The Spirits of Love 愛 |
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Genre | Romance Revenge Office Politics Family |
Written by | Lin Lingling |
Directed by | Wang Wei |
Starring |
Chen Meifeng Fon Cin June Tsai Jimmy Ni Wang Shih-hsien Chiang Tsu-ping |
Opening theme | 我問天 by Weng Liyou |
Ending theme | 1. 迷魂香 by Weng Liyou 2.夢醒在三更 by Cai Xiaohu and Zhang Xiuqing 3. 一生的愛 by Long Qianyu 4. 心疼 by Cai Xiaohu 5. 勇敢 by Huang Siting 6. 只愛你一個 by Long Qianyu 7. 不應該愛你 by Cai Xiaohu |
Country of origin | Taiwan |
Original language(s) | Hokkien |
No. of episodes | Taiwan Episodes : 386 Others : 787 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Guo Hongliang, Lin Huijun |
Running time | 105 mins(Episodes 1-59 and 65-176) 130 mins (Episodes 225-385) 90 mins(Episodes 60-64) 120 mins(Episodes 177-224) 60 mins(Finale) |
Release | |
Original network | Formosa Television |
Original release | 28 November 2006 – 21 May 2008 (Mediacorp Channel 8) |
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.
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 Shih-hsien (), Fon Cin, Chiang Tsu-ping, Jimmy Ni (), and June Tsai (). 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.
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.
For Wang Wenqiang, see the Zhangs
Wu Xuiqin's husband
Chairman of Counciler
Lai Jialing elder brother
Lai Wuji's elder sister
Hong Zhizhong ex - wife
Deceased due to cancer