Written by Lin Lingling Opening theme 我問天 by Weng Liyou First episode date 28 November 2006 Number of episodes 386 | Directed by Wang Wei Final episode date 21 May 2008 Genre Family film | |
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Starring Chen MeifengFon CinJune TsaiJimmy NiWang ShixianChiang Tsu-ping Ending theme 1. 迷魂香 by Weng Liyou2.夢醒在三更 by Cai Xiaohu and Zhang Xiuqing3. 一生的愛 by Long Qianyu4. 心疼 by Cai Xiaohu5. 勇敢 by Huang Siting6. 只愛你一個 by Long Qianyu7. 不應該愛你 by Cai Xiaohu Similar The Unforgettable Memory, Night Market Life, Spring Flower | ||
The Spirits of Love or Love (Chinese: 愛; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ài; literally: "love") is a Taiwanese Hokkien television drama that aired on Formosa Television in Taiwan from 28 November 2006 to 21 May 2008.
Contents
- Summary
- Wangs
- Singapore broadcast
- Star Awards
- Repeat telecast 2015 2016
- Taiwan broadcast
- Vietnam broadcast
- Malaysia broadcast
- Accolades
- References
The characters in this Taiwan drama serial sacrifice everything for their lovers. The love of kinship, friendship and affection spread outward from them. Love brings not only warmth and sunshine, but also conflict and contradiction.
It stars Chen Meifeng, Wang Shixian (王識賢), Fon Cin, Chiang Tsu-ping, Jimmy Ni (倪齊民), and June Tsai (六月). The show has five theme songs including Wu Bai & China Blue's 1995 hit "Love You Ten Thousand Years" (愛你一萬年).
The show aired in Taiwan every weeknight at prime time (20:00) and had a total of 386 episodes (or 787 episodes for an-hour-per-episode broadcast). It subsequently aired in Malaysia on the Hokkien-language Astro Hua Hee Dai channel from 3.30pm - 4.30pm and an encore at 11.00pm - 12.00am. It started its run on 5 November 2007 and ended its run on 19 October 2010. A Vietnamese dub khi nguoi ta yeu aired on THVL Channel E, streamable on TVBVIP and on YouTube.
Summary
The characters in this Taiwan drama serial sacrifice everything for their lovers. The love of kinship, friendship and affection spread outward from them. "Love" brings not only warmth and sunshine, but also conflicts and contradiction.
Wangs
For Wang Wenqiang, see the Zhangs
Singapore broadcast
Due to local broadcast laws prohibiting radio or television broadcasts in Chinese dialects, the show was dubbed into Mandarin when it aired on Singapore's MediaCorp Channel 8, thus making it the first channel to broadcast the show in Mandarin. The first episode was aired on 9 November 2008. It was initially aired on weekends at 7 pm, but starting airing on a daily basis on 19 July 2010 when local drama Your Hand In Mine ended its run. However, with the debut of Night Market Life on 27 February 2011 on weekends at 7 pm, the drama became a weekday drama and ended its run on 21 October 2011.Due to local live show which is on every Saturday broadcast on 9pm. The show was broadcast on Saturday from 7pm to 9pm and on Sunday from 7pm to 10pm.
Star Awards
The show was pre empted for Star Awards 2009 on 19 & 26 April 2009.Show 1 was shown on 19 April and Show 2 was shown 26 April. It was pre empted on 18 & 25 April for Star Awards 2010.
Repeat telecast (2015 & 2016)
It repeated its run from Monday - Thursday from 10.30 am to 12.30pm and ended its repeat telecast.
The drama has taken over from Night Market Life at the 04:00 SST timeslot , when Night Market Life finishes its repeat telecast.
Taiwan broadcast
As of June 2011, the show airs in Taiwan, country of origin of the drama every weeknight at prime time (20:00) with episodes which have ranged in length from 135 to 150 minutes including commercial advertisements. The producers received funding from the Government Information Office to produce the series in high definition. With admiration and some criticism, the show concluded on 19 July 2011, when the brand-new television drama of Formosa Television, Father and Son(Chinese: 父與子), was released.
Vietnam broadcast
The Vietnamese dub "Doi Song Cho Dem" was broadcast on Vinh Long Television Station Channel (THVL) (Vietnamese: Truyền Hình Vĩnh Long) and is streamable on YouTube. The show was aired on Vietface TV from 1pm-2:30pm (PT), however, it was fully aired as it was replaced with Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann. The show is also currently airing on E Channel.
Malaysia broadcast
The drama is broadcasting now in 8TV in original Hokkien language under the English title The Spirit of Love for two episodes with one hour each from Monday to Friday, at 11:30 MST and 13:00 MST with a 30 minutes break of its Midday Mandarin News at 12:30 MST.
Accolades
NO AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN GOLDEN BELL AWARDS