Korean Soap Opera -- Part 2 -- Rooftop Prince

    Last post, I said Korean soap operas are not all cliché, which you may doubt now. Therefore, this week, I introduce a special genre, Time-travel TV series(穿越劇). Time-travel TV series means some of the characters in the past or future appear in the modern society with some unknown reasons. These ancient people or future aliens have to find out why they show up here, what the connections between their time and space and ours are, what their missions are, and how to solve the problems. Therefore, time-travel TV series often include interesting detective plots. Besides, every trip will come to an end, and time-traveling is not exceptional. In the end, the male character has to leave their lover he met in the modern time because he has to go back to their original time and space. The ending being a comedy or tragedy depends on the director and editor.


Here, I would like to share Rooftop Prince(閣樓上的王子) with you...
The male character was a prince in the ancient dynasty. One day, a sensational thing happened: the queen was murdered. The prince was really sad and determined to find out the truth! However, some of the ministers in the court often dissuaded the prince from investigating the event. The prince felt strange and accidentally came to the modern times with his three guardians. There, he met the woman A, the female main character and woman B, who was like the queen. He started to find the connection, and in the end, he surprisingly realized the woman A might be woman B's younger sister and the real dead might not be the queen but the woman A's previous generation(前世)...

Funny video~~

Korea Soap Opera -- Part 1 -- Innocent Man

    The main reason why I choose “Korea” as my blog's topic is that I love watching Korea soap operas! You may not like watching them since you think the plots in different soap operas are alike and exaggerated. I have to admit you are right sometimes, but actually, there are many innovative ideas and imagination pouring into the dramas nowadays. These new elements make Korea soap operas fresh and popular. I will give some special examples for several weeks~ Anyway, I hope you can “tolerate” what I introduce this week, a complicated cliché drama(...狗血劇), Innocent Man(善良的男人). 

Innocent Man includes every cliché scene and plot ^__^:

1. Power Struggle and Marry with the old rich man… for the purpose of wealth, fame, power and the man, woman A and B battled and competed for the company.

2. Love triangle… The main male character originally loved the woman A, but the woman A didn't love him then. When the man loved another woman B, the woman A would come up with the terrible ideas about how to separate them.

3. Lost memory… In this drama, the female main character had a car accident and lost her memory. Of course, in the end, she would remember everything.

4. The main character is always lucky… The main character had an extremely severe illness, but he won't die in the end!!

With tons of cliché plots, fortunately, there are only 20 episodes in Innocent Man. Therefore, it's a good chance to enjoy this short soap opera to realize what is cliché XD.

Here, I just briefly talk about the beginning:

The main character is a talented intern originally. However, the woman A, whom he loved, killed a person accidentally. Therefore, he took the blame for the woman and went to jail. His future became thorny from then on… Now, go watch it!

P.S. The main character is my favorite idol, Song Joong-Ki <3 !! 

The ost is really nice~

For more information: http://www.koreandrama.org/innocent-man/

Costume Drama~Welcome to Sungkyunkwan!!

    Speaking of costume dramas, we may think of Dae Jang Geum(大長今), Yi San(李祘), Dong Yi(同伊)...all of them are highly recommended and praised. However, you need lots of patience and time to finish those dramas because there are 'countless' episodes. Therefore, I want to share a short costume drama, Sungkyunkwan Scandal(成均館緋聞), which is my favorite costume drama, with you~

Sungkyunkwan is a school, which only allows men to study in, in ancient Korea. Kim Yun-Hee, the main female character, is a clever woman. In order to take care of her sick brother and poor family, she had to make a living in some inappropriate ways, such as disguising herself as a man to “help” the man pass the exam. However, she got caught on the spot by Lee Seon-Joon, the main character. Without knowing Kim was a woman, he persuaded Kim to learn in Sungkyunkwan and show 'his' talent. After a-long-time hesitation, Kim decided to disguise herself as a man to study in the Sungkyunkwan.

In Sungkyunkwan, the men's world, Kim had to be like a man and at the same time, be care of the secret being exposed. There, she met Moon Jae-Sin, one of her roommates(the other is Lee Seon-Joon). Moon was called “Crazy Horse” at school because he had an extremely bad temper! Interestingly, only Moon discovered Kim's identity, and he always protected Kim secretly. Another impressive character is Ku Yong-Ha, which my favorite idol, Song Joong-Ki, stared. Ku was a charming man, who was surrounded by the women all the time. At the first time he met Kim, he guessed Kim was a woman by his instinct. 

   

There are many fun things happening in Sungkyunkwan. You can enjoy this “four” handsome guys' friendship and love in this costume drama~ Hope you like it <3!!

"Hanbok"? What's that?

Hanbok is Korean traditional clothes. Nowadays, Koreans wear Hanbok only on the specific festivals, such as New Year, or on the important ceremonies, like weddings. In the past, there were many kinds of Hanboks from the royal to the civilians. In Korea, the class(階級) and the age are significant. Therefore, it is simple to understand the identities of different Koreans from their clothes. For example, if you see a Korean wearing the glorious, shiny, beautiful Hanbok with countless accessories, he or she may belong to the upper class.

    

Although there are various kinds of Hanboks, we can find all of them have similarities. For females, whether she is a queen or a civilian, Hanbok includes a short jacket and a long skirt. Besides, some of female Hanboks have another cloth in front of the jacket, especially for queens, servants and doctors in the palace, and so on. On the other hand, for males, the skirt is replaced with the trousers.

Many pictures and videos are provided. Take a look, and compare with one another~