Come and vote for the best characters with the same surname!*
What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!
*note, the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often there will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.
Propaganda is very welcome! If I’ve forgotten anyone, let me know in the notes.
This is part of a larger series of ‘best character with X surname’ polls’. The overview with ongoing polls, winners, and future polls can be found here
#poll#the blood of youth#devil venerable also wants to know#luoyang#nirvana in fire#novoland: eagle flag#Dinghai Fusheng Record
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DILRABA DILMURAT photographed by Lun Sibo and Gui Jinghong for Shang Cheng Shi | September 2023
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Wordplay in Xie Wanqing's fate poem
One of the things that confused me most in Love Between Fairy and Devil is why our protagonists insist that Xiao Run has to be the destined lover and murderer of Xie Wanqing, when the English subtitles only say she has to die at the hands of her "beloved," which could be Dongfang Qingcang, right??? Easy! Why do they lose all hope when Xiao Run doesn't follow their plans?
The TL;DR is that there's a bit of ambiguity in Xie Wanqing's fate poem, and xiao-Lanhua and co. interpreted it a little too literally, while the Netflix subs gave us the more abstract meaning.
Here is the crucial line, according to Netflix subs:
Then she meets her beloved who understands her well
In Chinese, it is
偏逢萧郎解语人
pian feng xiao lang jieyu ren
In particular, the two characters 萧郎 or Xiao-lang, superficially mean "a man whose surname is Xiao," the same Xiao character as in Xiao Run. This line could conceivably mean, "Then she meets Mr. Xiao, who understands her well," which is how xiao-Lanhua and friends interpreted it.
However, if you search for Xie Wanqing's fate poem on the web, you'll find lots of posts in Chinese explaining that 萧郎/Xiao-lang is actually a poetic way to indicate a woman's beloved. It has origins in multiple historical figures surnamed Xiao, but the definitive usage is in a poem by Tang-dynasty poet Cui Jiao, in which he laments that his lover, a maid, was purchased by another man, and alludes to himself as Xiao-lang [See https://www.gushiwen.cn/mingju_576.aspx]. Hence "Xiao-lang" became a way to refer to the person a woman loves. And as we see later in the show, the Netflix subs are actually right in interpreting "Xiao-lang" as "beloved," and not an actual person named Xiao.
To draw an English parallel, I think it's a bit as if the poem had mentioned a person named Romeo, and there just happened to be a guy named Romeo in the vicinity. I, as a viewer with a modicum of English literary education, know that "Romeo" can be a general epithet for a loverboy, but a thousands-years-old immortal with no connections to the human world might not.
That's not the end of the wordplay in the fate poem, though it is the most important. Here are some small things I found on the rest of the lines:
半世锦绣半世尘
ban shi jinxiu ban shi chen
Mine: Half a lifetime of splendor, half of dust
Netflix: Half a lifetime of glory, half a lifetime of dust
Notes: The word 风尘, meaning prostitution, literally breaks down into "wind-dust," and the 尘 (dust) in the poem probably alludes to this, according to https://www.douban.com/group/topic/273507772/?_i=8820568QDrpMtA.
一舞惊鸿倾鹿城
yi wu jinghong qing lucheng
Mine: The elegance of a beautiful dance overwhelms Lucheng
Netflix: A magnificent dance stunned the whole Lucheng
韶华等闲随烟柳
shaohua dengxian sui yanliu
Mine: A beautiful spring thoughtlessly follows the budding willows
Netflix: Her beauty is just like the willow's
Notes: https://www.douban.com/group/topic/273507772/?_i=8817957xu4lIgj suggests that this means Xie Wanqing is unhappy with her life and fate despite her status as Lucheng's number-one courtesan. https://edu.iask.sina.com.cn/bdjx/6fnw1wJF5xw.html explains that 烟柳 yanliu refers to the time when willow trees are covered in tender budding leaves that are not yet green, giving them the appearance of being shrouded in smoke.
