As time goes by, chivalry will last forever!
March 10 this year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Jin Yong. Since 1958, more than 130 film and television works adapted from Jin Yong's novels have been released and broadcast. Recently, many Jin Yong drama fans and Jin Yong drama actors commemorated Jin Yong through social networks.
Jin Yong has created a total of 15 martial arts novels, namely: "Flying Fox Gaiden", "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", "Liancheng Jue", "Dragon", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "White Horse Roaring in the West Wind", " The Deer and the Cauldron ", " Swordsman" "Jianghu ", " Book of Swords and Enmities ", " The Legend of the Condor Heroes ", "Xia Ke Xing", " Yitian Slaying the Dragon ", "Blue Blood Sword", "Mandarin Duck Sword" and "Yue Nu Sword". These classic works have been put on the screen again and again, becoming memories of generations after generations.
Take the TV series adaptation of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as an example. In 1976, Hong Kong Jiayi TV adapted Jin Yong's martial arts novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" into a TV series for the first time. The play is directed by Xiao Sheng and stars Bai Biao, Michelle Leung, Liang Xiaolong and others. It is narrated around the love story of Guo Jing and Huang Rong. In the play, Guo Jing and Huang Rong traveled together in the world, experienced countless adventures and dangers, and made a vow that "smart people and stupid people will always be together, live together, die together, and never separate."
After that, adaptations of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" continued to appear, such as: Huang Rihua , Weng Meiling version in 1983, Zhang Zhilin and Zhu Yin version in 1994, Li Yapeng, Zhou Xun version in 2008, Hu Ge, 2008 Ariel Ariel version, Yang Xuwen and Li Yitong version in 2017, etc. In addition, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" starring Tony Leung and Brigitte Lin, and "Ashes of Time" starring Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin have also become well-known IP adaptation movies.
In addition to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", many film and television dramas adapted from Jin Yong's novels have become classics, such as "The Swordsman" by Li Yapeng and Xu Qing, "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon" by Wu Qihua and Gigi Gigi, and "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon" by Huang Rihua, Chen Haomin and Fan Shaohuang. "Dragon", Tony Leung and Andy Lau's version of "The Deer and the Cauldron", Chen Xiaochun and Ma Junwei's version of "The Deer and the Cauldron", etc.
It is worth mentioning that many classic adaptations were created by film and television workers in Hong Kong, China. Today, TVB has also invited many actors who have played important roles in Jin Yong's adaptations to record videos to commemorate Jin Yong's birthday. Well-known actors such as "Zhou Botong" Li Yaoxiang, "Zhang Wuji" Wu Qihua, "Duan Yu" Chen Haomin, "Xu Zhu" Fan Shaohuang etc. .
In addition, at the press conference for the 100th anniversary of Jin Yong’s birth, Li Yapeng, Zhou Xun, Liu Tao, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Yifei, Shu Chang, Wei Zi, He Saifei and other actors who have appeared in film and television adaptations of Jin Yong’s novels also recorded videos to pay tribute. Jin Yong.
Text | Reporter Gong Weifeng Intern Fan Yuqing
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