Wow! So good to know! Please update us about the festival, in case. Thank you.
Hi again and thanks for liking my prose :) Since our exchange here is unrelated to the drama page, perhaps it would be better to keep it hidden under spoilers or in Direct message through our profile pages (I do not accept "friends requests" for privacy reasons: don't like to broadcast lists of my friends, lol).
I am somewhat puzzled that you know that Ireine Song spent part of her life in French speaking Canada but say you don't know much about actors and actresses in c-dramas? For k-dramas, I myself am not really interested, so I am incompetent to discuss those and their cast, but for c-dramas, that's my hobby, lol, including sometimes fandom exploring!
So. Liu Yuning. He is cursed with haters who gun down his face and acting, which are totally fine by me, even if I don't belong to his devoted "pengfeimen". Like many, I loved LYN's singing before I appreciated his acting. I totally warmed up to his acting through "A Journey To Love", which holds a very special place in his heart, despite having been gunned down mostly because of sad ending... LYN's dramas often end tragically, although not all : "the Prisoner of Beauty" should end on a lighter note than "The Story of Pearl Girl" (which I also enthused about for many cultural reasons + the cast)
Btw, if it has been a long time since you did not watch c-dramas and would like to try something less historical and cultural, I recommend the very comedic, even Looney Tune reminding "Filter" with Tan Jianci (for whom I included a bio/profile in the companion piece of "Love Me Love My Voice" which is a very sweet conventional modern day romance using gufeng music). Tan Jianci himself is a real all rounder musician pop-rocker and Latin dancer, as well! He's the guy at bottom right on my profile page, who dances on, throwing a shoe to accompany a dancing partner in a show because she accidentally lost her shoe: sweet!
Wow! So good to know! Please update us about the festival, in case. Thank you.
Merci pour ces mots sympathiques! 🙏 Ah, ça fait longtemps qu'on ne s'était pas recroisés sur ce site ! ;) Le temps passe vite... J'espère que vous allez bien et continuez à vous distraire avec plaisir avec les feuilletons et films chinois!
Quant à moi, j'ai butiné un peu de tout, y compris récemment: "Northward", pour lequel j'ai également rajouté une "companion piece" pour ceux et celles que ces choses intéressent. Mais je pense que ce sera ma dernière contribution, au moins pour ce semestre: beaucoup de choses vont devoir me mobiliser, et je n'aurai guère le temps d'écrire beaucoup plus de "tomes".
Présentement en train d'apprécier "The Prisoner of Beauty", le second feuilleton ressorti du placard avec Song Zu'er (et Liu Yuning), et The "Legend of Zang Hai", avec Xiao Zhan.
Il y a trop de choses tentantes à voir ou lire. Je suis aussi arrivée au chapitre 207 de "Sheng Shi Di Fei", l'e-roman sur lequel sera basé le feuilleton à venir de Bai Lu : "Mo Li". La version en anglais semble être de plusieurs mains (les traductions de noms des personnages varient), mais c'est très lisible quand même. J'essaie d'imaginer comment les scénaristes vont adapter ça : c'est une grande épopée, il faudra faire des choix...
J'espère aussi arriver lundi 26 à voir l'ouverture du festival des films chinois au cinéma Le Balzac, avant de rester la semaine et voir les deux films prévus le 29. En juin, en revanche, je ne vais guère pouvoir profiter de ce genre de sorties, alors je vais profiter un max de ce dernier festival.
"China's Best Dramas" series - for CCTV's drama "Northward" which is special program aired today on CCTV-4🎊🎊🎊🎊congratulations…
Soon reaching 11 weeks in the top ten (incl. 3 weeks in March as #1) so yes, this one is certainly not to be missed! Welcome to those who start now, or re-watch. Have a look in Discussions section above this one for more information, pictures, link to the novel etc.
I watched it on a whim on YouTube two months ago in March, when it still was not listed here, so I thought it…
They do look good, don't they? Miemie is one of the prettiest "dolls" in c-ent. Just came across some BTS where Yu Long looks really in awe of her beauty. They look as sweet off stage as on stage. Wondering if they have a fandom group?
