(Chinese: 香蜜沉沉烬如霜; pinyin: Xiang Mi Chen Chen Jin Ru Shuang)
It’s a 2018 Chinese television series based on the novel Heavy Sweetness, Ash-like Frost by Dian Xian.It stars Yang Zi and Deng Lun in the lead roles. The series premiered on Jiangsu TV starting August 2, 2018. The Flower Deity dies after giving birth to a daughter, Jin Mi. She saw a prophecy that her daughter will suffer a great love trial within the first thousand year of her life, thus before dying, she gave her a magical pill that prevents her from feeling and expressing romantic love. This caused Jin Mi to become the brunt of many jokes when she gets tangled in a love triangle with the haughty Fire God Xufeng and the ambitious Night God Runyu. Jin Mi is tricked into thinking her father died in the hands of Xufeng and kills him, coughing up the magic pill in the process. Xufeng is revived a decade later in the realm of the Demons as the Demon Lord, and wages war against Runyu, who has now ascended the throne as Heavenly Emperor. Jin Mi is caught in between and doesn’t know what to do, ultimately sacrificing herself to end the war and return peace to the world.
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Watch from China:
爱奇艺/优酷/腾讯
Bibliography:
曹书乐,王玥,从 《山 海 经 》到 玄 幻 剧 ———中国传统文化传承与创新的案例研究,全球传媒学刊,第五卷第三期,2018。