@joana this is not so much focused on romance. I would suggest for a historical drama: Love Like the Galaxy 1&2,…
"Blossoms in Adversity has more romance than The Long Ballad.
Who Rules the World is a Wuxia, not a historical one - which means it has some fantasy elements in it. If you don't mind that, it's a very good watch :-)
One and Only, The Long Ballad, Love Like the Galaxy are historical. If you want to get to know the Tan reign for example, I recommend The Long Ballad, as some of the real historical facts are adapted quite accurately. Love Like the Galaxy is based on the Han Dynasty, but it is more like an imaginary country, very good story. If you watch "One and Only", you have to watch "Forever and Ever", because it is like a second season in modern times, where the main characters meet again and they talk pretty much about what happened in "One and Only". To this list of historical dramas without any fantasy I would add "Story of Kunning Palace" - this drama has many twists and turns (Bai Lu portrays the character perfectly, as do Zhang Ling He and Wang Xing Yue), but it's very captivating. Not an easy watch, as it is more on the scheming side as well as the suspense side. If you like suspense as a genre, you can also watch "Luoyang", which is also a very good drama.
New Life Beings and The Romance of Tiger and Rose are both good and funny :-) I would suggest you start with this one.
A Journey to Love is a Wuxia - a very good one in my opinion, very good martial arts scenes. I would also add "Mysterious Lotus Casebook" to the list of Wuxia dramas :)
Wuxias are usually in a historical setting with very little fantasy. Compared to Xianxia, which is considered high fantasy :-)
Then there are the historical ones, which are based on real time events from ancient China, but of course a fictional story has been added to the real time events.
If you enjoy watching drama on the romantic side, let me know and I will see what I can add to the list.
It was an option but only the men could divorce the women, not the other way around, that's why her family reacted…
But it already got banned in 1911 (Qing dynasty) and under Mao Zedong again in 1949 - she should rather aks herself, why her parents did this to her, even though it was against the law!
I think all make sense, the daughter is described as a spoiled brat, she married the man of her own choosing with…
Her husband is the perfect example of how a woman was seen at the time - submissive, only doing what her husband says, serving her as he expects her to. If she doesn't comply, she can be thrown out and disowned, face divorce (which was an absolute no-go at the time) or worse.
She is portrayed as spoilt, which does not mean that she throws the rules she has learned overboard, but rather defies her mother than her husband. (I'm curious to see what happens to the man anyway - in my opinion, he's to blame for her becoming the way she's portrayed).
However, to say that she is the bad one is not right either. Because the real villain in this overall context is the man. Unfortunately, that doesn't come across well enough. The grandmother was fully aware of the risk she was taking by refusing to do what the daughter asked, even though it was requested by the son-in-law. The only one who behaved correctly in the situation was Hua Zhi. She wanted to clarify the situation and not just oppose it.
I don't want to trivialize her, because she is definitely a corrupt person, but I want to question the overall context.
Plus, it was actually the easiest way to make the grandmother die as dramatically as possible. Without this drama, the Empress Dowager would probably never have left the palace. Because let's be honest, she certainly had more people outside the palace informing her.
Flashbacks would certainly have helped, but would have gone beyond the scope. However, we don't necessarily need the background information to understand how this behaviour etc came about, just a basic understanding of psyschology.
How does a person with psychosis behave in a situation like this? He presents himself as a victim and that's what she does. One thing to remember is that when a person reacts in this way, there is a history - cause and effect. Mental as well as psychological violence in the marriage definitely plays the main role here. If a person is driven by fear and psychosis, they will no longer be able to think clearly and in a structured way. Therefore, the process is also irregular and incomprehensible. However, such a situation would not follow certain rules in real life either, but would be completely confusing for outsiders.
In this day and age, a person would certainly have other options or the family would have this person forcibly hospitalised. I can understand that there is a lack of context here, but you have to remember that the series has to be designed with a certain number of episodes and minutes. Therefore, there is no room to go into great detail to understand everything.
It was an option but only the men could divorce the women, not the other way around, that's why her family reacted…
However, it should always be seen in the context of the time. Most women certainly didn't think about whether they were trapped or not. After all, they grew up believing that they served men and not the other way round. Therefore, emancipation as we know it today was realised differently.
Of course, there were also dynasties in China in which emancipation was expressed, for example, by wearing men's clothing (see Tang Dynasty - wearing men's clothing can usually be compared to a form of emancipation, as it was intended to make a statement) or that every woman in the empire was allowed to wear a red wedding dress with ornaments, rich embroidery, etc. (decision of an empress - at that time, red was reserved exclusively for the empress).
However, it is absolutely clear that the intrigues at court were a reality, as it is known that the water in the Forbidden City was poisoned by a concubine. She didn't want her rivals (yes, that's how she saw the others) to have children. Therefore, from a certain time onwards, water had to be transported to the court, as the water from the wells could no longer be drunk.
This question is very easy to answer. The children were never required to work hard, as their grandfather already…
You are welcome :) I am interested in history as well as what life was like in those times.
There are many books and resources on the subject to educate yourself.
It is relatively easy for Chinese society as they lived according to Confucian and Buddhist rules. Confucianism, for example, reflects the hierarchies of society. The Chinese language also reflects these rules much more clearly than our Western languages. The hierarchical structures are still anchored today and therefore you quickly realise how old the language actually is. In China, there are different terms for aunt/uncle/grandmother/grandfather/sister-in-law/brother-in-law, as a differentiation is made between the gender of the siblings as well as the age, degree of kinship and also between the paternal and maternal side.
