For those still hesitating this is why you should watch this drama:
1. Every characters was laid out properly from the beginning. Some people think this part is boring(it's up to your perception) but their introduction and storyline was put in place for a strong reason that lasted the whole drama. No character was introduced and then disappeared and their role no longer valid in the future plot, nope all roles introduced has a part in what would happened later. Not even the snow goddess who actually played a role in how things actually came to be.
2. PLOT - Not many drama has intact plot from episode 1 until latest episode so far, what I love is that the plot move in according to how the characters was set up, the decisions they made, and how it push the plot development one example is Bai Jue, he was set up to be cold, unfriendly, revengeful towards injustice (this was subtly implied throughout the first few episodes and highlight over a tea among the three Zhiyang, Tianqi and Bai Jue) and he was called an ice cube but his ice are cracking with the wild character of Shanggu and this set up a foundation for how the plot develop further after a series of CONNECTED events. This is what lacking in some dramas nowadays, the plot and the characters are like oil and water
3. Plot Continuity - Often we see dramas do one plot line per episode or 1st half plot line and different 2nd half, here we can see intertwining of events that happened in the earlier plot with the current plot, places that some key events happened was revisited accidentally without the recognition of the current characters one due to being born after and the other is for other spoiler reason. This is a rare type of scenes and it happened here and there as the truth is unravel. Also characters are responding to familiar events and everyone is sharp in connecting the dots.
4. Acting are the most natural I've seen from this set of cast except for some 1 or 2 supporting role but the main roles all carried their role excellently as it highlights the character growth contributing to the gripping development of the storyline. One thing I love about this set of cast is that they all have subtle expression in delivering their role even when their character is not in lens focus.
Others are welcome to join in for what aspect of Ancient Love Poetry that makes it a very good drama.
