I enjoy the show and am still watching it. When Miao Jing was in high school around 16-18 years old of age, Chen Yi should be around 18-20 years old (episodes 6, 7). I feel he looked way older for that age and also acted too mature. Just curious, is this consistent with the web novel?
I finished watching this on Netflix, such a comforting and healing drama, but also feels like a promotion of tourism in rural areas? The FL is so pretty but I can't help noticing she has so many outfits, almost a different outfit each day, like watching a clothing catalog display on the screen haha. Overall it's an entertaining show and enjoyable watch.
I have finished it a couple weeks ago. Overall it is a good show although the romance was a bit unsatisfactory. I remember the background music was especially pleasant and delightful to my senses enhancing the watching experience.
Just finished the last episode, such a great positive show that has made me cried and laughed so much. The football tribe was a gem, each individual member was adorable and as a group their conflicts and interactions were heart warming at the same time injecting the comedy and goofiness in the show.
Great show, how they deal with problems is heartwarming and healing. The football squad injects fresh youthful energy, so energetic and funny at the same time.
I was curious about medicinal ink so I asked Google. Here it is according to Google:
Yes, medicinal ink is entirely real and was a legitimate part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) during ancient times. Known as Yao Mo (药墨), it is not a narrative invention of the C-drama The Heir (家业); rather, it was a highly specialized item heavily utilized during the Ming Dynasty, the exact period in which the show is set.
How Medicinal Ink Actually Worked: Traditional Chinese inksticks were made by mixing carbon soot (primarily from burned pine logs or oil) with animal hide glue to bind it into a solid form. Because carbon soot naturally absorbs impurities and hide glue has mild hemostatic (blood-stopping) properties, even standard ink was sometimes used in medical emergencies.
However, true medicinal ink took this process to an extreme level by infusing the formula with actual herbs and minerals.
The Ingredients: Ink masters added precious, therapeutic substances into the soot and glue mixture. These included pearl powder, musk, borneol, camphor, and gold leaf, alongside specific Chinese herbs like Panax notoginseng.
The Labor: Normal high-quality ink required the mixture to be pounded around 100,000 times to achieve a smooth consistency. Historical records note that top-tier medicinal ink recipes required it to be crushed and kneaded up to 300,000 times to guarantee the particles were fine enough to dissolve perfectly.
The Multi-Purpose Use: Scholars could write or paint with it, but doctors would grind the inkstick on an inkstone using warm water, rice wine, or herbal teas instead of plain water.
I thought The Luo family lost everything when they were disgraced by the kingdom and Luo Wen Qian had to join the army. How could Luo Wen Qian / Qi Jiu become very rich in just several years ( about 3 years?)? Please enlighten me.
A great watch, also fresh genre as this series is a mixed of biotech and ancient folklore. To be honest I almost dropped the series early on mainly due to having a hard time following the story while the extensive suspense atmosphere and foreboding sound/music caused anxiety too. Dilraba and CXX kept me watching and also reading some reviews and comments helped me get to the story and appreciate this show. Don't believe the low rating, I would rate 8-8.5
I am in the middle of watching this drama. I am impressed with the camera work in this drama, the camera angles, techniques, creativity, movements and framings to tell a story and create a specific mood, just beautiful scenes throughout. The pacing is just right, great dialogues, suitable background music, and off course good acting. All of them make the drama enjoyable to watch.
Happy Ending although not that satisfying. YZ is is happier, taking on a new hobby (carpentry) and JTY although physically vaporized is still with him in different various live forms.
I am in the mid of watching this drama, YZ can be sarcastic, melancholic but also pragmatic and funny at the same time. His interactions with JTY, who is kind and smart but can be too straightforward make the show entertaining to watch.
Regardless the rating, KMLM is one of my favorite CDramas which I have rewatched several times. There were many tender scenes of the ML/FL beautifully shot with touching dialoges and can't get tired watching them. I also enjoy listening to ML’s voice at times. LXY has such nice smooth melodious voice.
Yes, medicinal ink is entirely real and was a legitimate part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) during ancient times. Known as Yao Mo (药墨), it is not a narrative invention of the C-drama The Heir (家业); rather, it was a highly specialized item heavily utilized during the Ming Dynasty, the exact period in which the show is set.
How Medicinal Ink Actually Worked:
Traditional Chinese inksticks were made by mixing carbon soot (primarily from burned pine logs or oil) with animal hide glue to bind it into a solid form. Because carbon soot naturally absorbs impurities and hide glue has mild hemostatic (blood-stopping) properties, even standard ink was sometimes used in medical emergencies.
However, true medicinal ink took this process to an extreme level by infusing the formula with actual herbs and minerals.
The Ingredients: Ink masters added precious, therapeutic substances into the soot and glue mixture. These included pearl powder, musk, borneol, camphor, and gold leaf, alongside specific Chinese herbs like Panax notoginseng.
The Labor: Normal high-quality ink required the mixture to be pounded around 100,000 times to achieve a smooth consistency. Historical records note that top-tier medicinal ink recipes required it to be crushed and kneaded up to 300,000 times to guarantee the particles were fine enough to dissolve perfectly.
The Multi-Purpose Use: Scholars could write or paint with it, but doctors would grind the inkstick on an inkstone using warm water, rice wine, or herbal teas instead of plain water.