Flowers of Pinellia Ternata

Details

Title: 花开半夏 / Hua Kai Ban Xia
English title: Flowers of Pinellia Ternata
Genre: Modern drama, romance
Episodes: 30
Broadcast network: Hunan TV
Broadcast period: 2013-Nov-30 to 2013-Dec-22
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 22:00 (2 episodes nightly)
Opening theme song: Ni De Lei Shui Jin Leng Le Xia Tian (你的泪水浸冷了夏天) Your Tears Soaked The Summer by Han Cheng Yu
Ending theme song: Na Pian Hai (那片海) That Sea by Han Cheng Yu ft. Liu Xin

Synopsis

At the age of 7, Wei Rufeng was taken into the home of Grandmother Xia and brought up with her granddaughter Xia Ruhua who'd also lost both parents at a young age. After Grandmother's death 10 years later, the two depended on each other for survival and profound feelings develop. Their peaceful lives are disrupted after an unexpected incident - Ruhua is raped by a juvenile delinquent named A Fu, and during an enraged Rufeng's quest for revenge, he meets business proprietor Cheng Hao. Drastic changes occur in Ru Feng's life from that moment on as he's sucked into a vortex of material temptation and emotional instability. Meanwhile, the truth behind Ru Feng's family background comes to light...

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

Main Cast

Lin Shen as Wei Rufeng
- Ding Jia Lin as young Rufeng
Li Qin as Xia Ruhua
- Chen Ying Ying (陈盈盈) as young Ruhua
Zhang Jia Ni as Cheng Xiuxiu
- Wu Jun Zhu (邬俊竹) as young Xiuxiu
Yang Yang as Lu Yuan

Supporting Cast

Gui Ya Lei as Grandmother (Ru Hua's grandmother, Xia Lin's mother)
You Yong as Ye Xiangrong (Ye Tong's father)
Michael Miu as Cheng Hao (Ru Hua's & Xiu Xiu's father)
Ma Xiao Can as Ye Tong
Kan Qing Zi as Lin Shan (Ru Hua's classmate)
Wei Wei as A Fu
Wei Yi Bo as Bin Ge (Cheng Hao's men)
Yang Xiao Bo as Ah Jiu (Cheng Hao's men)
Fei Long as Gua Zai (Ru Feng's best friend)
Zhou Yi as Ru Feng's mother
Jaime Chik as Xia Lin (Ru Hua's mother)
Chen Ting Jia as Ye Tong's mother
Henry Fong (方平) as Uncle Li
Fang Zi Bin as Zheng Tong (Ru Feng's father)
Sun Yan Jun as Policeman
Li Wei Jia (李维嘉) as Boss
Sun He as Uncle Xiang
Zhang Chong (张冲) as Ji Xiaogang

Production Credits

Original writing: Novel Hua Kai Ban Xia by Jiu Ye Hui
Screenwriter: Wang Ran (王然), Jiu Ye Hui
Producer: Li Xiang
Director: Li Shao Hong

Trivia

Filming took place in Xiamen.

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