In domestic dramas, there is a genre with strong traditional cultural characteristics - traditional Chinese medicine dramas, which have emerged in large numbers and are favored by the people.
The last domestic Chinese medicine drama that has strong traditional cultural characteristics and makes the audience like to see, which work do you think of?
After the 80s, the most thought of may be the annual ratings champion "The Gate of the Mansion" directed by Guo Baochang and starring Siqin Gaova , Chen Baoguo , Liu Peiqi , Jiang Wenli , Du Yulu , etc. This period drama that tells the history of the rise and fall of China's century-old "Hundred Herb Hall" medicine shop was really popular all over the country.
Those who like comedy may think of the old drama bone Li Baotian starring in "Divine Doctor Xilaile", although it is a comedy, the play takes the ups and downs of the life of Xilaile in the folk langzhong as the main line, integrating the history of the change of law and the fate of small people in the social background of the late Qing Dynasty, which is still endlessly remembered many years later. Although the knowledge of Chinese medicine in the play has flaws in details, it is generally worthy of research.
Li Baotian also acted in "The Great Qing Medicine King", which is the story of the famous time-honored Tongrentang.
Post-90s audiences may think of "Great Country Doctor" led by Zhao Wenxuan and Xu Fan, the series takes the traditional Chinese medicine orthopedic culture as the background, integrating Chinese medicine culture and the way of being a person into the short and rising and falling changes of a family's patriarch.
These dramas not only have good stories, but also spread Chinese medicine culture, but with the advent of the traffic era, the theme of domestic dramas is increasingly biased towards ancient dolls and sweet pets, and the traditional Chinese medicine dramas that are biased towards formal dramas have gradually disappeared.
The last Chinese medicine drama that attracted attention was "Old Chinese Medicine" starring Chen Baoguo and Feng Yuanzheng in 2019, some of the prescriptions mentioned in it are Chinese medicine classics, and the acting skills of the old drama bones are wonderful.
When will the audience be able to see another Chinese medicine drama that both men and women of all ages love to watch?
Here, grab a new way -
Just tomorrow night, a contemporary reality-themed Chinese medicine drama will be broadcast on Oriental Satellite TV primetime, and Youku will also be broadcast on the Internet.
However, most of the classics of Chinese medicine dramas mentioned above focus on the ups and downs of a certain medical family, mostly period dramas, but this drama sounds different from the name - "Houlang".
The starring cast, old + new, there are old drama bones such as Wu Gang, Jiang Shan, Li Guangfu, Xi Meijuan, and popular stars such as Zhao Lusi and Luo Yizhou.
The story also tells about the new and old inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine, which not only has the popularization of traditional Chinese medicine, but also has the fierce collision of new and old cultures.
The screenwriter is a six-six who is good at detonating topics.
Old themes, new stories, not classic tastes, but with the mission of reviving Chinese medicine dramas.
Can it be done?
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to it.
Before the broadcast, you may wish to give this big drama a pulse.
The key to success or failure is actually the audience's basic requirements for domestic dramas - details respect reality, characters respect logic, and stories respect IQ.
The pulse is right, then the Chinese medicine drama has a back wave.
1. Story: A new prescription for Chinese medicine dramas? This dispensing is a bit fierce
This is a drama that can feel its weight from the title, and if you really want to say it, its "background" does have something.
The play is a major literary and art project support work in Sichuan Province in 2022, and also won the 2022 State Administration of Radio, Film and Television TV series guidance and support special fund "Go deep into life and take root in the people" tilt project.
It can make all parties pay attention to optimism, and it is inseparable from the theme of the play - the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine.
In fact, when I saw the title of the play at the beginning, and saw that Zhao Lusi was the starring actor, I estimated that many people thought that this was an urban idol drama like me. But clicking on the plot introduction and trailer, I found that "Back Wave" is a real Chinese medicine drama.
Although there are many Chinese medicine dramas, it is really rare to start with the theme of contemporary Chinese medicine inheritance.
"Back Wave" was the first to eat crabs. There are advantages and advantages, but also practical difficulties.
One of the most direct problems is: it seems that it is difficult for us to photograph the theme of contemporary Chinese medicine well.
Big themes are easy to shoot big, and grand narratives can't see people; Accommodating the audience and easy to fly, the thick theme cannot fall to the ground.
What to do? From the perspective of the story, the method of breaking the problem of "Back Wave" is: see the big with the small.
The central characters of the story, one old, one new.
The first elder, is Ren Xinzheng (played by Wu Gang), a professor at the University of Chinese Medicine, who is committed to spreading Chinese medicine and resigned to establish a Chinese medicine inheritance class, hoping to cultivate successors who can truly pass on the way of Chinese medicine.
