In this video, I will reveal what plot points got censored in Story of Yanxi Palace, as well as why the palace harem drama got eventually banned from airing in China.
What a damn shame so much was cut. I guess I know why I was a bit confused on some storylines. The storyline of the dowager getting struck by lightning came off as super corney to me, like God helped Yinglou. Sewing metal threads into the curtains to attract the lightning..now that's acceptable. If they re-released this show internationally, uncut, it would bring in big money. I would totally watch it again!
@jennifergarnatz6860 Very difficult language to learn. I have been watching C dramas for about 4 years now. I can pick out different words but nowhere near able to speak it. Now, if I were a child, I would be speaking it fluently. Lol watched my very young daughter learn Japanese by watching anime.. Amazing how fast children learn. Best wishes 🙂
@@y-mefarm4249 Agree with you. Kids learn faster. However, u should never stop learning it. Great exercise for the brain. Better than doing crossword puzzles. I plan to continue learning it for the rest of my life. I can already write the script with a pen very well. Practise with the brush occssionally. Hv an inkstone and 3 different type of brushes. Concentrated on the calligraphy since I know it would take years to speak it fluently, and only if I had a private tutor. Mastering the calligraphy, I can always write a question when in China and show someone rather than mispronouncing the tones. I always feel proud of myself whenever I can understand short sentences. I often replay certain scenes to give my ear training. It's a very fascinating language. Had actually started learning Japanese then switched to Mandarin after I learnt Hiragana & Katakana scripts then had to learn Kanji. So, I thought better to first learn Mandarin since it's compulsory to learn Hanzi in order to master writing Japanese.
These deleted scenes would have made yanxi palace even better than it already is because of its depth and development but oh well yanxi palace is one of my favourite series ever it doesn’t matter😂
I absolutely loved The Story of Yangzi Palace with Wei Yinglou. She was such a smart character, loved the empress she served. She fell in love but the emperor refused to let him marry her, instead he had Er Qing marry him as a way of letting Yinglou stop being punished. Yinglou eventually fell in love with the emperor and had children with him but she would always love her soldier (empresses’ brother) . The plots of some of these concubines were so scary and deadly. Very long series but I guess them cutting out some scenes made sense. We all knew that Er Qing’s son wasn’t her husband’s.
Netflix has a follow up story featuring the son called Princess of Yangzi Palace. Worth watching, just wished it featured more of the original cast as well and.... you know, longer. Netflix likes things short.
Me too , but I have a but my favorites are real kung fu films/series and wuxia hahaha they are fabulous, I don't like romance because these princesses cry too much and do the voice of a 7 year old child when she is already 16, 18 years old, it's ridiculous, me It's irritating because it's like cats being pulled by the tail, the kind that cries every minute! haha, sorry, but no, sorry
Yanxi Palace was my introduction into Asian Drama movies and so it holds a special place in my heart. I absolutely loved it and have rewatched it 3 times. If it ever comes out in the original uncut version I will certainly watch it again.
Thank you for the info, now the story makes so much more sense! The lightning this always seemed to me such an over-the-top plot device, with the deleted scene it is very logical. I think that the question about Fuca`s kid is kind of resolved in the spin-off of the series, The Princess Adventures.
They're so stupid to censor it and remove it from their home country...super popular and loved by so many, could have cashed in on some of that. But then again, no one said a country that relies heavily on censoring everything was the smartest cookie in the box
@@gaaraxnaru being a Marxist Communist nation since Mao Zedong and the People's Liberation Army's coup in 1949, there isn't a single Chinese drama that didn't suffer the censors of SART
I have rewatched all the episodes Yanxi Palace 2 or 3 times. I would have loved the series even more if the entire thing had been made available to those of us who watched on RU-vid. All the actors are exceptional: beautiful actresses and handsome actors.
Best drama; best storyline; best writer; best director; best editor; best casting; best flowing scenes; best actors/actress - matched their parts! Poor ending...
It would be interesting to do one regarding "Ruyi's Royal Love In The Palace" which, in my opinion, was a far better series. But I have read that while Ruyi's Royal Love spent huge amounts on money for the Principle actors as well as set/costume designs Yanxi Palace was actually seen as more Historical in terms of the same. These two shows were produced close to one another so I wonder why the Chinese Government did not apply the same treatment or perhaps it did?
