The Legends of Jigong
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| Genre | Chinese mythology fiction |
| Written by | Wang Qiji Yue Tian |
| Directed by | Lu Cijin Lin Lihong |
| Starring | Xie Shaoguang |
| Theme music composer | Chen Jiaming |
| Opening theme | Wo Shi Shei (我是谁) performed by Xie Shaoguang |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Producer(s) | Li Ningqiang |
| Location(s) | Singapore |
| Editor(s) | Li Junmei |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | TCS |
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| Original network | TCS Eighth Frequency |
| First shown in | 1996 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 活佛濟公 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 活佛济公 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huó Fó Jì Gōng |
The Legends of Jigong is a Singaporean television series based on legends about Ji Gong (1130–1207), a Chinese Buddhist monk who is revered as a deity in Chinese folk religion and folk hero in Chinese culture. It was produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) and was first aired in Singapore on TCS Eighth Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 8) in 1996. Xie Shaoguang, who portrayed Ji Gong and sang the theme song for the series, was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1997 Star Awards.
Ji Gong is originally the Tiger-Taming Arhat, one of the Eighteen Arhats. His apprentice, Golden Boy, accidentally allows the unruly White Tiger Star under his watch to escape from Heaven into the human world to cause trouble. Through cunning manipulations and machinations, the White Tiger Star causes the death of the patriotic Song dynasty general Yue Fei, absorbs the energy from Yue Fei's guardian star, and becomes more powerful in the process. As punishment for his failure to stop the White Tiger Star, Ji Gong is banished to the human world, where he is reincarnated as Li Xiuyuan. In the human world, he is destined to do good deeds such as fighting injustice and helping the poor, as well as to continue his quest of taming the White Tiger Star. In the meantime, Golden Boy develops a romantic relationship with Yue Yinping, Yue Fei's daughter.
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