These are the two main characters of the classic Chinese TV series "A Dream of Red Mansions," Jia Baoyu (acted by Ouyang Fenqiang) and Lin Daiyu (acted by Chen Xiaoxu). (Xinhua/Song Lianfeng)
Renowned Chinese TV series "A Dream of Red Mansions," first screened in 1987 to wide acclaim, is now to be brought into the households of ASEAN countries.
NANNING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The classic Chinese TV series "A Dream of Red Mansions," first screened in 1987, will be broadcast in countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starting in August.
The series is expected to debut in Myanmar on August 12, with its Laos and Vietnamese version to be aired within this year, according to the Guangxi Radio and Television Information Network Corp Ltd.
Wang Fulin (left), director of the classic Chinese TV series "A Dream of Red Mansions," instructs Chen Xiaoxu, actor of Lin Daiyu at a shooting scene. (Xinhua/Song Lianfeng)
It will also be dubbed into Cambodian in the future, it added.
The various versions are results of cooperation between the broadcasting and TV station of southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and mainstream media platforms in ASEAN countries.
A rainy scene of the classic Chinese TV series "A Dream of Red Mansions" is being filmed. (Xinhua/Song Lianfeng)
Workshops on translating and dubbing the series were held in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam this month to improve translation quality and warm up the broadcast.
The series is adapted from classic Chinese novel "A Dream of Red Mansions" written by Cao Xueqin during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), which describes stories about the rise and fall of four noble families.
TV series has gradually become a cultural ambassador for China in ASEAN countries in recent years. Bordering Vietnam, Guangxi broadcasts nearly a thousand episodes of Chinese TV series in ASEAN countries every year.