To be honest, neither are absolutely historically accurate in terms of costume design in terms of the right time period. Qianlong's court did not have the elaborate hair pieces shown in either shows, with Ruyi zhuan's hairstyle showing more of a late qing dynasty feel and Yanxi's showing a hairstyle 100 years after Qianlong's time. Both shows have different accuracies and inaccuracies in terms of costume design, with Ruyi's more accurate to the manchu style of clothing while yanxi's having more accurate in terms of hair style. The most accurate hairstyle to the time period within Yanxi is the Weiyingluo's hair when she was a guiren. The dapantou is the hair style of the consorts back then but it is not as exciting as the bigger hair pieces. Yanxi's costume however, is more han-styled compared to Ruyi zhuan's more accurate manchu style.
I loved Ruyi’s but it’s not one I can rewatch much. It’s gets so sad at the end. I realize in the real story it was sad but it’s hard to watch more than a few times
Ruyi was the one that was first removed from airing due to its significant deviation from historical accuracy, particularly in its negative and purely fictional portrayal of well-liked historical figures such as Empress Xiaoxian, Consort Ling, Fuheng, and General Zhaohui. Additionally, it featured numerous graphic and violent scenes, especially those depicting the torture of women. After Ruyi was taken down, Yanxi was also taken off the air as it bore facial similarities to Ruyi. However, while these shows themselves were removed from official platforms, they haven't been entirely ”censored” as plenty (I really mean PLENTY) of derivative works, critiques, video essays, songs, fan fictions, and raw footage are still widely accessible on Chinese internet platforms.
This is my first experience with Chinese drama. I love it so much and so addictive I keep watching it over and over again. Sometimes I see something new that I didn’t see the many times I watched it previously. The acting is wonderful especially the two main characters,empera and Yinglou as they mature over a long period of time .
Chinese people make such amazing works of art and film and the chinese government really hampers it down with their excessive censoring and caution, which causes chinese media to be unnoticed and less popular than other asian countries' media.. It's genuinely really sad. Yanxi palace was such an amazing story even with the censorship snipping out bits here and there -- if it was so popular internationally the chinese government should have been proud of that
The clips on RU-vid were awesome and they got me interested in the Qing Dynasty however they were not in an order that I could get the story line. The historical value and the detail of the production and excellent acting totally amazing. I’ve seriously watched it 5 times and had it on 3 more times without sound just to see the details again because in the previous watches I was mostly busy reading the subtitles I expect to watch it again and have recommended it to friends and family. It’s really a great story.
I love the Story of Yanxi Palace. The actors played their character convincingly. This story made me watched other Chinese drama that I don't even know existed on RU-vid. I love the character of Wei Yinglou and Fuca Fuheng played by Wu Jinyan and Xu Kai. But, I skipped watching the episode where are too much of scheming, jealousy and betrayal. Those episode are too stressful to watch.
This drama was my first into Chinese story lines.Loved it, sometimes difficult because translations were often covered up also story skits mixed up. But great acting & costumes& hair styles
I am watching it for the fourth time right now. I love it so . This was exactly what I needed to see explanations of things I didn't understand. thank you.
@@Endorill okay, so I started, but it was taking me on an emotional rollercoaster. He kept disappointing her. Since you're placing your stamp on it, I will revisit the series and check it out. Thanks
@@siStarangel You wan to go through it again together? I am about ready to watch it foe the 5th time. I just finished Yanxi palace again and tried tried Empresses in the Palace. It is going slow and I can always come back to it.
Interesting to learn of so much censoring of one of my favorite c dramas, I remember when I first saw it that the scene of the eunuch strangling chun fei was shown, but when I watched it again months later that scene was gone. Thanks for explaining it..
One of the best. The details were incredible, the display of art and decor, of poems and wealth...it was wonderful. I was saddened by its censorship. I love its daring touches of palace intrigue, esp. the censored parts you mentioned. Palace dramas was a fun way to see different takes on historical figures; I never take any of the dramas as truth. The Chinese government does not seem to think the Chinese people couldn't differentiate historical drama from historical facts.
