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Ariel Lin
Ariel Lin Yi-chen (; born 29 October 1982) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese actress and singer. She rose to fame for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the Taiwanese drama ''It Started with a Kiss (TV series), It Started with a Kiss'' (2005) and the Chinese fantasy drama ''The Little Fairy'' (2006). Lin won Golden Bell Award for Best Actress, Best Actress at the 43rd and 47th Golden Bell Awards for her roles in ''They Kiss Again'' (2007) and ''In Time with You'' (2011) respectively. Career 2004: Beginnings Lin was first discovered in a Taiwanese beauty contest. She made her debut in the television drama ''True Love 18'' (2002). Lin also starred in her first film ''Love Me, If You Can'' (2004), which earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 40th Golden Horse Awards. She gained more popularity after starring in the idol drama series ''My Secret Garden II'' and '' Love Contract'' opposite Mike He. She also sang the theme song for ''Love Contract'', titled "Alone in the northern hemis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin (surname)
Lin (; ) is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林. It is also used in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Among Taiwanese and Chinese families from abroad, it is sometimes pronounced and spelled as Lim because many Chinese descendants are part of the Southern Min diaspora that speak Min Nan, Hokkien or Teochew. In Cantonese-speaking regions such as Hong Kong and Macau it is spelled as Lam or Lum. It is listed 147th on the ''Hundred Family Surnames''. Within mainland China, it is currently the 18th most common surname. In Japan, the character 林 is also used but goes by the pronunciation Hayashi, which is the 19th most common surname in Japan. Name origin King Zhou of Shang (reigned 1154 to 1122 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty, had three uncles advising him and his administration. The king's uncles were Prince Bi Gan, Prince Jizi, and Prince Weizi. Together the three princes were known as "The Three Kind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Juliet (TV Series)
Tokyo Juliet () is a 2006 Taiwanese drama starring Ariel Lin, Wu Chun of Fahrenheit and Simon Yam. It is based on Japanese manga series '' Tokyo Juliet'', , written by Miyuki Kitagawa. It was produced by Comic Productions ( 可米製作股份有限公司) and directed by Mingtai Wang ( 王明台). It was broadcast on cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) on 3 June 2006 to 23 September 2006. At the time the drama was filmed, Wu Chun was a relatively new actor and spoke unsatisfactory Mandarin, so producers had his voice dubbed over by Julian Yang (). Synopsis Lai Sui is an upcoming fashion designer who had her designs "Little Daisy", which she drew when she was 5 years old, stolen by Chu Xing (Simon Yam), a fashion 'genius'. Even though Chu Xing is a fashion genius, he still feels the need to steal designs from an up-and-coming designer. Sui believes this theft is the cause of her parents' separation, because her mother left her father for Chu Xing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng Shaofeng
Feng Shaofeng (, born October 7, 1978), also known as William Feng, is a Chinese actor. Feng rose to fame with the hit time travel series ''Palace'' (2011). He was ranked 33rd on 2012's Forbes China Celebrity 100 list. He won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor for his role in the film ''Wolf Totem'' (2015). Feng is also known for his roles as Yuchi Zhenjin in Tsui Hark's ''Detective Dee'' series and Tang Sanzang in Cheang Pou-soi's ''The Monkey King'' films. Feng ranked 33rd on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 98th in 2015, 89th in 2017, and 88th in 2019. Early life and education Feng Shaofeng was born in Shanghai as the only child. His father is a civil servant. Strongly influenced by his artistic mother, Feng began taking violin lessons and participating in various extracurricular activities when he was a child. Upon graduating from high school, he applied to the Shanghai Theater Academy and was accepted with scholarship. Career Beginnings Feng made his actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolin Chen
Chen Bolin (; born 27 August 1983), also known as Wilson Chen, is a Taiwanese actor. Early life and education Chen was born on 27 August 1983. While in high school, Chen participated in the Taiwanese variety show ' due to his similarity to Takeshi Kaneshiro. He attended Jinwen University of Science and Technology. Career Chen first gained attention with his debut film ''Blue Gate Crossing'', which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival and received positive reviews. His supporting roles in Hong Kong films, such as ''The Twins Effect II'', '' A Chinese Tall Story'' and ''Kung Fu Dunk'' pushed his stardom to regions beyond Taiwan. Chen rose to prominence in 2011. He was nominated for the Best Actor award at the Deauville Asian Film Festival for his performance in the independent drama film '' Buddha Mountain''. The same year, he won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor with his memorable performance in the hit drama '' In Time with You''. On January 6, 2012, Chen appeared in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blissful Encounter
''Blissful Encounter'' () is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Ariel Lin's () debut Mandarin solo studio album. It was released on 10 July 2009 by Avex Taiwan. On 21 August 2009, Avex Taiwan released another edition with a bonus DVD containing two music videos and Korean version of "惡作劇" (Practical Joke). The album features the ending theme song for Taiwanese drama ''Love or Bread'', "麵包的滋味" (The Taste of Bread), and Ariel's version of "惡作劇" (Practical Joke), ending theme song for '' It Started with a Kiss''. The music video for "螢火蟲" (Firefly) features Donghae and Siwon of South Korean boy band Super Junior. The track "螢火蟲" (Firefly) is listed at number 84 on Hit Fm Taiwan's ''Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart'' for 2009. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Or Bread