Very steamy. The FL’s childlike appearance was disturbing and confusing though. It turns out she’s a college…
I watched it on a whim on YouTube two months ago in March, when it still was not listed here, so I thought it might be another title with same cast, Yu Long and Yang MieMie (who I was not following: they look sweet enough, but I'm usually watching other sort of dramas and these two seem to specialize in vertical dramas which I only occasionally indulge in).
I described it then as: "a box of colored sweets features, and that's an apt metaphor for the vertical drama :) duration: 2h33mins "compilation edition" Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZo_lAHGa00&t=2333s
I just had a re-watch, and re-listen of the nice OST (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKyHbHGEzgM&list=PLLaG0k-PXfncrjv8SyITpvhIpHy-FB6fC&index=12) So, I am adding the wedding addition short episode into watch list belatedly : I had watched it already and mentioned it as 36.5 in my review at time of airing. No need to amend my review. The full drama is a nice watch, despite the phone becoming part of (sometimes infuriating) supporting cast. On the other hand, with dual subtitles, like on this special (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhiq57vtUsQ) it is a great tool to improve Chinese language learning, listening and reading in Chinese, although reading on telephone screens requires some pauses to have time to read what is flashing by, sometimes swifter than Chinese bullet comments ;)
see my answer to SkY, above - for finding a place to watch the movie in a cinema ;) Although the audience will likely watch it with French subtitles on that occasion. Online-- well, it is perhaps too recent to be able to find it there. Here is the trailer, no English subtitling : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_cEBn4Drnk
Wow! So good to know! Please update us about the festival, in case. Thank you.
May 29 is a holiday so a good time to visit Paris and catch a Chinese movie festival there, with a double feature screening of movies that day. Provided one is on spot or vacation there, and understands Chinese and/or can read French subtitles too ;)
In Paris, France, it will be screened three times for a Chinese movies festival. First on Monday May 26, 2025 at 8pm in the time honored Art Déco cinema Balzac (corner of rue Balzac on the Champs Elysées), next on May 28 evening 7:30pm at 7 Parnassiens, a multiplex specializing in indie and art movies in the Montparnasse quarter, and last on Thursday June 5 at the cinema Les Fauvettes near the Parisian Chinatown and the Italie2 shopping mall. Director Hu Mei and actress Lin Peng (who plays as Wang Xi Feng, support role) are expected to be there. Full program for screened movies in French here : https://www.festivalducinemachinoisdeparis.com/?lang=fr
Not totally fantasy and more pseudo history maybe, but the fact is FL has a "different soul" and memories from…
It's not really reincarnation since she seems to be from a "future", "alternate modern but war riddled" universe, war setting there unspecified : Middle East? civil war torn countries elsewhere in South America, Europe, Africa, or American ganglands ? Where do female sniper soldiers appear in "modern times"...
There is some mystery there but I am not sure there will be too many explanations. The story up to where I read it reminds me of Joy of Life, The Eternal Love 1-2-3, (I suppose most are familiar with those) and 2024 Fateful Love (an explorer girl with martial arts skills falls into an alternate "ancient history kingdom" like universe, sucked in by a mysterious dagger inside a cave).
About tags, perhaps it would be better to wait till there are more leaks about how this drama will be handled?
But I am not in charge of MDL, just modestly forked out some money for "subscription" to yearly VIP to add some "flowers" to some actors/actresses I appreciate, in a moment of squandering generosity... I thought that would grant me more "flower spending" power, but am looking with doubts at my measly "credit". Not that it really matters that much. Just fyi, VIP tag doesn't mean much on MDL... I actually look up more to the real enthusiastic fans, tagged or not with VIP, that I notice in comments, like yourself !!
Not totally fantasy and more pseudo history maybe, but the fact is FL has a "different soul" and memories from other world which makes her an "unexpected warrior". There is also the "lightness techniques" typical of "cultivation".
The story looks pseudo historical. Less fantasy than lightly tinged with time travel, wuxia, even perhaps xuanhuan if some demons emerge.
The link to the novel in translation was interesting, but I was too lazy to hunt for original text (which would arguably help with possible mistranslated bits and better understanding "setting" even if imaginary). Although I am not sure I would take the time to tackle reading it all in the original: I usually prefer to just watch dramas, and am usually disappointed by them if I read the book, or sometimes by the novel, if the drama was enjoyable... So this is also an experiment for me. Trying to let myself some margin for not being too spoiled in the future, I will perhaps stop reading soon.
