On April 22, the first 6 episodes of the TV series "Elegy of Qinhuai" can be watched on many genuine video platforms. This TV series stars Wei Zi, Yi Nengjing , Zeng Li , Wang Siyi and other actors. The filming of the drama was completed in 2007, which is 18 years ago. This TV series is adapted from the Mao Dun Literature Award-winning novel "White Gate Willow". The original novel is still relatively powerful.
But why has this TV series never been able to get the chance to be released to the public or go online? Around 2007, actors such as Yi Nengjing and Zeng Li were also considered popular and capable actors. Therefore, it cannot be said that the cast of this TV series is insufficient. The reason why "Elegy of Qinhuai" failed to become a star that year may have something to do with the fact that the filming of this TV series was relatively average.
If the audience prefers the old version of " Dream of Red Mansions ", then you can take a look at this "Elegy of Qinhuai". Its narrative rhythm, camera scheduling, etc. are actually the same as the old version of "Dream of Red Mansions" . However, this more traditional way of filming costume dramas had no market around 2007. At that time, lighter fantasy dramas were popular.
Many years later, if we re-watch "The Elegy of Qinhuai", we may feel that this slow and long way of scheduling language in the shots has a unique flavor. After the show is launched on some video platforms, it should gain some middle-aged and elderly fans. Young drama fans should have a low level of acceptance of this almost back-to-nature scene.
Although the TV series "Elegy of Qinhuai" is adapted from Mao Dun Literary Award-winning literary works such as "White Gate Willow", it is relatively impetuous and lacks the historical magnanimity of a novel. Especially in the opening plot, it focuses too much on the content of Qian Qianyi’s house fight. Liu Rushi belonged to the third concubine. After entering, the second concubine came to fight, and there was a foul atmosphere inside.
Maybe, the screenwriters back then thought that the audience would like to watch this kind of house fighting content. We can't blame the low level of screenwriters back then. Around 2007, there were indeed many extremely vulgar TV dramas that became popular. Such works were indeed a group of women tearing each other apart. Later, "Zhen Huan", "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and the like were also dramas involving a group of women, which made some viewers hooked and thought they were classics. What kind of audience determines what kind of work.
In the serious literary work "White Gate Willow", of course, it is not about the fight between houses, nor the story of the fight between the second concubine and the third concubine in Qian Qianyi's house, but the story of the scholars and scholar-bureaucrats during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Choose a question. Serious literature emphasizes the narrative of the broken family and country, rather than bullshit house fighting. The house fighting content at the beginning of the TV series "Elegy of Qinhuai" is actually an insult to serious literary works.
The narrative of this TV series is relatively slow. From the perspectives of Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi, the story of the handover of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is told. In contrast, Wanqian also has a movie called " Liu Rushi ". That movie portrayed the story of Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi in a more profound way. In the movie "Liu Rushi", Liu Rushi is indeed a fascinating and fascinating woman.
In Yi Nengjing's "Elegy of Qinhuai", Liu Rushi is more like a concubine, or a concubine. For example, in the first episode of this TV series, Liu Rushi was married by Qian Qianyi. From the beginning, Liu Rushi and Qian Qianyi acted like monsters, entering through the front door but not through the side door. The content of making a monster is quite similar to that of some of our rural women asking for a sum of money before getting off the bus. When viewers read such a story, they will definitely think of a new daughter-in-law who refuses to get off the sedan chair in her hometown in the countryside, rather than some strange woman who is well-educated and sensible.
Based on this, this "Qinhuai Elegy" is only suitable for nostalgic viewing. If you want to understand the story of Qian Qianyi and Liu Rushi, you should watch Wan Qian's version of "Liu Rushe". If you want to understand the story of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is better to read the original novel of "White Gate Willow" directly. (Text/Ma Qingyun)
