The play tells the love story of Emperor Guangxu, Empress Zhen, the maid Yiner and fiance Rongqing, two lovers in the Forbidden City with yellow tiles and red walls[1]。
On the eve of her marriage, Yin Er, a Manchu girl, was forcibly summoned to the palace and selected as a palace maid.She and her fiance Rongqing have not entered the bridal chamber, which has become a broken mirror.They kept their promise of "not seeking to live on the same day, but seeking to die on the same day" and looked forward to each other's hard work.Yin Er narrowly escaped death and served Empress Dowager Xi, Concubine Zhen and Guangxu successively.Rongqing traveled around the capital and prepared for hardships.A pair of little-known people were sometimes thrown to the top of the wave and sometimes hit the bottom of the valley by the soul stirring court grievances.
The love between Emperor Guangxu and Empress Zhenfei was buried.
After ten years of cold and hot weather, Yin Er and Rong Qing finally paid homage to the Flower Hall because of the Queen Mother's "extraordinary grace".Who knows that the way of heaven is not ancient, and the fate of people, but both of them died at their wedding night, and finally "born in different beds and died in the same cave".At the same time, the Empress Dowager and Guangxu also completed their journey of life. The death knell rang and the sun set in Shengong.
Inside and outside the Forbidden City, go to Huangquan together[2]。
Episode 1 Rongqing Is Suggested to Be a Guard in the Palace
Cixi ordered Guangxu to select 40 people to serve in the palace. Guangxu dared not disobey him and ordered the chief steward Lian Ying to find the number as soon as possible.Yin, the only daughter of Zhenghong Qi who was the late leader of Ensen, was sent to the palace because her brother owed money for gambling when she was a child.Rongqing asks Fugui for someone when he knows about it. However, the Second Master Shang and the Villa Leader of Baoju have disappeared.Rong Qing didn't see Yin Er for a long time. Just as he was thinking hard to steal people, his uncle happened to be a bodyguard of Lanling in the Qianqing Gate. He suggested Rong Qing go to the palace to be a guard and find other ways.
Episode 2 Yin Er Is New to Trouble
Yin Er was a newcomer. She didn't know anything about the affairs of the palace, which made her aunt who took care of them angry.Today, I played shuttlecock with another palace maid. Unexpectedly, it was the sunflower of Yiner, which polluted the Buddhist temple and even angered my aunt.Later, the old Buddha Empress Dowager Cixi mistook someone for someone who wanted to assassinate him with a dart and became furious.Rong Qing asked about the situation in the palace by taking advantage of his position, but he was not able to walk around to ask Yin Er because he was in the Jianrui camp.My colleague often jokes about the palace maids after drinking, which also makes Rongqing angry.
Episode 3 The Yiner Family Visits the Palace
The old Buddha heard Yiner say that she made the shuttlecock herself. He ordered Yiner to do the same, and gave it the style of brocade chicken feather.Cixi saw that Yiner was clever and honest, so she gave a reward to Yiner's family to visit in the palace.Fu Gui specially reported to his in laws, but they said that even if Yin Er returned home, they would not agree with the marriage.Rong Qing was stationed in Chengde with the Forbidden Army and left the palace. Sixth Master Yuan finally understood the reason why Rong Qing was upset. They talked about it, and they no longer had a heart knot.Prince Rui was summoned to Cixi to discuss the marriage of his sixth son.Li Lianying suggested that Yin Er be considered.Yin Er also said that he was going out of the palace, but he didn't know that his marriage had been decided.
Episode 4 Yin Er Becomes Ill Due to Loss of Life
Yin Er knew that he had been betrothed to Prince Rui's house to marry the foolish sixth son of the prince. He fell ill and fell on the kang.The imperial physician judged that the heart and liver were not depressed, and both qi and blood were deficient.Xiuzi vaguely knew that Yin Er had a sweetheart in Chengde, so he found a candidate.Xiuzi never understood the cause of his sister's death. He suspected that it was related to Li Lianying, so he was always on guard.Unexpectedly, Li Lianying retaliates and steals the sky and earth to order Xiuzi to marry Prince Rui's sixth son.Yin Er took advantage of Cixi's call to ask the Buddha for mercy, but revealed the fact that Liu Zi was wrong.
