Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

A Triumphant Return

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Ye Baoxiang, the son of the Prime Minister, is in love with a peasant, Dai Jinhuan. But Jinhuan’s father hates the corrupted Prime Minister so much that he does not allow her daughter to marry Ye Baoxiang. Meanwhile, the Prince also summons Jinhuan to be his wife, but Jinhuan has already decided she can only be Baoxiang’s wife and is pregnant already…

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Life’s Blessing to Shen and Meng

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Shen Xiaofu is a behaving husband who has always been following the rules set by his wife. But one day he finds out his old father-in-law is deeply in love with a singer, Liu piaopiao, it is not problem. His father-in-law expressed all his love in Xiaofu’s own name, it is still not yet a problem. The whole thing has been heard by his ruthless wife, now that is a problem. To prevent him being torn into piece, the cornered Xiaofu puts up everything he got!

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The Sassy Princess and Her Blunt Husband

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Princess Fengxia laughed at the handicapped ambassadors sent from neighboring countries. Insulted, the ambassadors vowed to go to war. The General Commander in Chief Meng Feihong fought a victorious battle and probed into the cause of the war. During the trial, he was defeated by the princess’ quick wits. Likened by the Princess, Feihong was ordered to marry the Princess. At Feihong ‘s mansion, the Princess asked Feihong to kneel to her but Feihong took out the Imperial Golden Truncheon and instead forced her to kowtow every three steps while entering his house. At night, the Princess refused to let her husband into the wedding chamber thus Feihong resorted to sleeping on the ground. She then complained to the king and asked to have Feihong banished to a Buddhist temple. Feihong was punished accordingly, but the Princess regretted and asked Tian Fu to rescue him. Finally, the Princess rushed to the temple and the young couple happily reunited.

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Red Silk Shoes and The Murder

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Widow Yang Liujiao lives with Su Yugui, her sister-in-law, after her husband passed away. Somehow Liujiao has a secret affair with Qin Sanfeng. In order to be the Mrs. Qin, Sanfeng decapitated his wife with the help of Liujiao, then they dress the body up as Liujiao in order to blame Yugui for it. It does tricked the local official, but not the judge of the higher court, Zuo Weiming…

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Time to Go Home

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Wen Pingsheng has always been loving his childhood partner, Zhao Pinniang, but his mother hates Pinniang and always wishes him to marry his cousin Keqing instead. Sanlang, another man who loves Pinniang, brides a doctor in order to make him claims Pinniang is gravely ill, so she will be separated and he will have a chance. But Pingsheng continues to be with the claimed-to-be-ill Pinniang which makes his mother furious. She expelled Pinniang once Pingsheng is away from home. Pinhsheng has been informed his wife is dead when he back, refusing to believe, he rushes out from home…

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Insulting Zhou Yu Thrice

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Liu Bei borrowed the Jing Province from Eastern Wu, but the King of Eastern Wu, Sun Quan, soon regrets and asks him to return at once. Liu Bei claims he will return it after conquering Xichuan, which he never really planned to.

Zhou Yu, the supreme general of Eastern Wu, is furious for Liu Bei’s act, hence plans to siege Jing Province. He sends troops to Jing Province and claims that those are the troops he sent to help Liu Bei conquering Xichuan. Just before he thinks he will succeed, he is surrounded by Liu Bei’s army and gets kicked out hard. With his fury and regret come out from his mouth in bloods, he dies soon after that.

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The Return of Zhu Bian

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Zhu Bian, a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, goes to Jin as an envoy to plead for the return of the two former emperors of Song. The emperor of Jin detains Zhu and attempts to force him to defect. Defiant in the face of the threat of death, Zhu is exiled to the Cold Mountain as a herdsman. Princess Xuehua of Jin, moved by his loyalty and admiring his talent, falls in love with Zhu. With the princess’s help, Zhu is finally able to return to Song. Although Zhu can hardly bear to part with the princess, loyalty and duty take precedence.

Back in Song, the returned envoy is accused of being a Jin spy. Zhu’s family is executed and he is sentenced to die from a cup of poisoned wine. Filled with indignation, sorrow and shame because he will no longer be of help to his country, the loyal minister is ready to comply. At the last moment, the Jin troops arrive and the princess knocks over the cup of poisoned wine. During the bloody battle, the crown prince of Jin wounds the princess. Before she dies, Xuehua encourages Zhu to save the nation, and expresses sorrow that their love cannot survive the troubled times. Zhu is left with nothing but grief and regret.

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A Marriage of Confusion

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Lin Lengfeng has a secret relationship with Huang Ziying and she is pregnant. A noble loves Lengfeng and asks for blessing from her father, who agreed immediately after knowing how wealthy he is. Lengfeng has always been suffering insomnia and takes sleeping pills every night. Liu Xiaohuang, a thief who looks totally the same as Lengfeng, happens to break into the Lin’s house with her brother, they were found and in mid the chaotic escape, her brother grabs Lengfeng instead of his sister away. Just when Xiaohuang has nowhere to run, she is being called as Lengfeng, so she happily takes up the place and even married the noble and enjoys her noble life. Her brother soon finds out his mistake, but Lengfeng begs him to take her to find her lover. Soon after, the barbarians invade, the repelling force the Emperor leads has been trapped, Xiaohuang makes a breakthrough and saved him hence entitled the Princess. With Lengfeng returning, the other soon confused who is who, and it has bothered the Emperor and they are both summoned to the Royal Court…

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The Gilded Fan

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Zhaohua, the daughter of the Prime Minister, has been engaged with Guo Yanzhang, which is an order by the Emperor. But soon the Guo family has a fall, and the Prime Minister ditches them for good. A cousin of Zhaohua wishes to know if Zhaohua will still marry Yanzhang or not, hence disguised as him and breaks into Zhaohua’s room at night, got kicked out right away. The real Yanzhang arrives just after that, knowing nothing about the previous accidence,is being pushed away for no good reason. He thinks his fiancée is nothing better than her father. To make things worse, Yaoquan, another cousin of Zhaohuo, shows up in front of Yanzhang, claiming he is the one who has Yanzhang’s blessing and shows the already heartbroken one the golden fans of engagement…

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Beauty in Disguise

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Chun jiao, the daughter of a criminal, disguised herself as an ugly maid to serve in the family Meng, where she believes the evidence to proof her father’s innocent can be found. She loves the young master Meng Yi, but is turned down due to her ugly disguise. He says he will never marry her unless he loses the incoming battle just before he heads to the warzone. Not for long, he has been ambushed due to his lack of the much needed geography knowledge. Just before his wipes out, the undisguised Chunjian shows up with a squad and saves his day. Awed by her handsomeness, now it is the young master begging for her love, and is rejected.

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