TTV, China TV, and China TV are known as the "Old Three Channels"
In the 1980s and 1990s, the "Old Three Channels" seized the eight-point stalls, and Taiwan became the leading producer of Chinese TV dramas.
Most of its dramas are introduced to the mainland, especially costume dramas.
Taiwan's costume dramas are well-produced and unbelievable stories are loved by a wide range of audiences. They once occupied more than half of the TV series broadcast time of mainland TV stations in the 1980s and 1990s.
For TV audiences in the 80s and 90s, Taiwanese costume dramas can almost be said to have accompanied the growth of several generations and has a profound impact on cultural products.
Ju Jueliang directed, Liu Songren, Su Mingming, Michelle starring "August Osmanthus Fragrance"
"August Osmanthus Fragrance" is one of the dramas that became popular in the Mainland in the early 1990s, and is also one of the famous producers z3510 Yang Peijun The mainland’s stepping stone, Hong Kong star Liu Songren, after starring in "Returning the Pearl", continued to play in "August Osmanthus Fragrance", "Spring Comes Back in Spring", and "The Last Daughter's Love" and other dramas, doubled in value.
"The Fragrance of Osmanthus in August" is based on the story of Hu Xueyan, a famous red-top businessman in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Songren starred in Hu Xueyan, Michelle starred in Diao Man Ge Yu Xuan, bitter actress Su Mingming played Cheng Xianglian, Shen Mengsheng, Li Liqun, Jiang Ming, etc. There are wonderful performances in the play. The opening song of the
series "Dust Fate" was sung by Hong Kong singer Luo Wen and became Luo Wen's most popular Chinese song in the Mainland. In 2015, Li Jian sang this classic song in Hunan Satellite TV's "I Am a Singer", which evoked the memories of a generation, as if the classic was yesterday and has not gone far.
Today, let us take "August Osmanthus Fragrance" as a starting point and look back at the era of Yang Peipei's Taiwanese drama.
there are our common good memories.
"August Osmanthus Fragrance" Highlights
The contemporary imagination of traditional stories
The story line of "August Osmanthus Fragrance" is actually not complicated. In short, it is the history of Hu Xueyan's growth and emotional history -Accompanying from childhood The long-time unsuccessful old father went to Beijing to rush for the exam. He broke up with his friends throughout the year, and then became a wealthy businessman. Finally, he was ransacked, his wealth was dispersed, his life experience was depressed, and he was seriously ill. He died with hatred.
This is mixed with the unforgiving love between Hu Xueyan and Xianglian, who met at first sight in Pingshui, the entanglement with Wu Qi, who had been acquainted with each other since childhood but turned against each other, and the joy of friends with the unruly and willful Yu Gege, etc., friendly love, Li Yuyi slowly spread out in the forty episodes.
Su Mingming played Xianglian
The drama started from the flashback in the twilight years. On the day of Hu's 80th birthday, the court ordered Hu Xueyan's home to be ransacked for half a century, only to be haggard and desolate, and Hu Xueyan was finally hit hard. . The family was relocating in Hu Mansion, Wu Qi came to visit, recalling that when he was young, he couldn't help but sigh. Xue Yan condemned Wu Qi for acknowledging the thief as his father and causing countless harms, but Wu Qi accused Xue Yan of causing her to cleanse herself and enter the palace, and his wife was scattered... While he was still alive, the only thing Xue Yan could not forget was the fragrance of osmanthus in August.
"August Osmanthus Fragrance" classic cutscene
"August Osmanthus Fragrance" is obviously an adaptation of Hu Xueyan, the representative of Huizhou merchants and the king of Jiangnan medicine. Hu Xueyan was born in Huizhou, Anhui in the third year of Qing Dynasty. His father died of illness, and he was alone at the age of 13. He was appreciated because of his hard work and pragmatism. He also took control of the bank by chance and met Wang Youling, the “alternate Zhejiang Salt Ambassador”. After Wang Youling, his official business prospered, and Hu Xueyan's business grew stronger and he almost mastered He became the “richest man in China” at the time by helping more than half of Zhejiang’s wartime finance and economics. Then, because of the merits of assisting Zuo Zongtang during the war, he once taught Jiangxi alternate roads and gave them to wear yellow gossip, becoming a typical official business.
In the 1980s, , a series of novels by the famous Taiwanese writer Gao Yang, "Hu Xueyan" was all the rage , and became a bestseller in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. "Sage of business" Hu Xueyan became an idol of young people eager to get rich under the economic wave, The production of "Scent of Laurel" is not unrelated to the background of this era.
