New stills released for fantasy drama Liao Zhai with Zhang Miao Yi and Chang Hua Sen as it wraps up filming

Liao Zhai (聊斋) is adapted from the classical Chinese stories collection Liao Zhai Zhi Yi by Pu Song Ling. My version of Liao Zhai was from TVB’s Dark Tales 1 and 2 in the 1990s. Lol.

From TMDB, the synopsis: A mysterious beauty’s severed head appears in the bustling marketplace. A fox spirit, trapped in the treacherous depths of human desire, struggles to escape her fate. When the Judge of the Underworld descends to swap heads and hearts, chaos erupts. A paper doll awakens to life with the final stroke of a brush, a wooden puppet grows a beating heart, and a withered tree stirs with forbidden longing. In this world where the boundaries between flesh and fantasy blur, ancient magic and human folly collide—revealing that even the most lifeless things may hunger for a soul.

This version will adapt 6 stories from the collection.

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Tang Yan spends A Moment But Forever with Liu Xue Yi in new Xianxia romance drama

Synopsis Per Qiyi: This series is adapted from Shi Si Lang’s novel “Unparalleled in the World”. In order to retrieve Heavenly Realm’s treasure, Goddess Wu Shuang who descends to earth to assassinate Yuan Zhong, the high priest of Youhu Clan. In the process, Wu Shuang discovers other secrets, and the two fall in love and join hands to save the world. In the war between gods and demons, the artifact “God’s Left Hand” that Heavenly God Taihe uses to seal the demon is cut off and falls to Mortal Realm. Taihe and the other gods fall into an eternal slumber and Mortal Realm hasn’t had a miracle ever since. The Warring Ghost Clan’s uprising triggers a war but is defeated by Youhu Clan’s Yuan Zhong, who gets hold of “God’s Left Hand. Ushering in a new era of prosperity, Youhu Clan becomes Mortal Realm’s gods. Entrusted by Heavenly Realm to get back “God’s Left Hand”, Goddess Wu Shuang (played by Tang Yan) enters the Youhu Clan as a personal maid of Yuan Zhong (played by Liu Xueyi). Yuan Zhong doesn’t resist with “God’s Left Hand” and his clansmen isolate and slander him. Sympathetic, Wu Shuang decides to help him remove the seal so that he can be happy. But Yuan Zhong has his own motive- to break free of the seal and destroy the world. The Warring Ghost Clan’s return causes panic within Youhu Clan. Yuan Zhong takes the chance to go down the mountain to remove the seal. But on the way, he is healed by Wu Shuang. The two of them express their feelings to each other and fall in love. But the villain takes advantage of the male lead’s feelings, causing him to break the God’s Hand, and also traps Wu Shuang. In the end, Yuan Zhong rescues Wu Shuang and the two work together to defeat Han Nü, restoring order in the world.

Airing 3/27~

Hmm, I’m not very fond of the styling in here somehow.

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Costume fantasy drama Love Beyond the Grave with Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Fei Yu wrapped up filming

Per WeTv: The exceptionally gifted Ghost King, He Simu (Dilireba), unexpectedly encounters the young general, Duan Xu (Chen Fei Yu), while out on a break, searching for food. This young general, who carries an item belonging to someone from He Simu’s past, seems not to be the real Duan Xu. As they test each other through subtle exchanges, He Simu gradually uncovers the dark past and aspirations hidden within Duan Xu’s heart. In turn, Duan Xu discovers the steadfastness and loneliness that He Simu has endured. Despite the fleeting lifespan of a mortal, no more than a hundred years, and the four-hundred-year-old ghost who still retains the appearance of a young girl, they resist the relentless passage of time through their love.

Love Beyond the Grave (慕胥辞) is adapted from the novel written by Li Qing Ran. You can read the novel at Nomad Translations. Filming has wrapped a few days ago!

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Dilireba and Chen Fei Yu begin filming for costume drama Love Beyond the Grave

Love Beyond the Grave (慕胥辞) is adapted from the novel written by Li Qing Ran. She plays a beautiful 400-year-old female ghost master who wanders battlefields to feed on human souls while he’s a mysterious young commander of the Taba Army of Daliang. Their fates intertwined that day and he agrees to share his five senses with her. Together, they fight to keep the peace the between the human and spirits realm.

You can read the novel at Nomad Translations.

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Cdramas to Air Next Week: Amidst a Snowstorm of Love, Sweet Trap, It Doesn’t Matter if You Don’t Know the Plot

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