Yixin, is the head of the mixed grandson (played by Zhao Lusi), she accidentally joined the teacher's class, and asked, "What kind of organization are you?" ”。
She is incompatible with Ren Xinzheng's son Ren Tianzhen (played by Luo Yizhou), and Yang Xiaohong (played by Zhang Meng), a lawyer-turned-career, and other students.
But this group of students who came with their own questions, and finally followed the teachers such as Ren Xinzheng and Song Linglan (played by Jiang Shan) who made great wishes, and forged ahead in the direction of inheriting the Taoist system in a chicken feather, and learned to inherit the traditional culture of Chinese medicine in the form of a wave in the future, and grew into a galloping wave of inheriting Chinese medicine.
Combined with the trailer, you can see the two characteristics of the series: one is "old Chinese medicine".
Although there are young idols, no obvious love lines have been found at present, and it is certain that the inheritance of Chinese medicine is the core of the story.
Although screenwriter Liuliu's works are known for strong dramatic conflicts and are sometimes questioned about the plot, her "Heart Technique" has so far ranked at the forefront of domestic medical dramas with 8.3 points, relying on details that are far more solid than ordinary domestic industry dramas.
It is said that in order to create this TV series, screenwriter Liuli studied a large number of Chinese medicine theory courses and also took the certificate. It is certain that the Chinese medicine drama operated by Liuliu, at least at the level of Chinese medicine details, is exquisite.
The second is "new angles".
Although it is undoubtedly a Chinese medicine drama, the story does not adopt the traditional period drama perspective, but from the perspective of youth, telling the story of the younger generation learning Chinese medicine and the older generation passing on Chinese medicine.
The plot style is also full of joy, such as Wu Gang prescribing medicine to people in the play, a total of one sentence: don't look at your phone after 10 o'clock, sleep well, most of the diseases of the body are gone.
What the screenwriter wants to grasp is obviously not only middle-aged and elderly audiences and traditional Chinese medicine health enthusiasts, the audience she wants to capture is an audience of all ages.
This also leads to the last feature of the show: the topic drama.
Although it is a Chinese medicine theme, it can be seen that the drama is still marked in the six or six styles, that is, life comedy + strong drama, and it can be seen from the trailer that the drama contains plots such as the heroine being expelled from the division for a time, and the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is facing severe challenges.
This is exactly the style of the standard screenwriter Liuliu, whether it is a front wave or a back wave, her drama is never boring.
2. Main creator: screenwriter of "Snail House" and "Youth Pi" + director of "Daqing Salt Merchant", this lineup is stable
Due to the strong professionalism of TCM dramas, the first step is to find the right person.
The choreographer-director combination of "Back Wave" is another pair of classic combinations in Chinese dramas that complement each other's strengths.
Let's start with the screenwriter Six Six.
From "Snail House" and "Double Sided Tape" to "An Home" and "Youth Pi" in recent years, the biggest feature of the TV series written by Six Six is that every episode is creating topics.
Liuliu is the most Internet-minded screenwriter in China, and the moment the story is written, it has already pre-buried various topics that will detonate the Internet in the future.
This is why every work written by six or six screenwriters will trigger heated discussions on the Internet after they are broadcast, such as "Youth Pi", which has soared in the audience's controversy.
With her handling the Chinese medicine theme that ordinary audiences are both familiar with and unfamiliar with, it is almost certain that the show will become an Internet hit.
But the risk is that it is possible to "overtake the drug".
Fortunately, the play also has a stable decoction master - director Han Xiaojun.
His master is the first director of a historical drama in Chinese dramas: Zhang Li.
Han Xiaojun, who has directed dramas such as "The Right Way in the World is Vicissitudes" and "Daming Dynasty 1566" with Zhang Li, obviously continues Zhang Li's deep and heavy directing style, and his independent "Daqing Salt Merchant" starring Zhang Jiayi is recognized as a legendary drama masterpiece of the era.
This rigorous and deep directing style happens to complement the screenwriting style of the six and six dramas that are not surprising and endless.
Before the start of filming, Han Xiaojun took the leading actors to spend time learning Chinese medicine knowledge and feeling the daily life of Chinese medicine children, and the starring Wu Gang visited the old Chinese medicine doctor in advance to learn acupuncture and moxibustion.
The filming period of the play is more than 4 months, spanning five different regions for filming, taking in the beautiful scenery of green mountains and green mountains, and traditional Chinese cultural elements such as the 24 solar terms are cleverly embellished in the series.
The image style of the series is thick, or idyllic, or beautiful.
The various styles are matched with the mood of the characters and the development of the plot, and they come just right.
The director wants to use a large number of fine stitches to quietly weave a picture of contemporary Chinese medicine.
But the key to success or failure is the actor.
3. Actors: Wu Gang, Zhao Lusi starring, and 6 powerful people joined, Niu!
"Back Wave" is a drama with a wonderful lineup: veteran strength + popular idols, there are almost no mesozoic acting schools.
