Deep Garden

*Deep Garden*
Deep Garden
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Also known as	Deep Courtyard
Simplified Chinese	庭院深深
Hanyu Pinyin	Tíng Yuàn Shēn Shēn
Created by	Chiung Yao
Screenplay by	Lin Chiu-yu
Directed by	Liu Li-li
Starring	Leanne Liu; Chin Han; Lee Li-feng; Fan Hung-hsuan; Ku Yin; Chao Yung-hsin; Lin Tzay-peir;
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	40
Production
Producer	Ping Hsin-tao
Running time	45 minutes
Original release
Network	Chinese Television System
Release	May 4, 1987 –;

Deep Garden^[1]^[2]^[3] is a 1987 Taiwanese mystery TV drama series based on romance novelist Chiung Yao's 1969 novel. The series was produced by Chiung Yao's husband Ping Hsin-tao and first shown on Chinese Television System. The title is taken from an 11th-century poem by Ouyang Xiu, which happens to be the favorite line of the mysterious female protagonist.

This series was one of the biggest hits in 1980s Taiwan. In Hong Kong it was broadcast on Asia Television. In Singapore it was shown on Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. In Vietnam it was shown as Xóm vắng ("Deserted Hamlet").

Cast[edit]

Leanne Liu as Fang Ssu-ying (real identity: Chang Han-yen), Ting-ting's mother
Chin Han as Po Pei-wen
Ku Yin as Ou Ai-ling, Po Pei-wen's wife
Yu Chen-hua as Ting-ting, Po Pei-wen's daughter
Chao Yung-hsin as Yu Tsui-shan
Lee Li-feng as Po Pei-wen's mother
Lee Tien-chu as Ou Kuan-chung, Ou Ai-ling's brother
Sun Shu-fen as Ya-chu
Hsu Wen-chuan as Mr. You
Chang Pao-shan as Mr. Chang
Wang Li as Tsai-feng
Lin Tzay-peir as Chien Fei-fan (real identity: Po Pei-te), Po Pei-wen's half-brother
Wen Chieh as Chien Meng-ko
Hsu Nai-lin as Cheng Ya-li
Chu Huei-chen as Yeh Shuang
Fan Hung-hsuan as Kao Li-te
Sung Yi-fang as Lee Yu-sheng
Jin Chao-chun as Po Yun-sheng, Po Pei-wen's father (flashback)
Liu Fang-ying as Chu Chiu-ho, Chien Fei-fan's mother (flashback)
Feng Hai as Chien Ming-yuan, Chien Fei-fan's adoptive father (flashback)
Lee Yu-lin as Hsia Yun-lung (flashback)
Yu Heng as Hsia Chin-hui, Hsia Yun-lung's father (flashback)
Ma Huei-chen as Lee Chun-man, Hsia Yun-lung's mother (flashback)
Ma Wei-hsun as Tsai Chin-hua (flashback)
Yang Wen-yu as Yen Li-li (flashback)

Awards and nominations[edit]

1988 Golden Bell Awards^[4]^[5]
- Won—Best Actress (Ku Yin)
- Nominated—Best TV Series
- Nominated—Best Writing (Chiung Yao and Lin Chiu-yu)
- Nominated—Best Actress (Leanne Liu)
- Nominated—Best Actor (Chin Han)

References[edit]

^ "A Tearjerker serial to melt your heart". The New Paper. 1988-11-10.
^ Yeung, Irene (1990-08-01). "Program Exports". Free China Review.
^ "Chin Han: Stealing hearts at 44". The Straits Times. 1988-05-01.
^ "77年金鐘獎得獎名單【個人技術部分 / 其他獎】".
^ "77年廣播電視金鐘獎入圍名單".

External links[edit]

Ting yuan shen shen at IMDb

[1] "A Tearjerker serial to melt your heart". The New Paper. 1988-11-10.

[2] Yeung, Irene (1990-08-01). "Program Exports". Free China Review.

[3] "Chin Han: Stealing hearts at 44". The Straits Times. 1988-05-01.

[4] "77年金鐘獎得獎名單【個人技術部分 / 其他獎】".

[5] "77年廣播電視金鐘獎入圍名單".

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v t e Adaptations of works by Chiung Yao
Wan-chun's Three Loves	Four Loves (1965) Wan-chun (1990)
Ya Qi	The Silent Wife (1965) Mute Wife (1990)
Fire and Rain	The Rain of Sorrow (1965) Lovers Under the Rain (1986) Romance in the Rain (2001)
Ting Yuan Shen Shen	You Can't Tell Him (1971) Deep Garden (1987)
Zai Shui Yi Fang	The Unforgettable Character (1975) One Side of the Water (1988)
Huan Zhu Ge Ge (characters)	My Fair Princess (1998–99) My Fair Princess III (2003) New My Fair Princess (2011)
Other works	Outside the Window (1973) The Young Ones (1973) The Wild Goose on the Wing (1979) My Cape of Many Dreams (1981) Green Green Grass By The River (1992) Flowers in Fog (2013) Dreams Link (2007)