Taiwan drama |

Jan 30, 2022

After Netflix finished chasing "Tea Gold", I also followed Lian Yuhan's other drama "A Hand of Green", which depicts the decades after the Republic of China Air Force's anti-Japanese war against Japan, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the relocation of the Nationalist government to Taiwan. The story is adapted from the novel "Taipei People" by Bai Xianyong.

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The cast in this play are quite powerful, Tian Xin, Yang Jinhua, Lian Yuhan, Wen Zhenling, Wu Kangren, Yang Yizhan, Lan Juntian, Zhong Chenghan...etc. Zhu Qing, the heroine played by Lian Yuhan, has quite a big contrast before and after. Compared with "Tea Gold", I personally think that she can show better acting skills in "A Hand of Green", and she has a kind of aura that doesn't eat human fireworks. , so suitable for playing Zhu Qing, a student girl of the Republic of China. Yang Jinhua played Qianyi's elegance and nobleness, and also played her calm and forbearing character very well. I also like that many parts of this show are from the perspective of women, and the narration is also the mood of a little girl looking at the world around her.

In addition to the distinct and three-dimensional character of each character, "A Hand of Green" is also very delicate in depicting human nature. In every matter, no one is right or wrong. Sometimes it's just different positions. In the play, I always feel that Looking at all kinds of absurd things within the national army, the Kuomintang went to Taiwan and was busy cleaning up to consolidate the regime. Almost everyone could be guilty or become a whistleblower overnight. If these people were not born in that turbulent era, everyone can live. In peaceful days, there is no need to go against conscience and live in secret in order to survive, these are the elegy of the times.

From the perspective of people in this province, they would feel that they originally lived well on the island, and the Republic of China came to Taiwan. At first, it only used Taiwan as a base for counterattacking the mainland. It also divided classes, implemented authoritarian rule, and killed innocent people indiscriminately. On the other hand, the military village culture has made Taiwanese society more diverse. After all, over the past 400 years, various ethnic groups have come and gone, making Taiwan an island country that can accommodate various cultures. Lively weather. That is to say, the concept of other provinces in this province only existed after 1945. In fact, except for the aborigines in Taiwan, everyone is a Chinese immigrant.

After watching Yiqingqing, I can better understand the nostalgia and national identity of ethnic groups in other provinces (or 49 refugees, as everyone jokingly calls them). Rivers and mountains are also human nature. Of course, with the gradual localization of the second and third generations, the ties and the sense of belonging gradually disappeared, and this history may gradually disappear. Maybe so, the end The subtitles will be marked with "Dedicated to Taiwan". However, there are also some veterans from other provinces who are reluctant to return to their hometowns to end their old age, because things have already changed, and the "family" on the other side only appears when they are short of money. What about back? In troubled times, everyone is a duckweed and cannot help themselves. We should cherish the days when there is no war, and cherish the way of life without fear and freedom of speech.

Today's air force, even with jets and high technology, is still often killed in the line of duty. The threat to Taiwan's airspace is not less than that. This drama about the air force reminds us - "Our days are quiet, because someone We move forward with a heavy load."