"Yugege" Lan Xuan and his sister Lan Fei
mainland dramas of the same period are mostly serious dramas, magnificent, big scenes and real shooting styles , and Taiwan dramas are more new in traditional stories. The emotional interpretation of, weaves a mixed and unsteady web, fascinating .
"August Osmanthus Fragrance" extracts the material from the character experience, and then adds the imagination of the current time and space, centering on the fate of the protagonist, the sequence of events, the progressive event plot of cause and effect, and the increasingly sharp conflicts. In his emotional experience, people lament the uncertainty of fate, and finally complete the release of psychological emotions in the ending of conflicts.
When historical figures are adapted into film and television works, they tend to focus on the emotions of the characters, especially the complicated love. The series is not called "Hu Xueyan" but "August Osmanthus Fragrance", which adds a touch of romance. The texture is full of imagination. What happened in August when the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrant?
Young Liu Songren and Michelle Michelle
The tragic narrative of Taiwan drama
"August Osmanthus Fragrance", the emotional line is obviously more lively than the business line.
And what is indispensable among them is the worrying love triangle. The audience will always wonder who Hu Xueyan is with? Is it Xianglian or Yugege?
Unfortunately, his favorite Xianglian married the blackened Dong Wuqi, and Yu Gege married Wang Youling.
Even at the end of the series, she and Yu Gege's son became rivals, and she had a love triangle with Xianglian's daughter Lingzi.
Hu Xueyan and Yu Gege
But the two confidantes kept Hu Xueyan's place in their hearts. After Xianglian married Wu Qi, Wu Qi quickly blackened and became his father-in-law’s godson, and was even brought into the palace by his father-in-law. The eunuch.
Yuge Granxuan finally reunited with Wang Youling after she retired and became a monk. Fortunately, she grew up quickly and was no longer self-willed. After knowing what it means to die, although Wang Youling had a grudge, Yu Gege has become a beggar in the same year. The traditional good wives who died on the same day in the same month, the two were left alone in Xueyan, and died when the rebels attacked the city of Hangzhou.
The leader of the rebellion was Hu Xueyan’s aunt and Dong Wuqi’s sister, Dong Lan. Wu Qi shot and killed Uncle Chunlin who persuaded him to turn around. Dong Lan vowed to bury her husband in Hangzhou, but he also died during the siege. In the chaos of arrows.
Hu Xueyan and Xianglian
Procrastination is almost a shortcoming of most Taiwanese dramas , but in the era of scarce spiritual and cultural life resources, these overturned emotions make people more involved in the plot.
"Forbearance" occupies a large part of the traditional virtues. When Taiwan dramas shape the protagonist of the story, most of them arrange ups and downs, and finally resolve difficulties and contradictions with kindness and tolerance. The setting of "suffering" enhances the story. The narrative tension fully reproduces the worldly feelings of ordinary people, and expresses the sadness and sadness of life through the joys and sorrows of daily life.
In "August Osmanthus Fragrance", all the heroes and heroines who have love not only did not get the love that was pursued, but even died of fate. Even the protagonist Hu Xueyan was unable to die because of the revenge of his former friends. There are countless fame and fortune, but everything becomes empty in a blink of an eye, and the only thing in my heart is "August Osmanthus Fragrance".
Hu Xueyan’s compassionate heart is let go of Wu Qi
Most of Taiwan’s misery TV dramas follow the "Encounter Suffering-Obtaining Happiness" model, the development of the character's personality does not have much room in the patterned plot, moral sentiment Tend to perfection, and human complexity cannot be manifested. These characteristics of
have been promoted in "August Osmanthus Fragrance" discarded , "raising" is the routine of suffering, "abandoning" is the forgiveness and forbearance of the Virgin Mary, the main characters are all multi-faceted and different. Variety.
But despite this, the drama is still the traditional tragic narrative of Taiwanese drama. At the end of the story, Hu Xueyan's final failure was due to Dong Wuqi's conspiracy. At the end of the
story, Wu Qi had no relatives and no friends in his heart, lonely, looking at the rows of spiritual positions in the ancestral hall, calling out names in pain. Xueyan injured Wu Qi with a gun in order to avenge the murder of his son. But seeing Wu Qi's pain, the assassin finally found it difficult and the killer left sadly. In the end, all the protagonists turned into clouds of smoke, leaving behind the knot that could not be solved. A sigh. As sung in the lyrics:
The dust is like a dream. The ups and downs are always uneven.
has become smoke and clouds now.
. Love has become empty. It is like waving the bottom of the sleeve. A faint scent of fragrance floats in the deep old dream.
