As we all know, in the 80s, Hong Kong made a lot of wind and moon films, but most of them were simple works, only such a one, the picture is antique, full of beauty, casually frozen is a painting: "Tang Dynasty Extravagant Woman"
The film is directed by The well-known Hong Kong director and screenwriter Fang Lingzheng, in addition to Fang Lingzheng, there are also Qiu Gangjian and Qin Tiannan, which can be said to have gathered the three most outstanding screenwriters in Hong Kong at that time.
The heroine Yu Xuanji was played by Hong Kong actor Xia Wenxi, who was only 21 years old at the time, and she successfully portrayed a talented woman with beautiful appearance, classical charm and high cold in the film, and became popular with this film.
At the beginning of the movie, it is Yu Xuanji's "Xiufu" drama, Yu Xuanji gives up the identity of the local rich merchant Li Yi's concubine, and leaves home with the slave Lu Qiao to come to a Taoist temple to become a female Taoist monk.
The husband and the master mother came to plead bitterly, Li Yiyi and the merchant said that she wanted to learn to write poetry in order to please her, and the master mother also begged her to go back to the inheritance, but she was not moved, and she only wanted to escape into the empty door.
After receiving the five precepts, she officially became a Daogu, the Dao number "Xuanji", and was no longer a vassal of men, but a brave woman who did not tend to be vulgar and actively pursued independence and freedom.
But after living in the Taoist Temple, Yu Xuanji found that the so-called cultivators still had a lot of power all day long, full of copper smell, and where Yu Xuanji could bear it, he rode away on a white horse.
Yu Xuanji found a hut in the mountains to live in, and created a new world of his own, where literati and inkers came to travel, drinking and composing poetry, indulging in vocal music, and playing life.
Yu Xuanji told them that the other Daoist nuns in the temple were all little people who were welcoming, and she didn't want to go along with the flow, she entered the Daomen, but she just wanted to be an independent woman.
And Yu Xuanji is in contact with great poets such as Li Shangyin and Wen Tingjun, and Wen Tingjun is very Yaxing to take everyone to step on the mud together, and the more they step on, the happier they are.
Yu Xuanji felt bored, a person walked into the river, like a mermaid free to swim into the water, out of the water, met the ranger Cui Bohou.
The man in front of him holds a sword in his hand, masculine and simple, one person and one boat, what he wants to do, where he wants to go, in Yu Xuanji's heart, he is the most free person in Datang.
The two were as debauched and uninhibited as they were, and soon fell in love, and in front of Cui Bohou, Yu Xuan was full of charms, as if as long as he wanted, the next second he could return to the countryside with him.
But after Cui Bohou danced, he did not quit and left only a mask, and the fish was like a kite with a broken line, and he could no longer fly freely.
Yu Xuanji had to return to the Taoist Temple and pretend to repent, but the emptiness in his heart was unbearable, and he took Five Stones All day long, and finally had a relationship with the slave Lu Qiao, and was swept out of the house after being discovered by the Taoist Temple.
They came to a place called Pingkangli, which was a place of depravity, and the people who lived here were either old bustards or prostitutes, but in Yu Xuanji's opinion, this was a good place.
Dressed in men's clothes, Yu Xuanji played with men, and in his own way, realized the freedom he wanted, singing night and night, and seeking fun.
Because of the arrival of Yu Xuanji, Pingkangli was full of men who came every day, including a Yong Daoist who was a cultivator like her.
Yong Daoshi was born noble, monastic asceticism, and Yu Xuanji's concept of desire is very different, he came here because he admired Yu Xuanji's talent and wanted to awaken her.
Yu Xuanji contracted a small disease, Yong Daoshi helped her burn Ai to maintain her body, persuaded her to turn back to the shore, Li Yi came to see her with gifts, saying that she did not care about the absurd things she did, Yu Xuanji turned a deaf ear.
Yu Xuanji said that she wanted to live an independent and freehand life, but for the women in Pingkang, or the women of that era, freedom was too vain a luxury.
After the rebellion in The Town of Fan, many women who came to flee came to Pingkang, and the old bustard was looking for talents in the street, and it was Yu Xuanji who took in these homeless people.
One night, a group of robbers came and committed violence in the courtyard, and the literati and scholars were frightened one by one, but Cui Bohou and his friend Ouyang Zhujian arrived in time to kill the robbers.
Cui Bohou went back and forth, Yu Xuanji thought that he was unforgettable for his old feelings, she wanted to keep this man, and as a result, Cui Bohou hugged her and cut a maple leaf and left again.
In this world, when everything is meaningless, Yu Xuanji can only rely on the pleasure of the flesh to escape, and the last straw that crushes her is the personal maid Lu Qi.
Green Warp and a music worker are good, already pregnant, just want to save enough money to redeem themselves, go back to the countryside to marry and have children, Yu Xuanji forced Green Warp to beat the fetus to stay, Green Warp refused, Yu Xuanji killed her in anger.
YongDaoshi and a Lingguan want to redeem Lu Qiao, Yu Xuanji lied that she had returned to the countryside to marry, but Lingguan dug up Lu Qiao's body in the open space of the courtyard, and Yongdaoshi was difficult to accept and committed suicide.
Yu Xuanji was arrested and imprisoned, and many scholars and doctors jointly wrote a letter begging the imperial court to spare Yu Xuanji's death, but Jingzhao Yin Wenzhang must execute Yu Xuanji on the grounds of inaction.
Above the law field, Yu Xuanji calmly went to death, and Cui Bohou came with a mask to help the horse, wanting to rob the law field to save Yu Xuanji, and exhausted after a bloody battle with the officers and soldiers, he ambushed the law on the spot.
Cui Bohou could not save Yu Xuanji, no mood to wander, can only accompany her to die, his friend Ouyang Cast Sword rushed to the horse, a sword cut off Yu Xuanji and Cui Bohou's heads, the story of the female fish Xuanji ended here.
The film is the directorial debut of screenwriter Fang Lingzheng, although it is a wind and moon film, it is a rare gem in domestic films in terms of costume, photography, music, and character portrayal.
The whole film is shrouded in a poignant, beautiful and decadent atmosphere, the style is simple and simple, antique, and the beauty of classical Chinese culture is vividly expressed.
The music is composed of flutes, pianos, three strings, plates, pipes, drums and other classical Chinese instruments, full of ancient meaning, the sound of water, rain, and the sound of swords colliding on the riverside are very vivid and vivid, attracting people to enter.
The film portrays Yu Xuanji as a woman who is unbridled, pursuing independence and unrestrained, and in her body, we see the most open and tolerant Tang Dynasty.