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Top of the Forbidden City
紫禁之巅 / Zi Jin Zhi Dian


With a mixture of dance and romance, this drama broadcasted in the year 2004, and has a total of 17 episodes. Its opening theme song was Feng Yun Bian Se(Changing Colors of the Winds and Clouds) by 5566&K-One, and its ending theme song was Bei Ying(Shadow) by K-One.


Synopsis
The Dynasty Chuan Bo Royal Dance Group has won the right to represent Asia in a much revered dance competition, the Babylon Temple Dance Competition. To ensure the best chances of winning, Dynasty Entertainment has invited a past Babylon Temple winner, Mo Ni Ka to help out. In addition, the dance group is also joined by a new, highly talented student, Tian Xie. However, Tian Xie's cold, unfriendly stature has made him incompatible with the other members. What happens when a young village girl who loves to dance as much as them, Xiao Ying, happens to mix with this group because of a misunderstanding with Tian Xie? And what caused Dynasty Entertainment to get blamed of plagarism? Is it because of Xiao Ying?
Full synopsis here. Read at own risk!

Cast and Character
Gino

As Tian Xie
Tian Xie is just like his name - acts alone, tends to be sharp. A shining dazzling star in the dance circle. He is lonely because he stands at the highest point in the world without any rivals. He finally meets his match in Qing Tian, who has a strong force flowing through his blood stream. Tian Xie attempts to let his ruthless dancing die away completely and then reborn. He is cold because he needs to protect his wounded heart. In the deepest part of his heart, there is a wound that would often ache but which he can never break away from. Until the innocent and naïve Xiao Ying accidentally charges into and awakens the bare feelings within Tian Xie's heart. Tian Xie and Qing Tian's "face-off" with each other is their fate. Qing Tian's strong force causes one to be unable to gasp for breath. They are natural born rivals. These two rivals face off with each others' fiery life on top of the Forbidden City. Battling on their dance moves and also on love. A heroic battle is about to unfold…

J.R

As Qing Tian
Qing Tian is just like his name. It's like the warm sunshine that shines down on your on a winter day ~ an intense, bright light. Dancing is an explosive force that flows the strongest through his blood streams. Being the eldest apprentice brother in the Jia Jiang Tuan, it is left to him to carry the glory and the responsibility of the group and to lead his younger group members to charge bravely ahead. He is a natural born hero, a modern day Ling Hu Chong (hero from Jin Yong's martial novel, State of the Divinity aka Xiao Ao Jiang Hu). There is one dream in Qing Tian's heart. He dreams of leading Jia Jiang Tuan down a path of their own. He dreams of standing in the center of the world with his apprentice sister, Xiao Ying because Xiao Ying is everything to him. She is someone that he loves the most whom he wants to protect for the rest of his life. Qing Tian and Tian Xie's "face-off" with each other is their fate. Tian Xie's brilliant rays causes one to suffocate. He is a powerful enemy in Qing Tian's life. These two rivals face off with each others' fiery life on top of the Forbidden City. Battling on their dance moves and also on their love because there is only one King and only one love.

Qiao Qiao

As Xiao Ying
Lively, mischievous, always getting into trouble and always taking risks. Jia Jiang Tuan is her happy world. Her eldest apprentice brother, Qing Tian, is her heaven - just like a guardian angel that will help support the world for her. Because of Tian Xie's appearance, this causes an undying love to open up in Xiao Ying's simple life. Xiao Ying is deeply attracted to Tian Xie's talent and proudness. She feels Tian Xie's loneliness, his grief. She understands Tian Xie and what's even more, she bravely falls in love with him even though she knows that the person who has always stayed by her side and protected her is Qing Tian. Tian Xie and Qing Tian's fate in battling in the Forbidden City for their dance moves and for love causes Xiao Ying to be stuck in the middle and suffers painfully. Because there is only one king, she must choose whose side she will stand beside.

