The Legend of Chasing Fish

*The Legend of Chasing Fish*
The Legend of Chasing Fish
Also known as	Mermaid Legend
Traditional Chinese	追魚傳奇
Simplified Chinese	追鱼传奇
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhuīyǘ Chuánqí
Genre	Historical, epic fantasy, romantic comedy
Written by	Deng Zishan
Directed by	Wu Jinyuan; Chen Guohua; Huang Jintian
Starring	Zhao Liying; Kenny Kwan; Shirley Dai; Ding Zijun
Opening theme	Xiang Xiang Zhui
Ending theme	Kenny Kwan Whirlpool
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producer	Ye Yunfei
Production location	Hengdian World Studios
Production company	Guangsha Media
Original release
Network	Hunan Television
Release	13 July –; 19 August 2013

The Legend of Chasing Fish is a 2013 Chinese mythology fantasy romantic comedy television series directed Wu Jinyuan, Chen Guohua and Huang Jintianby, and starring Zhao Liying, Kenny Kwan, Shirley Dai and Ding Zijun. It was first broadcast on 13 July 2013 in Hunan Television in China. The story is based on Yulan Ji.

Plot

It tells the story of the Chinese benevolent fish yaoguai named Hongling. While on a mission to find the perfect birthday gift for the Azure Dragon Emperor, Hongling befriends youngster Zhang Zen. In an unexpected and heartbreaking twist of events, Zhang Zen's father is murdered, and Hongling fails to pass through the Dragon Gate, which will ascend her to a dragon. The Dragon Prince convinces the king to make an exception should she help Zhang Zen get married and bring back the wedding flower ball. Unfortunately, while troubles continue to appear on his path, Hongling finds herself falling for the youngster and sacrificing immortality for love, not knowing that troubles are still lurking in the corners and will take unimaginative measures to drive them apart.

Cast

Zhao Liying as Hongling, a carp yaoguai.
Kenny Kwan as Zhang Zhen, a scholar.
Shirley Dai as Jin Mudan, a spoiled rich girl.
Ding Zijun as Zhan Feng, the prince in the Song dynasty.
Waise Lee as Jin Chong, the father of Jin Mudan, the prime minister of Song dynasty.
Cao Xinyue as Tang Xin, a village girl who falls in love with the prince Zhan Feng.
Bai Shan as Jin Ruolan, the sister of Jin Chong an Zhang Zhen's stepmother.
Zhang Mingming as the dragon prince.

Other

Lin Daxin as Bao Zheng, a powerful government officer.
Wang Hui as Zhan Zhao.
Huang Hai as Gongsun Ce.
Feng Jin'gao as Emperor Renzong of Song.
Qu Gao as Azure Dragon, king of the Eastern Ocean.
Maggie Li as Guan Yin, goddess of mercy.
Yang Mingna as Xiao Longnu, the dragon princess.

Production

This television series shot the scene in Hengdian World Studios, Zhejiang.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Critical response

It received positive reviews.^[4]

Its audience ratings are very high, and in box-office terms, it was a great success.^[5]^[6]

References

^ 《追鱼传奇》曹馨月剧组体验苦与乐 (in Chinese). Sina. 2013.
^ 《追鱼传奇》横店热拍曹馨月饰演宋朝女屌丝 (in Chinese). Tencent. 2012.
^ 《追鱼传奇》横店热拍新星孟瑞意外膝盖受伤 (in Chinese). Sohu. 2012.
^ 追鱼传奇陆贞传奇收视率火爆赵丽颖追鱼传奇剧情介绍 (in Chinese). 163.com. 2013.
^ 《追鱼传奇》首播收视率、市场份额双双夺魁 (in Chinese). Xinhuanet. 2013. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014.
^ 《追鱼传奇》收视份额破十大结局满满全是爱 (in Chinese). 163.com. 2013.

[1] 《追鱼传奇》曹馨月剧组体验苦与乐 (in Chinese). Sina. 2013.

[2] 《追鱼传奇》横店热拍曹馨月饰演宋朝女屌丝 (in Chinese). Tencent. 2012.

[3] 《追鱼传奇》横店热拍新星孟瑞意外膝盖受伤 (in Chinese). Sohu. 2012.

[fish-4] 追鱼传奇陆贞传奇收视率火爆赵丽颖追鱼传奇剧情介绍 (in Chinese). 163.com. 2013.

[5] 《追鱼传奇》首播收视率、市场份额双双夺魁 (in Chinese). Xinhuanet. 2013. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014.

[6] 《追鱼传奇》收视份额破十大结局满满全是爱 (in Chinese). 163.com. 2013.

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