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Legend of the White Hair Brides

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Legend of the White Hair Brides
Poster
Traditional Chinese塞外奇俠
Simplified Chinese塞外奇侠
Hanyu PinyinSàiwài Qíxiá
GenreWuxia
Based onBaifa Monü Zhuan, Saiwai Qixia Zhuan and Qijian Xia Tianshan
by Liang Yusheng
Screenplay byChen Xiuqun
Directed bySun Xueping
Xu Weiguang
Mahasati
StarringHuang Biren
Lina Ng
Ann Kok
Theme music composerJeremy Chang
Ng Yuk-man
Wong Man
Opening themeTian Ruo You Qing (天若有情) performed by Jeremy Chang
Ending theme1. Chongfeng (重逢) performed by Shirley Kwan
2. Xuezhonglian (雪中莲) performed by Faye Wong
Country of originSingapore
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes21
Production
Executive producersHuang Zhuoxiong
Ge Hongfa
Hu'erxide
ProducerSun Xueping
Production locationsXinjiang
Shanghai
CinematographyXia Qi
Zhang Jiayu
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production companiesTCS
Shanghai Oriental TV
Original release
NetworkTCS-8
Release6 February 1996 (1996-02-06)

Legend of the White Hair Brides is a Singaporean television series adapted from the wuxia novels Baifa Monü Zhuan, Saiwai Qixia Zhuan and Qijian Xia Tianshan by Liang Yusheng. It was first broadcast on TCS-8 in 1996 in Singapore.

Plot

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The story is set in the early Qing dynasty. Zhuo Yihang of the Wudang Sect is in love with Lian Nichang, but Zhuo's fellows strongly oppose their relationship and cause them to break up. Lian is heartbroken and her hair turns white overnight. She becomes known as the "White Haired Demoness". Zhuo is unwilling to give up his love for Lian and seeks a rare flower that can turn white hair black again. However, the flower only blooms once every six decades. After a long search, Zhuo finally finds the flower on Mount Heaven, but it is accidentally destroyed by his apprentice, Xin Longzi.

Around the same time, Reverend Huiming of the Mount Heaven Sect accepts two boys, Yang Yuncong and Chu Zhaonan, as his students. Several years later, the boys have grown up to become formidable swordsmen. Yang meets Nalan Minghui, the daughter of a Qing general, and falls in love with her after she saved his life once. They secretly conceive a daughter, Yilan Zhu, but can never be together as Nalan's parents have betrothed her to Prince Dodo. Concurrently, "Flying Red Sash" Hamaya, the White Haired Demoness's apprentice, also develops a crush on Yang, but Yang rejects her love. Hamaya is heartbroken and her hair turns white overnight, just like her teacher before her. She takes the baby Yilan Zhu away in anger and adopts her as a student.

In the meantime, Yang's junior, Chu Zhaonan, is tempted by fame and wealth, and he betrays his sect to serve the Qing imperial court. More than 20 years later, the grown-up Yilan Zhu is unable to escape her fate of following in her predecessors' footsteps, and her hair also turns white. Yang Yuncong and Hamaya meet again on Mount Heaven and they defeat Chu Zhaonan together. Yilan Zhu wants to help her father reconcile with Hamaya, but they refuse and decide to go separate ways.

Cast

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  • Huang Biren as Lian Nichang
  • Lina Ng as Hamaya
  • Ann Kok as Nalan Minghui / Yilan Zhu
  • Jason Oh as Yang Yuncong
  • Shen Huihao as Chu Zhaonan
  • Yuan Wenqing as Zhuo Yihang
  • Zheng Wenquan as Zhang Huazhao
  • Liang Weidong as Prince Dodo
  • Ge Hongfa as Reverend Huiming

See also

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