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Category: Drama Trivia

Say hello to the drama box

There are food boxes, snack boxes, beauty boxes but have you ever heard of drama boxes? Let me introduce you … More

chinese drama, Drama box

Miss Truth Chapter 246

Still haven’t really passed my addiction to the drama Miss Truth so started to read the book which is quite … More

Chinese book, Love stories, Miss Truth, mystery, Romance, Story, 大唐女法医

Chang Ge poem 长歌行(literal translation a long teaching song poem)

The Chang Ge song is a poem of an ancient chinese song written during the Han dynasty and was written … More

ancient china, chinese culture, 班淑传奇, poems

Injecting Chicken blood/Chicken blood therapy

One of the common phrases in China to describe a hot blooded, hard working and enduring young person is a … More

chinese drama, Health, Medicine, school, Stairway to Stardom Trivia

Fan Yu Qi/Heng Yi 樊於期 & the Master’s offer of the head (2 min read)

In ep 9, when Pan Jianchi receives orders for a mission from his superior they compare their assassination attempt to … More

assassination, Chinese history, History, King of Qin, warring states

The hidden meanings behind Yi Lian Kai & Yi Lian Shen’s names (10 min read)

Anyone who has watched Color of night will know that Yi Lian Kai has another name Lan Po (兰坡) which … More

Chinese warlords

Introduction The Warlord Era in China was the result of the disintegration of power after overthrowing the Qing Dynasty (last … More

Chinese history, Color of Night drama trivia, Political, warlords, World history

6 famous Ancient Chinese People and their tragic love stories: Li Luo, Ka Suo’s 6 previous reincarnations (10 Min read)

China has one of the longest histories in the world and the one of the few Ancient Civilisations who have … More

Historical, ice destiny fantasy, Love stories, strategy, Tragedy

Homosexuality in China: then and now (5 min read)

*may contain images/content that may be upsetting or inappropriate to young readers The now 21st century China is not known … More

Slough off the cicada’s golden shell

Beware: *Spoilers included below * In Cambrian Period Ep 6,  Li Yong Ji, Officer Li mentions about Suo Tou sloughing … More

36 strategems, History, modern use, strategy, tactic

Empty City/ fort Strategy (2 min read)

In Cambrian Period Ep 5, Zhan Shili (James Li) talks about using an empty city/fort strategy when he was dealing … More

3 kingdoms, 36 strategems, Cambrian Period, Cao Cao, Chinese history, Empty Fort, strategy, War

The Chinese way to describe a jealous lover: The vinegar jar (2 min read)

If you have watched some of the episodes after Bai Jinxi/Su Mian and Han Chen got together, you are likely … More

chinese drama, History, Jealous lover, Story, Vinegar

A handy guide to work through the medical terms in Memory Lost

Although I tried to tone down on the amount of medical jargon present in the drama, I realised that perhaps … More

Notification

Notification: If anyone is still experiencing problems watching this episode, I have uploaded it on my fb page: https://www.facebook.com/ProductiveProcrastinatorDrama/ for a … More

Notification

A whistlestop guide to knowing what to call who in Chinese

Starting from episode 13 in Memory Lost, with the introduction of assistant Liu and his cousins, one term which keeps … More

Chinese families, Memory Lost

Criminal Profiling: Myth or legend at solving crimes?

In Memory Lost, Bai Jinxi plays the role of a detective who specializes in criminal psychology and in each case, … More

Criminal Psychology, Memory Lost

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