Zhang Si Ping

As Aki
Royal Dance Group's princess. She admits that she will forever by the female leading lady. She has a habit of using her willfulness to hide her desire for love within her heart. Aki is infatuated with Tian Xie's mysteriousness yet Tian Xie treats Aki with coldness and sharpness. Aki understands that this is a love that she will never be able to wait for. When Qing Tian's help and care becomes the most glittering sunshine in Aki's life, her desire for love in her heart finally breaks free. Even though Aki understands that the person that Qing Tian deeply loves is Xiao Ying, yet she is stubborn and she warmly pursues Qing Tian. She understands that only love and sincereness will be able to change this world.

Wang Shao Wei

As Fire
Fire is just like his name - as fierce and violent as fire. Blazing, he has to always be number one and never number two. This is the arrogant personality that Fire has. He and Aki are a favorable couple within the Royal Dance Group. Fire is also the brave warrior that uses love to guard Aki, yet on the front of love and dancing, he meets up with two powerful opponents at the same time ~ Qing Tian and Tian Xie. Fire battles maddeningly. His arrogant ways causes him to lose his love, lose the stage, lose his sincereness, lose his friends. Fire is a natural born tragic hero. He is as fierce as fire and burns himself out. It's just that he meets the wrong people at the wrong time. He uses his life to persist an eternal glow.

Mary Xu Hua Feng as Mo Ni Ka
Liao Jun as Xu Jia Hao
Gao Zhi Hong as Jun Dao
Lian Wei Xiao as Yang Yi Dong
Kido as Tin
Darren as An Xi
Li Yang as Hei Zi
Liu Lang Zuo as Hugo



Links!
AF Gallery || DramaWiki
littlewoman
the first episode will be aired this sunday, at CTS 9:30pm - 11:00pm
littlewoman
saw the first episode yesterday, pretty cool, especially if you like watching dance
sean85
i'm up to the 2nd chapter... i find it quite interesting... hmmm... dancing moves... nice clapping.gif
littlewoman
more than 20 people sang in the soundtrack of this series, 5566, K One, R&B, 7F, Toro etc.
littlewoman
as far as i know 7F are 7 girls, if i'm not mistaken zaizai and xiao jiao of R&B is there, man tou, wang yu jie don't know the others
dreamstar
Yeah 7F consists of 7 girls.. zaizai, xiaoqiao, chen qiao en, wang yu jie, man tou, and I don't know the names of the other two.. lol..

man I want to watch this... *frowns* the soundtrack is so nice.. ^^
♥ღ Katherine ♥ღ
How about the ending ?Who does the girl choose ? Does it has a sad ebding like Snow Angel?
dreamstar
Katherine Yang..
lol I dont think they even finished shooting just yet.. lol
or they did?
♥ღ Katherine ♥ღ
This series hasn't released in my country yet but my friend ( in Phil)was watching it 2 months ago, so i think it ended.
Well, when u finished it, pleased tell me ur feelings
littlewoman
it hasn't ended, it only shows 1 episode a week (i and a half hour)
lilyella
QUOTE (Katherine Yang @ Aug 31 2004 8 49 AM)
It ended last Sunday, didn't it ?

yes! it ended last Sunday and it has to be one of the best endings ever! my friends and I were all telling one another that there has to be a part 2 of this great series!
littlewoman
i personally wouldn't wish for a part 2, i got bored already halfway, the first few episodes get me very excited but through the middle, it became predictable for me
reflections
QUOTE (Katherine Yang @ Aug 4 2004 9 09 AM)
How about the ending ?Who does the girl choose ? Does it has a sad ebding like Snow Angel?

Yes, I would like to know the ending too! I stopped watching this drama around half way through but I'm curious to know what happened.