凭栏元夜闻笛声
pinglan yuanye wen di sheng
Mine: Leaning on the railing, she hears a flute on the night of the Lantern Festival
Netflix: She hears the flute on the night of the Lantern Festival
断肠几欲飞仙去
duanchang jiyu fei xian qu
Mine: Grief-stricken, she almost flies to the heavens
Netflix: She is heartbroken and wants to end her life
Notes: 仙去 is a poetic or figurative way to say someone dies, but also literally means "goes to the fairy realm," a nod to Xie Wanqing's real identity as the fairy God of War.
偏逢萧郎解语人
pian feng xiao lang jieyu ren
Mine: Unexpectedly, she meets a man surnamed Xiao who understands her
Netflix: Then she meets her beloved who understands her well
Notes: Discussed above.
缘定花朝丝萝梦
yuan ding huazhao siluo meng
Mine: Fate ordains a dream of marriage on the second month's fifteenth day
Netflix: They are destined to be together
红烛剑影断芳魂
hong zhu jian ying duan fanghun
Mine: The shadow of the sword in the light of the celebratory red candle cuts the young woman's soul short.
Netflix: Her husband kills her on the wedding night
Notes: https://www.douban.com/group/topic/273293366/?_i=8819367xu4lIgj agrees with me that this does not necessarily mean the groom will be the killer.
#love between fairy and devil#cang lan jue#苍兰诀#circ talks#canglanjue#boy do I feel for those translators#can you imagine having to decide how to subtitle that#do we go with the superficial meaning so viewers can follow xlh and co's reasoning#or do we go with the correct meaning and let viewers assume our protags are kinda dumb#do we give a whole literature lesson to make it clear#or do we maintain the little bit of suspense and mystery
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Jungle vibes and peaceful rivers in the forests of yunnan, Xishuangbanna botanical gardens @explore_xishuangbanna @explore_yunnan @discoveringforests #china #jungle #forest #travel #explore #jinghong #xishuangbanna #trees #yunnan #river #botanicalgarden (at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeBa3EPL6CL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Xu Haiqiao
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#xu haiqiao#feng jing#feng lai#shen jinghong#ronghao#ye xiaotian#he really has such a range#i love all his characters#always so impatient for more#but in the meantime it's trawling for photoshoots#he makes me so happy just by looking at him#look at him with his unnerving + sexy stare
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I think, what has stuck with me most after finishing The Legend of Zhuohua when it ended airing... is just Princess Roujia tearing Shen Jinghong to shreds while he lay in her arms, dying. Which! You know what? Let a girl have her moments. If it's too much for a girl to manipulate and girlboss her way onto the throne, at least let her scold her lover as he bleeds out! Simple needs and simple wants.
#honestly?#seeing the comments on mdl always gets me in a sour mood#if princess roujia were a man we would likely see more sympathy toward her character by fans...#the legend of zhuohua#legend of zhuohua#danny 💫
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A Sufficient Remedy
Official Shen Jinghong is in love with Princess Roujia.
Together, Jinghong believes they will create a society where commoners are given more power, and 'cancerous' noble families are wiped out. But what happens when he meets the only daughter of a wealthy family who isn't afraid to challenge his one-sided prejudices against her? Are Jinghong's views on her, and the nature of true equality, really correct? And what happens when this woman begins to undermine his idealised perception of the pure Princess Roujia?
Read on Ao3
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Shen Jinghong is in desperate need of a Get A Grip Friend. Listen dude, I know Roujia is gorgeous and all but honestly the whole “shanking her fiancé without regret” is a HUGE RED FLAG.
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31.12.22 letzter Tag eines aufregenden Jahres neigt sich dem Ende zu und wir wünschen allen aus weiter Ferne einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr 🎉🥂🍀. Wir starteten gemütlich in den letzten Tag des Jahres, bummelten etwas durch Jinghong und werden heute Abend gemütlich essen gehen und mal sehen wie wir ins neue Jahr starten da die Chinesen ja kein Silvester feiern 🥳.
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