Hello, I am now caught up with the episodes. Episode 12-16 of Bai Yemai/General Li arc was really beautiful and…
I am not an expert on tea but I believe this is set in Anhui which is famous for Huangshan Maofeng (a green tea) and Keemun black tea. At the time, they should have been making Songluo style Anhui pan-fried green tea. In fact this the tea was shipped all over the world is is what was destroyed by the peasant American colony during The Boston Tea Party. 🤡🤦🏻♀️😂 Oolong and jasmine originate from southern provinces like Fujian and Guangdong.
Thank you. I share your frustration. Its the dastardly influence of short dramas. Now all the long dramas are…
Well that is kind of subjective. I thought Demon Hunter's Romance ending was perfect. The very mediocre screenwriter (who did not write the novel) was sore loser who bad mouthed the drama after her silly happy ending was rightly overruled by the production team. The novel is a webnovel that is still incomplete. In any case, I keep annual ranking lists going back to 2019 - you can take a look under my profile. But since I like lots of dramas that have open or sad endings, you may not consider them good endings. https://kisskh.at/list/3kP8rN84
The poem is very widely quoted and originates from Shijing 诗经 of the Book of Songs, one of the Five Classics…
"Somehow in the drama I think they will end it with having the ML be solidly in love with Yu'Er." Somehow that won't surprise me. But from what I gathered from videos and book reviews, in the original novel its not so straightforward. Which is what actually made it such a a good book. But nowadays audiences want everything to be so black and white when in real life its complicated. But from writer interviews etc that I saw online, what I surmised is that Gu Pingyuan and Bai Yimei were each others first true love. But they lived in chaotic times and events conspired against them but they both ended up with people they were content with. But these kinds of complex entanglements are difficult to adapt and not popular with wide audiences.
The Bai Yi Mei character is facinating and the actress Julia Xiang is hitting all her marks and then some. The…
I was initially thought it was strange to cast her in a guest role but I think Bai Yimei is a really complex and interesting role and I am glad she took it.
This is set in Qing dynasty, one of the more judgemental and oppressive periods in Chinese history as far as women…
Yes that's what I was told also. According to my friend who read the novel, she never loved the general and really bad stuff happens to her. But she thinks they won't go there in the adaptation.
Actually Bai Yimei did what she had to do. Of course it doesn't hurt that she empathises with the general, feels…
This is set in Qing dynasty, one of the more judgemental and oppressive periods in Chinese history as far as women were concerned. She was held hostage by rebels and stayed with their general for some time. No one would believe she is still chaste. To make matters worse, she and anyone who shields her is now a traitor to Qing. Even if Gu Pingyuan is ok with her reputational issues, the rebels have been ousted from their hometown by the Qing troops. Which makes anyone linked with her a traitor to Qing for saving a rebel leader. She had no choice but to defect to the rebels and flee to Hebei and she ran into Ms Su who helped her. She made a decision that sets Gu Pingyuan free and allows both he and her ailing father to live out the rest of his life in the village instead of on the run from Qing forces. Of course it helps that that she fell for the general. But regardless, this is her best and only option. To be honest, this part feels a bit of a stretch to me and I have reason to believe this is not really the case in the novel.
Actually Bai Yimei did what she had to do. Of course it doesn't hurt that she empathises with the general, feels responsible for his life and is attracted to him.
The poem is very widely quoted and originates from Shijing 诗经 of the Book of Songs, one of the Five Classics…
This was a great scene. This is just my interpretation, others may disagree. But he is filled with guilt over how they saved him and now her father is imprisoned because of him. He is tries to comfort her and she surprises him by setting him free. She tells him that even though he can't reciprocate, she doesn't regret meeting him and she will still live well. She asks him at the end of their walk if this puts his heart at ease. And in the end, his answer is the same - his heart is where his home is. So my takeaway from that scene is that his feelings for Yu'er are complex - they share a life and death bond and he owes her and her father too much but in the end, he still loves Bai Yimei. First love is very powerful. Men do stupid things over it. But clearly from the casting Yu'er is his last love and end game. But to me anyway, at this point in time, he does not love her yet.
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In any case, I keep annual ranking lists going back to 2019 - you can take a look under my profile. But since I like lots of dramas that have open or sad endings, you may not consider them good endings.
https://kisskh.at/list/3kP8rN84
Somehow that won't surprise me. But from what I gathered from videos and book reviews, in the original novel its not so straightforward. Which is what actually made it such a a good book. But nowadays audiences want everything to be so black and white when in real life its complicated. But from writer interviews etc that I saw online, what I surmised is that Gu Pingyuan and Bai Yimei were each others first true love. But they lived in chaotic times and events conspired against them but they both ended up with people they were content with. But these kinds of complex entanglements are difficult to adapt and not popular with wide audiences.