The Legends of Jigong

The Legends of Jigong

Poster
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
Production
Producer(s) Li Ningqiang
Location(s) Singapore
Editor(s) Li Junmei
Running time 45 minutes per episode
Production company(s) TCS
Release
Original network TCS Eighth Frequency
First shown in 1996
External links
Website
The Legends of Jigong
Traditional Chinese 活佛濟公
Simplified Chinese 活佛济公

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.

Plot

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.

Cast

See also

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