HONG LOU MENG: LIULI SHIJIE BAIXUE HONGMEI {DREAM OF RED MANSIONS: WHITE SNOW AND RED PLUM IN A COLORFUL WORLD} {#98} {PT. 19 OF 36} {MANDARIN CHINESE} (TV)
Summary
The first of two programs on this tape. Part nineteen
of thirty-six in this television adaptation of the
classic Chinese novel, "Dream of Red Mansions," written
by Cao Xueqin in the mid-1700s. While this adaptation
follows the love triangle between the main male heir
(Jia Baoyu) and his two female first cousins (Lin Daiyu
and Xue Baochai), it also shows the rise and fall of the
four elite families (Jia, Wang, Shi, and Xue) of the
novel. In this installment, Liu Xianglian (a male opera
singer) beats up Xue Pan (Xue Baochai's brother) for
asking him to be his homosexual lover; Xue Baochai and
Lin Daiyu become closer friends; more new cousins to the
Jia family are introduced; and finally, the young people
start a poetry group. Part nineteen begins when Xue Pan
goes to meet Liu Xianglian as they agreed, but Xianglian
curses and beats up Xue Pan when he sees him. Some
days later, Lin Daiyu is not feeling well again, and Xue
Baochai visits her. Baochai advises Daiyu to eat a
bird's nest (a Chinese delicacy made from birds' nests),
but they are expensive and Daiyu has no money and
doesn't want to bother anyone for it. Daiyu is already
ashamed that she has to depend on the Jia family
completely and is afraid people will talk if she asks
for anything more. Baochai understands her position, so
she sends over some of her own birds' nests to Daiyu.
Seeing how kindly Baochai is treating her, Daiyu now
looks at Baochai as a close friend. When Daiyu is well
again, Xiangling (Xue Pan's concubine) wants to learn
how to write poetry and asks Daiyu for help; Daiyu
gladly instructs her. A few days later, several
visitors arrive: a pair of Baochai's younger cousins,
Xue Baoqin (a woman) and Xue Ke (a man); Lady Xing's
niece, Xing Xiuyan; and finally, Shi Xiangyun, a female
cousin of Baoyu. Everyone, especially Jia Baoyu, is
overjoyed by these beautiful and intelligent new guests,
and they decide to start up a poetry group together.
They merrily eat venison, drink wine, and create poems
by each person saying a line, one after the next. At
one point, Baoyu can't come up with a line, and Li Wan
(Baoyu's widowed sister-in-law) penalizes him by
sending him to get a plum branch from Miaoyu's nunnery
nearby. When Baoyu successfully returns with a
beautiful branch, his female cousin, Baoqin, wants one
too, and so they go off again together.
(This program is in Mandarin Chinese.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible by Sun TV,
2002.
Details
- NETWORK: CCTV (China)
- DATE: November 30, 1985
- RUNNING TIME: 0:45:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:70846.001
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Chinese literature - Ch'ing dynasty 1644-1912 - Drama; Drama; International Collection - China
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dai Linfeng … Executive Producer
- Wang Fulin … Producer, Director
- Hu Wenbing … Associate Producer
- Ren Dahui … Production (Misc.), Production Manager
- Zheng Yanchang … Production (Misc.), Production Manager
- Li Man … Production (Misc.), Production Assistant
- Wang Huichun … Production (Misc.), Support Manager
- Wu Shan … Direction (Misc.), Voiceover Director
- Sun Guizhen … Direction (Misc.), Assistant Director
- Ma Jiaqi … Direction (Misc.), Assistant Director
- Gu Fengli … Direction (Misc.), Assistant to the Director
- Cao Xueqin … Based on the Novel by
- Zhou Lei … Adapted by
- Liu Genglu … Adapted by
- Zhou Ling … Adapted by
- Wang Liping … Music by
- Zhao Baochang … Conductor
- Guo Rongrong … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Editor
- China Film Orchestra … Symphony Orchestra
- Chen Li … Performer, Soloist
- Hou Changrong … Cast, Liu Xianglian
- Chen Honghai … Cast, Xue Pan
- Zhang Li … Cast, Xue Baochai
- Chen Xiaoxu … Cast, Lin Daiyu
- Xu Lixia … Cast, Zijuan
- Ouyang Fenqiang … Cast, Jia Baoyu
- Zhang Shuzhi … Cast, Dong Pozi
- Chen Jianyue … Cast, Xiangling
- Sun Mengquan … Cast, Li Wan
- Dongfang Wenying … Cast, Jia Tanchun
- Wang Yang … Cast, Xue Baoqin
- Liu Hao … Cast, Xue Ke
- Li Ting … Cast, Mother Jia
- Deng Jie … Cast, Wang Xifeng
- Zhou Xianzhen … Cast, Lady Wang
- Li Wei … Cast, Xing Xiuyan
- Xia Minghui … Cast, Lady Xing
- Yuan Mei … Cast, Xiren
- Qi Hong … Cast, Chunyan
- Guo Xiaozhen … Cast, Shi Xiangyun
- Zhang Yan … Cast, Hupo
- Shen Lin … Cast, Pinger
- Ji Peijie … Cast, Miaoyu
- Zhang Huijun … Voice, Dubbing
- Qu Jia … Voice, Dubbing
- Zhang Hailing … Voice, Dubbing
- Li Zhen … Voice, Dubbing
- Song Cong … Voice, Dubbing
- Qi Kejian … Voice, Dubbing
- Li Xingzhu … Voice, Dubbing
- Lu Zhong … Voice, Dubbing
- Liu Bohong … Voice, Dubbing
- Yu Xiaolin … Voice, Dubbing
- Xu Le … Voice, Dubbing
- Geng Lihua … Voice, Dubbing
- Li Lin … Voice, Dubbing
- Liu Chunyan … Voice, Dubbing
- Wang Yan … Voice, Dubbing
- Ren Yaming … Voice, Dubbing