Thanks!
sweetyxangalz
this sereis is very good i just finished watching it weeks ago, the ending is very satisfying, but i don't want to give away any spoilers.
Ramen
mann... i am really obsessed wif this new series
but sadly has no access to watch T_T
i luv the soundtrack too.. especially bei ying and deng ni ai wo!
migosh.. the lyrics so de sweet
budden the others oso very de nice
like feng yun bian se and stuffs
i really wan to watch this show T_T
espcially because sam and JR there.. hahhaha
♥ღ Katherine ♥ღ
Is Gino the leader of K1? It seem like that he took all the spotlight in this series, there's no one talk about JR
orange
he is the official leader of k one, and he's probably considered better looking? i dunno, but i think he is worship.gif and jr usually sings more, probably because he has better vocals
hui_nee
i just started waching it and i find it really nice.i like their dance moves and i think Gino looks a but like Ambrose Xu from some points
orange
gino can be good looking or ugly lol but ppl usually think he's ugly =[
charmaine
For me Li Yang and JR is the greatest... Gino was okay! Sam is exellents on this.. I just started watching this and its nice
morning.glory
I watched up to the 17th eps. for this series when I was at Taiwan this summer. I loved it. I think the 17th eps. was the end... it seemed like it when I saw it. I'm pretty sure they're gonna do a 2nd season. I really liked how they used dance moves as fighting. Very cool.
nienie
can anyone tell me who xiao ying chooses to be with in the end? it's showing on subscription tv here in malaysia so i can't jump straight to the ending. it's tian xie, isn't it?
morning.glory
Ya you're right it is. It's such a happy ending because Qing Tian let's Xiao Ying be with him ^^
orange
it's kinda funny in the ending, all these people kissing under vans, on trucks etc. and qing tian running around with no girl
nienie
QUOTE (orange @ Oct 22 2004 11 36 AM)
it's kinda funny in the ending, all these people kissing under vans, on trucks etc. and qing tian running around with no girl
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laugh.gif sounds quite comical! i guess tht means qing tian rejects aki huh? poor aki. i think she's really cute. in fact everyone in the series is quite cute... well except for fire and tht bad guy... forgot his name.

does anyone know the title of the song they play at the end of each episode?
orange
but aki gets with fire anyway, you should probably feel sorry for qing tian because he's such a reject lol
the bad guy's sen ge
the song name is bei ing/shadow
♥ღ Katherine ♥ღ
QUOTE (azure_angel @ Oct 21 2004 8 24 PM)
Ya you're right it is. It's such a happy ending because Qing Tian let's Xiao Ying be with him ^^
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QingTian ends up with nobody, so why did u mention that it had a satisfactory ending ? happy.gif'
nienie
thanks, orange!

i love tht song. the soundtrack's playing a huge part in my getting hooked to the series laugh.gif

the scriptwriters should've given someone to qing tian in the end. he's such a nice guy. but too many happy endings would be an overkill, huh?

btw orange, r u chinese? just curious smile.gif
orange
yup, im taiwanese...
but i reckon qing tian was so nice that he was annoying!
morning.glory
QUOTE (Katherine Yang @ Oct 23 2004 2 25 PM)
QingTian ends up with nobody, so why did u mention that it had a satisfactory ending ?  happy.gif'
*

No I said Qing Tian let Xiao Ying be wit Tian Xian ^^;;

So anyone know if they're doing a season 2?
nienie
yay, i finally finished watching the entire series! i kept laughing during the ending cos i remembered what orange said bout ppl kissing under vans, on trucks and qing tian running around with no girl. i also liked the part where qing tian brought xiao ying to royal star to meet tian xie while aki n fire were pushing tian xie to meet xiao ying. can't believe i'm actually saying this but tian xie looked so cute there.

can anyone post the lyrics to bei ying in chinese? i don't know where to get it. thanks.
orange
here are the lyrics:
背影- K ONE

試聽
我們 忘了那承諾
要一起 開心 熬著到最後
你總是看著我 笑著點著頭
雨過天晴後 有燦爛的彩虹
背著我 你什麼都不肯說
我 比你還折磨 no no no no no no
影子多寂寞 我 wu hu oh wu…
看著你的背影發抖 難道是我給的太過沉重
Oh Oh 在求我放手
我是真的要的不多 怎麼連牽個手都變成是奢求
wo… 你不再愛我
For U 我還能愛多久 你說 你說 再過5秒後
你的眼透露著和他做的夢
不管我緊緊 把幸福捧在手
背著我 你什麼都不肯說
我 比你還折磨 no no no no no no
Never let you go 我 wu hu oh wu…
想抱你 卻被你狠狠掙開手
我 還傻傻的不敢喊痛
如果抉擇 讓你更快樂
我 wu… 會放手給你自由絕不強求


