(Chinese: 三生三世十里桃花)
is a Chinese romantic drama fantasy film produced by Alibaba Pictures and directed by Zhao Xiaoding and Anthony LaMolinara. It is based on the fantasy novel Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles Peach Blossoms, also known as To the Sky Kingdom, by TangQi Gongzi. The film stars Liu Yifei and Yang Yang. Originally slated to be released in China on 21 July 2017, the film’s release date was later pushed back to 3 August 2017.
70,000 years ago, fox goddess Bai Qian was a disciple of Mo Yuan, the God of War. Using the name Si Yin, Bia Qian came to love and care for her master. During a battle with the Demon Tribe’s King, Mo Yuan sacrificed himself in order to seal away the Demon King. His soul was scattered and his body became preserved in a block of ice. Bai Qian took Mo Yuan’s body back to Qing Qiu, a mystical land where her family lives, where she awaited his eventual awakening and return. One day, Bai Qian attends a banquet where she encounters a boy named Ah Li and his father, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Tribe and Bai Qian’s betrothed. Upon seeing Bai Qian, he calls her by the name of a mortal woman he had fallen in love with 300 years prior and Ah Li’s mother, Su Su.
Shortly after, Ye Hua and Ah Li arrive in Qing Qiu in an attempt to bond with her. During his stay, he comes to the conclusion that Bai Qian was Su Su, and is saddened yet relieved that she does not remember their painful past. Realizing that they have developed a mutual liking for each other, Ye Hua and Bai Qian decide to wed. Their wedding is halted when Bai Qian believes that Ye Hua is only marrying her because he feels guilty about Su Su’s death. Due to an artifact given to her by Ye Hua, Bai Qian’s memories as Su Su are regained. 300 years ago, Bai Qian was forced to undergo a heavenly trial. With her powers and memories locked away, she started a new life as Su Su and subsequently met Ye Hua.
He snuck Su Su into the Heaven Tribe where he abandoned her and left Su Su to work as a maid. After being falsely accused of a crime by Ye Hua’s jealous concubine Su Jin, Ye Hua gouged out Su Su’s eyes. Su Su came to believe that Ye Hua no longer loved her and later commited suicide shortly after giving birth to Ah Li. Because she is immortal, Bai Qian’s body returned to Qing Qiu where she drank a healing water to forget her life as Su Su. In reality, Ye Hua had broken the laws of Heaven by falling in love with a mortal. In order to protect her from the consequences of his actions, Ye Hua disguised Su Su as a maid and left her in order to keep up the charade. Su Jin discovered Su Su was actually Ye Hua’s human lover and framed her for a crime.
Ye Hua was forced to blind Su Su and endured her original punishment which was to be struck by lightning. Still heartbroken about her memories as Su Su, Bai Qian refuses to see Ye Hua. Upon hearing that Qing Cang has broken free, Ye Hua takes it upon himself to defeat the Demon King. Bai Qian learns of his plans and witnesses Ye Hua sacrificing himself to lock up Qing Cang. Ye Hua’s body drifts into a freezing river and floats away under the ice as Bai Qian watches in anguish. Ye Hua’s sacrifice allows Mo Yuan to awaken, as Ye Hua was the final piece of Mo Yuan’s scattered soul. Mo Yuan and Bai Qian are happily reunited.
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Bibliography:
袁,学丽。“电影的时代性解析 ——以《三生三世十里桃花》为例。“ 2008