Tag: Daddi Tang Xiao Tian

Chen Du Ling leads her harem drama Ashes to Crown with Zhou Yi Ran, Tang Xiao Tian, and Wang Rui Chang

Sorry for the lack of updates, I was away! Ashes to Crown (翘楚) is adapted from the novel written by Xi Xing. Synopsis Per Youku: The general’s daughter, Chu Zhao, refuses to accept her fate as nothing more than a pawn to be sacrificed in Xiao Xun’s rise to power. Taking matters into her own …

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Wang Chu Ran and Cheng Lei transmigrate into the novel world in costume drama How Dare You!?

How Dare You!? (成何体统) is adapted from the novel written by Qi Ying Jun. There’s a mini/vertical drama version available too, released last year. Synopsis By Qiyi: Workplace rookie Wang Cuihua unexpectedly finds herself inside the plot of a transmigration novel, where she meets Zhang San, another time-traveler. One is a novice struggling to fight …

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First Impression: What do you think of Love’s Ambition with Zhao Lu Si and William Chan?

Love’s Ambition (许我耀眼) is the drama adaption of the novel Da Qiao Xiao Qiao by Zhang Yue Ran. If you don’t know, there’s a movie version as well with Zhao Li Ying and Xin Zhi Lei. I have written about these two adaptations previously here. I was in bed last night when I saw the …

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Historical drama Qiao Chu with Chen Du Ling and Zhou Yi Ran wrapped up filming

Qiao Chu (翘楚) is adapted from the novel Chu Hou written by by Xi Xing. Why is the plot for all these costume dramas starting to merge for me? Our female lead is a general’s daughter, she’s set on changing her fate from being a pawn in the political game. She meets and brightens up …

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The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning joins rating competition in November as well

Woohooo! I’m so excited for this!! 📿⚪🦪 The Story of Pearl Girl (珠帘玉幕) is adapted from the novel written by Tan Tian Yin. Drama is running for 40 episodes. Synopsis Per Youku: After enduring countless hardships, Hepu’s pearl diver Duanwu escapes the brutal pearl farm and crosses paths with Yan Zijing, a merchant from the …

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A Movie and Drama Adaptation of the same novel Da Qiao Xiao Qiao by Zhang Yue Ran

Okay, Ya’ll are gonna laugh at me when I tell you this. I was writing two separate posts for each of the adaptation, thinking they have no relations until it clicked today that they are sourced from the same novel! Featuring my lovely girls too! William, you lucky dog! Lol. In any case, the short …

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Qiyi’s dramas Began Filming: Zhang Tian Ai’s Fighting For Love, Chen Xiao’s The Ingenious One

Whoopsie! This post is nearly 2 weeks late. It was just sitting in my draft section as the airing dramas one after another distracted me. Lol.

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The Sword and the Brocade: Wallace Chung and Tan Song Yun find love in an arranged marriage

The Sword and the Brocade (锦心似玉) is based on the novel written by Zhi Zhi. The story takes place during the Ming Dynasty and follows our heroine as she rises from a lowly concubine’s daughter and enters an arranged marriage with our hero – a general. She is a highly intelligent young maiden who is …

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