Ancient Love Poetry (2021)

The shadows of the mains are the best characters in this drama

It was boring, then interesting, then boring again. Noble sacrifices were staples and ran rampant in this drama.

That I really hated the main villain of this drama and I loved the CP and their allies makes me feel that the actors were really good. Aside from the CP, I especially loved TianQi, Yuemi, FengRan, JingJian and YuanQi.

There are like 3 parts in the story:
Episode 1-mid16 ->The sacrifice of Sanggu and fall of the God realm
Episode mid16-42-> The new 3 realms and the story of QuingMu and Houchi
Episode 43-49-> The reign of BaiJue and the return of God realm

Part 1 started with an undisciplined Sanggu meeting her cold teacher BaiJue who can train her to become the chief god chaos. They fell in love not knowing that Sanggu needs to sacrifice herself to save the 3 realms. Before the sacrifice, they have spent a bittersweet day with each and so if not for wanting justice for Yuemi, I would have been content with just part 1. With Sanggu's death, it already gave that noble sacrifice but still with hope for the future feels. Part 2 with the QuingMu and Houchi love story who were in a way reincarnations of BaiJue and Sanggu was actually the only part I liked. They are so tragic that towards Episode 41, I was ugly crying. Part 3 wrapped up everything. It explained the motivations of BaiJue but I still think that he should have explained it to Houchi/Sanggu himself. I was also quite happy with his father and son outing with YanQi.

Zhou Dong Yu as Sanggu/Houchi was such as revelation. I wouldn't exactly call her beautiful, maybe just cute and pretty, but her microexpressions can really get you. Though having the same spirit, she was able to portray the differences between the two. Sanggu was born with a status as a chief god since she was destined to become the god of chaos. She was spoilt, entertainment-loving girl who needed some strict guidance. Her growth to becoming a noble god who can sacrifice was wonderful to see. Houchi was a girl nominally called a goddess but had weak power. She was often left by her father and was denied/unloved by her mother. She was somewhat insecure but still maintains an indomitable spirit. Her stand to be accepted as who she is and not as substitute to Sanggu really made my heart ache for her.

Xu Kai as BaiJue/Boxuan/QuingMu was also great. I was really amazed at how quickly he can change his expressions, a heartless bastard one second then a longing lover the next. His eyes speaks. There were too few scenes of him as Boxuan, but I have no doubt that given the same situation BaiJue would do the same things as QuingMu for the woman he loves, seeing how much he was willing to sacrifice for Sanggu and basically he's same person. Maybe I just found the things he did as QuingMu to be more sweet. He even had a puppy dog expression when he was begging GuJun to let him marry Houchi. But it was QuingMu's expression as he was getting integrated to BaiJue that struck me. It was full of pleading and pathos as he accepted his fate.

So I guess even if it's a happy ending for Sanggu and BaiJue and in essence they are QuingMu and Houchi, I am still sad that QuingMu and Houchi did not disappear together.

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Minha experiência incrível sobre Ancient Love Poesy (Poesia do Amor Ancestral)

Para mim, a série chinesa mais significativa, eu senti o ódio, amor, alivio, felicidade, tudo isso junto com os personagens, muita vezes achei o Bai jue intrigante, ela fez muitas coisas pela Shang Gu que nem em sonho eu poderia pensar, ver a história de amor entre eles, me machucou muito, chorei mais que os personagens em algumas cenas, mas enfim conseguir passar por todas essas adversidades e o terminei. Eu no começo , como acredito que a maioria das pessoas, eu gostei bastante da Wu Huan, quem diria que ela seria a antagonista que eu amei odiar. Continuando, no último episódio, eu chorei do começo ao fim. Vale dizer que por causa dessa série, não terei um relacionamento por um longo tempo. Essa série é perfeita, gostei da história, dos figurinos e principalmente dos protagonistas, claro que eu amei os personagens igualmente como a Yue Mi( Que chorei horrores na morte), Tian Qi( Foi o que eu mais gostei, sua personalidade me fascinou) Hong Ri( A besta espiritual do Bai Jue que eu realmente gostei tanto que senti saudades o decorrer da série sem ele, outro que chorei muito mesmo com sua morte). Apenas termino dizendo que essa série é perfeita e fantástica, dou meus mais sinceros parabéns aos envolvidos nessa série, tanto a produção, os artistas. E meus mais honrados e especiais parabéns ao meu ator favorito chinês, Xu Kai, esse foi mais um drama que fizeste perfeitamente e ficou como meu drama favorito chinês.

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MUST WATCH

ANCIENT LOVE POETRY

PLOT:
The story of this series has a hint of the Ten Miles of Peach Blossom type of genre, but a short version of it. I know the plot is not that unique, but then again, I find it really good how they did the scripting and how they tell the story with no difficulty. It was easy to digest, and there were some heartbreaking scenes, but then again, it is a mellow or mild type of drama. I don't have any complaints about the story; all in all, it was good.

