"Celestial Silkworm Transformed and Glorified Again" is a costume martial arts drama filmed by Hong Kong Asia Television. The drama has a total of 31 episodes.
was produced and broadcast by Asia Television (ATV) in 1993, starring Xu Shaoqiang, Yin Tianzhao, Luo Songhua, Zong Yang, Cai Xiaoyi, Kaohsiung, Sydney, Yang Zelin and others.
Previously, several versions of "Celestial Silkworm Transformation" have achieved good results. In 1979, Li's Television (the predecessor of ATV) launched the ancient costume martial arts drama "Chencanbian". It caused a huge sensation upon its release, and its ratings soared.
Although this drama is called the sequel to the 1979 martial arts drama "Celestial Silkworm Transformation", it actually has little connection with the previous work in terms of plot. "" is combined with the characters and plots, inheriting the story of the previous episode and innovating it, and it can be regarded as a spin-off of "Celestial Silkworm Transformation".
The play tells the story of Yun Feiyang (Xu Shaoqiang), who killed Dugu Wudi (Yang Zelin) in a duel in the first year of Zhengde and lived in seclusion.
Yun Feiyang (played by Xu Shaoqiang) met Lu Dan (played by Luo Songhua) and Xiaozi (played by Yin Tianzhao) by chance.
Lu Dan, who was originally a loyal minister, was killed by an adulterer and his family was destroyed. In order to take revenge and kill Zhengde (played by Zong Yang), he began to practice the forbidden magic skill Tiancan Shenggong.
By chance, the boy practiced the Heavenly Silkworm Magic Skill. Good and evil are at odds with each other. The boy and Lu Dan transformed into the Heavenly Silkworm Magic Skill and fought to the death with the Heavenly Silkworm Magic Skill.
This boy was at a disadvantage, but he burst out with infinite power and finally defeated Lu Dan. The boy originally wanted to kill Lu Dan to eliminate harm to the martial arts world, but seeing that he had become an idiot, and Beibei (played by Cheng Wenyi) begging hard, he spared his life.
A catastrophe in the world finally came to an end, but the boy left the palace and traveled around the world with the princess (played by Cai Xiaoyi).
The theme song of the TV series still uses the classic song of the same name from the previous TV series "The Transformation of the Silkworm", sung by Guan Zhengjie.
"Alone on the high hillside is not considered high
Destiny sneers and hints that there is no way forward
Floating clouds swim around and give warnings
I walk with a high head
Although I know that this mountain is full of tigers
A coward who is not a hero will never stop
cold stare The lonely road of blood is the road of destiny
The bright moon shines on the mountain hill and I feel so lonely"
Now, 29 years have passed. How have the actors in the play been doing over the years?
Xu Shaoqiang as Yun Feiyang
Xu Shaoqiang was born in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province in 1950. He was admitted to the Shaw Brothers Actor Training Center and signed a contract with Shaw Brothers to debut.
Martial arts movies were popular in the 1970s, and Xu Shaoqiang often appeared as a hero in the movies.
In 1979, he played the male protagonist Yun Feiyang in the TV series "The Transformation of the Silkworm" filmed by Li. Xu Shaoqiang became famous in one fell swoop with the drama.
After that, the contract with Li's TV was terminated and he became a freelance actor. He worked outside for many years and gained little.
In 1993, ATV filmed "", in which Xu Shaoqiang once again played the role of the hero "Yun Feiyang".
Over the following years, he appeared in many film and television dramas, but unfortunately his career has been tepid. The ones that everyone is familiar with include "Goodbye Huangpu Beach", "Ma Yongzhen", "Interpol", etc.
has been filming film and television dramas in the mainland in recent years, and his works are broadcast every year.
Yin Tianzhao as Xiaozi (Tang Rong)
Yin Tianzhao was born on October 28, 1964 in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. In 1982, Yin Tianzhao entered the second artist training class of ATV. Then he entered ATV and starred in many dramas.
