Jai bao yu is a male heir who grew up in a wealthy feudal clan dominated by women. Then it was translated into cantonese, shanghainese, and other languages and aired in the rest of china. Chang, ai chia sylvia, lin, ching hsia, yim, michelle, dik, bor lin, li, han cheung. Dream of the red chamber, released in 1987, was a television series produced by cctv adapted from the classic chinese novel dream of the red chamber. Yet the dream of the red chambers slender story seems to have little substance to lose. With brigitte lin, sylvia chang, michelle yim, deborah dik. The dream of the red chamber is based on the great medieval chinese novel of the same title, and has also been turned into a much longer tv series. With yuanyuan cheng, li ding, mengjie jiang, yi song. The series, comprising 50 episodes, made its debut on 6 july 2010 on 9 terrestrial networks across china. The sprawling love story has proven a challenge to many filmmakers, but this version is acclaimed as the most successful. Divided into five volumes, of which the warning voice is the third, it charts the glory and decline of the illustrious jia family a story which closely accords with the fortunes of the authors own family.
In red chamber, a love triangle for the ages before most chinese readers learned of romeo and juliet, they fell for dream of the red chamber. A dream of red mansions chinese classics, classic novel in 4 volumes. Stephen roddy, professor of modern and classical languages at the university of san francisco, takes us through the storyline of the san. A sumptuous feature which took three years of planning and another for production, it was a hugely popular and critical hit which still. Brigitte lin chinghsia stars as the young prince chiao paoyu who falls in love with his cousin lin taiyu played by sylvia chang, but their love isnt approved of by the royal family and palace treachery and broken hearts hit the screen. The hawkes translation the story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber, vol.
Dream of the red chamber original title is considered one of the four great classics of chinese literature, along with water margin, journey to the west and romance of the three kingdoms. Along with dream of the red chamber and dream of red mansions, it also goes by the name story of the stone socalled because the first part. The basic storyline of a dream of red mansions focuses primarily on the chia family. With this movie lin played her first genderbending role, and holds the. Timeless beauty brigitte lin chinghsia appears as chia. The literal translation of the title of this movie is. Behind the scenes of dream of red chamber costume shop dyeing fabric with amy van every. This joly translation is the most literal and even contains some explicit parenthetic explanations of. Desire and the making of fiction in dream of the red chamber.
The dream of the red chamber 1962 the movie database. Love dream hot chinese movie romance of the west chamber engsubs. Dream of the red chamber, also called the story of the stone, composed by cao xueqin, is one of chinas four great classical. Approaches to teaching the story of the stone dream of the red chamber approaches to teaching world literature by andrew schonebaum and tina lu jan 1, 20 5. Yuan meiyun as jia baoyu crossgender acting zhou xuan as lin daiyu.
It is a story about the tragic love of jia baoyu and lin daiyu, and the prosperity and decline of the four. Had to watch this without subtitles, which was a shame because song lyrics are essential to understand in huangmei opera, but it was easy to follow along since it shared many similarities with shaw brothers 1977 version, though on a smaller budget. It was first filmed in beijing in mandarin, then the series was dubbed in cantonese and shanghainese. The dream of red mansions 2010 tv series wikipedia. As with the family portrayed in the novel, caos own family fell from. It gained enormous popularity for its music, cast, and plot adaptation. Dream of the red chamber tv series 19871987 the movie. Pdf the story of the stone, or the dream of the red chamber. Subtitled in german, english, spanish, french, indonesian. Story of jai bao yus inheritor love affairs with his two cousins in the midst of his familys struggle to remain influential. Now having seen three movie adaptations of the dream of the red chamber over the past three days, it was interesting to see the differences this one offered.
