Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

The lyrics of "Favor mortal fireworks"

M: I preay for the possession of this life, but I want love to be on the left and you to be on the right. Eternal thoughts brewed into wine, we take a walk in the mortal world together.

W: I pray for the possession of the future, but I want to hand over in an instant so that love can last forever. The joy and sorrows of a moment in an ever-changing world, we embrace each other in reincarnation at the end of the sky

M: Marriage has lost its shell*and karma has faded from the color of when  first met you.

Together: The edge of the live is sketched out and the sun and the moon accompany us to sing a song with wine

W: The heart is empty the color is adjusted, a crescent moon falls. Sorrows and joy are perturbed, wind and rain send love to stray

Together: I hope the brows will be clear, the eyes will be warm and there will be a splendid heart river.

 M: Blooming flowers favor mortal

Together:  fireworks

Note: (*) this english version that I saw on youtube translated this sentence as such. However, one of the clips with vietnamese substile that sentence was translated as " fate was buried in the shell" which clearly indicates this song for XL-XY

@Liddi, if you have time, can you take a look at the lyrics in chinese. 

偏爱人间烟火 (Favor Mortal Fireworks) - 杨紫 (Yang Zi), 檀健次 (Tan Jianci)《长相思 Lost You Forever》Chi/Eng/Pinyin - YouTube 

Edit: I found the Chinese lyrics: 

@liddi, please help to translate it..^^

偏爱人间烟火

杨素/檀健次

2023-07-27

第787章

180

《偏爱人间烟火》【古装剧《长相思》推广曲

厚的

由杨紫和檀健次对唱,资深音乐人陈曦老师作词,资深音乐人董冬冬老师作曲并担任制作人。

「相信在人间走一走相拥在轮回天尽头」

杨紫和檀健次默契地一唱一和,清澈甜美的嗓音与低沉磁性的声线,在婉转的音符中碰撞,共舞,互诉衷肠,又交织融为一体。就像他们在剧中饰演的小天和相柳,从不打不相识,到催惺相惜,唱的是永恒,是因果。

「日月陪你我对酒当歌繁花朵朵偏爱人间烟火」

小天和相柳,从玩伴知己到不复相见,悲欢忐忑,风雨中,相

思流落,多想生活在安静快乐的环境里,渴求平凡的人间烟火,只愿扈清澈,目温热,来日再对酒当歌。

懂事儿

Prefer human fireworks

Yang Su/ Tan Jianci

2023-07-27

787

180

"Prefer Human Fireworks" [The promotional song of the costume drama "Long Love" is sung by Yang Zi and Tan Kenji, with lyrics written by veteran musician Chen Xi and music composed and produced by veteran musician Dong Dongdong. "I believe in walking in the human world and embracing each other at the end of reincarnation." Yang Zi and Tan Kenji sing together tacitly. Their clear and sweet voices and deep and magnetic voices collide in the euphemistic notes, dance together, tell each other their hearts, and interweave into one. Just like Xiaotian and Xiangliu, who they play in the play, they never know each other, but cherish each other, singing about eternity and cause and effect. "The sun and the moon accompany you, and I sing to the wine. The blossoming flowers are partial to the human fireworks." Xiaotian and Xiangliu, from playmates and bosom friends to never seeing each other again, are full of joys and sorrows. In the wind and rain, lovesickness drifts away. They want to live in a quiet and happy environment, longing for ordinary human fireworks. They only wish to be clear and warm, and to sing to the wine again in the future. Be sensible

I can't post the picture, but this song was made for Yaoliu.
I'll ask @nathsketch to post it later.

 Kokuto:

Oh, definitely, will be responding.  The idea of XL being fridged!  Plus the reconstruction of identity touches on the gender question.  My brain is churning.

That's definitely a yes than ;-)

I had a good chuckle when I realised that Xiang Liu got Fridged according to my analysis 

Looking forward to reading about this gender and identity thing once you're ready.

 windiaaa041293:

Tonghua weibo

Tonghuatonghua

13-8-13

From micro interview

# 七 日 说 爱 思 # Let’s start with this question. In fact, the end of each story is not the real ending of those characters. On this issue, I am a very unrealistic person. I always feel that the story is just their life. A paragraph, even if my story ends, their lives will still continue in another space, so every story cannot have a real ending.