lol how come you don't believe you actually said that?
nienie
cos when i first saw him, i was like EEEWWWWW!
i din like his hair, his I-don't-give-a-damn attitude
but halfway through the series i was actually rooting for him laugh.gif
btw thanks for the lyrics
gonna get my chinese-educated friend to translate it for me happy.gif'

u watching any other dramas?
orange
LOL i like the "hair, his I-don't-give-a-damn attitude" hahahaha, watching "ai shang chine jing mei mei" at the moment and other random things
milo
just watch till eps 14!!this series's great!!!this series sure's better than mvp!!!!me don't like gino!!!his face's alwayz the same!!didn't like xiao ying too!!lol!now i really like aki!!!at first me didn't like her but now me fink she's better than xiao ying!!she's with sam like?why not jr?jr didn't love her?i fink aki with jr's cute!!!!but sam's ok too!!did anyoneknow aki real name?what other series she's in?
♥ღ Katherine ♥ღ
To milo: Aki is also in Snow Angel.In that series, she loves Toro, however, he rejects her because he only loves Margaret.
Btw, why do u prefer JR with Aki instead of XiaoYing? Do u think XiaoYing is so annoyed ?
dolphinez
i juz finish watchin this series! i find it really nice! initially, i thought JR will be with Aki.. *sign* thought they look quite gd together. the ending was really funi.. xiao ying & qing tian under the vehicle and fire & aki in the lorry... loool.gif
milo
yup,i fink xiao ying's quite annoy sometimez!!!me also finish watching this series!!!the ending's great!!!all of them gather together in a hill!!ren fu's so cool there!!!!love ren fu too!!!without ren fu help they can't go to the competitionz!!aki and sam's so cute!!!they hiding in a lorry and kissing there!!really like that part!!!!and sam andaki hugz in eps 20!!!that part was so sweet!!!!
dolpinez u mean tian xie and xiao ying rite?that part was cute too!!
milo
i fink u can dw here!!!go to the dw section and checked it out!!!
i had this song cd already!!nice song!!!love it!!!
a chi
I´ve seen ep. 1-5 and I like the serie very much tongue.gif but the themesong is even better 1.gif I´ve tried to dld it at www.baidu.com but i can't find the whole song.. just 25s long song.. sad-smiley-065.gif.. do u know where i can download it? happy.gif'
orange
i don't know where to dl it...because the link is kinda weird in the download section...when i dl it, it plays the teresa moonlight song??
Angie*
i lurve this show alot! its really nicee! but i only watched till the ep15
milo
there's a more exciting eps going on!!!
love the themesong!!!the subsong and the song that sang by RNB's nice too!!!luckily i haf the mp3!u guyz can bought this series cd!!!i fink u can find it in shop!!
♥ღ Katherine ♥ღ
HOT NEWS!!!!

TFC will be re-aired on CETV on Jan 6 9:30pm.
Although everybody said that this series has a great ending, I still consider it as the worst ending.

I just wonder which country can get CETV ?
SportyYetChic
QUOTE (Katherine Yang @ Jan 2 2005 3 37 AM)
HOT NEWS!!!!

TFC will be re-aired on CETV on Jan 6 9:30pm.
Although everybody said that this series has a great ending, I still consider it as the worst ending.

I just wonder which country can get CETV ?
*


uhm... we have it here in the philippines but that is if you're subscribed to cabletv
snowrose7
is this series good? I think the group K-One was in it and the main guy from that group really resembles Ambrose Hsu.
ltswallow08
i really like this series...awww qing tian should have at least got someone.
mmitsjojo
this series seem so intresting, i tried to download this in the download section but the link dont work ? and i wanna download the ost too but i dont know where to. does anyone know where i can download it?
lilazn26
lol. i hav the series.. on the computer. lol. want to get original tho. it's soo good.. but i actually haven't watched ep 1~7 or something since my sis started watching wifout me sad-smiley-065.gif lol.

i liked it soo much! K One really know how to dance.
it's kinda sad how Qing Tian doesn't end up wif Xiao Ying..
but it's still cute in the end.. lol.
i feel so bad for Qing Tian.. but he has said..
"As Long As Xiao Ying's Happy, I'm Happy"
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