In 1992, he co-starred with Tang Haoguang and Yang Yumei in the ancient martial arts drama "Crane and Needle" adapted from Wo Longsheng's novel of the same name, playing the role of Jin Yinghao, a scholar with a silver flute.
In 1993, he co-starred with Xu Shaoqiang, Luo Songhua, and Cai Xiaoyi in the costume martial arts drama "The Transformation of the Silkworm" produced by Xiao Sheng, and played the role of the thief Tang Rong in the drama.
After that, he successively participated in , " Fist of Fury ", " I Have a Date with Spring ", " Sword Roar Jianghu " and other dramas on ATV.
Until 1998, Yin Tianzhao co-starred with Wan Qiwen, Chen Qitai, and Christine Yang in the horror and suspense romance drama "I Have a Date with a Zombie" directed by Xian Zhiwei, playing the role of zombie Kuang Tianyou in the drama, which ushered in the peak of his career.
After leaving ATV, he went north to the mainland to film. He played the villain Hu Tiefeng in the costume drama "North and South", and played the murderer Wu Tian in the detective drama "New Detective Alliance".
In recent years, Yin Tianzhao has gradually reduced his production, and occasionally works have been broadcast.
Cai Xiaoyi as Zhu Jingzhao
Cai Xiaoyi was born on November 30, 1971. She graduated from the 1991 Asia Television Artist Training Class. After
, he successively participated in dramas such as "Silver Fox" and "Goodbye Whampoa Beach". Because of his outstanding appearance, he was quickly reused by ATV.
plays the heroine Zhu Jingzhao in "The Transformation of Celestial Silkworms Again", a noble princess, and a boy from the city, a pair of happy enemies who fight and fight, and finally join hands in the world.
Since then, she has acted as the heroine in , " Hong Xiguan ", "Nine Kings Seize the Throne", "I Have a Date with Spring" and other masterpieces, especially Jin Lulu in "I Have a Date with Spring", which made her become the mainland Well known to the audience.
When Cai Xiaoyi was at the peak of her career in 1999, she had a very unhappy dispute with her old club ATV over contract issues, with both parties holding different opinions.
After that, Cai Xiaoyi only made a cameo appearance in one unit in the 2002 ATV drama "法 Insider 2002" and completely disappeared from the audience's sight.
It was not until 2014 that Cai Xiaoyi appeared in public and expressed her desire to return to filming, but unfortunately she failed to make the trip.
Luo Songhua as Lu Dan
Luo Songhua began to participate in TV series on Asia Television in the mid-1980s. He never had much opportunity, so he became a program host, but he received attention for it.
later played Hua Jianxiong in " Chinese Heroes ", Yinxiang in " Nine Kings Seize the Throne", etc.
plays the role of Lu Dan, who has a blood feud and goes astray for revenge at all costs.
In the late 1990s, ATV's self-produced dramas were reduced in production, and Luo Songhua also quit filming dramas and devoted himself to hosting work. He is most famous for hosting ATV's gold medal variety show "Today's D".
In 2002, Luo Songhua left ATV and retired from the entertainment industry.
In recent years, in order to support his family, Luo Songhua came back to film dramas on TVB. Currently, they are all minor roles with few roles. I hope I can get more opportunities in the future.
Zong Yang as Emperor Zhengde
In 1986, Zong Yang entered the film and television industry through the Mr. ATV TV competition. Later he became an Asian TV artist.
In the late 1980s, Zong Yang switched to TVB for a short period of time and participated in dramas such as " Book of Swords and Enmities", " The Greatest Heroes" and " Intolerance".
returned to ATV in the 1990s. Because of his tall and handsome appearance, Zong Yang was once one of the artists that ATV highly praised, and he also participated in some film works. While
was at ATV, he participated in dramas such as , " Phoenix Legend ", " I Have a Date with Spring ", "7 Chameleon ", " I Have a Date with a Zombie ".
In 2002, ATV was forced to lay off employees due to serious losses. Zong Yang was terminated due to lack of development potential.
