#Yanxi Palace

[blackmoonlightexpress]

TTEOTM Creative Team: What else did they work on?

For those who are a bit underwhelmed by the summer drama options or still dreaming about TTEOTM! 😎

Kuk Kok Leung (Lead Director)

Kuk Kok Leung is a veteran director who started his career in Hong Kong's TVB. He's been nominated for the prestigious Magnolia Award and is known for wuxia and serious, warm-blooded historical dramas (he's adapted 7 out of 8 Jinyong novels). His works include...

Legend of the Condor Heroes (1983) as Assistant Director, with Felix Wong and Barbara Yung

The Duke of Mount Deer (1984), with Tony Leung & Andy Lau

Return of the Condor Heros (1983) with Andy Lau & Idy Chan

Legend of the Condor Heroes (2002) with Li Yapeng & Zhou Xun

Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003), with Hu Jun, Jimmy Lin, and Liu Yifei

Water Margin (2011), nominated for Magnolia Award

Cool Sword (2013), with Julian Cheung & Wallace Chung

The Patriot Fei Yue (2013), with Huang Xiaoming & Ruby Lin

The Stand-In (2014), with Wallace Chung

The General and I (2016), with Wallace Chung and Angelababy

He's also a frequent collaborator and producer on Johnny To films, including Election, Election 2, Mad Detective.

So you get the picture. He makes TV for men who are ready to bleed for their country. This all makes him a really interesting choice for TTEOTM (and tells you a bit about the ambition and creative vision of the producers), especially since all his more recent idol dramas were widely panned.

Wang Haiqi, Director & Action Director

We don't know too much about Wang Haiqi because TTEOTM is actually his directorial debut. He started his career in stunts and has worked as the action coordinator on Ashes of Love (2018) and Immortality (unreleased) alongside Luo Yunxi. He was also a stunts man/double in a bunch of Hollywood films, including Mulan (2020) and the Foreigner (2017) through the Jacky Chan stunts team.

He's responsible for most of the action/battle scenes in TTEOTM, and his experience working on films probably explains why the fight sequences are unusually cinematic for TV.

Luan Hexin, Art Director

Luan Hexin is a Magnolia Award nominated art director best known for Huanyu productions, including Story of Yanxi Palace, Winter Begonia, and Royal Feast. He's a serious art guy, as you can tell from this interview.

(Note: Huanyu is Bai Lu's management company. There is a rumor that Luan Hexin is part of Bai Lu's "dowry", but the parties have since clarified that Luan was brought in after she was cast.)

He's also an interesting choice, having never worked on costume fantasies before and better known for his authentic representation of the look and feel of bygone eras.

Huang Wei, Costume Designer

Huang Wei is one of the most sought-after costume designers working today, especially for xianxias. She started her career as a Vogue China editor and was in fact the person responsible for TTEOTM's Dunhuang-inspired aesthetics.

Her better known works include A Dream of Splendor (2022), One and Only (2020), Love O2O (2015), Back from the Brink (2023) as well as a bunch of highly anticipated dramas like Immortality and The Last Immortal. (The joke on Chinese internet is that there is an "expensive" vs. "cheap" version of Huang Wei costumes - her design can be much simpler on lower-budget productions.)

I'd like to think that after designing 40 mostly white costumes for Luo Yunxi in Immortality, she decided to go nuts on color with Tantai Jin.

Tsang Ming Fai, Makeup Designer

Tsang Ming Fai is a big name in the xianxia circuit. He and his team of “students" have worked on a large number of costume dramas, including Ashes of Love (2018), Love & Redemption (2020), Under the Power (2019), Noble Aspirations (2016), Sword of Legends (2014), as well as the... wait for it... unreleased Immortality and Luo Yunxi's currently filming drama Follow Your Heart.

He's sadly been receiving a lot of hate in fan circles over the heavy makeup in TTEOTM (which may or may not have been his call). What I do appreciate is his ability to help actors craft distinct characters with varied hair and makeup choices. For example you can distinguish between different Luo Yunxi characters and their personalities with Runyu's clean cut tie-back half ponytail (ethereal & straight laced), Tantai Jin's slightly brown hair, messy bangs and heavy eye shadow (dark & sickly), Chu Wanning's angular eyebrows and geometric hair puff (strict & proud).

He also excels at creating unusual, iconic looks even for side characters, e.g. Chen Yao's dark lipstick paired with gothic jewelry in Immortality and Chen Duling's retro updo in TTEOTM.

#till the end of the moon #black moonlight holds the be script #luo yunxi #cdrama #chang yue jin ming #chinese drama #tteotm #bai lu #tantai jin #ye xiwu #huanyu #yanxi palace #ashes of love #immortality #2ha #winter begonia

[johnleedraws]

Wei Yingluo from Yanxi Palace aka Consort Ling aka Empress Xiaoyichun aka started from the bottom now we here incarnate

#illustration #drawing #art #wei yingluo #yanxi palace #johnleedraws #john lee

[united-we-read]

#the story of yanxi palace #yanxi palace #wei ying luo #wu jinyan #fuheng #fuca fuheng #xu kai

[tavina-writes]

Hey, sorry, if you had any thoughts about the story of yanxi palace I would love to read them! I am watching the kdrama and I am loving it! I love all these awful women ( I also love that there are like three men with horrible hairstyle)

Hey!

Omg where to start on Yanxi. It's one of my favorite cdramas, and I watched it during my Minglan-Yanxi-Ruyi era, which was super dominated by shows that were primarily about women, whether that was like, in the harem or just regular courtyard drama, and it was part of those three shows that like, really informed how I like to write about historical women in my own fic and original fiction.

