To keep the heroes grounded and introduce commercial warfare, "The Legend of Yunxiang" seeks to break through traditional martial arts content and techniques | martial arts dramas | techniques

Release time:Apr 13, 2024 21:59 PM

In the era when traditional martial arts dramas are gradually fading out of the screen, "The Legend of Yunxiang" provides the answer to how new martial arts tell good stories.

On the 14th, a seminar on the online drama "Yunxiang Zhuan" was held in Beijing. At the meeting, representatives and experts from the main creators stated that the drama has found new breakthroughs in martial arts themes and brought some valuable experiences for the industry to learn from. The chief producer and screenwriter of the drama, Leung Chun hwa, revealed that a second installment of "The Legend of Yunxiang" will be produced.

"The Legend of Yun Xiang" is adapted from the novel "A Thousand Gates" written by Fang Baiyu. It tells the story of Yun Xiang, a handsome young master, who carries the mission of entering the martial arts world and meets several good friends. They all defend virtue and justice in the turbulent and turbulent struggles of the martial arts world. Since its airing on both iQiyi and Tencent Video platforms on May 1st, the drama has achieved leading popularity on major data platforms, continuously topping the Top 1. After three days of closing, it finally topped the May Hot Drama TOP1 list on data platforms such as Guduo.

Liang Zhenhua has been harboring a dream of chivalry since childhood. Unlike previous martial arts dramas, this drama increases the element of "intelligence", and the protagonist Yun Xiang is a "smart hero" who knows no martial arts at all. He said that in a certain sense, this drama is exploring the topic of who has more leadership in terms of culture and violence in temples, rivers and lakes, and among the people, with the strategy of stopping the conflict and winning the battle.

At the same time, the drama involves many modern business battles, such as finance, futures, real estate, logistics... "The inclusion of these contents is to make Xiake more down-to-earth, get closer to the audience, and strive to give everyone some realism," said Liang Zhenhua.

The screenwriter Yan Xi said that the good reputation of this drama is partly due to the female characters it creates, which is also one of the differences from traditional martial arts dramas. The women in the drama are no longer tools in the male world, and love is not their greatest mission. The female characters portrayed in the drama are clear and independent, with strong self-awareness, decisive and decisive actions, and do not shy away from their own evaluation of interests, all of which are in line with the current values of women.

Li Jingsheng, Vice President of the China Radio and Television Association, stated that the biggest feature of this drama is to seek innovation and breakthroughs in content and techniques while maintaining its traditional martial arts background, and to interpret a new spirit of chivalry, achieving the value advancement of martial arts drama in contemporary times.

This drama features essential character plots and elements such as sectarian struggles, acts of revenge, gratitude, concern for the country, and thoughts of the common people in traditional martial arts dramas. On this basis, it adds the wonders of business and war, cleverness of strategy, acts of sadistic love, as well as suspense and lightness. Li Jingsheng believes that "the injection of traditional background colors and new elements in the drama is not contradictory, and the combination gives people a feeling of being both martial arts and seemingly not martial arts."

Professor Li Shengli from the School of Drama and Film at Communication University of China stated that the drama uses calligraphy, poetry, ink painting, and other elements to showcase traditional Chinese culture, depicting the beauty of Chinese culture and immersing the audience in the artistic conception of traditional Chinese culture. On this basis, connect the surface visual and auditory communication with the internal content of traditional Chinese culture, and achieve better internal and external unity.

He believes that when works like "The Legend of Yunxiang" go abroad, it can subtly trigger foreign audiences to appreciate, understand, and deeply identify with traditional Chinese culture, providing an effective way to improve the international dissemination of Chinese culture in contemporary times.

Professor Xu Hailong from the School of Literature at Capital Normal University stated that the overall values of the work not only reflect a return to the traditional values of benevolence and love, but also conform to the current mainstream social values. The drama focuses on a richer social class through the content of commercial warfare, and also points to the life ideals of ordinary people. The life experiences of a group of characters are internalized to present the public order and good customs of the people they live in, and their pursuit of emotions and morality is reflected in the ordinary level of life.

The UK has formed the largest exhibition group, with over 2200 companies from 28 of the top 30 countries and regions participating in the Service Trade Fair. Institutions | Organizations | Enterprises
The UK has formed the largest exhibition group, with over 2200 companies from 28 of the top 30 countries and regions participating in the Service Trade Fair. Institutions | Organizations | Enterprises

The 2023 China International Trade in Services Fair will be held in Beijing from September 2nd to 6th. According to a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing today, this year is the first year for China to fully resume offline exhibitions. This year's Fair for Trade in Services has increased its offline invitation efforts, highlighting internationalization, authority, and professionalism, further promoting exchanges and negotiations between exhibitors, mutually beneficial cooperation, and win-win outcomes. More than 500 Fortune Global 500 and leading enterprises will participate in the 2023 Global Service Trade Summit offline, with an expanded scale and a higher level of offline guests. Some foreign dignitaries, ministerial level guests, and international organization leaders will be invited to attend and deliver speeches. The host country of this year's Service Trade Fair is the United Kingdom, which has formed the largest exhibition group since the exhibition. 51 countries and 24 international organizations will be established offline in the name of national governments or headquarters

