Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi kick it off splendidly. Xiaoyanzi offers Ziwei a place to stay at the orphanage she lives in, they hang out and soon become besties and share everything with each other However, there is one thing Ziwei cannot share with Xiaoyanzi yet, which is the truth about herContinue Reading
Let’s dive into one of the most popular dramas of the 90’s — “Princess Pearl”, aka “My Fair Princess“, aka “Huanzhu Ge-ge” — where the number of episodes is small, romance is not a source of misery, no illogical plot twist, where martial arts simply mean flipping yourself in theContinue Reading
Xiaoyanzi is the main protagonist of Princess Returning Pearl, a 1998 drama. Not-like-other-girls, rebellious and progressive in a restricted and male-dominated society, Xiaoyanzi was hugely popular when the drama came out. But has she survived the test of time? I’d say: yes, she has. A closer look at the character tellsContinue Reading
WARNING: this analysis 1) contains spoilers 2) is humor-free Xia Ziwei (夏紫薇) is one of the female leads in Qiong Yao’s novel Princess Returning Pearl as well as the TV series of the same name. Compared to the other female lead, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei gets less attention and popularity. But theContinue Reading