I think its good that part of Ying Luo's sister and Gao was deleted. How sad it would be,, watching Gao bullied Ying Luo and Ying Luo made plans that became Gao's death,, and how twisted that would be that Ying Luo protected Fuca Empress from Gao while Gao tried to revenge Ying Luo's sister
Saw it a couple of times to try and catch all the intricacies of the plots. Sorry to hear some storylines were cut. The partyline censorships is one of the most frustrating aspects of loving Cdramas. That and when they suddenly decide to cancel the release of a completed drama for actions deemed unacceptable by one of the actors.
out of all the drama's I've watched, this one is my absolute fav! Wei Yinglou will always be my favorite female lead. The actress is a real beauty! I always wondered about the ties between Gao and Wei Yinglou's sister, and why it was ever mentioned and never shown or talked about it more.
Can not believed I was robbeddddd 😩 i deserve to see the remaining episodes I had so many questions that confused me but at least I know why. I will definitely be rewatching because who ever wrote this amazing piece is just amazing.
This is so interesting to know... I hope more harem dramas are allowed to be produced in the future... I first got into C dramas from Ruyi, but Yanxi palace was second and became my favourite. Always hoping to find other dramas which have the same feel...
This drama started me on my love of all of them. I have now watched dozens and dozens. My last favourite - Till the End of the Moon. American block busters could learn a lot from the quality of these dramas.
Every Country has censorship over media, be it for the domestic market or wider afield. It's understandable. This depiction of 16thCentury China was absolutely sublime in every way. I'm not particularly upset at not seeing graphic scenes of murder, I would however have liked to see the episodes in chronological order.
One of the few chinese dramas i liked. It doesn't include flying people. Chinese history is so facinating but they way c government been limiting it is a total bummer.
@@never4ever386 you should take a look at some of the points cnetz raised about ruyi. The FL changing the script so much that it became illogical at some parts, the constant pouting of lips (she only did this in this show and not her other shows for some reason), ruyi's personality being "as calm(?) as chrysanthemum" affecting how she plays out her emotions in the show (being so indifferent when she lost her parents and kids, but then bawled when ling yun che got castrated or died LOL). OH OH and the funniest one is how she insisted on wearing her nail guards in every scene because she wants to be “体面”, even in the one where shes in the cold palace 💀💀💀 have you seen how she tried to hang the laundry with her nail guards on? That was hilarious 😂 speaking about the cold palace, Li Yu had encouraged her to bring money but she didnt and guess what? She had to use money lol 💀 and even after learning about how money is important to people who do not have power, she decided to dock her servants' salaries for her child's blessings LIKE HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORKKK shouldn't she be the one who's forking out the money?? Her servants need money for their fams, which includes tian lao lao who then decided to help wei yan wan exactly because of this. The supporting actresses tho!! Jin yu yan looked so genuinely heartbroken when her maid was punished but then ruyi let suo xin serve her when her hands were hurt 💀 P.S. havent seen anyone talk about this but it's so ironic that the emperor said that he disliked wei yan wan but still promoted her and let her serve him
I remembered a part they mentioned the director cut off many scenes (some of them are good scenes) hence the storylines they released officially a bit mismatch in some scenes.
This drama really teach how the sneak strategy every concubine used to gain favour from the emperor. Every language is not direct and contain deep meaning, every gestures have meaning and purpose, the way each and every concubine compete among each other is very awesome and amazing, multi techniques and multitactics have been employed. I enjoy watching this drama because i was amazed with the language that have been used and utterred, all are not common words but with complex meaning, objectives and purpose. Least i know how was life of concubines in frobidden city. Every concubine live with fear every second, fear of losing emperor favour which leads to losing job and life. I dont understand mandarin, i used available substitle
So how many episodes did this show have originally? As in actually shot? Is it possible to find the uncut version anywhere? Or the directors destroyed the deleted scenes?
Now it's answered my curiousities about many events in Story of Yanxi Palace that seems unrelated between any arcs, especially the Dowager Yu's irrational death. But Er Qing's death, i already watched it on RU-vid. Noble Chun's death is kinda tragic because she's killed by the evil empress Nara whom she considered her friend before.
We actually do see how Noble Consort Chun died. We don’t get the scene, but we are shown a bloody kite string and (I forgot who) someone reporting that she died from strangling. It’s the reason why Yinglou still created kites even after knowing Chun was strangled with a kite string as stopping in the creation of kites would place more blame on herself and to others meant she feels guilty.
