Peony
It's a whopping 200/100 for me.
I haven't been this satisfied with a drama in a long long time.
I was initially held back after seeing trailers of the dramas, for months. Because I really hate dust and even hate watching dust because it makes me feel second hand dusty. But I'm glad I made the exception.
I rarely go around heavy-reccing dramas like this, but if you've got time and mood, even if it's years after, do check out Minning Town. It's a rare excellent piece of work. Well researched, detailed, grounded, relatable and extremely REALISTIC. A well paced plot, great acting, characters and interpersonal relationships, and also quite inspiring and humbling.
I see some people thinking China making a drama about their hardworking people=propaganda which makes me sigh because if someone thinks this is Propagandaic, it's highly likely they haven't lived even close to or even seen what the most lower level of commoners like farmers live like.
Unless you REALLY look into it with a microscope, there's no propaganda.
If anything, Minning Town is about how common people worked hard to have a better life for themselves and also because the government ordered them to do stuff while sitting inside their glass houses so the poor farmers were beaten from all sides while the politicians had little clue about what the real situation is.
If anything, it's probably anti-propagandaic.
I've heard and seen some things that those people experience in the drama happen and it's 💯 perfection.
Sometimes I felt like Minning Town is like a Chinese Little House in The Prairie (which I also really loved).
The difficulties in mass relocation and very mundane and humane people, very realistic and moving acting, incredibly strong FL.....it might not be necessarily cute and fluffy but it's still very much heartwarming, and the joy lies in all those little daily mundane moments, you can't help but smile, laugh and cry with the characters. What more can you ask for?
PS: Oh and make sure to watch the dialect version! There are two versions on Youtube and the dialect version is super interesting to hear, it's a whole another viewing experience!
I was initially held back after seeing trailers of the dramas, for months. Because I really hate dust and even hate watching dust because it makes me feel second hand dusty. But I'm glad I made the exception.
I rarely go around heavy-reccing dramas like this, but if you've got time and mood, even if it's years after, do check out Minning Town. It's a rare excellent piece of work. Well researched, detailed, grounded, relatable and extremely REALISTIC. A well paced plot, great acting, characters and interpersonal relationships, and also quite inspiring and humbling.
I see some people thinking China making a drama about their hardworking people=propaganda which makes me sigh because if someone thinks this is Propagandaic, it's highly likely they haven't lived even close to or even seen what the most lower level of commoners like farmers live like.
Unless you REALLY look into it with a microscope, there's no propaganda.
If anything, Minning Town is about how common people worked hard to have a better life for themselves and also because the government ordered them to do stuff while sitting inside their glass houses so the poor farmers were beaten from all sides while the politicians had little clue about what the real situation is.
If anything, it's probably anti-propagandaic.
I've heard and seen some things that those people experience in the drama happen and it's 💯 perfection.
Sometimes I felt like Minning Town is like a Chinese Little House in The Prairie (which I also really loved).
The difficulties in mass relocation and very mundane and humane people, very realistic and moving acting, incredibly strong FL.....it might not be necessarily cute and fluffy but it's still very much heartwarming, and the joy lies in all those little daily mundane moments, you can't help but smile, laugh and cry with the characters. What more can you ask for?
PS: Oh and make sure to watch the dialect version! There are two versions on Youtube and the dialect version is super interesting to hear, it's a whole another viewing experience!
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