There are many wonderful examples on this topic. However, if I were to start with this, I would never be able to cope with it ;-) If you have any questions, please feel free to write me a PN.
You mean Kong Liu or the screenwriter?Actually it reminds me of the concept of "karma" in Buddhism. Karma means…
She is indeed. Yes, we will see the outturn already TMR. I wondered who murdered her. Because I am pretty sure she was murdered. How would she ending up there without any help or a chair/ladder?
It's based on a book ;-) Not everything is the idea of the directors or the screen writer.
Give me some time. Because the book is long. I will share it, when I have translated round about 10 chapters. But a fair warning: The books has round about 700 chapters 😉
Who Rules the World is a Wuxia, not a historical one - which means it has some fantasy elements in it. If you don't mind that, it's a very good watch :-)
One and Only, The Long Ballad, Love Like the Galaxy are historical. If you want to get to know the Tan reign for example, I recommend The Long Ballad, as some of the real historical facts are adapted quite accurately.
Love Like the Galaxy is based on the Han Dynasty, but it is more like an imaginary country, very good story.
If you watch "One and Only", you have to watch "Forever and Ever", because it is like a second season in modern times, where the main characters meet again and they talk pretty much about what happened in "One and Only".
To this list of historical dramas without any fantasy I would add "Story of Kunning Palace" - this drama has many twists and turns (Bai Lu portrays the character perfectly, as do Zhang Ling He and Wang Xing Yue), but it's very captivating. Not an easy watch, as it is more on the scheming side as well as the suspense side.
If you like suspense as a genre, you can also watch "Luoyang", which is also a very good drama.
New Life Beings and The Romance of Tiger and Rose are both good and funny :-) I would suggest you start with this one.
A Journey to Love is a Wuxia - a very good one in my opinion, very good martial arts scenes. I would also add "Mysterious Lotus Casebook" to the list of Wuxia dramas :)
Wuxias are usually in a historical setting with very little fantasy. Compared to Xianxia, which is considered high fantasy :-)
Then there are the historical ones, which are based on real time events from ancient China, but of course a fictional story has been added to the real time events.
If you enjoy watching drama on the romantic side, let me know and I will see what I can add to the list.
She is portrayed as spoilt, which does not mean that she throws the rules she has learned overboard, but rather defies her mother than her husband. (I'm curious to see what happens to the man anyway - in my opinion, he's to blame for her becoming the way she's portrayed).
However, to say that she is the bad one is not right either. Because the real villain in this overall context is the man. Unfortunately, that doesn't come across well enough. The grandmother was fully aware of the risk she was taking by refusing to do what the daughter asked, even though it was requested by the son-in-law.
The only one who behaved correctly in the situation was Hua Zhi. She wanted to clarify the situation and not just oppose it.
I don't want to trivialize her, because she is definitely a corrupt person, but I want to question the overall context.
Plus, it was actually the easiest way to make the grandmother die as dramatically as possible. Without this drama, the Empress Dowager would probably never have left the palace. Because let's be honest, she certainly had more people outside the palace informing her.
Flashbacks would certainly have helped, but would have gone beyond the scope. However, we don't necessarily need the background information to understand how this behaviour etc came about, just a basic understanding of psyschology.
How does a person with psychosis behave in a situation like this? He presents himself as a victim and that's what she does.
One thing to remember is that when a person reacts in this way, there is a history - cause and effect. Mental as well as psychological violence in the marriage definitely plays the main role here.
If a person is driven by fear and psychosis, they will no longer be able to think clearly and in a structured way. Therefore, the process is also irregular and incomprehensible. However, such a situation would not follow certain rules in real life either, but would be completely confusing for outsiders.
In this day and age, a person would certainly have other options or the family would have this person forcibly hospitalised.
I can understand that there is a lack of context here, but you have to remember that the series has to be designed with a certain number of episodes and minutes. Therefore, there is no room to go into great detail to understand everything.
Of course, there were also dynasties in China in which emancipation was expressed, for example, by wearing men's clothing (see Tang Dynasty - wearing men's clothing can usually be compared to a form of emancipation, as it was intended to make a statement) or that every woman in the empire was allowed to wear a red wedding dress with ornaments, rich embroidery, etc. (decision of an empress - at that time, red was reserved exclusively for the empress).
However, it is absolutely clear that the intrigues at court were a reality, as it is known that the water in the Forbidden City was poisoned by a concubine. She didn't want her rivals (yes, that's how she saw the others) to have children. Therefore, from a certain time onwards, water had to be transported to the court, as the water from the wells could no longer be drunk.
There are many books and resources on the subject to educate yourself.
It is relatively easy for Chinese society as they lived according to Confucian and Buddhist rules. Confucianism, for example, reflects the hierarchies of society. The Chinese language also reflects these rules much more clearly than our Western languages. The hierarchical structures are still anchored today and therefore you quickly realise how old the language actually is.
In China, there are different terms for aunt/uncle/grandmother/grandfather/sister-in-law/brother-in-law, as a differentiation is made between the gender of the siblings as well as the age, degree of kinship and also between the paternal and maternal side.
There are many wonderful examples on this topic. However, if I were to start with this, I would never be able to cope with it ;-)
If you have any questions, please feel free to write me a PN.
She is a literal bitch. But I am sure she was murdered. So let's wait and see what happens to the Hua family next.
Ms Qin should be pitied. But what I don't understand at all is, that she falls for such an obvious scheme...