CHARACTER:
Hands up to both lead characters for giving us a solid interpretation of their roles. One of the reasons I invested my time in finishing this one is because of Xu Kai. I first saw him in one of his projects, Arsenal Military Academy, and I was so obsessed that I binge-watched his other dramas, like The Story of Yanxi Palace. Hands up to all staff and crew for making this drama!!!!

OST:
NO WORD TO SAY I SAVE THE SONGS TO MY CELLPHONE!!
AND IT'S ON REPEAT.

RE-WATCH VALUE:
I will watch it again

thank you and have a great day!!!!

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Not happy with ending though it is a happy ending.

I watch this drama because of my favourite artist Zhang Ya Qin (feng ren ) ,her entry was at 16th episode . I waited for her entry so long because I enjoyed watching all the previous episodes . Min lead actor is never been my favourite but he make me amazed by his acting ,so pure do innocent look in his face and his acting mesmerized me alot till end. About lead actress I didn't like her at the very starting of the drama because my favourite is feng ren so I always wanted her to be main lead but glad she had lots of scene from 16 episodes and her story was also ver good ,like always she looked cute and beautiful . But I started liking main lead actress acting after Qing Mu death she amazed me and that scene made me cry when Qing me illusion appeared to deliver his last message to her . She was too good. Every thing just perfect acting ,film sets ,all VFX . But ending of the story made me little disappointed . I want to see complete family at the end and some scenes of them .then Feng ren 's love reincarnation . Who was the boy .
I think the story need on more episode or season 2. Thirdly I thought Tian qi 's love story also get good ending that's why story kept the statue of his love till end but nothing happened . That's why 9.5 out of ten because of ending part

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Rosana

A melhor série histórica de 2021, não teve um episódio chato ou cansativo , uma série que com certeza te leva as lágrimas , a odiar , amar , momentos fofos e engraçados mas nada exagerado ! Atores sensacionais , enredo bem desenvolvido sem enrolação , efeitos visuais incríveis , lutas bem desenvolvidas com maestria e sem forçar na coreografia .Zhou Dong Yu desenvolveu muito bem a personagem Shanggu/Hauchi que no início parecia meio bobinha mas que me surpreendeu no decorrer da série por ser uma mulher decidida com um caráter forte mostrando quando alguém erra sem medo das represálias . Xu Kai dispensa elogios porque é um ótimo ator e desenvolveu Bai Jue/Qing Mu/ Bo Xuan perfeitamente . Os demais atores também foram perfeitos sem exageros na atuação . O Cenário lindo e rico em detalhes como em todos os dramas históricos que a China produz, o figurino lindo e sem exageros , as osts uma mais linda que a outra . Super recomendo!

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I've never watched FL in a drama before, so this is a first. Like many, I was not really attracted to her/thought she was great to pair up with ML. However, I grew to like her in this role.

The plot was interesting. I never seen a FL "lead" all of heaven/all the immortals, so it was interesting to me. It meant that she has to take on a lot of responsibilities and "grow up." There is a lot of character development for FL. Of course, like many xianxia dramas, it does involve "love over multiple lives." I particularly enjoyed the 2nd arc when our FL and ML were in their 2nd lives - and they fell in love with each other, but their entities were technically "not them." I thought that was interesting concept. It was heartbreaking trying to understand the leads, if they'd "remember" each other or not. I was on the verge of screaming at the drama.

There are a LOT of characters here, and I wish there was time for all of them. Overall, the chemistry was great between who it needed to be. I was heartbroken for some of the side characters, because they loved who they loved and unfortunately, it hurt someone else. Especially Yue Mi waiting on her love to be reciprocated. :(

Although the drama is LONG (af!!) - it was paced out nicely, and didn't feel rushed.

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Love-Sacrifice-Love-Sacrifice-Love.

Finished it finally after dropping it the first time after 8 epiosdes, and thinking about dropping it the second time around the same point, I want to thank the people who told me to watch up to ep 16 before deciding, thanks to them I finished the drama. The story starts picking up slowly starting from ep9 and change completely later on (ep16), that doesn't change the fact that the drama was still too draggy, and that took away a lot of its quality. My final rating 8/10.
2 reasons for dropping the drama at the first arc, the story was slow without any interesting character that keeps you going, the FL was annoying at times and had no self-esteem other times , ML the typical cold main character. The second reason is the 2 main leads didn't have chemistry, I've seen them both making better chemistry with other actors and actresses. But they grow on you afterward. Maybe because their characters change.
I wasn't sure about casting Xu Kai as the ML at the first arc until I saw him as Qing Mu, he fited him perfectly. ZDY was good enough, I fell for her beautiful smile.
What I loved most about the drama are: OST, CGI, some very good support characters and some emotional scenes that put me to tears (The OST made them even more emotional)
They had enough time to give us a complete satisfying ending, still chose to drag the parts before it instead.

