Gardenia and Michelia

Author: Xue Haixiang, Zhang Haoyin
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: A life-and-death dialogue between two families with generations of grievances in the bustling Shanghai; A legendary story of love and life in a thousand-year-old ancient town. In the Nanshang Ancient Town of 1930s Shanghai, the descendants of the Zhang and Li families, who have been feuding for over twenty years, Zhang Yanzu and Li Xianglan, fall in love in a shocking "Romeo and Juliet" manner. However, the merciless reality of society, as well as the final fate of the inherited cultural classics, gives rise to a suspenseful, enigmatic, eerie, and poignant story, showcasing the intense conflicts between enmity and love, life and death, as well as the legendary life of cultural inheritance and personal transcendence. This novel with a strong Haipai folk style has been adapted into a 20-episode television series, which is currently in hot broadcast. The series stars the popular actors Liu Sitong, Zhao Yang, Luo Haiqiong, and An Zehao as the four main characters.