What's the meaning of the name Lotus Pavilion? What is the origin of the name Lotus Pavilion?
The costume drama "Helai Hua Ting" is being broadcasted recently. I believe many people have been curious about this question. What does the title of the play "Come to Hua Ting with Harmony" mean? Where did it come from? What are the allusions? Let's have a look.
Historical allusions of "Crane Covering Flower Pavilion";
The title "Harmony to Hua Ting" is an egg in itself. The word comes from Shi Shuo Xin Yu You Regret, which tells the story of Chengdu Wang Sima Ying and Lu Ji. At that time, Sima Ying set out to crusade against Wang Sima in Changsha, and let Lv Ji, whom he admired, serve as deputy general and governor of Hebei, leading the army to war. As a result, Wang Sima of Changsha held Jin Huidi hostage to deal with Lu Ji. However, Sima Ying listened to the rumors and mistakenly thought that Lu Ji had two hearts, which led to a great defeat and was to be executed. On the execution ground, Lu Ji sighed, "If you want to hear about the crane in Huating, you can get it back!" "Huating Mountain Villa" is a place where Lu Ji often travels with his brothers. From then on, Hehe Hua Ting became a word that people lamented the sinister career and impermanence of life.
Xiao prototype Xiao Changmao.
Although the main story of this TV series is fictional, the background is borrowed from Nanqi, which has only existed for more than 20 years in history. One of the reasons is that the emperor and his son are surnamed Xiao, just like the emperor of Nanqi, and the prototype of Xiao Ruijian is that Xiao is the prince of Nanqi, Xiao Changmao.
The second reason is that Xiao Dingquan, like Xiao Changmao, died young before he succeeded to the throne. The difference is that Xiao Changmao was deeply trusted by his father and died of illness rather than suicide.
The civilian costumes in the play were taken from the Song Dynasty.
Although the background of the play is in the Southern Qi Dynasty, many costumes were popular in the Song Dynasty. For example, the civil servants in Song Dynasty wore square-topped hoes with dragonfly-shaped "wings" on both sides, and their clothes were mostly bright red and purple. This is the case with the clothes and hats of China officials in Crane Hua Ting.
The original novel of the TV series Helai Hua Ting is a tragedy. The actor Xiao finally proved his innocence by death, and then the actress committed suicide. In the end, only the emperor was left. This result can be said to be quite miserable, but recently many netizens broke the news that the ending of the play was greatly changed by the screenwriter!