What's your Xian Xia play, Bai Yueguang? Why?

In recent years, people have always said that "Wulin is dead." But in this era, not only martial arts, but also Xia Xian died. In fact, the element of "Xian Xia" has a long history. From the spread of ancient rare books such as Searching for the Gods to the popularity of The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan, we can see that Chinese people have always favored the element of "Xian Xia".

The film and television industry has made an attempt on this theme, and made a remake of Zhu Huan's novel The Legend of the Swordsman in Shushan into a movie The Legend of the Swordsman in Xinshushan. After that, the talents in the film and television circle did not stop exploring Xian Xia, and Xian Xia dramas such as Purple and Blue Sword of Shushan Chivalrous Man, New Shushan Chivalrous Man and so on came out one after another.

The film and television drama market really ushered in the peak of Xianxia drama, and Xianxia began to be popular all over the country. The Xianxia drama that made history is The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man starring Hugh, Liu Yifei and An. For many mainland audiences, this is the first and most classic Xian Xia drama in my heart.

Unfortunately, the domestic drama market failed to continue this glory, and the subsequent Xian Xia dramas failed to create a miracle of ratings, although there were many excellent ones. It was not until a few years later that Hugh brought The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man 3, which made the domestic Xian Xia drama shine again. After that, Xian Xia's play was worse than the last one, and the audience was disappointed again and again. By this summer, the domestic Xianxia drama market has produced a recognized bad drama-"Dust of the Ages". The audience couldn't help sighing: "Xian Xia" is really dead.

In fact, it's not hard to find that the Xian Xia dramas that received rave reviews before, such as two "Fairy Sword", are exquisite in service, beautiful in youth, beautiful in actors, shocking in soundtrack and full of appeal. But now, due to the influx of capital, the film and television industry has also been flooded, and employees have become more and more impetuous and perfunctory. Even the most basic service of domestic Xian Xia drama can't be guaranteed, let alone the interpretation of Xian Xia's core.

As for what is the "core", the name has actually been revealed. "Xian" and "Xia" are both key words. The first is "immortal", which requires the characters to conform to the immortal temperament in image, and this requires the complementarity of modeling and actors; Then there is "Chivalry", which requires the characters to have chivalrous spirit, which is also the key and the most important core of Xian Xia.

Looking back on the Xianxia dramas that were widely recognized in the past, such as The Legend of the Sword and the Chivalrous Man, the main story line was that the leading group upgraded to fight monsters, and even reached the height of saving the whole world in Xianjian 3. The character's feelings are the second line. But in today's Xian Xia plays, the order of the two is reversed, and the love between the characters has become the main line. And when love becomes the main line, what kind of Xian Xia drama is this? It's a costume romance!

In the past, Xian Xia's plays were about a group of people, but now Xian Xia's plays are about two people. In the previous Xian Xia, the protagonist could sacrifice his love for the whole world. In today's Xian Xia play, the protagonist falls in love with Conan the destroyer for the sake of ego; In the previous Xian Xia plays, the supporting roles also had their own story lines. In today's Xian Xia plays, all the supporting roles revolve around the protagonist; In previous Xian Xia plays, Kung Fu was fighting, from boxing to meat. Today's Xian Xia dramas are not doubled in size, and they are unsalable; In the past, Xian Xia's plays were abused because of a sense of justice, but now Xian Xia's plays are abused because of misunderstanding and entanglement. ...