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
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.