In the translation, the story is set in Da Chu. Da Chu did exist, but as a months long puppet empire in 1127 with capital in Jiankang, (modern Nanjing), under the Jin dynasty. By then Nanzhao (which had been important during the Tang dynasty) had been overthrown in 902, giving way to what was called the Dali kingdom (937–1094, 1096–1253). Chu ancient kingdom can point to different more ancient kingdoms before the Tang and before the rise of Nanzhao. So that rules these more ancient settings out.
Mention of kesi silk : this was a technique of Chinese silk tapestry "admired for its lightness and clarity of pattern" "Chiefly used to protect scrolls containing paintings (but also for court clothing). It was also employed as a support for paintings, later becoming an esteemed art form. This art form especially flourished between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries". "Kesi first appeared during the Tang dynasty (618–907) and became popular in the Southern Song (1127–1279), reaching its height during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The style continued to be popular until the early 20th century and the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911–12."
Would better ancient history specialists pinpoint this imaginary Chu kingdom more precisely in time and space?
The FL, on her part, is said to be a "15 year old" (or so), young lady who has spent her youth half neglected in a relatively isolated courtyard in the Ye mansion, with a nasty stepmom and rather unlikeable stepsisters, somewhat reminiscent of the "Chinese Cinderella" story of Ye Xian, a fairy tale compiled in Tang dynasty... She also suffered some mysterious "life threatening disease when she was a child" (usually that sort of device announces "soul swaps" like in The Eternal Love 1-2-3). She remembers having been a trained sniper in a more advanced time. That seems either to be a parallel universe, or a time travel like in Joy of Life, from a modern society but one riddled with wars where female soldiers were snipers and trained in hand combat...
She is variantly referred to as Ye Li or Li Ying "Ding Consort", and her spouse as Prince of Ding or Duke of Ding, Mo Xiuyao, "Prince Wang" (Duke, Prince, or even King/Wang were rather interchangeable ways, historically, of referring to Chinese rulers under or not a more powerful one, so that's not a big deal. Duke or Prince: ok.).
There is also reference to "lightness technique" and flying, which smacks of cultivation and wuxia. And some Buddhist nuns are thrown into all that as of Chapter 61....
It's an entertaining read, but also to me, somewhat tiring with many repetitive moments and dialogues. It looks like the story will be rather tropey too, with that "strong female" decidedly Mary Sue type, allied to "disabled hero" (will he be cured?) The main body of the novel deals with palace intrigues and conflicting states using hostages or marriages with "foreign princesses" to keep some stability.
We shall see what screenwriters get from that basis.
Since there are mentions of "tasteful translucent pale jade" (Khotan like?) and shimmering red kesi silk, I hope there will not be too many hanging curtain face ornaments, but really pretty dresses and outfits, to showcase Bai Lu fittingly, and make the drama a visual feast with exciting swashbuckling moments, at least as pleasant as Moonlight Mystique was.
Can Cheng Lei fit in a wheelchair with as much commanding and wicked presence as Wu Gang in Joy of Life but better romantic presence?
This means that she has kind of become a household name in mainland China for this role or not? I mean once l…
Thank you for really liking Bai Lu's work and wanting to see more people appreciate it. 💙 AMA was so good! Different but right on top for me together with O&O/F&E, TTEOTM, SoKP and now Northward. I did watch the other dramas too, which were entertaining.
Let's hope she never will be brought down by negative minded people who like to criticize only, and probably are jealous of her success. (These are the real abnormal people in my mind, but many like those do exist, sigh, hence the cyberbullying cancer).
I think "ordinary" people in China with no special interest in c-dramas or c-ent may view her as a familiar face, but may not really recognize her name. "Ordinary/normal" people : who enjoy TV dramas and shows occasionally. But being too quickly famous brings about a lot of dangers, as we well know now from the fates of people like Zhao Wei, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Zhehan... Even Xiao Zhan almost got in trouble after The Untamed and the AO3 ban in China. It looks like people are more aware of scandals than of excellence. I only hope she will stay happy, do what she wishes to do, and that she will not have too meteoric a rise, like Jackson Yee (who she once said was "her type") and have to resign from a position...
