Heavenly Legend (1997) 天庭外傳
Director: Chen Zhihua
Screenwriter: Tang Jiahui / Lu Xinghua
Starring: Lin Zhiying / Hao Shaowen / Shi Xiaolong
Genre: Comedy / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts / Costume
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China / Taiwan, China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 1997
Duration: 97 minutes
Also known as: Nezha vs. the Monkey King / Anecdote of the middle of forehead / Tian Ting Wai Zhuan/Heavenly Legend / 哪咤大战美猴王 / 天庭外传
IMDb: tt13550394
Type: Retelling
Summary:
Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of Chentangguan, is responsible for guarding the treasures for Heaven. His son Nezha (played by Shi Xiaolong) is smart and has strong martial arts skills. One day, Zhu Bajie (played by Hao Shaowen), the godson of the landlord, broke into the house and caused a lot of trouble. Fortunately, Nezha helped Fang escape from danger, and the two became friends from then on. The two little guys suddenly became playful and made the study room a mess. At this time, the Dragon Palace of the West Sea and the East China Sea were getting married, but the Dragon Girl of the West Sea was unwilling to get married. Nezha was playing at the beach, causing turmoil in the Dragon Palace, and the Dragon Girl even took the opportunity to escape. Nezha came to help and started fighting with the Third Prince.
On the other hand, there is a Stone Monkey on the Flower and Fruit Mountain in Aolai Country in the East China Sea. After thousands of years of wind and rain, and absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, the stone monkey (played by Lin Zhiying) finally transformed into shape. Under the instructions of the Monkey Ancestor, he learned the seventy-two. He changed like this and decided to go to the East China Sea Dragon Palace to retrieve the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. His arrival caused chaos in the Dragon Palace...
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Little Sugar Man
This little cutie is very carefully holding his treat in both hands!
The inspiration for this fig is Gong Jun's character Prince Zhong Wumei from Unique Lady I & II:
I like this BTS picture since it's showing off the sugar animals! I've never had a sugar stick animal before - they're enormous! They look cute and fun.
This fig had a bad habit of arriving broken in people's warehouses and homes. There were many cases where his neck broke clean off! When that happens I think it's either the fig engineering, where the delicate neck has too much pressure on it, or the fault of the packaging - there's not enough support for the fig. Or both!
My friend got her Wumei with the neck broken. The warehouse, for some strange reason, glued it back on. Unfortunately, they made a complete mess of the glue, so it arrived at my friend's house looking like a disaster. She had to reorder another fig. Which also arrived to the warehouse broken! She left very clear instructions this time to not glue the fig, so at least she finally got one.
Very luckily for me though, this little man arrived safely. I was actually quite concerned about the sugar stick pig - I mean, look at it! It looks so delicate. Sometimes I think it's a miracle that these figs arrive (generally) intact at all after traversing around China, taking the long trans-Pacific boat ride, and then suffering through our less-than-gentle package services here the US.
Aww he doesn't look very happy at all, even with his cute little treat! I have to admire his beautiful costume - the wonderful gold pattern detail, and the nicely done gold tassel on the waist ornament.
I know you can't see it in the inspiration picture, but apparently he usually wears his hair with this one long wispy piece of bangs off to the left side.
I say "apparently", because I've seen a lot of photos of Wumei, but I haven't yet gotten around to watching Unique Lady yet. I'd say I was going to watch it after I finally finished The Legend of Yunxi and then The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion, but honestly we all know that instead of any of them, I'm just going to watch An Le Zhuan when it comes out instead (very shortly, I hope!).
This proud prince does not stand on his own at all. I propped him up against the back of my countertop to take the header picture, and then immediately put him on a stand. Since he's so prone to breakage, I didn't dare try to not secure him.
His feet are on the smaller size, so the fig stickers poke out a bit. You can't really tell in real life, but of course with the camera it just pops right out.
No side wisp of hair here!
I like the arrow pattern on his guan. We also get a nice shot of the gold pattern on his right lapel, as well as another good look at the sugar pig.
Huh. I think I actually see a very thin hairline crack there on his right (our left) temple. I definitely had not seen that on the fig. Maybe we can see it better when we get to the top down angle.
His little shoes are so cute! Boots, I guess, not shoes. I wish all fig makers would make feet a little bit wider than the common fig sticker size for easy sticking. The bigger the feet the better, honestly. It doesn't make them any less cute, it just makes them more stable!
You can't really see his black pants under his robes because of the shadows, but they're there, tucked into his boots.
Oh jeez, it really is a big crack. Oh no! My Wumei did not escape unscathed after all. Wow, there really was issues with something on this batch. I don't think that's fixable...at least by me, with my rudimentary abilities. That's OK. I didn't notice it until now, so it's not actually as bad as it looks.
Interestingly, another thing I just noticed is that his hair is purposely not symmetrical. Because he has the single side bang, his hair is pulled back into his topknot differently on either side. What a great detail!
Ah yes, we can even see here on our right side how his hair is pulled up differently. Very nice!
So frowny! And with such a delicious treat, too.
Material: Resin
Fig Count: 421
Scene Count: 29
Rating: Very sweet (and maybe a little salty!)
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Mind getting into your inspo with TPHD/TLRA?
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many inspo actually, so much so it will be a list but i am a nerd for my own fics so
TPHD (all of the fics and books i recommend reading, they are good):
As Gold as The Gingko Trees - LocalPlagueNurse (fic)
Fragile as Dust - archonanqi (fic)
Heaven Official's Blessing - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (book)
Ruyi's Royal Love in The Palace (Hou Gong Ru Yi Zhuan) - Liu Lianzi (book + tv show)
Bridgeton (book + tv show)
O Sol e a Lua - Pequeno Cidadão (song)
Two Birds - Regina Spektor (song)
Just the character of guizhong in general
my mutuals' characterisations of Zhongli (yes, every single one of them)
the concept of phoenixes and dragons being the representation of the emperor and empress of China
my depression and my want for comfort™/lh
TLRA is something i come up with while eating pasta; I just thought it would be funny to pair Neuvi with someone who hates him (although some ppl do say it reminds them of Pride and Prejudice (i have no complains i am honoured my work reminds them of a classic- love me som pnp)
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What's your favorite part from legend of Zhen huan? I saw a few people say they prefer the first part but I'm honestly a much bigger fan of the second half once she starts scheming left and right and takes down every single person who wronged her including the emperor which lmfao it's so obvious this drama is from almost 15 years ago because this would not even come close to flying nowadays even in 2018 it would've been impossible I miss harem dramas I hope they get a come back it's been 6 years
My 2 favorite arcs are approximately eps 25-43 (the Hua Fei arc) and eps 55-68 (the Huang Hou arc). But I think both Zhen Huan (and Ruyi Zhuan) are very good at making the antagonistic female characters sympathetic, and importantly casted them with good actresses who can portray multidimensional characters.
Despite Zhen Huan and Ruyi being in my top 10s, I have mix feelings about harem dramas in general. It’s definitely a very specific genre (or rather 宫斗 as a specific type of cdrama). When it’s done well, like Zhen Huan, it can be very effective. But when it’s not done well (the same team tried to capture the magic with Miyue a few years later but never quite hit the mark) it can really leave a bad taste in my mouth and I get why people don’t like it as a genre.
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