Legend of Fei | |
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Also known as | 有匪 |
Genre | Wuxia Historical Romance |
Based on | Bandits (有匪) by Priest |
Directed by | Wu Jingyuan |
Starring | Zhao Liying Wang Yibo |
Opening theme | "Chasing Waves" by Shang Wenjie |
Ending theme | "No Extravagance" by Jane Zhang & Liu Yuning |
Country of origin | China |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 51 |
Production | |
Production location | Hengdian World Studios |
Running time | 45 mins |
Original release | |
Network | Hubei TV Tencent Video |
Release | 15 December 2020 3 February 2021 | –
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Legend of Fei (有翡) is a 2020 Chinese historical drama based on Priest's novel Bandits (有匪). It was directed by Wu Jingyuan and stars Zhao Liying as Zhou Fei and Wang Yibo as Xie Yun. The series tells the growth story of the female warrior Zhou Fei through her adventure with itinerant poet and traveler Xie Yun, in a time when the influence and power of the martial arts world is on decline and in turmoil because a great secret, which has been buried for twenty years, is about to be uncovered.[1] The storyline is unique as it is oriented towards the female standpoint in martial arts world, which has typically empowered the male characters.[2]
The show was premiered on the Hubei TV Channel on 15 December 2020, and then was exclusively broadcast on Tencent Video and WeTV on 16 December of the same year. For standard account on Tencent Video, the show aired one episode daily at 20:00 CST from Monday through Sunday, from 16 December 2020, to 3 February 2021.[3]