Title: 紅樓夢 / The Dream of Red Mansions
Genre: Classical romance
Original novel: Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xue Qin
Director: Li Shao Hong
Broadcast network: CCTV
Broadcast period: 2010-Sep
Episodes: 50
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: Chinese
Casts:
Gui Ya Lei as Mrs Wang
Wang Fu Zhi as Mrs Xing
Xu Huan Shan as Jia Zheng
Zhao Jian as Jia She
Ye Lin Lang as Liu Lao Lao
Jia Ni as You Shi
Liu Yan Yan as Aunty Zhao
Jiang Tong as Jia Zhen
Yao Miao as Wang Xi Feng
Yang Yang as Jia Bao Yu
Jiang Meng Jie as Lin Dai Yu
Bai Bing as Xue Bao Chai
Zhou Yi as Li Kua
Wan Yan Hua as Jia Yuan Chun
Zhang Xin Yu as Jia Tan Chun
Yin Ye Zi as Xue Bao Qin
Yang Mi as Qing Wen
Synopsis:
Based on the classic novel, Dream of the Red Chamber. Depicts the two branches of the Jia clan, the Rongguo House and the Ningguo House, who reside in two large, adjacent family compounds in the capital. Their ancestors were made dukes, and as the novel begins the two houses are among the most illustrious families in the capital. One of the clan’s offspring is made an Imperial Consort, and a gigantic landscaped interior garden, named the Prospect Garden, is built to receive her visit. The novel describes the Jias’ wealth and influence in great naturalistic detail, and charts the Jias’ fall from the height of their prestige, following some thirty main characters and over four hundred minor ones. Eventually the Jia clan falls into disfavor with the Emperor, and their mansions are raided and confiscated.
In the story‘s preface, a sentient Stone, abandoned by the Goddess Nuwa when she mended the heavens aeons ago, begs a Taoist priest and Buddhist monk to bring it with him to enjoy in the worldly world. The Stone and Divine Attendant-in-Waiting are separate beings.
The main character, Jia Bao Yu (whose name means "precious jade"), is the adolescent heir of the family, a reincarnation of the Divine Attendant-in-Waiting. The Crimson Pearl Fairy is incarnated as Baoyu's sickly cousin, the emotional Lin Dai Yu, who loves Bao Yu. Bao Yu, however, is predestined in this life to marry another cousin, Xue Bao Chai. This love triangle against the backdrop of the family's declining fortunes forms the most well-known plot line in the novel.
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