''Love or Bread'' () is a 2008 Taiwanese drama starring Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin. It was produced by Gala Television and directed by Lin He-long. This marks the third drama that Cheng and Lin have co-starred together, after '' It Started with a Kiss'' in 2005 and its sequel ''They Kiss Again'' in 2007. It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television (CTV) from 16 November 2008 to 8 February 2009, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV GTV Variety Show/CH 28 on 22 November 2008 to 14 February 2009, every Saturday at 21:30. Synopsis Frank (Joe Cheng) is a young man who wears designer labels and thinks he's rather suave when he is actually poor. He had a tragic past and (both his parents died), he doesn't know how to handle money. He borrowed money from the loan sharks but ended up with a gang coming after him. He considers pawning his mother's wedding ring, the only thing he had left of hers, but he couldn't do it. Zeng Shanmei (Ariel Lin) is a poor but very loving, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guo Jing
Guo Jing is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' by Jin Yong. He also appears as a supporting character in the sequel, ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'', and is mentioned by name in ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. He is a descendant of Guo Sheng, one of the 108 outlaws from Mount Liang in the classical novel ''Water Margin''. Guo Jing and Yang Kang were both named by Qiu Chuji, who urges them to remember the Jingkang Incident and be loyal towards their native land, the Song Empire. Guo Jing is killed during the Battle of Xiangyang along with the rest of his family except his younger daughter, Guo Xiang. In ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' Guo Jing's hometown is in Niu Family Village. His father, Guo Xiaotian, was from Shandong but moved to Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou) after the Jurchen-led Jin Empire conquered the northern part of the Song Empire in the Jin–Song Wars. Guo Xiaotian met Li Ping in Lin'an and married her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hu Ge
Hu Ge (, born 20 September 1982), also known as Hugh Hu, is a Chinese actor and singer. While studying at the Shanghai Theater Academy, he was invited to play the leading role Li Xiaoyao in the 2005 television series ''Chinese Paladin'', and immediately skyrocketed to fame as one of China's most popular actors. Since then, he has starred in several iconic historical television series; such as ''The Little Fairy'' (2006), '' The Young Warriors'' (2006), ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' (2008), ''Chinese Paladin 3'' (2009), '' The Myth'' (2010), '' Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky'' (2012) and '' Sound of the Desert'' (2014). In September 2012, he was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 31st Hundred Flowers Awards for his role as Lin Juemin in Chinese historical film ''1911'' (2012). Hu gained widespread acclaim with his roles as Ming Tai in the spy drama ''The Disguiser'' (2015) and Mei Changsu in the wuxia drama ''Nirvana in Fire'', for which he received the Best Actor Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of The Condor Heroes
''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is a wuxia novel by Chinese writer Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the first part of the ''Condor Trilogy'' and is followed by ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'' and ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. It was first serialised between 1 January 1957 and 19 May 1959 in ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily''. Jin Yong revised the novel twice, first in the 1970s and later in the 2000s. The English title is imprecise since neither species of the condor, the Andean condor and Californian condor, is native to China. Plot The story is set in China during the wars between the Jurchen-led Jin Empire and the predominantly ethnic Han Song Empire. Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian, a pair of sworn brothers, pledge that their unborn children will become either sworn siblings (if both are of the same sex) or a married couple (if they are of opposite sexes). One day, Yang Tiexin's wife, Bao Xiruo, saves a wounded Jurchen warrior, who turns out to be Wanyan Honglie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Cha
Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), pronounced "Gum Yoong" in Cantonese, was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper ''Ming Pao'' in 1959 and served as its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer, and is named along with Gu Long and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia". His wuxia novels have a widespread following in Chinese communities worldwide. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the greatest and most popular wuxia writers ever. By the time of his death he was the best-selling Chinese author, and over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide (not including an unknown number of pirated copies). According to ''The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature'', Jin Yong's novels are considered to be of very high quality and are able to appeal t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Of The Condor Heroes (2008 TV Series)
''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' is a 2008 Chinese television series adapted from Jin Yong, Louis Cha's The Legend of the Condor Heroes, novel of the same title. The series was produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai, and stars Hu Ge, Ariel Lin, Justin Yuan and Cecilia Liu. The series was first broadcast on KMTV-1 in China in July 2008, This is the version with the most plot changes. Cast * Hu Ge as Guo Jing * Ariel Lin as Huang Rong * Justin Yuan as Yang Kang * Cecilia Liu as Mu Nianci * Wu Yujuan as Li Ping * Ren Tianye as Guo Xiaotian * Kathy Chow (actress), Kathy Chow as Bao Xiruo * Weng Jiaming as Yang Tiexin * Guo Liang (actor), Guo Liang as Wanyan Honglie * Anthony Wong Chau-sang, Anthony Wong as Huang Yaoshi * Bryan Leung as Hong Qigong * Elvis Tsui as Ouyang Feng * Li Yu as Zhou Botong * Xiao Rongsheng as Yideng * Zhao Yi as Qiu Chuji * Deng Limin as Ke Zhen'e * Jin Liang as Zhu Cong * Guo Ming'er as Han Baoju * Han Zhi as Nan Xiren * Chen Gang as Zhan A'sheng * Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
