From the Director
It's not easy to distil a 70-episode TV series into a two-and-a-half-hour drama. The playwright LIU Shen has taken three years and revised five times to bring the drama on stage. The public love The Grand Mansion Gate, so I’m convinced they will come to the theatre no matter how the drama is directed. I have been enjoying the extraordinary enthusiasm of the audience for ten years. Last year, when I was filming in Hengdian, a young man paid a surprise visit to me. He said, “I’ve driven all the way from Shanghai to tell you that I’ve just got a son. My surname is BAI, and I named him BAI Jingqi (hero of The Grand Mansion Gate).” After saying this, he hurriedly drove back to Shanghai.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all of those who have supported and loved The Grand Mansion Gate. You have given me so much warmth that I am deeply touched. I hope the drama The Grand Mansion Gate will bring new delight to all of you.
——GUO Baochang (2013)
BAI Jingqi, in his 80s, hobbles around the courtyard of the mansion with a lantern in his hand, doing a routine inspection that he has been performing for decades. The Baicaoting Pharmacy established by his ancestors has flourished under his endeanvours is facing disintegration, and the family children are clamouring for a share of the property. He is overwhelmed by mixed feelings. The old man’s thoughts wander back to his youth, recalling the hardships he faced in preserving his family’s business and the women he loved.
Amid his struggles against the Japanese invaders, traitors and Kuomintang officials, he demonstrates the courage and righteousness of a genuine Chinese. He has upheld the integrity of Chinese businessmen by setting fire to counterfeit medicines. He holds a deep affection for his mother and daughter, and he is the one who stands up for his infatuated sister’s marriage. He was in love with HUANG Chun, an illegitimate daughter of his enemy’s family, then he passionately chased YANG Jiuhong, a woman from a miserable background, and later, he even tried to marry the poor girl LI Xiangxiu against all odds. He is a man who has broken through feudal moral values and family rules, demonstrating his charming and unconventional character.
The drama The Grand Mansion Gate tells a legendary story in the intersection of history and reality, where enmity, life and death, love and hatred are presented, leaving the audience spellbound and pondering for more.
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