Episode 5 Xiuzi Gets Married
After Xiuzi's marriage, the Chu Xiu Palace was short of the post of managing the Buddha Hall.Cixi loved Yin Er from the bottom of his heart and ordered Yin Er to become an aunt.Pinger is unavoidably upset and wants Yiner to stop recognizing her as a sister.On Xiuzi's wedding day, Rongqing and Yuan Liu went to the street to watch the excitement. Rongqing was worried about whether the people in the sedan chair were singing for him all the time.Cixi missed Xiuzi and asked Prince Rui to take his daughter-in-law back to the door. But Xiuzi hanged the beam at night and killed herself. Yiner didn't make a sound, so Cixi ordered him to shut her in.
Producers: Zhao Liji, Du Junli, Sun Jin, Yan Junxia
Still photo: Hu Jianwei
Performer List Reference[4-5]
Role Introduction
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Cixi
performerSiqin Gaowa
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The actual ruler of the late Qing Dynasty, the Western Empress Dowager.She ordered Guangxu to select 40 people to serve in the palace. Guangxu didn't dare to disobey her, so Yiner became her maid in the palace.
Yin Er
performerLiu Ruoying
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Zheng Hongqi was the only daughter of the late Ensen.When Guangxu ordered 40 candidates to serve in the palace, it was the day when she and her fiance celebrated their great happiness. But because her brother Fugui owed a gambling debt, she was sent to the palace.They kept their promise of "not seeking to live on the same day, but seeking to die on the same day" and looked forward to each other's hard work.
Guangxu reign period
performerQiu Xinzhi
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Emperor of Qing Dynasty.But in fact, the power is in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi, who almost dare not disobey her orders.He tried to promote the New Deal, but the elders in the palace objected collectively.He doted on Concubine Zhen, but she was forced to die by Cixi.
Rongqing
performerYellow Sea Ice
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Yin Er's fiance.On the day of his wedding, Yin Erzhuan was sent to the palace. While he was trying to win people, his uncle, who was a bodyguard of the Blue Feather of the Qianqing Gate, suggested that he join the palace as a guard and find other ways.
Concubine Zhen
performerJiang Wenli
dubbing-
Emperor Guangxu's favorite concubine.She and Emperor Guangxu were very happy, but Cixi didn't like her.When the Eight Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing, the Empress Dowager Cixi tried to take her away on the pretext that it was inconvenient. She stayed behind and was afraid that her youth would cause trouble and humiliate the royal family, so she threw her into a well and killed her.When Guangxu learned the bad news of her death, he was so sad that he could not help himself, which made him lose his spirit.
Tea Seal
performerZhu Xu
dubbing-
Eunuch in the palace takes good care of Yin Er.He used to serve Cixi, but because Cixi saw that Wang Shang could be used by Guangxu, he was transferred to serve Guangxu and sent messages for Guangxu's concubines and Yiner Rongqing many times.
In August 1997, the original 28 episode Sunset in the Forbidden City was launched[2], all parts of the play about the Forbidden City were shot in the Forbidden City[7]。
When filming, Vanke Culture Communication, one of the investors of the series, was extremely short of funds. Zheng Kainan, the producer, took two people to Beijing, rented a small house, watched TV every day, recorded all the prime time TV dramas, and then analyzed why the audience liked to watch them, how to shoot the first few episodes of good works, and what were the comments of various newspapers.While understanding the market, we also know how to find selling points and avoid risks.Finally, with only 200000 yuan left in the account, he planned to shoot Sunset in the Forbidden City[8]。
Drama evaluation
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The Sunset of the Forbidden City, from a unique perspective, depicts the soul stirring, winding and sad love story of Emperor Guangxu and his wife, the palace maid Yiner and her fiance Rongqing, two lovers. The love between children and daughters is intertwined with a series of important historical events, which forms a long scroll of tragedy in the late Qing Dynasty. The play is magnificent and spectacular,The cast is strong.Cixi played by Siqin Gaowa was so enchanted and humanized that Liu Ruoying acted in a TV play for the first time, shaping the role of Yin Er so beautifully.In addition, Zhu Xu, Lei Wusheng and other actors also performed well in the play[1]。(Review of Shanghai Drama)
The Sunset of the Forbidden City cast a feminist color in the tide of Qing Palace Opera at the turn of the century.On《Big House Gate》In contrast to the wonderful men's dramas, the women's dramas in Sunset Forbidden City are undoubtedly more moving.Liu Ruoying as the palace maid, Siqin Gaowa as Cixi and Jiang Wenli as Princess Zhen are also rare actors.Because of the use of a small palace maid to show the decline and fall of the Qing Empire, the harem has undoubtedly become the most important area of expression.Sunset in the Forbidden City has combed and transcribed Cixi, Concubine Zhen and other controversial figures in contemporary cultural history. The script is solid and detailed[10]。(Ma Dongyu, Xinmin Weekly)