The flowers are all haggard. In the wind
When I look back, there is no sunny or rain
Bright moon small building is lonely and no one complains
There is my remnant dream in the world
The long road ups and downs can not be left by me
The sea of people wanders and tastes the indifference of humanity
How much affectionate and lonely
people go with the wind and flowers bloom and fall
no matter how the vicissitudes of the world are
a city full of lovesickness is silent
only the fragrance of osmanthus secretly drifts through
zz Dong Lan died of chaos
z6 The cultural heritage ofThe popularity of Hong Kong dramas in Taiwan in the 1980s made Hong Kong stars’ performances in Taiwan a craze, and Yang Peipei has the shadow of popular Hong Kong stars in every drama. In 1988, Yang Peipei invited Hong Kong star Liu Songren to shoot " "Returning the Pearl", "August Osmanthus Fragrance", "Spring Goes Back to Spring", "Last Generations of Children's Love" and other dramas, created the genre of dramas in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. All four dramas were shortlisted for different years of Jin Zhong Award for best drama.
Since then, Yang Peipei has also produced "Blue Sea Love and Sky" starring Liu Songren and Ye Tong, Huang Rihua , Zhou Haimei starring "The Last Emperor Sun", Ma Jingtao, Ye Tong, Zhou Haimei starring "Eternal Dragon Slayer", Ma Jingtao, Xia Wenxi starring "New "The Dragon Inn", "Nong Ben Sentiment" starring Ma Jingtao and Carina Lau, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring Ren Xianqi and Wu Qianlian, "Mulan" starring Yang Lijing and Song Yimin, "Swordsman" starring Ren Xianqi and Anita Yuan, Fan Wenfang Most of the "Green Snake Biography" starring Jiao Enjun, etc. have become classics in the hearts of the audience, and have also won high ratings and high reputation.
Liu Songren and Ye Tong starred in "Love in the Blue Sea"
Ma Jingtao and Ye Zhou Haimei starred in "Heavenly Dragon Slayer"
Ren Xianqi and Wu Qianlian starred in "The Condor Heroes"
z2, which is the style of "The Condor Heroes"
z2. The men and women in the martial arts, the knights who come and go in the martial arts are all portrayed with enthusiasm, and what is more worth mentioning is the inheritance and development of Chinese culture in her play.
Whether it is the lingering love, hatred and hatred in the turbulent Republic of China era, or the shameless righteousness in the martial arts world, Yang Peipei's drama always reveals a moving family and country feeling.
- The martial arts drama series of Jianghu grievances, the choice of love and justice demonstrates the ultimate ideal. The
94 version of "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" is the most classic of countless people, and it is also the most important version in the hearts of Mr. Jin Yong. Ma Jingtao’s Zhang Wuji , Ye Tong’s Zhao Min, Zhou Haimei’s Zhou Zhiruo are convincing. In this version of the play, Zhang Wuji takes Zhao Min to find his ideal home. He is unwilling to let go of the happiness of the people for his own personal enmity, and let Zhu Yuanzhang go. And made it to use "Ming" as the national title, and hide himself in the world. Although Ren Xianqi's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Swordsman" have been criticized, they have also made a new interpretation of the ideals of the rivers and lakes, leaving the original work as a new story will still feel different.
Ren Xianqi starred in "The Swordsman"
- Seeking new changes in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China theme drama series, will never be separated from the death of Weiguo
"AugustHu Xueyan, Hu Chunlin, and his old father in "Osmanthus Fragrance" are actually looking for ways to serve the country, and have embarked on a different path. The struggle between conservation and innovation reflects their own choices in the two generations. "The Love of the Last Sons and Daughters" is about the decline of the country in the late Qing Dynasty. Tong Chengxun is heartbroken and powerless, joining the torrent of reform and national salvation. In "Spring Goes Back, Spring Comes Back", the idiotic men and women are all washed out in the turbulent years, and went to the country together.
Liu Songren starred in "The Love of the Last Sons and Daughters"
Most of Taiwan's TV dramas in the last century were full of strong traditional cultural aesthetic feelings, so it can arouse strong resonance in the pan-Chinese speaking region.
Sitting in front of the TV, we can feel the strong centripetal force of this culture, and the dramas produced by Yang Peipei have inherited this spirit, so they have received wide attention and are still remembered today.
After the millennium, due to the economic impact, the tide of Japanese and Korean idol culture was surging, and the public aesthetics turned rapidly, and Taiwanese dramas moved towards the direction of idolization.
Zhou Haimei and Ye Tong have witnessed the era of Hong Kong Star’s Taiwanese dramas
. Today, television has been updated, economic transformation, social transformation, and popular aesthetics. Yang Peipei’s heat wave has faded, and the newly produced remakes are hard to find. To the taste of earlier.
And the Taiwanese dramas of the last century, like osmanthus in August, when I think of it, it is already fragrant.
is a commemoration.