Xueli as Tangning
Xueli, formerly known as Yan Huiming, was born in Italy in 1962. His sister is the artist Michelle.
In 1979, Yan Huiming entered the film and television industry and co-starred with Chow Yun-fat in the first TV series " Family Love ".
In 1982, Sydney met Xu Shaoqiang. In the same year, they became lovers while filming the movie "Raising Ghosts" in Thailand.
When it was learned that Xu Shaoqiang had a wife and children, Xue Li was also pregnant. Xue Li, who was deeply in love, could not leave and gave birth to a son and a daughter for him.
Xue Li, who had been waiting for many years, failed to wait for Xu Shaoqiang to marry her. Frustrated, she decided to break up with Xu Shaoqiang and raise a pair of children alone.
In 1993, she starred in the ATV TV series " Celestial Silkworm Transformed Again", in which she played the role of Tang Ning, the lover of Yun Feiyang (played by Xu Shaoqiang). I don’t know if the people at ATV did it on purpose.
After that, Sydney went to TVB and starred in Louis Koo's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In the drama, she played the role of Li Mochou, who had lived a miserable life, and was well known to the audience.
subsequently starred as Madam Ma in "Dragon" and Madam Ya in "The Legend of Qin", both of which left a deep impression on the audience.
After 2000, Sydney gradually faded out of the entertainment industry and rarely appeared in the audience's field of vision.
Now, her children have grown up, and Xueli has had her share of hardships and is living a happy life.
Mai Jingting as Fu Xiangjun
Mai Jingting, formerly known as Mai Lihong, was born in Hong Kong in 1962 and graduated from the 11th training course of Wireless TV in 1982.
After working at TVB for several years, she accidentally died in 1988 After being injured, he left TVB and joined Asia Television.
During his time at ATV, his acting career gradually improved, and he finally had more roles in TV series. Bai Yunfei disguised as a man in "The Crane Needle", Mu Guiying with heroic appearance in "Blue Sky" and so on.
In 1998, Mai Jingting played Bai Susu in "I Have a Date with a Zombie". As the series became popular, she became familiar to more viewers.
Mai Jingting, who had little ambition for an acting career, retired from the entertainment industry in 1999.
Mai Jingting and Lui Songxian began to fall in love in 1994. After many years of love, they got married on December 2, 2008, while visiting Guam..
Kaohsiung as Tang Baichuan
Kaohsiung, born in Zhongshan, Guangdong in 1947. In 1968, he began to work as a stuntman, stand-in, and later an actor in the stunt training class of Hong Kong Shaw Brothers Film Company.
In his early years, he participated in TVB dramas such as "Dragon", "Fist of Fury", " Brother Xinzha 1988", " The Greatest Heroes ".
In the early 1990s, he switched to ATV and appeared in "Fist of Fury", " Blue Blood Blue Sky Yang Family General ", " Rebuild Prosperity " and " Chinese Heroes ".
In 1999, in "Little Li Flying Knife", he played the role of Shangguan Jinhong, the leader of Money Gang and the second-ranked Bai Xiaosheng weapon list.
After that, he moved to TVB and participated in many dramas.
In recent years, he has been mainly filming in the Mainland, and has participated in TV series such as "The Hero Fearless" and "Longling Labyrinth".
Cheng Wenyi as Beibei
Cheng Wenyi, a Hong Kong female voice actress, became an artist of Asia Television in 1993.
During his time as an actor, he played Song Qiaoyuan in ATV's "Silver Fox" and played the role of Beibei, a Miao woman in "The Transformation of the Silkworm".
Due to his poor career in TV dramas, he became a student of the dubbing foreman Lu Xiong and embarked on the road of dubbing.
After switching to TVB in January 2004, Cheng Wenyi's popularity rose with her role in the Korean drama "Dae Jang Geum", and she became the dedicated voice actor of Hong Kong Lee Young-ae .
Cheng Wenyi not only dubbs for TV, movies, and commercials, but also dubbs for a large number of cartoons, including Sana and Chun-Li in "Saint Seiya Pluto".