The older generation includes Wu Gang, Jiang Shan, Li Guangfu, and Xi Meijuan.
The new generation has Zhao Lusi and Luo Yizhou, who can be called the most Zhang Meng of the Mesozoic Era.
But the biggest key is to be old and new.
Let's talk about the front wave first, Wu Gang.
Without saying clichés, the audience is most concerned about one: Wu Gang's acting skills, can he return to Yong?
From Lu Qiaoshan in "Lurking" to "Secretary Dakang" in "In the Name of the People" to Chen Pingping, the president of the procuratorate in "Qing Yu Nian", before this year, with one classic role after another, national first-class actor Wu Gang was recognized as an acting school.
In addition to TV series, he also won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for the movie "Iron Man".
But what made his reputation slip was the blockbuster "Crazy" at the beginning of the year, compared to the praise received by many acting dark horses in the series, his stiff performance in the play was questioned by the audience.
Although it was subsequently reported that Wu Gang was suffering from stone disease, and in order to ensure shooting, he could not seek medical attention in time, which caused his face to be swollen, which is not the so-called plastic surgery.
But once doubts are buried in the minds of the audience, they are not so easy to dissipate.
To say that Wu Gang has no acting skills, I don't believe it.
This year, another costume drama "Daming under the Microscope" in which Wu Gang participated, he performed normally.
This time Wu Gang played Ren Xin is a professor of Chinese medicine university who is committed to spreading traditional Chinese medicine, and is also a key figure in injecting new blood into traditional Chinese medicine, in the trailer he has both a cute performance, a thick interpretation, and an explosive scene full of firepower, a sentence "If the treatment fails, you are legally licensed to kill", the lines are deafening, and a smile to the junior is meaningful.
I dare to say that "Back Wave" is Wu Gang's acting turnaround battle in 2023.
Let's talk about Houlang, Zhao Lusi.
As the fastest rising little flower in recent years, Zhao Lusi has only taken three years to become popular with "The Rumored Chen Qianqian" in 2020 to the heroine of CCTV dramas such as "Alley".
Although the ancient puppet drama "Star Han Splendid" starring Wu Lei continues to be very popular, in recent years, Zhao Lusi has frequently appeared in formal dramas, from "Alley" to "Back Wave", with obvious intention to broaden the path of drama.
The Sun Tou she played this time can be said to be a role tailored for her by Liuliu.
Dull and cute without losing personality, is the "pistachio" of the inheritance class and the "king of trouble", and can finally stay, all thanks to Wu Gang's sentence, "She is this piece of material." ”
Zhao Lusi is still far from the acting school, but there is a red truth, her interpretation method is the favorite genre of this young audience, and she has no rival in recent years on the track of likable big girl characters.
The role in this play should not be difficult for her to play, especially the comedy part is likely to bloom, the problem is in the second half of the role, whether she can perform the character's sense of growth, is the biggest acting challenge of this top flower.
Let's talk about other front and back waves.
The first one, Jiang Shan.
Jiang Shan, the old actor in the eyes of this audience, was an absolute sister role in the national drama back then.
In the early years, she cooperated with Wang Zhiwen in "Addiction", which has made her popular all over the country, and "Conquest" with Sun Honglei has taken her a step further.
At that time, Jiang Shan had good acting skills and appearance, and she was a character actress with a unique temperament, good at interpreting roles such as the sassy heroine, and the characters she created were flesh and blood, and they were not vases.
She was silent after reaching middle age, and she has been active again in recent years, and her performance in "Punishment" should leave an impression on the audience, but there are too few scenes.
This time, she played the famous doctor Song Linglan is gentle and kind, not only Ren Xinzheng's best helper, but also the best mentor for students, watching the trailer her role is not light, I am looking forward to her performance.
The second place, Luo Yizhou.
Although it is a talent variety show debut, Luo Yizhou is likely to be the one with the best acting skills in this wave of fresh meat.
In 2018, he was admitted to the drama, film and television performance major of the Central Academy of Drama with the third ranking in the male major and the seventh overall ranking, and obtained an excellent graduate of Chinese opera, and is also the male protagonist of the 18th grade graduation drama of Chinese opera.
In this play, he played Ren Tianzhen grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, with a rigorous personality but not losing his temperament, and his father Ren Xinzheng collided constantly at the beginning, and the scene was not light.
Although the audience's impression of the fresh meat actor is that the acting skills are sparse or even not acting at all, after watching the production footage of the series, I think Luo Yizhou may be an exception, among all the paragraphs in which the actors talk about their understanding of Chinese medicine, I think his understanding of "Chinese medicine is a philosophy of life" is the most thorough and accurate, and I am very optimistic about his performance in this play.