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All 49 episodes available on YouTube

What's not to love XuKai is superb. Its really hard not to binge watch this series. The story line was captivating and the actors were chosen well, even Jenny Zhang left a taste in your mouth like suihe did in ashes of love. The combination made this on par with 10miles of peach blossom and ashes of love.
By episode 47 I was hoping for a season 2 not wanting it to end but unable to linger even after 36 hours of binge watching. Zhou dongyu smile lights up a room, you cried when she did and blushed without thinking as she did. There was instant sparks between her and xu kai making the plot even more believable. The child actor used was extremely engaging and witty. This is totally worth a 10 for rewatch value.

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One of the best wuxia/period C-drama of the year.

I am going to keep this review short and sweet. Loved loved and loved the drama. I am big Xu Kai fan and this will be my fav Xu Kai drama now. I loved the FL too in this drama strong and sassy. All the other main and supporting characters were very well portrayed. This drama is just awesome, i don't know why i kept postponing to watch this may be because of what it said in the description. This drama was fast pace for most of the time except in between it became slow paced for some 10-15 episodes when Haouchi comes into picture. I watched it full in its entirety without fast forwarding and it has 49 episodes. Of course i binged it. Just go and watch it. I wish they would have given a little more insight at the end of in their lives trying to keep the spoiler away as much as possible so go and watch it.

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An Alright Xianxia

I watch a lot of Xianxia’s, and there’s nothing particularly wrong with this Xianxia, but it hangs low in a sea of excellence.

The performances are excellent, but it brings nothing new to the table. I also want to add that I nearly dropped this drama in the first 16 episodes because exposition should never be that long.

The mortal arc was fun to watch, and the aftermath was tragic. But there was nothing here that felt enlightening. Now, it is called Ancient Love Poetry, so that was likely a sign, but I would have loved for the SML to pine for someone other than the FL, and for there to be less of a focus on destiny in this drama.

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Xianxia Dramas are starting to go downhill

Why did I start watching?
I can't say that I originally watched this drama for the main cast, however, the drama has left me disappointed.

Story
There's nothing too new but I feel like the story like is the same old same old along with other xianxia dramas. The story went downhill after Shang Gu (the female lead) was reborn in the immortal realm.

Casting
I was looking forward to this drama after Xu Kai's Arsenal Military Academy and Legend of Zhao Yao. Zhou Dongyu isn't a bad actress either cause I've seen some of her other dramas. But I just feel like her appearance doesn't match the fairy-like appearance of the drama and in my opinion, the side female leads were more of a candy to the eye.

Overall
After the storyline went down, I couldn't raise my interest for the rest of the drama. But I did ultimately finish the rest of the drama. The ending was HE.

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A Xianxia Fairytale

Being one who hasn't always enjoyed historical dramas, I didn't hold high hopes for this drama. I had never given a chance for xianxia dramas, but seeing as people seemed to have very mixed reviews, I decided to watch it, and this drama did not disappoint.

The story is very intricate, and although it has a slow start, everything pulls itself together nicely. It starts off in a very cliche way, the cold ML and the bubbly FL fall in love, but then it takes a turn (around episode 20 ?) and starts to become more engaging. I have to admit that while watching the first few episodes, I was slightly tempted to bench the drama and watch another, but eventually the story does gain traction and prompt viewers to be more intrigued.

Zhou Dong Yu has been criticized a lot during this drama for her appearance, acting, and popularity, but I think that she portrayed Shang Gu/Hou Chi very well. In the first arc, Shang Gu develops from an immature carefree goddess with little power to one that looks more mature and acts the same. In her second character, she plays someone quite similar to Hou Chi, but I still do think that there are differences between the two that could've been shown more by Dong Yu. In my opinion, her appearance matches the role perfectly, she can look very young and also portray a more mature role, which she also does in her other works. I believe that her acting skills are some of the best in this generation, and that her appearance is very refreshing and unique.

Xu Kai, in my opinion, is one of the best actors to play a cold-hearted role, whether it be in a modern drama or a historical one. He knows how to control his face to show different emotions, and especially in his eyes. Bai Jue and Qing Mu are polar opposites, yet Xu Kai manages to pull off both characters and convince the viewers that they are two completely different people even if they do have the same appearance.

Both the FL and ML played multiple characters and personas throughout the drama, and although I do think that the acting lacked a bit in the second life, they still deserve a round of applause. In addition to this, the remaining of the cast also did an exceptional job at portraying their characters, and I was equally invested in watching their relationships bloom.

Both the CGI and the OSTs for this drama are some of the best I've seen in awhile, and the lyrics are especially matching to the story. If you're considering watching this drama, I'd say that you should do it. Yes, there are almost 50 episodes, yes, the start is a bit offsetting, but it's a great xianxia drama that's worth watching.

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