Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain |
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Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain promo poster
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Also known as | Cold Mountain, Hidden Dragon |
Genre | Period drama |
Created by | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
Written by | Ho Wing Nin 何永年 Lai Ka Ming 黎家明 Cheung Chung Si 張仲思 Ng Pui Yee 伍佩儀 Law Wan Fong 羅雲芳 |
Directed by | Ng Kwan Yu 吳冠宇 Leung Yiu Kin 梁耀堅 Yin Zhi Wai 尹之維 Kwok Kar Hei 郭家禧 Lai Pak Kin 黎栢堅 |
Starring |
Kenneth Ma 馬國明 Selena Li 李詩韻 Lin Xiawei 林夏薇 Pierre Ngo 敖嘉年 Power Chan 陳國邦 Raymond Cho 曹永廉 Candy Chang 張慧雯 |
Theme music composer | Joseph Wei 韋景雲 |
Opening theme | Way Back 歸途 by Fred Cheng 鄭俊弘 |
Ending theme | Her Best 她最好 Grace Wong 王君馨 |
Composer(s) | Alan Cheung Ka Shing 張家誠 |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language(s) | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Producer(s) | Marco Law 羅永賢 |
Location(s) | Hong Kong, Xiangshan Film and Television City, Tiantai Mountain |
Editor(s) | Kwan Chung Ling 關頌玲 |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company(s) | TVB |
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Original network |
Jade HD Jade |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 30 June | – 8 August 2014
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Journey to the West |
Followed by | Rear Mirror |
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Website |
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Traditional Chinese | 寒山潛龍 | ||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 寒山潜龙 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Cold Mountain, Hidden Dragon" | ||||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | hán shān qián lóng |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | han shan qian long |
Jyutping | hon4 saan1 cim4 lung4 |
Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain (Traditional Chinese: 寒山潛龍; literally "Cold Mountain, Hidden Dragon") (Chinese: 寒山潛龍; Jyutping: hon4 saan1 cim4 lung4) is a 2014 Hong Kong period drama produced by TVB, starring Kenneth Ma and Selena Li as the main leads, with Lin Xiawei, Pierre Ngo, Power Chan, Raymond Cho, Candy Chang as the rest of the main supporting cast. The drama marks the fourth time that Kenneth Ma and Selena Li has been paired up to play a couple. Filming began on May 2013 and finished in October 2013. Indoor scenes were filmed at TVB studios in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong. Outdoor scenes were filmed on location in Mainland China at Xiangshan Film and Television City and Tiantai Mountain. The series began airing June 30. 2014 and will be broadcast weekly from Monday to Friday at 8:30 PM.
The series was previewed at the Hong Kong FILMART 2014 event on 24 March 2014.
During the a chaotic period of Imperial China, before the unification of the country, there exist two opposing regimes: the Song and Jin. The story focuses on the exploits of the Tin Kei (Phecda) Bureau of the Northern Song. It's a special investigative unit that answers directly to the emperor, who is headed by Commissioner Fung Nam Tin (Lau Kong). With his highly skilled group of constables, Fung Nam Tin was able to protect the realm against criminals and enemies of the state.
Prior to the main events of the story, Fung Nam Tin raised and trained a talented protege, Chu Cheung Sing (Kenneth Ma). A talented investigator and strong martial artists, Cheung Sing was to be groomed to become the next commander of the bureau; Cheung Sing ends up leaving the agency due to differences with Fung Nam Tin. Cheung Sing was secretly undercover to expose a triad gang led by Sai Fu. After Cheung Sing had Sai Fu's gang arrested, he and Nam Tin had a dispute over handling the fate Sai Fu's family. He resigned to live a simple and peaceful life and eventually married his beloved Tou Fa (Selena Li). Together with Tou Fa, Cheung Sing spent the next decade being a supportive husband and help run their tavern until the bureau came looking for him.