CNetz COMMENTS : 这部剧其实开头就是结尾,玟小六和相柳说的他逗弄蛇蛇被狐妖杀死了他把狐妖杀了这就完全对应着小天涂山璟和相柳三人的利害关系就说明以后小天会杀了涂山璟,变回玟小六或者去当王母,长相思歌词里已经给出答案了:我置身于世外 垂下眉眼只观心 不听不看守着爱心系你

 windiaaa041293:

@liddi, please help to translate it..^^

Just a rough translation...

"Favouring Mortal Fireworks" is a duet by Yang Zi and Tan Jianci, with lyrics by seasoned musician Chen Xi, and veteran musician Dong Dongdong composing and producing the music.

"Walking together with you in the mortal realm,
We embrace each other through cycles of life to the end."

Yang Zi and Tan Jianci sing in harmony with each other, her clear, sweet voice and his deep, magnetic tone coming together in the graceful musical strains, expressing heartfelt feelings to each other, then coming together as one. Just like their characters in the drama Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu who got to know each other through conflict, to ultimately cherishing each other, they sing of eternity, of causes and consequences.

"The sun and moon accompany us while we drink and sing,
Blooming like flowers, favouring the ordinary life in the mortal realm."

From playmates and soulmates to never meeting again, Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu experienced joy, sorrows, anxieties. In the wind and rain, they missed each other. They wished to live in a quiet, happy place, longing for the ordinary life of the mortal realm, wishing to have clear eyebrows and warm eyes, and to sing and drink together again one day.

thank you very much @liddi..that is the original singer's post.

 Taspia:

Xiaoyao not knowing that it's a lover's bug and voodo king said that the lover's bug is very difficult to grow, then how did she raise it?

She raised the bug with her blood and flesh (I am not sure about the flesh). Probably, she used the knowledge of raising normal bug for the bug she had. I believe she didn't know the type/name of the bug in the beginning. 

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What is XY's knowlege about Poison bug Art? 

Her mother left "Jiu Li Poison Voodoo Manual" which specialized on the use of Poison and Voodoo (bug) Art (or method). XY was taught Jiu Li voodoo language so that she could read and learn by heart and memorize the book thoroughly. 

Xiao Yao heard of a voodoo spell where a person could use their life in exchange for another. If Xiang Liu used his life to save hers, she hoped that he really had nine-lives because then if he gave her one it wouldn’t be too detrimental for him. 

Xiao Yao answered “I was unconscious the entire time so I don’t know the specifics. Likely due to the voodoo bug connecting us, so his life was the thread that kept me alive, and then he used a certain type of voodoo blood spell and exchanged his life to continue mine.” 

She had learnt by heart the Jiu Li Poison Voodoo Manual which contained all the spells about using poison and bugs.  

“娘把我放在玉山时，在我脖子上挂了一枚玉简，里面有《神农本草经》，有我娘对医术的心得体会，还有九黎族巫王写的《九黎毒蛊经》，专门讲用毒和用蛊之术。王母发现后，说这些东西都是大祸害，被人知道了，只会给我找来麻烦，勒令我每天背诵。等我记得滚瓜烂熟后，她就把玉简销毁了。”小夭记得当时她还大哭了一场，半年都不和王母说话，恨王母毁了娘留给她的东西。

When my mother put me in Yushan, she hung a jade slip around my neck, which contained "Shennong's Materia Medica", my mother's experience of medical skills, and the "Jiuli Poison Voodoo Manual" written by the Witch King of the Jiuli Clan, which specializes in the use of poison and the use of Gu art. When the Queen Mother found out, she said that these things were a great scourge, and if they were known, they would only cause me trouble, and ordered me to recite them every day. When I memorized them thoroughly, she destroyed the jade slips. Xiao Yao remembered that she cried a lot at that time, and she didn't talk to the queen mother for half a year, hating the queen mother for destroying what her mother left her. (Chapter 22, Translation by Bing)

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小夭小时，娘教过她九黎的巫语，所以她能看懂巫王留下的东西，可她毕竟没有在九黎生活过，不怎么会说，听也只是勉勉强强。

Xiao Yao learned some Jiu Li voodoo language when she was small from her mom so she could read what the Voodoo King wrote in his manual, but she never lived in Jiu Li so she couldn’t speak it and could only somewhat understand it.

