Underplayed Gems

Bubu Jingqing (2014)

Bubu Jingqing poster
Original title
步步惊心
Cast
Liu Shi Shi, Chai Wei, Nicky Wu, Zheng Wei, Sun Yi Zhou, Bian Cheng, Damian Lau, Jiang Jin Fu
Genre
romance television series
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
2 seasons, 35 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

After time traveling to the past in the first series, Zhang Xiao returns to the present day. She must navigate her modern life and relationships while dealing with the unresolved feelings and mysteries from her past.

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What happens

Scarlet Heart 2 (Chinese: 步步惊情) is a 2014 Chinese television series. It is the sequel to Scarlet Heart (2011), and continues the story after the time traveling protagonist, Zhang Xiao (Cecilia Liu), returns to her own time following the death of Ma'ertai Ruoxi. The story is not considered to be canon to Tong Hua's novel Bu Bu Jing Xin because the author never wrote a sequel, although some of the cast members from the first series have returned. Unlike its predecessor, the series does not involve time traveling and is set in the present, resolving the loose ends left by the first series' cliffhanger. It began filming in Tianjin, China in March 2013 and ended in Hong Kong in June 2013. The series aired on Zhejiang TV from 22 April to 7 May 2014. Due to the restrictions on time-traveling dramas in mainland China, the 39 original episodes were cut down to 35 and re-assembled to 41. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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