Meanwhile, I am looking forward for the episodes she will be in, in Keep Running S13, and the Feud drama upcoming sometime soon in June or before August. And starting to read the novel from which the drama she will begin shooting end of May is adapted (Mo Li) 🤭.
(Sad that some people here find the end of Northward "makjang" or can't get into that excellent drama. It also shows that people abroad may have very different sensibilities about c-dramas in general: some crave for romance and nitpick at what they perceive as lacking chemistry -being used to a certain style of love demonstrations-, some go rail that this slice-of-life drama is marred by a happy end with a ship and a wedding which they see as too much sugar and lacking in realism.... Anyway; for me the Mo Yan acknowledgement was heavy weight enough to confirm my warm feelings! (and the "seminar" later). Bai Lu is starting to be recognized as "quality actress" in "quality work" domestically, that's what most important. Abroad? well she gets endorsements from big names in fashion already, and the c-drama fans there are certainly not unaware of her, we can't hope for her to become as famous as Gong Li or Zhou Xuan overnight, but who knows, perhaps in the years to come, if she is lucky enough with her choices, like for Northward.).
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Since our exchange here is unrelated to the drama page, perhaps it would be better to keep it hidden under spoilers or in Direct message through our profile pages (I do not accept "friends requests" for privacy reasons: don't like to broadcast lists of my friends, lol).
I am somewhat puzzled that you know that Ireine Song spent part of her life in French speaking Canada but say you don't know much about actors and actresses in c-dramas? For k-dramas, I myself am not really interested, so I am incompetent to discuss those and their cast, but for c-dramas, that's my hobby, lol, including sometimes fandom exploring!
So. Liu Yuning. He is cursed with haters who gun down his face and acting, which are totally fine by me, even if I don't belong to his devoted "pengfeimen". Like many, I loved LYN's singing before I appreciated his acting. I totally warmed up to his acting through "A Journey To Love", which holds a very special place in his heart, despite having been gunned down mostly because of sad ending... LYN's dramas often end tragically, although not all : "the Prisoner of Beauty" should end on a lighter note than "The Story of Pearl Girl" (which I also enthused about for many cultural reasons + the cast)
Therefore, I did two "companion pieces" for those two long "historical" dramas. The first one includes a bio/profile of LYN, which you might look up to know more about him, it is loosely updated to May 2025. Here : https://kisskh.at/discussions/a-journey-to-love/121473-a-journey-to-love-notes-on-production-location-dates-cast-characters-and-more. The table of contents has a link to my other companion pieces, which are usually rich in pictures and GIF to show people, places, and things.
Btw, if it has been a long time since you did not watch c-dramas and would
like to try something less historical and cultural, I recommend the very comedic, even Looney Tune reminding "Filter" with Tan Jianci (for whom I included a bio/profile in the companion piece of "Love Me Love My Voice" which is a very sweet conventional modern day romance using gufeng music). Tan Jianci himself is a real all rounder musician pop-rocker and Latin dancer, as well! He's the guy at bottom right on my profile page, who dances on, throwing a shoe to accompany a dancing partner in a show because she accidentally lost her shoe: sweet!
Ah, ça fait longtemps qu'on ne s'était pas recroisés sur ce site ! ;)
Le temps passe vite... J'espère que vous allez bien et continuez à vous distraire avec plaisir avec les feuilletons et films chinois!
Quant à moi, j'ai butiné un peu de tout, y compris récemment: "Northward", pour lequel j'ai également rajouté une "companion piece" pour ceux et celles que ces choses intéressent. Mais je pense que ce sera ma dernière contribution, au moins pour ce semestre: beaucoup de choses vont devoir me mobiliser, et je n'aurai guère le temps d'écrire beaucoup plus de "tomes".
Présentement en train d'apprécier "The Prisoner of Beauty", le second feuilleton ressorti du placard avec Song Zu'er (et Liu Yuning), et The "Legend of Zang Hai", avec Xiao Zhan.
