In 1980s, Hong Kong's television industry was in a golden age just like Hong Kong's economy. At that time, there were many talents in the TV drama industry in Hong Kong, and the two major commercial television stations in Hong Kong, ATV and TVB, were equally matched. For the sake of ratings, both of them have their own magic weapon, and TV plays have become the biggest weight for the audience.
Chinese mainland's earliest known Hong Kong drama is Huo Yuanjia, which is the work of Asian TV. This drama created a classic work combining new historical figures with Kung Fu, which was adapted from the life of patriotic martial artist Huo Yuanjia. Huo Yuanjia not only set off a martial arts craze in Chinese mainland, but also made Cantonese songs widely circulated in Chinese mainland for the first time. The Great Wall Never Falls still sounds exciting and full of patriotic feelings. This TV series has also made a group of Hong Kong TV artists become idols imported from the Mainland, such as Yuen San Wong, Michelle, Liang Xiaolong, Dong Piao and Li Hanchi. Has become a topic of discussion.
Except for every TV broadcast, people in a compound sit around a well-equipped family and watch TV. Because there is no color TV, a kind of five-color paper for TV screens is popular all over the country. Although it seems unscientific today, the TV series covered with five-color paper immediately became vivid and became the favorite of TV viewers in China at that time. With the success of Huo Yuanjia, Hong Kong-style Kung Fu TV series became the favorite of mainland audiences, and then Asian TV stations launched a series of TV series such as Zhen Chen, Huo Dongge and Fighting Tiger Mountain again, which were still welcomed by the audience, and "Tantric Boxing" became the most popular "move slogan" among children and teenagers at that time.
When the aftermath of Huo Yuanjia was replayed on TV stations all over the country, 1984, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, still known as a masterpiece in the history of China TV, was quickly broadcast in China. This is the most commendable work of Hong Kong drama, and it has also become an important factor for TVB to become the favorite TV drama brand of mainland audiences.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, as a TV series with the largest number of broadcasts and the largest number of audio-visual products published by TV stations in China, has influenced the values and mate selection of two generations in mainland China and has become the collective memory of the generation after 70.
The legend of the condor heroes has influenced the growth of two generations. In that era when commerce was underdeveloped and entertainment was only television, Felix Wong Yat Wa and Barbara Yung were once the dream lovers of the mass collective. I'm afraid everyone wrote a diary about the growth of Condor. It was the greatest wish of many children at that time to see the actors of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and feel the shooting place of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. As a result, Hong Kong has become a mysterious tourist destination that that generation dreamed of and could not reach.
Legend of the Condor Heroes has become synonymous with the most popular Hong Kong drama, and Hong Kong martial arts TV series has become the favorite of mainland audiences. In the 1980s, more than 200 Hong Kong TV dramas were broadcast, 80% of which were mainly ancient costumes. Among them, Thirteen Sisters, Eight Dragons, Two Beauties, The Condor Heroes, Lu Xiaofeng, Chu Liuxiang, Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain, The Chivalrous Man, The Dragon Slayer, The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, The Xia Ying Record, and The Duke Of Mount Deer's Tianya Yueming Knife are still regarded as classics. Hong Kong drama is popular all over the country, and it became the best entertainment mode for the public in the 1980s when the production of mainland TV dramas was weak.
When the martial arts films were a sensation, Hong Kong's historical joke TV series also became another important theme. Among them, Wu Zetian, starring Feng Baobao, Qin Shihuang, starring Liu Yong and DAMIAN LAU, and Empress Dowager Cixi, starring Liu Xuehua and Wai-Kwok Ng, produced by Asia TV, are the most sensational, bringing historical figures to the forefront of TV, packing them with thrilling plots and gorgeous costumes, and giving a new interpretation to well-known historical figures to mainland audiences. However, with the large-scale rise of mainland historical dramas in the early 1990s, large-scale historical dramas such as Yongzheng Dynasty and Kangxi Empire produced by the mainland made a sensation in Hong Kong, which were more rigorous in historical details and scenes than Hong Kong. After that, the large-scale TV series in Hong Kong, which joked about historical figures, gradually withdrew from the stage of Hong Kong TV series.
With the popularity of video tapes and the gradual strengthening of copyright awareness in the 1980s, Hong Kong TV dramas have lost their initial sensational effect in the Mainland. Perhaps it is the isolation of this big environment and the gradual enrichment of lifestyles and entertainment styles of mainlanders that make the early golden memories of Hong Kong TV dramas become unforgettable growth plots. Although these early TV dramas are somewhat outdated in shooting techniques, makeup, scenes and clarity, it is undeniable that this is the earliest life memory of Hong Kong by mainlanders. Today, it is still exciting to hear the theme songs of those classic costume dramas. From the late 1980s to the 1990s.
Trend of Fashion Drama and Hong Kong Superstars
Following the Legend of the Condor Heroes, Hong Kong's modern dramas and fashion dramas have also opened up the mainland market.