小夭用巫语，姐姐巴巴地说：“我不是巫王，我只是”如果没有巫王留下的毒术，她早就死了，虽然她从没有见过九黎族的巫王，可是他的的确确救了她。小夭怀着尊敬，对蛇莓儿说：“巫王救过我一命，还教了我盅术和毒术。我知道你没有害人，巫王不会惩罚你。”

Xiao Yao guessed a bit and slowly tried to explain “I am not the next voodoo king, I’m just…..” If it wasn’t for the poison manual left for her by her mom that was written by the Jiu Li Voodoo King, she’d be long dead by now, so it was accurate to say the Voodoo King saved her and Xiao Yao felt great respect for him “The Voodoo King saved my life and taught me poison and voodoo art. I know you didn’t harm anyone and the Voodoo King will not punish you.

小夭苦笑，蛇莓儿对巫王真是盲目地崇拜啊！竟然不等她给太夫人诊断，就夸下海口。不过，有蛇莓儿在，再加上她脑中有毒王的《九黎毒蛊经》和医祖的《神农本草经》，减轻痛苦还是很有可能的。

Xiao Yao smiled sheepishly, Se Mai Er was really a true believer of the Voodoo King! She made this promise even before Xiao Yao could diagnose her, but with the knowledge in her brain of the Sheng Nong Herb Manual and the Jiu Liu Poison Voodoo Manual, plus with Se Mai Er around, Xiao Yao was fairly certain she could lessen her pain.  (Chapter 24)
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Se Mai Er looked around to make sure they were alone and then said “The voodoo bug the Princess mentioned before, I thought and thought and still have no idea what it is. But I did remember a legend that circulated in Jiu Li about a very rare voodoo bug.”

Xiao Yao perked up and listened carefully “What kind of bug?”

Se Mai Er explained “Most voodoo bugs are parent-child bugs. The parent bug can control the child bug, and this kind of bug is easy to raise and easy to plant. But legend has it there is a rare extremely difficult to raise and plant bug. That bug has a gender difference and is split into a male bug and a female bug. It is hard to raise and even harder to plant. If a woman raised the bug, she needs to find a man to plant it. If a man raised the bug, he needs to find a woman to plant it. Almost always this bug is raised but cannot be planted even in a lifetime. So this bug remains just a legend in Jiu Li.”

“What kind of bug is it?”

“I don’t know what kind of bug it is but I do know its name. It’s called a Lover’s Bug and legend says “Lover’s Bug, Heart to Heart.” It sounds a lot like what Princess described.” (Chapter 26)

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So before going to JiuLi in chapter 37, XY already knew that the bug in her and XL's body was likely Lover's bug. Is there any information about that bug in "Jiu Li Poison Voodoo Manual"? She knew XL used the bug connection and voodoo blood spell to exchange his life for renewing her life. That knowledge may be included in the book. Maybe there were several bugs which enable this. However, if the book mentioned about Lovers' bug and she had an idea of candidate for her bug. She might have known quite certain knowledge about it before meeting Voodoo king to confirm the type of bug. 

Note: After hearing the bug could be lovers bugs, she thought of XL (looked toward QS town direction, then she felt sorrow, bored with while looking at the panorama of Zijin palace. Later, she talked to CX about 2 things that people could not control: Birth and death. So it seems that she knew her death seemed to tie with XL's

Xiao Yao watched until Se Mai Er’s figure was gone from sight and she turned to look East where Qing Shui Town was, and beyond that, where the vast ocean laid. Xiao Yao murmured “Lover’s Bug?”

Xiao Yao had so many thoughts going through her mind so she sent Shan Hu and Miao Pu back first so she could slowly walk up the mountain path back to Zhi Jin Summit.

Seeing the looming grandeur of the Palace, Xiao Yao suddenly felt extremely fatigued, so fatigued she might shatter. She wearily sat down on a stone step.

“Life! Death! We can’t control our birth and can’t control our death. Sometimes I think since we can’t control the biggest two things in our lives, why fight for all the little insignificant things? It feels so pointless!” 

Morning guys!  windiaaa041293 asked me to share this image about the 偏爱人间烟火 song: