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In the second half of the summer season, the Chinese opera market can be described as lively. From sweet pet dramas to suspenseful reasoning dramas, from female group portrait dramas to the themes involved in the case, people are overwhelmed.
In the current Chinese drama market, the traditional martial arts drama is missing, on August 14, produced by CCTV, Changyou Tianxia, Penguin Film and Television, Xinli Television, Runshi Rongguang Film and Television, based on the novel of the same name by "Chinese Martial Arts Novel Grandmaster" Jin Yong, due to Rong Guang's directing, Yang Youning (Taiwan), Wen Yongshan (Hong Kong, China), Bai Shu, Zhang Tianyang starring, Su Qing, He Hongshan special starring, Yu Rongguang, Huang Yi, Shen Xiaohai, Qiu Xinzhi (Taiwan), Lu Liangwei (Hong Kong, China) friendship starring, Zhu Zhu, Gao Taiyu, Zeng Yixuan, Liu Meitong, Meng Li, Mayashu, Liu Yucui (Hong Kong, China), Xu Dongdong, Wang Wanjuan, Zhu Xiaoyu and Sun Yali starred in the costume martial arts drama "Tianlong Babu" on the CCTV TV Drama Channel (CCTV-8) classic theater, and broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video, and its launch has satisfied the desire of many audiences for traditional martial arts dramas to a certain extent.
Set against the backdrop of the Northern Song Dynasty's Zhezong era, the drama tells the heroic story of Qiao Feng, the leader of the Gang of Servants, Duan Yu of Dali Shizi, and The Shaolin monk Xu Zhu, who dabbled in the complicated martial forest, experienced the suffering of fate that could not be sought in the shadow of the sword and light, and shouldered the responsibility of the family country and the world in the hunting room of the Flag. Through the valuable experience of the heroes represented by Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, And Xuan Zhu, who served the country and the people, it showed their warrior feelings of "knowing that they could not do it" in the face of difficulties.
The plot is multi-line and parallel, and the characters' fate is expressed in a clever foreshadowing
As a group portrait story of the traditional martial arts world of a tribe's feet, "Tianlong Babu" from the beginning, through a multi-line parallel narrative method, will take turns to appear in the three protagonists - Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, Xuan Zhu, each person's basic background for everyone to unfold.
At that time, Qiao Feng, a young leader in the gang of beggars, on the one hand, helped the Song dynasty to resist the Liao, and his merits were remarkable; on the other hand, Murong Fu, who had become famous at the tournament, became famous at the competition meeting; the Shaolin sweeping monk Who was pure and stupid and devoted to the Buddha, Xuan Zhu, under the patience of the abbot of the temple, humbly asked for advice, and also opened his true life practice.
As far as the first two episodes are concerned, "Tianlong Babu" does not choose to use the grand perspective of the quarrel between the rivers and lakes as the story incision, but focuses on the meticulous depiction of various characters in the drama, with people seeing the entanglement of grievances and love and hate in the martial forest. This three-line parallel main narrative structure makes the overall plot more three-dimensional and full. After watching, new audiences can quickly sort out the general character relationship from it, intuitively understand the explicit characteristics of each character, and at the same time, the loyal audience of Jin Yong's martial arts drama can also see at a glance and understand it more.
As we all know, Jin Yong is a writer who is good at ambush pens, accustomed to hiding clues in some tiny details, "Tianlong Babu" can be said to be the original novel cleverly foreshadowed, pay attention to details characteristics to the fullest. Just as the abbot asked how the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon descended from the Void Bamboo View, the abbot's answer seemed to be saying that Murong Beiqiao Feng in the South was high in martial arts, but in fact it pointed out where Murong Fu would fail in the future, followed by the abbot's evaluation of the Virtual Bamboo, which was also a revelation of his future fate. When Zhong Ling asked Duan Yu to help him go home to move the soldiers, he kindly instructed him, "Don't tell my father your surname Duan", which is also a hint of the half-brother relationship between the two. In just a few episodes, multiple plot climaxes have come and gone, affecting the audience's emotions.
Not marginalizing female characters, paying tribute to the essence of traditional martial arts
For a long time, in the "Tianlong Eight Parts", male hero characters have been widely loved by the public, and female characters are also charming. The beautiful, beautiful and beautiful human fairy queen Yu Yan, the elf and playful, gentle and delicate strange woman Aju, the beautiful and cute little witch A Zi, the soft and blunt and arrogant royal sister Mu Wanqing, the pure and bright, fresh and lovely little sister Zhong Ling, etc., have all left a deep impression.
