The female costume inspirational drama "Menghualu" starring Liu Yifei, Chen Xiao, Liu Yan, Lin Yun, Xu Haiqiao, Dai Xu, and Zhang Xiaoqian has recently been broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video.

In the current episode, three women from the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Paner, Song Yinzhang, and Sun Sanniang, arrived in Tokyo from Qiantang for various reasons.

　　"Menghualu" sets the background of the story in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is an inspirational drama for women in ancient costumes adapted from Guan Hanqing's Yuan drama "Zhao Paner Fengyue Save the Wind and Dust".

In Guan Hanqing's original work, the rich and powerful Zhou She seduces a woman, Song Yinzhang, and is opposed by Song Yinzhang's friend Zhao Paner.

After Song Yinzhang married Zhou She, she was indeed abused in every way, so she had to ask Zhao Paner for help.

Zhao Pan'er is more beautiful than Song Yinzhang, and she designed to seduce Zhou She, saying that she objected to their marriage because she fell in love with him. If he divorced Song Yinzhang immediately, she would still want to marry him.

As a result, Zhou She wrote a divorce letter and lost Song Yinzhang, but Zhao Paner was nowhere to be found.

The content of the first seven episodes of "Menghualu" basically follows the story line of Guan Hanqing's original "Zhao Paner Fengyue Rescue Fengchen", and even the names of the main characters Zhao Paner and Song Yinzhang in the play have not been changed.

　　As far as the history of Chinese drama is concerned, Yuan Zaju represents a relatively mature golden age of Chinese drama. One of the representative works of Yuan Zaju, "Zhao Paner Fengyue Save the Wind and Dust", reflects a more important tone of Yuan Zaju, that is, eulogizing the unorthodox beautiful pursuit. , "The Story of the West Chamber" and "Wangjiang Pavilion" belong to this category.

Whether it's the matchmaker in "The Story of the West Chamber", Tan Ji'er in "Wangjiang Pavilion", or Zhao Paner in "Zhao Paner Fengyue Saves the Wind and Dust", all women who belong to the disadvantaged are bravely pursuing love, using a simplified and cheerful way, and finally There is a satisfying ending.

　　As far as the drama "Menghualu" is concerned, the stories of three legendary women in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Paner, Song Yinzhang, and Sun Sanniang, not only inherited the context of Yuan Zaju women's courageous pursuit of love, but also had broader pursuits.

The main line of the story revolves around the so-called "North Drift" story of three girls with modern consciousness in an ancient background, expressing the "modern spirit" with ancient background and narrative methods, focusing on the personal growth and transformation of the characters and the friendship between the group portraits, expressing In the face of setbacks, do not admit defeat, and help each other to achieve ideal values.

　　The "North Drift" story of a "girl in ancient costume" with modern consciousness can see the shadow of modern women in the character image and the progress of the plot.

Although Zhao Pan'er has left her family, she is still regarded as a lowly woman.

In the rather long chapters of the series, Song Yinzhang has to go to great lengths to break away from the music, and suffers from emotional deception again and again.

Sun Sanniang fell into the water due to unfortunate marriage and was rescued by Zhao Paner and Gu Qianfan. Because of her unwillingness and past humiliation, Sun Sanniang decided to go to Tokyo with Zhao Paner to open a shop.

　　In the more pages of "Meng Hua Lu", the friendship between the three women who have been "insulted and damaged" by life, their mutual support and mutual appreciation, is an important force for their survival.

No matter how difficult the environment is, the spirit of women's sympathy for each other, helping each other, and striving for the same ideal and goal can still become a great energy. With the development of the plot, the power of this friendship is even stronger than Love is even more precious.

In this sense, although Zhao Paner, Song Yinzhang, and Sun Sanniang are dressed in ancient costumes, their stories and growth are like the growth of modern workplace women.

The female characters from Yuan Zaju, even today, their chivalrous, kind, brave, intelligent and other character traits are very modern and even in line with the "feminine consciousness" advocated by today's audience. .

Therefore, from the perspective of characters alone, it is not against harmony to show the current story in ancient costumes in "Menghualu".

　　In the currently broadcast plot, Zhao Paner and Gu Qianfan, played by Chen Xiao, sympathize with each other, but from the perspective of the development of the story, it is bold to guess that the emotional development of the two is not the main storyline.

As the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Division, Gu Qianfan is quite good at disguise, and has deep doubts. He looks like a cold-faced Hades, but he is actually very kind.

He and Zhao Paner didn't know each other, and he was gradually attracted to him and opened his heart.

Compared to Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, and Sun Sanniang's growth in Tokyo, Gu Qianfan has a separate story line.

Gu Qianfan's workplace entanglements in the Imperial City Division and his emotional entanglements with his father prevent this character from being completely linked to Zhao Pan'er, and also prevent the whole drama from stopping at the level of costume idol dramas because of Zhao Pan'er and Gu Qianfan's emotions.

　　In the past, costume dramas mostly focused on the stories that happened in the palace, and the content mainly revolved around the joys and sorrows between emperors, generals, talents and beauties.

"Menghualu" is one of the few dramas that focuses on market dramas, showing the lives of ordinary people and ordinary people.

In terms of clothing modeling, "Meng Hualu" draws on many styles from ancient paintings, and on this basis adds modern aesthetic ideas for re-creation.

Compared with the previous costume dramas' reflection of Tokyo in the Song Dynasty, "Meng Hualu" is closer to the works such as "Tokyo Dream Hualu" and "Across the River During Qingming Festival" in terms of characters, external scenes, and clothing styles. Performance, go with the audience to a Song Dynasty life that combines fireworks and elegance.

　　(The author is Ni Zifang, a contracted art critic in Shandong Province)