Il y a trop de choses tentantes à voir ou lire. Je suis aussi arrivée au chapitre 207 de "Sheng Shi Di Fei", l'e-roman sur lequel sera basé le feuilleton à venir de Bai Lu : "Mo Li". La version en anglais semble être de plusieurs mains (les traductions de noms des personnages varient), mais c'est très lisible quand même. J'essaie d'imaginer comment les scénaristes vont adapter ça : c'est une grande épopée, il faudra faire des choix...
J'espère aussi arriver lundi 26 à voir l'ouverture du festival des films chinois au cinéma Le Balzac, avant de rester la semaine et voir les deux films prévus le 29. En juin, en revanche, je ne vais guère pouvoir profiter de ce genre de sorties, alors je vais profiter un max de ce dernier festival.
Vous souhaitant un bel été! 🌙🌞💛
Have a look in Discussions section above this one for more information, pictures, link to the novel etc.
ASTER commented below that there are three versions.
I described it then as: "a box of colored sweets features, and that's an apt metaphor for the vertical drama :)
duration: 2h33mins "compilation edition"
Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZo_lAHGa00&t=2333s
So, I am adding the wedding addition short episode into watch list belatedly : I had watched it already and mentioned it as 36.5 in my review at time of airing. No need to amend my review. The full drama is a nice watch, despite the phone becoming part of (sometimes infuriating) supporting cast.
On the other hand, with dual subtitles, like on this special (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhiq57vtUsQ) it is a great tool to improve Chinese language learning, listening and reading in Chinese, although reading on telephone screens requires some pauses to have time to read what is flashing by, sometimes swifter than Chinese bullet comments ;)
Although the audience will likely watch it with French subtitles on that occasion.
Online-- well, it is perhaps too recent to be able to find it there.
Here is the trailer, no English subtitling : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_cEBn4Drnk
Full program for screened movies in French here : https://www.festivalducinemachinoisdeparis.com/?lang=fr
https://www.festivalducinemachinoisdeparis.com/?lang=fr
Organizers are good friends of mine from way back when, so I hope to be there...
Here is the description in French : https://www.festivalducinemachinoisdeparis.com/spip.php?article763&lang=fr
There is some mystery there but I am not sure there will be too many explanations. The story up to where I read it reminds me of Joy of Life, The Eternal Love 1-2-3, (I suppose most are familiar with those) and 2024 Fateful Love (an explorer girl with martial arts skills falls into an alternate "ancient history kingdom" like universe, sucked in by a mysterious dagger inside a cave).
About tags, perhaps it would be better to wait till there are more leaks about how this drama will be handled?
But I am not in charge of MDL, just modestly forked out some money for "subscription" to yearly VIP to add some "flowers" to some actors/actresses I appreciate, in a moment of squandering generosity... I thought that would grant me more "flower spending" power, but am looking with doubts at my measly "credit". Not that it really matters that much. Just fyi, VIP tag doesn't mean much on MDL... I actually look up more to the real enthusiastic fans, tagged or not with VIP, that I notice in comments, like yourself !!
The link to the novel in translation was interesting, but I was too lazy to hunt for original text (which would arguably help with possible mistranslated bits and better understanding "setting" even if imaginary). Although I am not sure I would take the time to tackle reading it all in the original: I usually prefer to just watch dramas, and am usually disappointed by them if I read the book, or sometimes by the novel, if the drama was enjoyable... So this is also an experiment for me. Trying to let myself some margin for not being too spoiled in the future, I will perhaps stop reading soon.
In the translation, the story is set in Da Chu.
Da Chu did exist, but as a months long puppet empire in 1127 with capital in Jiankang, (modern Nanjing), under the Jin dynasty. By then Nanzhao (which had been important during the Tang dynasty) had been overthrown in 902, giving way to what was called the Dali kingdom (937–1094, 1096–1253).
Chu ancient kingdom can point to different more ancient kingdoms before the Tang and before the rise of Nanzhao. So that rules these more ancient settings out.
Mention of kesi silk : this was a technique of Chinese silk tapestry "admired for its lightness and clarity of pattern" "Chiefly used to protect scrolls containing paintings (but also for court clothing). It was also employed as a support for paintings, later becoming an esteemed art form. This art form especially flourished between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries". "Kesi first appeared during the Tang dynasty (618–907) and became popular in the Southern Song (1127–1279), reaching its height during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The style continued to be popular until the early 20th century and the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911–12."
