There are many TV dramas based on the Song Dynasty, but the most typical is "Know It or Not". Although it is not as good as the hook and heart fight in the deep palace of "The Biography of Zhen Huan", it also belongs to the house fighting drama. This drama can be described as a very high degree of reduction, whether it is dressing up or food, clothing, housing and transportation, it is based on the Song Dynasty for restoration and interpretation.
Although the characters cannot be completely restored, we can also see many traces of historical figures in a careful analysis. In the main history, the throne of Song Renzong was not passed to his son, but to his nephew, and the same was true of the old emperor in the play. Speaking of this nephew is actually on behalf of Song Yingzong, zhao Zongquan in the play is the role of allusion to the Song Dynasty emperor Song Yingzong.
The Song Dynasty setting in the play
Evaluating the quality of a film and television drama, especially a costume drama, has a lot to do with the historical facts carried behind it. In the degree of restoration of some dynastic knowledge and folklore details, the drama "Know It or Not" can be regarded as one of the best in the same kind of TV series. In terms of diet, the most prominent performance in the play is the table used when eating, at the beginning when the high table was very popular, almost every household would use the high table to eat, but there was no shortage of cases where the family also used a low table to eat.
In the play, when Minglan eats at her grandmother's house, she sits in a more relaxed and comfortable position, because she sits on a high table and a high bench. As soon as the camera turns, when she goes to Gu Er's house to eat, she will be slightly cramped, because the table at the second uncle's house is still a low table, and when she eats, she will lie down and bend very low, looking very tired.
In terms of character emotions, the identities involved in the characters are also set according to the history of the Song Dynasty. For example, Second Uncle Gu's good friend Wei Xingshou, at first Minglan thought it was a man's name, but later learned that at this time, Uncle Gu's red face confidant. In addition, Wei Xingshou was also a Qinglou woman, and later Minglan was still jealous when he learned about it.
The true meaning of "line beginning"
The head of the line is not an unfamiliar term in history, and there are many interpretations of it, but the most common is the meaning of a beautiful prostitute. In the Song Dynasty, there was a habit that they liked to call the more outstanding prostitutes in the Qinglou "official and private prostitutes". In addition to the appearance of the word Xingshou in the Song Dynasty, we can also glimpse the traces of this word in other dynasties.
In the "Water Margin", there is a person who is called Li Shishi, who is also called Li Xingshou, which is a meaning of the famous prostitute in the brothel. The word was very popular in the Song Dynasty, but for those of us who live in modern times, it is easy to think of it as a person's name. For example, Wei Xingshou in the TV series "Know It or Not". At first glance we may think this is a person's name, but this is not the case.
The first line is the exclusive name of the brothel prostitute, which is often said in the TV series, which is the same as the "beautiful green house woman" we mentioned earlier, but there are still some differences in the meaning of these two words. This kind of prostitute must not only be very good-looking, but also have relatively high requirements for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In the Song Dynasty, the people who could reach the head of the line were both rich and expensive, and it was unaffordable for a person from an ordinary family.
There are also some ordinary or not-rich people in history who want to contact these leaders, but the final result is to destroy their families. In addition to mastering the necessary poetry and etiquette, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, some of them will also dance knives and guns, which is the same as the so-called "Yangzhou Skinny Horse".
The "Wei Xingshou" that made Minglan afraid
In the clip where "Do You Know It or Not" will end, Minglan ushered in the day of separation from Second Uncle Gu. After the grandmother was poisoned, Minglan has been dealing with the matter of filing grievances for her grandmother despite her pregnancy, Minglan has to accept Aunt Kang's nagging every day, just when she is about to persist, Second Uncle Gu returned in time, and the matter was also well resolved.
Second Uncle Gu has been nagging Minglan that he doesn't know how to ask for help when he encounters things, which is a manifestation of not treating himself as a close person. In Minglan's thoughts, she thought she could handle this matter well, and she didn't want To Let Second Uncle Gu ask for help because she didn't want him to be distracted.
Minglan's practice did not make Second Uncle Gu feel relaxed, but made him feel that he had no sense of existence. In fact, Second Uncle Gu's approach is only to get Minglan's sincerity and let her think of herself as a husband who can be entrusted. The two of them thus broke out into an argument, in which he mentioned Wei Xingshou, and Second Uncle Gu's reaction to this woman was obviously different, which made Minglan feel very flustered.
So privately she inquired about this person, and later learned that it was a prostitute in Guangyuntai. This person was Uncle Gu's confidant when he was young, which made Minglan panic at once, and he was afraid that one day Uncle Gu would suddenly redeem Wei Xingshou and take him home, and then he would become helpless. This also proves to us from the side that the relationship between the children of the rich family and these leaders at that time was not ordinary.
epilogue:
Every plot of the film and television drama is closely related to history. The reason why Minglan in the play is so afraid of hearing the name "Wei Xingshou" is not without reason. All of this must be combined with the real history, and after understanding it, we will feel suddenly enlightened.
References: History of the Song Dynasty, Detailed Discussion of the Song Dynasty