Although time has passed and the years have passed, "The Legend of Zhen Huan", an ancient court drama, still leaves a deep imprint in the hearts of the audience. After Zhen Huan returned to the palace, her life trajectory was tortuous and bizarre, which can be called one of the classics of ancient court dramas. However, what we want to focus on today is the scene that makes people ask themselves, but they can't help but reverie - when Zhen Huan slays the dragon, why does he depict the picture of Sun Promise and the madman upside down the phoenix?The reason behind it is cold and heart-wrenching.
Zhen Huan returned to the palace, and her fate began a more tortuous change. As a woman in the deep palace, she experienced the pain of love and the ups and downs of sophistication, and finally returned to the cold and indifferent court to which she had long been accustomed.
Her control over the harem, her stratagem, and her skillful use of various forces make her stand out among the many concubines. With her intelligence, wisdom and perseverance, Zhen Huan successfully regained her destiny in her hands and became an invincible existence in the harem.
However, at the same time as Zhen Huan returned to the palace, another clue of the plot showed the deterioration of the emperor's health. The emperor's weakness and powerlessness caused his authority in the harem to suffer a huge shock. This point was vividly reflected when Zhen Huan slayed the dragon.
In the face of the emperor's physical weakness, Zhen Huan did not feel any pity. On the contrary, she used an indifferent and resolute posture to use the dragon slaying plan as a knife to point directly at the emperor's fate. The coldness of this depiction directly reflects her unyielding to power schemes and her firm determination not to be bound by the barriers of harem power.
In the dragon slaying plan, Zhen Huan's so-called "red mandarin duck belly pocket hung on the belt of the madman" is actually the director's depiction of Sun Promise and the maniac's upheaval in an unprecedented glamorous attitude. Whether this is the director's creativity or the interpretation of history, we will leave it at that. The important thing is that the description of this picture in the play plays a finishing role in the promotion of the plot.
On the one hand, this fragrant description highlights Sun Gong's passion for power and informality. She dared to have an affair with a maniac when the emperor lost power, but in fact, she seized the power vacuum while also finding her own living space. And the setting of this plot also highlights the cunning and far-sighted nature of Zhen Huan's dragon slaying plan.
The director's glamorous description of the picture of Sun Promise and the madman upside down is not just to win attention. On the contrary, the rendering of this image is precisely to plant a deeper imprint in the hearts of the audience, emphasizing the indifference and ruthlessness in the struggle for power.
First of all, this kind of picture hits the audience's heart, making the whole dragon slaying plan more vivid and profound. Sun's fornication with the fanatics is not only an emotional entanglement, but also an important pawn on the chessboard of their power schemes. In this way, they show how to fight for power in the harem, a place full of lies and fraud, by the most extreme means.
Secondly, this kind of expression is also a dramatic satire of the entire harem system. In this arena where men are supreme and women are fighting for power, the director reveals the sinister and ruthless power struggle by depicting the fragrant picture of Sun Promise and the madman. Everyone, including Zhen Huan, plays their role on the stage of scheming, and this role is often not so simple and kind.
In "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Zhen Huan's cold-hearted dragon slaying is endlessly memorable. The trajectory of her life in the harem, the indifference to the deteriorating health of the emperor, and the fragrant description of the picture of Sun Promise and the madman overturning the phoenix all deeply reflect the complexity and ruthlessness of human nature in the huge whirlpool of power and intrigue in the harem.
In this world of power struggle, everyone is using cold scheming to fight against the opponent in order to achieve the final victory. However, behind such a struggle is also the desire and fear that is condemned in everyone's heart. Perhaps, this is the reason why ancient court dramas have always been loved by the audience, because behind history, it reveals the truth and impermanence of human nature.