Producer Wang Di once said in an interview with the media that screenwriter Yuan Bullet, whether intuitively or consciously controls, has more attention to emotions and female characters. As soon as Zhong Ling appeared on the scene, he staged the "Beauty Rescue Hero", innocent and smart and cute; Mu Wanqing, who has a clear love and hatred, wants to kill Duan Yu's mother, Bai Feng, to avenge his master... Each character is with their own personality and identity, not just a female character group portrait display, just a face, after all, some of the main female characters, such as Aju, Abi, the first episode appeared with the Wu minor key, joking about Wang Yuyan, who came to si cousin's heart, and followed by designs such as rocking boat singing, showing the gentleness and softness of Jiangnan women.
In the current chinese drama market, traditional martial arts dramas are missing. In the summer program where the demand for drama watching groups and drama chasing has increased greatly, the emergence of "Tianlong Babu" has just met the urgent desire of many users for martial arts themes. We all know that foreign Hollywood action blockbusters pay attention to the visual feast of the audience when watching movies, and "Tianlong Babu" is based on this, focusing more on showing the fighting characteristics of traditional Chinese martial arts, from the realism of Qiao Feng's descending dragon eighteen palms, Duan Yu's Ling Bo microsteps and other moves, you can feel that the overall martial arts style is simplified, the action is neat and powerful.
Not only that, in terms of costume and art scenery, "Tianlong Babu" is full of ancient and aesthetic oriental martial arts charm. The scene setting of the real scene extends the narrative space of the story, and the costumes also refer to some ethnic elements, and the costumes fit the character identity of the characters, such as the tattered cloth clothes that meet the identity of Qiao Feng, Wang Jiantong and other people in the early stage, the white clothes that highlight the identity of Duan Yu's nobles, and the capable wearing of a group of martial arts warriors, which add a lot of points to the original wonderful story plot.
All in all, from the release of materials such as the "Love and Righteousness Difficult" version of the final trailer, the main poster, and the "Jianghu Story" theme stills, to the unveiling of the mystery of the episode, the efforts and attempts made by the main creative team for the re-presentation of this classic work can be seen everywhere. They have made a lot of hard work in paying tribute to martial arts classics and passing on the essence of traditional Chinese culture.
The spirit of chivalry transmits positive energy upwards and goodness
After the broadcast of "Tianlong Babu", with its very martial arts textured pictures, handsome and flowing characters, suspenseful plots, intricate interpersonal relationships, etc., it has quickly become a beautiful landscape in the current summer program. Among them, the reason why it can give the viewer a refreshing feeling is not only the youthful vitality of some young actors, but also the strong appeal brought by the firm belief and persistent pursuit of the characters in the play.
On the occasion of the death of Wang Jiantong, the old gang leader of the Gang, Qiao Feng vowed to abide by his chivalrous spirit of "the great hero, for the country and the people", and carry it forward, even if he later learned of his identity, he also had a magnificent and righteous spirit in the world; Duan Yu had no martial arts but was kind and decisive, and in order to achieve justice, he did not hesitate to anger the Shennong Gang leader Sikong Xuan, and when he accidentally broke into the rivers and lakes and encountered many strange encounters, he would always maintain his original intention; when he was a monk in the Virtual Bamboo Monastery, even if he was ridiculed by his peers, he never cared about being spoiled, and after he was vulgar, he could tolerate all things and abandon all things... The chivalrous spirit and the great love of the family and the country highlighted by each person vividly interpret the martial arts spirit of "the great hero, for the country and the people", and the fearless spirit full of enthusiasm of all the rivers and lakes can better reflect and arouse the cultural pride and sense of responsibility of contemporary youth.
In addition to transmitting the positive energy of upward goodness, this drama also closely follows the theme of "impermanence of fate, and it is impossible to ask for it". To expand, only the choices made in pressure and difficulties can reflect the most authentic heart of the characters, and only by focusing on portraying "the impermanence of fate" and "not being able to ask for it" can we better highlight the great hero represented by Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Xuan Zhu in the adversity of fate, who still choose to serve the country and the people, and show their warrior feelings of "knowing that they cannot do it".
In addition, in terms of character shaping, "Tianlong Babu" will be "no one is unjust, there are feelings are evil" throughout, lovely people carry the original sin of fate, poor people must have their hateful places, and hateful people also have their own causes and effects, just like Qiao Feng's true origin, Duan Zhengchun's everywhere merciful, Kang Min's nature is cold and thin. In other words, "Tianlong Babu" is well versed in the creative appeals of the original author, can rationally and objectively shape the characters in the play, no longer mechanically divides the positive and negative factions, and focuses on digging deep into and showing the beauty and ugliness of human nature under the change of fate.
Act arbitrarily in the world, and pay for the life of the people. "Tianlong Babu" broke the long-term "aphasia" of domestic martial arts dramas, and received unanimous praise through the wonderful restoration of the original work, and the characters and plots in the play made the audience enjoy it. For more information, please watch the show!
Editor-in-charge | Weiss