In modern TV series, Huo Yuanjia, Shanghai Beach and Qianshan are the most sensational. Due to the sensational effect of these three TV dramas in the mainland, the male and female protagonists in the dramas have also become superstars in the eyes of mainland audiences. Angie Chiu, Michelle, Chow Yun Fat and Yuen San Wong have become representatives of Hong Kong culture, but the theme songs of several TV dramas are still popular Hong Kong songs. Ye Liyi's "Shanghai Beach" and Ye Zhentang's "The Great Wall Never Falls" are closer to the life of mainlanders at that time than the theme songs of previous costume dramas. Moreover, the age and deductive techniques of the characters are closely related to life. Feng Chengcheng-style braiding, cheongsam and students' clothes in Shanghai Beach have become the imitation trend of women in the new era. Xu Wenqiang's modeling became the latest trend of fashionable young people in the Mainland at that time-chic Xu Wenqiang, with a long black coat and a white scarf around his head, looked more handsome and tall.
At the end of 1980s, a large number of Hong Kong modern dramas appeared on the mainland screens, among which the gangster dramas and ethical dramas were the most popular. Hong Kong dramas of this era are regarded as classics by mainland audiences, such as Falcon, Police, Rogue Tycoon, Fire Phoenix, Unfortunate, Brothers Xinzha, Tender Feelings of the French Open, Secret Order of Big Class, Hero Detective Group and so on. With the popularity of these TV series, Hong Kong stars became the most popular stars in the Mainland in the 1980s, and their posters became fashion decorations for young people. Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau,,, Liming,, Guan, etc. Become popular in the mainland. And a large number of Hong Kong singers who sang these TV series have gradually released tapes in the Mainland, such as Anita Mui, Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, Danny Chan and so on. The massive broadcast of TV series in Hong Kong became the leader of a mainstream idol culture in the mainland in the late 1980s.
TVB TV series reached its peak in the 1990s. Due to the gradual disappearance of martial arts costume dramas in Hong Kong in the 1980s, ATV lost its strength in its perennial struggle with TVB and announced that it would reduce the production of TV dramas. Most TV dramas of TVB are based on local operas. At the same time, there are many changes in the theme, and the stories are the same and old-fashioned. In addition, a large number of minority Hua Dan who are quite popular with the audience have developed into the film circle, and TVB has reduced the expenditure on filming, which makes TVB's Hong Kong dramas appear "aesthetic fatigue" for mainland audiences who have watched 10 for more than 0 years.
With various TV dramas from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan Province Province being broadcast in mainland China, and the restrictions on the introduction of TV dramas, Hong Kong TV dramas once dominated the mainstream market of mainland TV dramas.
1997 Hongkong returned to the motherland, and a large number of TVB Jin Yongxin martial arts series produced by Li Tiansheng once again became the ratings champions of mainland TV stations, such as The Condor Heroes and Eight Dragons by The Duke Of Mount Deer. And in 1990s, several TVB superstars were successfully extended to mainland China, such as Louis Koo and Jordan chan. At that time, there was a lively situation that six satellite stations broadcast "Dragon Eight" at the same time. Post-Hong Kong drama era
It was not until the arrival of 2000 that the broadcast of Genesis, a large-scale commercial war work of 100 million yuan, which was shot by 1999, caused a sensation again on CCTV8. At that time, CCTV8 delayed the broadcast of the second half of the play, which caused many viewers' dissatisfaction, and the replay of the play on Hunan Satellite TV in 2006 still ranked first in viewing, once again bringing new pride to the "post-Hong Kong drama" era in the mainland. Genesis, as a TV series with a pure Hong Kong background, has become a new milestone in the minds of mainland audiences. Luxurious scenes, gripping stories, beautiful and popular actors and previous sensational publicity have all created another Hong Kong drama complex for mainland audiences. The drama also fully considers the tastes of the mainland market, and its cast is the best among Hong Kong dramas, such as Gallen Lo, Chen Jinhong, Louis Koo, Guo Keying, Qin Pei, Wang Mingquan, Guo Jinan, Chen Huishan, Cai Shaofen, Wu Qilong, Guo Feng and Shao Meiqi.
In order to win the mainland market better, with the strategy of "relying on the motherland and looking at the world", after the reunification, TVB not only filmed a large number of TV dramas in the mainland, but also cooperated with many distribution companies in the mainland to shoot TV dramas, such as "The Legend of Datang Feilong", "Journey of Life" and "Journey of Stars", and invited mainland TV stations and media to attend activities in Hong Kong, with a view to promoting and expanding the influence of Hong Kong TV dramas in the mainland.
In the "post-Hong Kong drama" era, a TV series with the highest ratings in Hong Kong will naturally become a hot commodity for mainland TV stations, in view of the fact that mainland TV stations all aim at striving for ratings. For example, "War and Beauty" broadcast by Hunan Satellite TV and "Bodyguard" purchased by anhui tv were attracted by mainland TV stations because of numerous news reports published by both the mainland media and the Hong Kong media. Because of the sensational effect of "War and Beauty" in the mainland, it has created a better word-of-mouth effect for the broadcast of Hong Kong dramas in the mainland, and also enabled a group of new Hong Kong artists to successfully enter the mainland market. However, due to the advance publication of DVD and the popularity of online simultaneous downloading, it is impossible for Hong Kong dramas to reproduce the overnight sensation of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. But as part of our collective memory,