On July 28, the popularity of iQiyi’s “Tang Dynasty Weird Stories: Journey to the West” exceeded 10,000. With its many twists and turns of brain-burning detective work and its portrayal of all kinds of group portraits, the drama stood out among the summer dramas and made a splash across the entire network. The popularity of the series has further boosted the attention of the previous work "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories". The search volume of the original book remains high on reading platforms and e-commerce platforms. This shows the audience's deep love for Tang Dynasty IP, making it a well-deserved summer favorite. Hot item.
Since its launch, the show's reputation and popularity have soared. The Douban score is as high as 8.1, which has increased to 8.2 so far. It continues to arouse widespread heated discussions on social media and ranks first on the lists of major data platforms. Audiences across the Internet enthusiastically participated in the discussion around the suspenseful cases and characterizations in the play, and launched # TangChaoSiShiLuHaoKan#, # TangChaoSiShiLuPlot is the King#, # TangChaoSiShiLuYiDiNPing#, More than 1,000 topics such as # Tangguixixingjiuweishuishuang were on the hot search list. In addition, they actively created various hot barrage memes, guessed the murderer on the "Lie Tie List" on the iQiyi site, and experienced lively and interesting interactive gameplay.
While keeping the mystery tense and exciting, the play also cleverly incorporates rich cultural elements of the Tang Dynasty. # Tang Dynasty Weird Stories Brings Cultural Relics Popular # became a hot search on Weibo, and the audience praised the play as "like a large-scale historical and cultural lesson." The plot of the play is not only based on folk legends such as Wu Daozi's "Hell Changes" and the strange book "Youyang Zazu", but also refers to the "Book of Wife Release" unearthed in Dunhuang, the multi-faceted seal of Dugu Xin, and the gold and silver flat seals with four lanterns and ribbons. Historical relics such as Tuojing, as well as mutton-filled Hu Pancakes and steamed buns that showcase the food culture of the Tang Dynasty, have stimulated public interest in and extensive discussions on the traditional culture of the Tang Dynasty.
The three-dimensional character creation and delicate emotional description of "The Strange Story of the Tang Dynasty: Journey to the West" also impressed many fans of the drama and triggered heated discussions. Qin Xiaobai, a painter who adheres to noble artistic pursuits in "Conquering the Demons", and the Dugu family who inherit the spirit of Wu Zuo despite their low status in "The Death of Wu Zuo", all made netizens sigh that they "feel the benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust in Chinese culture." The affectionate "Letter to Release My Wife" in the play and the sentence "I am lonely but my wife is young" have aroused strong resonance across time and space among viewers across the Internet. In the units of "Snowstorm Mojiadian", "Qian Chong Ferry" and "Tong Tian Rhinoceros", a journey in the wilderness encounters a "large werewolf", Qian Zhong crosses the river and bravely fights the ferocious beast, and the people of Hanzhou City are kept safe and driven away from Tong Tian Rhino, revealing the Humanity’s choices under extreme circumstances. Whether they are prominent figures in the court or ordinary people in the streets and alleys, their fates are intertwined in the fog of the case, and together they build a colorful world portrait.
The exciting cases are still ongoing, and the three major mystery cases of "Yunding Zui", "Letter from Shangxianfang" and "The Provider" will be opened next. Suspicions are thick and the wind is blowing in the west. What other adventures will the detective team encounter on their way west? Stay tuned.
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