The dream of red mansions aka dream of the red chamber 198889 film dvd set written by cao xueqin chinese audio english and chinese subtitles. Dream of the red chamber is an 18thcentury novel written by cao zhan that is generally considered to be the greatest novel of chinese literature. It is based on the chenggao versions of the masterpiece classic chinese novel dream of the red chamber, which were two illustrated, woodblock print editions of the book published in 1791 and 1792. Dream of the red chamber 1978 directed by chin han. The dream of the red chamber 1977 a young man falls in love with a woman he is forbidden to marry. Celestial pictures shaw brothers universe 44,902 views 1. This novel recreates the ritualized hurlyburly of chinese family life that would otherwise be lost and infuses it with affirming buddhist belief. It details the decline of the jia family as it blends realism and romance, psychological motivation and fate, and daily life and supernatural occurrences. The dream of the red chamber 1962 directed by yuan qiufeng. It is a new adaptation of the classic novel dream of the red chamber. The dream of the red chamber 1977 directed by li han. One of many movie versions of dream of the red chamber, the famous chinese novel.
Watch full episodes free online of the tv series a dream of red mansions with subtitles. But, coupled with a full complement of songs yes, this is a. Jin yu liang yuan hong lou meng 1977 jin yu liang yuan. Episode 1 dream of the red chamber mansions story of the stone hongloumeng hong lou meng shitouji shi tou ji english subtitles cao xueqin gao e 1987 cctv 36 episodes harvard. Dream of the red chamber all the tropes wiki fandom. Dream of the red chamber 1987 chinese eng sub youtube. There are two dukes in the family duke ningkuo and duke jungkuo.
It gained enormous popularity with its superb music, cast, and plot adaptation. The dream of the red chamber 1962 directed by yuan qiu. This movie is based on the famous 18th century chinese novel with the same name, and that novel had been made into movies for several times. Although little is known of his personal life, cao xueqin or tsao hsuehchin is considered to be chinas greatest novelist, and hong lou meng a dream of red mansions sometimes the story of the stone is regarded as the greatest novel in the chinese language. Based on the mideighteenth century novel by cao xueqin, beijings cctvs version of a dream in red mansions aka dream of the red chamber is known by many to be the ultimate and best adaptation of the story either on tv or film. His love affairs with his cousins lin dai yu and xue bao chai happened in the midst of. It is a love story about the noble bao family, whose young son bao yu is in love with a childhood friend, lin, from another wealthy family. The ching dynasty novel the dream of the red chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in chinese history. Based on the mideighteenth century novel by cao xueqin, beijings cctvs version of a dream in red mansions aka dream of the red chamber is known by many to be the ultimate and best.
With jie deng, fenqiang ouyang, xiaoxu chen, ting li. Full text of the dream of the red chamber hung lou meng. Dream of the red chamber s textual history is involved and complex, and has long been a subject of critical scrutiny, debate, and conjecture. It is an adaptation of the classic qingera novel by cao xueqin. When the 1962 hong kongproduced film of the shanghai yue opera troupe performing the dream of the red chamber was finally shown in shanghai in 1978, 36 movie theaters showed it for 24 hours a day for long periods of time. The golden days is probably the most enjoyable for english readers, though in some ways it is maybe overadapted.
The dream of the red chamber is a shaw brothers produced hybrid of historical melodrama and musical and is an adaption of the classic qing dynasty novel. The dream of the red chamber 1977 shaw brothers official trailer. Divided into five volumes, the story of the stone charts the glory and decline of the illustrious jia family. A dream of red mansions is a 2010 chinese drama series directed by li shao hong. Cao xueqin, a member of an eminent family that had served the qing dynasty emperors but whose fortunes had begun to decline, began composing dream of the red chamber during the 1740s. Engsub the story of the stone official teaser dream of. Episode 3 dream of the red chamber mansions story of the stone hongloumeng hong lou meng shitouji shi tou ji english subtitles cao xueqin gao e 1987. Written in the mid18th century by cao xueqin, it tells the story of the slow fall from grace of a rich family, the jia household. The ching dynasty novel the dream of the red chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the. A short introduction of the dream of the red chamber duration.
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