Would better ancient history specialists pinpoint this imaginary Chu kingdom more precisely in time and space?
The FL, on her part, is said to be a "15 year old" (or so), young lady who has spent her youth half neglected in a relatively isolated courtyard in the Ye mansion, with a nasty stepmom and rather unlikeable stepsisters, somewhat reminiscent of the "Chinese Cinderella" story of Ye Xian, a fairy tale compiled in Tang dynasty... She also suffered some mysterious "life threatening disease when she was a child" (usually that sort of device announces "soul swaps" like in The Eternal Love 1-2-3). She remembers having been a trained sniper in a more advanced time. That seems either to be a parallel universe, or a time travel like in Joy of Life, from a modern society but one riddled with wars where female soldiers were snipers and trained in hand combat...
She is variantly referred to as Ye Li or Li Ying "Ding Consort", and her spouse as Prince of Ding or Duke of Ding, Mo Xiuyao, "Prince Wang" (Duke, Prince, or even King/Wang were rather interchangeable ways, historically, of referring to Chinese rulers under or not a more powerful one, so that's not a big deal. Duke or Prince: ok.).
There is also reference to "lightness technique" and flying, which smacks of cultivation and wuxia. And some Buddhist nuns are thrown into all that as of Chapter 61....
It's an entertaining read, but also to me, somewhat tiring with many repetitive moments and dialogues. It looks like the story will be rather tropey too, with that "strong female" decidedly Mary Sue type, allied to "disabled hero" (will he be cured?)
The main body of the novel deals with palace intrigues and conflicting states using hostages or marriages with "foreign princesses" to keep some stability.
We shall see what screenwriters get from that basis.
Since there are mentions of "tasteful translucent pale jade" (Khotan like?) and shimmering red kesi silk, I hope there will not be too many hanging curtain face ornaments, but really pretty dresses and outfits, to showcase Bai Lu fittingly, and make the drama a visual feast with exciting swashbuckling moments, at least as pleasant as Moonlight Mystique was.
Can Cheng Lei fit in a wheelchair with as much commanding and wicked presence as Wu Gang in Joy of Life but better romantic presence?
Answers in 2026...
AMA was so good! Different but right on top for me together with O&O/F&E, TTEOTM, SoKP and now Northward. I did watch the other dramas too, which were entertaining.
Let's hope she never will be brought down by negative minded people who like to criticize only, and probably are jealous of her success. (These are the real abnormal people in my mind, but many like those do exist, sigh, hence the cyberbullying cancer).
I think "ordinary" people in China with no special interest in c-dramas or c-ent may view her as a familiar face, but may not really recognize her name. "Ordinary/normal" people : who enjoy TV dramas and shows occasionally. But being too quickly famous brings about a lot of dangers, as we well know now from the fates of people like Zhao Wei, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Zhehan...
Even Xiao Zhan almost got in trouble after The Untamed and the AO3 ban in China.
It looks like people are more aware of scandals than of excellence.
I only hope she will stay happy, do what she wishes to do, and that she will not have too meteoric a rise, like Jackson Yee (who she once said was "her type") and have to resign from a position...
Meanwhile, I am looking forward for the episodes she will be in, in Keep Running S13, and the Feud drama upcoming sometime soon in June or before August. And starting to read the novel from which the drama she will begin shooting end of May is adapted (Mo Li) 🤭.
(Sad that some people here find the end of Northward "makjang" or can't get into that excellent drama. It also shows that people abroad may have very different sensibilities about c-dramas in general: some crave for romance and nitpick at what they perceive as lacking chemistry -being used to a certain style of love demonstrations-, some go rail that this slice-of-life drama is marred by a happy end with a ship and a wedding which they see as too much sugar and lacking in realism....
Anyway; for me the Mo Yan acknowledgement was heavy weight enough to confirm my warm feelings! (and the "seminar" later). Bai Lu is starting to be recognized as "quality actress" in "quality work" domestically, that's what most important.
Abroad? well she gets endorsements from big names in fashion already, and the c-drama fans there are certainly not unaware of her, we can't hope for her to become as famous as Gong Li or Zhou Xuan overnight, but who knows, perhaps in the years to come, if she is lucky enough with her choices, like for Northward.).