''Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain'' is a 2006 Hong Kong-Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels '' Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain'' and '' The Young Flying Fox''. Directed by

Andrew Lau Andrew Lau Wai-keung ( zh, t=劉偉強, born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and cinematographer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong ...

and Tam Yau-yip, the series is a co-production by the Hong Kong companies

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and TVB and Ciwen Pictures, with Wong Jing as producer, starring Nie Yuan, Athena Chu,

Gillian Chung Gillian Chung Ka-lai (born Chung Tik-shan, 21 January 1981), known by her stage name Chung Yan-tung, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is a member of the Cantopop duo Twins, along with Charlene Choi. Early life Chung was born in Hong Kong ...

, Ady An, Alex Fong, Anthony Wong and Patrick Tam. It was first broadcast in Hong Kong on ATV in 2006.

Plot

The plot generally follows the novels but some new changes have been introduced, creating links between the original story and the '' Condor Trilogy'', another set of novels by Louis Cha. Tian Guinong is given a greater role as the primary villain - he survives the fall after being knocked off a cliff by Hu Fei and returns as an even more powerful foe. Apparently, Tian discovered

Li Zicheng Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645), born Li Hongji, also known by the nickname, Dashing King, was a Chinese peasant rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty in 1644 and ruled over northern China briefly as the emperor of the short-li ...

's treasure in a cave at the cliff's base and found a martial arts manual detailing Zhou Botong's famous skill, the 'Technique of Ambidexterity', along with the reforged Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. He masters the skill and uses his new weapons to face the protagonists once more. Characters from ''

The Book and the Sword ''The Book and the Sword'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised between 8 February 1955 and 5 September 1956The date conforms to the data published in Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), ''Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan'' (武 ...

'' are also given greater roles in the series. The cliffhanger ending in the novel is also replaced by a happy reunion for Hu Fei and his third love interest Miao Ruolan.

Cast

* Nie Yuan as Hu Fei ** Ye Zilong as young Hu Fei * Anthony Wong as Hu Yidao * Athena Chu as Yuan Ziyi *

as Cheng Lingsu * Ady An as Miao Ruolan ** Lin Jing as young Miao Ruolan (4 years old) ** Zhang Yijing as young Miao Ruolan (11 years old) * Alex Fong as Miao Renfeng * Patrick Tam as Tian Guinong * Lü Yi as Nan Lan * Zhang Tong as Hu Yidao's wife * Gao Hu as Ping A'si * Chen Jiajia as Xue Que * Ren Yuanyuan as Ma Chunhua * Wu Qingzhe as Chen Jialuo /

Fuk'anggan Fuk'anggan ( Manchu:, Möllendorff: fuk'anggan; ; 1748–1796), courtesy name Yaolin (), was a Manchu noble and general of the Qing Dynasty. He was from the Fuca clan () and the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners. Fuk'anggan's father ...

* Wang Zhiqiang as Taoist Wuchen * Dong Zhihua as Zhao Banshan * Sang Weilin as Wen Tailai * Meng Fanlong as Chang Bozhi * Wang Yunsheng as Chang Hezhi * Jin Peng as Xu Tianhong * Tong Shanshan as Luo Bing * Chen Youwang as Yuan Shixiao * Li Guohua as Feng Tiannan * Hai Yan as old Mrs Shang * Liu Yanyu as Shang Baozhen * Xia Yang as Fan Changfeng * Wang Bin as Fan Changjiang * Ma Weifu as Yan Ji * Zhao Jian as Nan Rentong * Kang Shaoying as Nan Zhique * Ding Guanghe as Wang Jianying * Yang Xing as Wang Jianjie * Liu Tiexin as Tao Baisui * Fei Weitao as Miao Fu * Tian Yi as Lü Xiaomei * Bo Guanjun as Ma Xingkong * Wang Pengkai as Xu Zheng * Kang Xueqing as Xiaoqi * Wang Weinan as Feng Yiming * Li Zhenqi as

* Peng Xiuping as Mrs Zhong

References

External links

*
''Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain'' official website
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''Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain'' official page
on ATV's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain Works based on Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain Television series set in the Qing dynasty Hong Kong wuxia television series 2006 Hong Kong television series debuts Asia Television original programming Television shows based on works by Jin Yong Television series by Ciwen Media