Happily Ever After (TV series)
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Happily Ever After is a 20-episode Singapore
an Chinese
drama
which is telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8
. It made its debut on 6 February 2007 and ended on 5 March 2007.
This show is unique as it starts off seeming like a period drama but later evolves into a modern setting.
The legendary lovers, Cowherd and Weaving Maiden have become lovesick and unable to bear with the pain of seeing each other only once a year. In order to be together forever, they make a plan to escape to the mortal world, but get caught by the guards. The Queen Mother then decides to give them a test; they must reincarnate as new humans and see if fate can bring them together again. After that, the captain of the supreme soldiers holds a strike to dethrone the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother because of their inability to rule the heavens properly; then the Queen Mother and Erlangshen decide to use the fate of Cowherd and Weaving Maiden as a bet - shall they end up together then the two gods can stay on their thrones, but shall they separate then the two gods will be dethroned.
After that, many gods and immortals have fled to the mortal world for different reasons: some have been expelled from the heavens; some have become criminals and are on the run; and some have been sent down as agents to either bring Cowherd and Weaving Maiden together or to separate them.
Will Cowherd and Weaving Maiden end up together again or will they separate? It all now depends on fate...
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
an Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
which is telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8
MediaCorp TV Channel 8
MediaCorp Channel 8 is a 24-hour free-to-air Mandarin Chinese general entertainment television channel in Singapore...
. It made its debut on 6 February 2007 and ended on 5 March 2007.
This show is unique as it starts off seeming like a period drama but later evolves into a modern setting.
Synopsis
This show tells the modern lifestyle of the ancient Chinese gods.The legendary lovers, Cowherd and Weaving Maiden have become lovesick and unable to bear with the pain of seeing each other only once a year. In order to be together forever, they make a plan to escape to the mortal world, but get caught by the guards. The Queen Mother then decides to give them a test; they must reincarnate as new humans and see if fate can bring them together again. After that, the captain of the supreme soldiers holds a strike to dethrone the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother because of their inability to rule the heavens properly; then the Queen Mother and Erlangshen decide to use the fate of Cowherd and Weaving Maiden as a bet - shall they end up together then the two gods can stay on their thrones, but shall they separate then the two gods will be dethroned.
After that, many gods and immortals have fled to the mortal world for different reasons: some have been expelled from the heavens; some have become criminals and are on the run; and some have been sent down as agents to either bring Cowherd and Weaving Maiden together or to separate them.
Will Cowherd and Weaving Maiden end up together again or will they separate? It all now depends on fate...
Main cast
- Elvin NgElvin NgElvin Ng , born December 23, 1980) is one of the newer actors to join the Mediacorp stable in Singapore. He received two nominations in the Star Awards 2006. Although he eventually lost the Most Popular Newcomer award to Kelvin Tan Weilian, he still managed to win an award for being one of the Top...
as Yang Tian Ying 杨天鹰 (Modern day name) / CowherdQi XiQixi Festival , also known as Magpie Festival, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar; thus its name. It inspired Tanabata in Japan, Chilseok in Korea, and Thất Tịch in Vietnam...
牛郎 (Olden Day name) - Joanne PehJoanne PehJoanne Peh is a Singaporean actress.Peh studied at Temasek Secondary School where she was head prefect and subsequently went on to Victoria Junior College then to Nanyang Technological University...
as Wang Tian Qin 王天琴 (Modern day name) / Weaving MaidenQi XiQixi Festival , also known as Magpie Festival, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar; thus its name. It inspired Tanabata in Japan, Chilseok in Korea, and Thất Tịch in Vietnam...
织女 (Olden Day name) - Fiona XieFiona Xie-Career:Xie was spotted by a talent scout at the age of fifteen while was studying in St. Hilda's Secondary School. She modeled for numerous print and television commercials in Singapore and Hong Kong before joining MediaCorp Studios as a full-time artiste in 2001....
as Lu Yue 陆月 (Modern Day name) / Chang Er 嫦娥 (Olden Day name) - Zhang Yao Dong as Wu Gang 吴刚
Supporting Cast
- Chen Liping as Madam Wang 王夫人/Wang Mu Niang Niang 王母娘娘 (Queen Mother)
- San Yow as Yang JianErlang ShenErlang Shen , or Erlang is a Chinese God with a third truth-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead.Er-lang Shen may be a deified version of several semi-mythical folk heroes who help regulate China's torrential floods, dating variously from the Qin, Sui and Jin dynasties...
(Erlangshen) 杨戬 (二朗神) - Ben Yeo as Zhu Wan Jin 朱万金/PigsyZhu BajieZhu Bajie, also named Zhu Wuneng, is one of the three helpers of Xuanzang in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. He is called "Pigsy" or "Pig" in many English versions of the story....
猪八戒 - Bryan Wong as Ah Cai 阿采/Lan CaiheLan CaiheLan Caihe is the least defined of the Eight Immortals. Lan Caihe's age and sex are unknown. Lan is usually depicted in sexually ambiguous clothing, but is often shown as a young boy or girl carrying a bamboo flower basket.Stories of Lan's behaviour are often bizarrely eccentric...
藍采和 - Belinda Lee as Shane/He Xian GuImmortal Woman HeNamed Hé Qióng , Immortal Woman He or He Xiangu is the only female deity among the Eight Immortals...
何仙姑 - Huang WenyongHuang WenyongHuang Wenyong is a Malaysia-born Chinese Singaporean actor who has appeared in many Chinese drama Series, and is best known by his own generation for his appearance in The Awakening and The Seletar Robbery...
as Yu Di 玉帝 (Jade Emperor) - MC King as Xiao Tian Chuan (Celestial Dog)
- Liang Tian as Zhang Guo Lao 張果老
- Zhang Wen Xiang as Lu Dong BinLü DongbinLǚ Dòngbīn is a historical figure and also a deity/Immortal revered by many in the Chinese culture sphere, especially by Daoists/Taoists. Lǚ Dòngbīn is one of the most widely known of the group of deities known as the Eight Immortals and considered by some to be the de facto leader...
呂洞賓 - Rayson TanRayson TanRayson Tan is a Singaporean MediaCorp actor.Before joining MediaCorp, Tan worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's Star Search talent competition...
as Dong Hua Gong (small role) - Yan Bing Liang as Ah Zhong
- Jin Yin Ji as Ah Jin
- Huang Shi Nan as God of Fortune 财神