The National Grand Theatre has built the world's largest theater complex, and the three major buildings of the Beijing Urban Sub center have been fully completed. The museum | Beijing | Conclusion
The National Grand Theatre has built the world's largest theater complex, and the three major buildings of the Beijing Urban Sub center have been fully completed. The museum | Beijing | Conclusion

25 kilometers east of Beijing, the water of the Grand Canal flows leisurely. On both sides of the canal, large-scale greening is quietly spreading, and the three major buildings of Beijing's urban sub center are rising from the ground. On the 15th, the reporter visited the three major buildings that were about to be completed. The Beijing Art Center, which looks like a big curtain, shimmers with silver under the sunlight. The Grand Canal Museum seems to be covered with five sails scattered all over the roof, and the Beijing City Library, supported by 144 "ginkgo tree trunks," looks like a sea of forests. At the end of September, the "Three Major Buildings" met the conditions for completion and acceptance. Sha Gang, Deputy General Manager of the Three Major Construction Project Department of Beitou Group's Urban Sub center, introduced that as of now, the main structure and exterior facade decoration works of the three major construction projects have been fully completed. 95% of indoor electromechanical engineering has been completed, 90% of indoor decoration engineering has been completed, and 80% of outdoor municipal and landscape engineering has been completed

More than 3000 people were trapped in three trains in Mentougou mountain area. Fengsha Railway, which was damaged in rainstorm, resumed operation last night | more than 3000 people
More than 3000 people were trapped in three trains in Mentougou mountain area. Fengsha Railway, which was damaged in rainstorm, resumed operation last night | more than 3000 people

On the evening of August 8th, it was learned from the Beijing Railway Bureau of China that after 71 hours of emergency repair, at around 18:30 on August 8th, as the track rolling locomotive slowly passed through the Zhuwo Station of the Fengsha Railway, the Fengsha Railway finally resumed traffic. The Fengsha Railway was completed and opened to traffic on June 30, 1955. It is a mountainous railway and the first mainline railway in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. It is also an important channel for transporting coal from Shanxi to other regions. On July 30, affected by rainstorm for several days, some sections of Fengsha Railway located in Mentougou District of Beijing were seriously damaged. Train K1178, K396 and Z180 were stranded in the mountains, and nearly 3000 passengers and attendants were stranded. After the joint cooperation of the railway department, armed police soldiers, and firefighters, all passengers and crew members were able to escape from the trap for 5 days and arrived at Beijing West Station and Beijing Fengtai Station respectively

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences releases major achievements on a monthly basis, and the "History | Theory | Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle Historical Experience Series" is published
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences releases major achievements on a monthly basis, and the "History | Theory | Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle Historical Experience Series" is published

The key publication of the Central Propaganda Department's theme publication, "A Series of Historical Experience of the Party's Centenary Struggle," has been released recently. On the morning of the 4th, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences organized a "Monthly Conference on Major Achievements of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences" in Beijing, focusing on introducing this theoretical achievement. The "Historical Experience Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle" is a masterpiece that examines and summarizes the history of the CPC from the perspective of historical experience. It is based on the historical resolution passed at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, deeply implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and based on the ten historical experiences accumulated from the Party's century long struggle clearly pointed out in the resolution, it is independently written from ten aspects: Party leadership, people first, theoretical innovation, independence and autonomy, the Chinese path, embracing the world, exploring and innovating, daring to struggle, united front, and self revolution. According to the introduction, the Party

The millennium old traditional customs in Nanzhao are rejuvenated, with "golden leaves" flourishing, and the body of mugwort picking during the Dragon Boat Festival | modern | tradition
The millennium old traditional customs in Nanzhao are rejuvenated, with "golden leaves" flourishing, and the body of mugwort picking during the Dragon Boat Festival | modern | tradition

During the Dragon Boat Festival, there has been a custom of picking mugwort in Chinese folk culture since ancient times. The "Jingchu Suishi Ji" from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period records: "On the fifth day of the fifth month, picking mugwort as a person, hanging it on the door to ward off poisonous gas." To this day, many regions still retain the custom of picking mugwort on the Dragon Boat Festival. In Nanzhao County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, a large number of people go up the mountains to pick mugwort around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The collected mugwort leaves are made into various mugwort products by local enterprises and sold nationwide. Recently, the Aicao Culture Festival was held in Nanzhao County, and reporters visited several local traditional Chinese medicine enterprises. Here, the traditional custom of picking mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival is being given new vitality by the thriving modern traditional Chinese medicine industry in the local area. The Dragon Boat Festival picking of Artemisia argyi has been given new vitality by the modern traditional Chinese medicine industry. The Dragon Boat Festival picking of mugwort has a long history of use in China. At the Xiaokong Mountain Site in Nanzhao County, archaeology