I watch both Ruyi's Royal Love and the Story of YanXi Palace. I find that the character Consort Ling varies very much in how she looks. In Ruyi's Royal Love she is portrayed as a beautiful seductress, yet she is a scheming, cold-hearted woman. Her lover, Lord Ling, was a stepping stone even though she gave her heart to him. In the Story of YanXi Palace, Wei Ying Luo is portrayed as a naive and outspoken young girl who enters the palace playing pranks on the harem and the Emperor. She is not equal to his first Empress in terms of beauty. Also, her close romantic relationship with the Empresses brother from Fuca is not similar to the relationship of Lord Ling and concubine Ling. The two movies have two different perspectives of this particular female character. According to history, the Emperor QianLong sired six (6) children with concubine Ling, who became his third Empress posthumously.
Although, at times, the gratuitos evilness of many of The Story of Yanxi Palce's cherictors are hard to watch, 😮 it is regrettable that some episodes were sensored. ❤This drama❤ 🎉 is so well written, acted, & produced 🎉 that it can be termed an understudy to different types of evil that are a part of the human condition. Although the extreme sides of most of the focal points about the human condition are brought to life, they are food for thought. The indepth knowledge of the subject by the written & the ultra artistic abilities of the production team gives one an eye opening awareness of evil, of the survival skills of those under duress, of the value of peacefulness, & of the resilience of most humans who suffer trials & tribulations. Hopefully, one day, if the sensored episodes still exist, they will be released for public viewing.
I love this drama, Yangxi Palace. The costumes, characters - some - the buildings, it was quite entertaining. I think they should create another drama. I think it helped people have quite a fond attitude towards China and please include more ethnic minorities. Well done to the creators/writers!! Thank you.
I always though that china was cool with it because its shows far removed decadence and foolish ways in a drama. China is far too sensitive, this is a great series.
Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures is a spinoff about Zhaohua, Yingluo's daughter. It reveals the affair Erqing had with her brother-in-law (unfortunately already spoiled in the video)
A lot of the reasons for being cut are actually quite understandable. Some of the drama series can be spoilt by lengthy boring fillers and subplots. The political correctness is pandering to the sensitive discrimination subjects. Mega budgets, lavish costumes and grand backgrounds are extravagants, but audiences love it, they are the main attractions. Violent deaths might be distressing for guardians of young children. Basing on historical events, with enormous helpings of artistic license makes the story more interesting, but might upset members of the certain clans. Many of the subplots were patched with gross over off the scene conversations, and violent scenes replaced with shadows and thunderclaps.. But it’s good to let us know the cuts and the reasons behind them. Still, I wish they would release the uncut version.
Wish I could watch it in sequence. I accidentally discovered it on Utube and watched it not in sequence. I also find the translation terrible but fortunately most of the time I can figure out what they mean to say.
Forcing someone to drink poison. Too graphic to be shown. 🙄 Oh my, I guess the older generations were all harmed very badly by older dramas and films that showed such a deed. Oh, now I understand why Chinese period dramas nowadays are supernatural godly flying circuses. When I think of a much much older Chinese period drama of Empress Wu Zetian that's pretty loaded with historical fidelity , it's a wonder it was made but back then, there were no zealous watchmen working on an agenda.
It is ironic that I watched this during covid. I like historical productions, and this suited me. However, I managed to watch the Korean series "Dong yi " another historical drama just before it. After which I realised historically certain figures in these drama's over lapped! ......and then Netflix produced Yanxi Palace: Princess adventures!.....
Palast Yanxi has in my country on Netflix only 6 ep., if you mean the same drama. If it is, then it explains the gaps in the story cause the cuts are not really logical. 🤔
hi :) Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures is the spin-off to Story of Yanxi Palace. They're not the same show. You can watch Story of Yanxi Palace on Viki or here on YT with subtitles :).
I loved this show, I was sorry that they no longer make Palace Dramas anymore. I do not think the series would have been served by having so many episodes, sometimes dramas have so much filler you're tempting to skim.
From your oration of the names, you DID NOT watch the series because Wei Ying Lou, the main character, is pronounced as "Way Ling Yu"! Maybe watch the show you are going to review next time instead.
i have a majong set from the late qing (early 1900's). it is stored in a box that looks like a book with the title that translates to ladies magazine. it is porn inside :)
@@daisies-all-day UPDATEEE China Huanyu the OFFICIAL producer of yanxi palace is now OFFICIALLY uploaded their episodes of yanxi palace. Im so prouddd and this is amazinggg for Huanyuu