The third place, Zhang Meng.
Zhang Meng, who has played a bad woman in urban dramas in the past few years, finally played a good person this time.
She plays Yang Xiaohong, a lawyer recognized as an elite lawyer, but resolutely joins the inheritance class after an accident.
Although the audience has always paid attention to her face in recent years, Zhang Meng's acting skills are actually not low among the beautiful actresses, from the costume beauty in "Legend" to the femme fatale in the urban drama, her role shaping is very recognizable, which can make the audience remember that it is a good performance.
The fourth place, Xi Meijuan.
Because she is too low-key, national first-class actor Xi Meijuan often becomes a neglected old drama bone, but her performance strength can be on par with Song Chunli, Sarina, Siqin Gaova, etc., and she is the strength of the powerful.
Although Xi Meijuan has been active in recent years, the scenes in each play are limited, but she can be impressed with limited scenes, such as Cheng Duanyang in "Breakout", the daily drama is full of emotions, the explosive drama is full of tension, and the line skills are extremely solid.
In this play, she plays the older generation mentor of the inheritance class, a few gentle smiling faces are approachable, Xi Meijuan's acting skills never have to worry, I am just worried that her scenes are not enough.
The fifth digit, full stop.
Although he has been regarded as a comedian for many years, the period is actually a full-fledged acting school.
As early as 1995, he was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Accountant Li in the movie "Face to Face Back to Back". In 1997, he won the Changchun International Film Festival actor for playing the village chief Wang Changan in the film "Trouble".
Most of the acting skills that the audience saw this audience were in "Breakout" and "Punishment", especially or, although there were not many scenes, they became the brightest acting skills in the second half of the series.
His performance in this play is also full of comedy, life comedy, and it is indeed the best place for the best acting skills of the period.
The sixth place, Li Guangfu.
Another low-key national level actor.
In recent years, Li Guangfu has become more and more popular the older he gets, from "In the Name of the People", "Under the Gate of Zhengyang" to "The World", and then to Deshunye in the recent "Road of Life", each time his play is very limited, but it is brilliant.
Just like De Shunye, there are so few plays, but it is like the soul of the drama "The Road of Life".
The words of this character are always so simple and philosophical. Li Guangfu's line skills are too good, the words are round, and there are feelings, and the inner emotions of the characters can be expressed just through line plays.
Good performances and big ideas are unpretentious.
This time, Li Guangfu also plays the senior of the inheritance class, there are still not many plays, I bet I will still draw the finishing touch.
4. Inheritance: How to pass on the "old and new" faces and Chinese medicine dramas? This drama may be able to make a sample
As mentioned at the beginning, most of the word-of-mouth masterpieces in domestic Chinese medicine dramas are concentrated at the beginning of this century.
Looking back at the previous Chinese medicine dramas, most of them were picked by senior actors such as Li Baotian and Chen Baoguo, and as soon as they appeared, they could precipitate a rich charm of the times.
The characters are classic, the play is good-looking, no wonder Chinese medicine dramas can become works that ordinary people love to watch.
However, with the development of the times, more and more young audiences have become the masters of the new era, and Chinese medicine dramas and Chinese medicine are still the same, which need to be inherited and innovated at the same time.
In the traffic era, the new generation is getting faster and faster, and no matter how good the slow-paced classics are, they also have to face the pickiness of young people: this generation of young people is willing to queue for hours for an Internet celebrity store, but they are already impatient to give Chinese medicine practitioners a look.
The combination of "old and new" faces is the inevitable iteration of the audience, but the Chinese medicine drama that seeks change, how to achieve that audiences of every age group like it, "Back Wave" may be able to make a sample.
Judging from the trailer, the story points selected by "Back Wave" are very grounded and realistic, that is, how Chinese medicine is passed on.
The theme is grand, but the content is not boring.
The script of Six Six, the plot high energy is definitely the key word.
This is also the way to integrate into the mainstream of Chinese medicine dramas, and the new generation of audiences may not be able to appreciate the depth and thickness of "The Gate of the Mansion" and "Divine Doctor Joy", so Zhao Lusi is needed.
But this drama is by no means an idol cool drama that spills dog blood and falls in love under the banner of traditional Chinese medicine.
Instead, it should be a big drama that requires you to chew and swallow slowly.
It's not just about telling a story.
It is also necessary to carefully build a group, an environment, and even an era of inheritance of Chinese medicine for the audience and characters.
In the process of the development of traditional culture, "continuation" is not "re-reading", but the old is not necessarily bad. Today's popular culture will also become traditional culture in the future, and one of the same lines will be precipitated into history and civilization.
Traditional Chinese medicine is a precious preservation of traditional culture, but it needs to be introduced by a single medicine, so that more young people can accept this prescription medicine, hoping that "Houlang" can become this medicine introduction.