Yanxi is a really awesome drama in a way because the drama lets Wei Yingluo be just as cruel and vicious and petty and vindictive and eye for an eye as she can be, and it doesn't judge her for having these urges and her anger and all her cruelty. It doesn't judge her for choosing violence or wanting to choose violence! Or doing what it takes to survive! It's not about being classy or about being good.

But at the same time, Wei Yingluo cares about other women. She forms really strong and deep attachments to other women (and the other women in this drama ARE ALSO motivated by the other women in their lives, whether they're good or evil, this is a world where women are friends and enemies and have tension and just! they interact! they exist in a world together! it's a shitty world for all of them from top to bottom, but that doesn't mean they stop caring about each other!) and Yingluo is allowed to love and love deeply.

Like, centrally, this is illuminated by Yingluo's love for her older sister, Wei Yingning, and her desire to seek justice for Yingning's death. I remember looking all that she's doing, especially that reveal at the very end of the drama and just, bawling because Yingluo loves her sister so much. She was a little girl with no power, no connections, no real ability except her own determination, and she looked at the injustice of her older sister's death, and went "fuck that, I want whoever to did this to bleed, I want him to choke on it," and then for the next twenty-four years of her life, never forgot it. She electrocuted his mother who ordered her sister killed! She repeatedly humiliated Hongzhou, and when she realized that Qianlong wouldn't kill his half brother without like, some REALLY grave crime, Yingluo settled in for the long haul to make sure that Hongzhou would be pushed into a position where he felt like he had to revolt and force Qianlong to kill him.

Like, for everyone else in this show, Yingning was no one important. She was just a servant. Yes, one who died unjustly, but by the standards of the day, Hongzhou being "willing" to take her as a concubine after death would've been enough. It legally and socially wipes away the wrongdoing he did. Everyone else considered that whole thing finished! But for Yingluo, her sister was her world, and she was willing to go so far and do so much because her sister was taken from her.

idk! I think about this so much! Unhinged Wei Yingluo thoughts central at this blog!

:D thanks for the ask!

#wei yingning #wei yingluo #the story of yanxi palace #yanxi palace #meta #my meta #my posts

[cornyonmains]

The most slept on thing in TV history is the relationship between Wei Yingluo and the Empress in Yanxi Palace. It is one of the most beautifully written female friendships I've ever seen put to screen, and there's only like 11 people on Tumblr talking about this show. It's such bullshit.

Also, the queer community would eat this show all the way the fuck up. The catty consorts, the elaborate costumes, the absolute cunt being served on the regular.

And don't get me started on Consort Gao continuing my track record of crushing only on the reddest of flags.

#Yanxi Palace #television #lgbtq+

[scaly-freaks]

the spirit tree is itchy and i am scratching it.

#iykyk #yanxi palace

[fluffybirb18]

The Empress: Yingluo's at that age when a girl only has one thing on her mind.

Mingyu, annoyed: Boys?

Wei Yingluo: Homicide.

#yanxi palace #wei yingluo #mingyu #cdramas #incorrect quotes #that's it that's the show #i love it so much

[galaxyglaze]

#gao ningxin #consort gao #the story of yanxi palace #cdrama #cdramaedit #mine #noble consort gao #story of yanxi palace #yanxi palace #sometimes i simply enjoy an evil lady #aisin gioro hongli #qianlong emperor

[imma-write-stuff]

This song is perfect for Fuca Rongyin

#yanxi palace #rongyin fuca #i felt so sorry for her #I wanted to take her out of the palace #so she can be free

[liminaljames]

A little tribute to one of my favorite characters from Yanxi Palace 🔪 🩸

SPOILER ALERT 🚨!!

#story of yanxi palace #gao #consort gao #tan zhuo #ancient china #chinese drama #yanxi palace #wei yingluo #wu jinyan #nightmare #halsey

[theskyexists]

All I care about in yanxi palace is yingluo pranking the emperor

It's hilarious that all the kisses in this so far SEEM to be on the cheek before they instantly cut to black

They also imply that yingluo is really good at sex despite being a virgin but that makes sense bc she's good at literally everyrhing

Anyway I fucking hate fuheng being back but glad I no longer remember how I shipped them so damn much

Problem is now we're going back to interharem plots and I'm just like. Who the fuck cares

#my stuff #personal #vidi #yanxi palace

[caprisun-wizard]

#yanxi palace #story of yanxi palace #xfiles #x files #crossover #tam talks

[yuebings]

new life

relationship: yingluo & mingyu (yanxi palace)

word count: 1,672

rating: G

tags: fix it of sorts, alternate universe - canon divergence, maternal instinct (or lack thereof)

summary:

Almost everything, in fact, is a strain these days—the tug of her bianfang against her tender scalp, the ache of her feet in her tight shoes, the swell of her growing belly under her heavy robes. Everyone keeps telling her that motherhood is a gift, but Yingluo is unsure that she was ever built to receive it.

read on AO3

#wei yingluo #mingyu #the story of yanxi palace #yanxi palace #yue’s fic

[lyselkatzfandomluvs]

Wáng HèRùn 王鶴潤

Wb update 2024.03.12 (2/2)

#wang herun #chinese actresses #hanfu #huafu #mysterious lotus casebook #the longest day in chang'an #dream detective #ruyi's royal love in the palace #yanxi palace princess adventures #always on the move #colourful bone #my precious #the last princess #cdrama

[tavina-writes]

for the low price of a single cornchip (1) like I will write my essay about how Wei Yingning (Yanxi Palace) and Nie Mingjue (the Untamed/MDS) serve similar narrative purposes and actually are parallels in my brain.

(Yes I am mildly insane about this.)

#nie mingjue #wei yingning #yanxi palace #tav watches cdrama

[cornyonmains]

Literally in love with Consort Qing in Yanxi Palace. Also, she has the best hair ornaments. The butterflies are dope as hell.

#Yanxi Palace #television #palace drama