The Legend of Chasing Fish

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The Legend of Chasing Fish
Also known asMermaid Legend
Traditional Chinese 追魚傳奇
Simplified Chinese 追鱼传奇
Hanyu Pinyin Zhuīyǘ Chuánqí
Genre Historical, epic fantasy, romantic comedy
Written byDeng Zishan
Directed byWu Jinyuan
Chen Guohua
Huang Jintian
Starring Zhao Liying
Kenny Kwan
Shirley Dai
Ding Zijun
Opening theme Xiang Xiang Zhui
Ending theme Kenny Kwan Whirlpool
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes32
Production
Executive producerYe Yunfei
Production location Hengdian World Studios
Production companyGuangsha Media
Release
Original network Hunan Television
Original release13 July (2013-07-13) 
19 August 2013 (2013-08-19)

The Legend of Chasing Fish is a 2013 Chinese mythology fantasy romantic comedy television series directed Wu Jinyuan, Chen Guohua and Huang Jintianby, and starring Zhao Liying, Kenny Kwan, Shirley Dai and Ding Zijun. It was first broadcast on 13 July 2013 in Hunan Television in China. The story is based on Yulan Ji .

Contents

Plot

It tells the story of the Chinese benevolent fish yaoguai named Hongling. While on a mission to find the perfect birthday gift for the Azure Dragon Emperor, Hongling befriends youngster Zhang Zen. In an unexpected and heartbreaking twist of events, Zhang Zen's father is murdered, and Hongling fails to pass through the Dragon Gate, which will ascend her to a dragon. The Dragon Prince convinces the king to make an exception should she help Zhang Zen get married and bring back the wedding flower ball. Unfortunately, while troubles continue to appear on his path, Hongling finds herself falling for the youngster and sacrificing immortality for love, not knowing that troubles are still lurking in the corners and will take unimaginative measures to drive them apart.

Cast

Other

Production

This television series shot the scene in Hengdian World Studios, Zhejiang. [1] [2] [3]

Critical response

It received positive reviews. [4]

Its audience ratings are very high, and in box-office terms, it was a great success. [5] [6]

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