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The Legend of Crazy Monk

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The Legend of Crazy Monk
Traditional Chinese活佛濟公
Simplified Chinese活佛济公
Hanyu PinyinHuófó Jì Gōng
GenreAncient costume comedy
Based onGuo Xiaoting's Biography of Ji Gong
Written byLin Tianyi
Directed byLin Tianyi
StarringBenny Chan
Chen Zihan
Yan Kuan
Lam Chi-chung
Zhang Liang
Xinzi
Opening themeSong of Joy快乐颂
Ending themeForgot It (忘了算了)
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes274
Production
Executive producerWang Shiwei
Production locationsLingyin Temple, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Production companiesShanghai Chongyuan Cultural Company
Hangzhou Baicheng Media Company
Original release
NetworkGuangdong Television/ Jiangsu Television
ReleaseDecember 27, 2010 (2010-12-27) –
January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25)
Related

The Legend of Crazy Monk (Chinese: 活佛济公) is a Chinese television series about the life of Ji Gong. The series was directed by Lin Tianyi and based on Guo Xiaoting's classical novel Biography of Ji Gong.[1] It was a hot TV series recently in Guangdong Television, Jiangsu Television and Shenzhen Television. It is shown on Mediacorp Channel 8 at 7pm.

Cast

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  • Benny Chan as Ji Gong
  • Lam Chi-chung as Guang Liang
  • Chen Zihan as Yan Zhi
  • Lin Jiangguo as Zhao Bin
  • Xinzi as Bai Xue
  • Yang Xue as Bai Ling
  • Lou Yajiang as Hei Feng
  • Zhang Liang as Chen Liang
  • Ye Zuxin as Bi Qing
  • Zhang Maojiong as monk Yuan Kong

Others

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Season I

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Story 1
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  • Candy Tu as Hong Xiuying
  • Wang Kuirong as Qin Xiang
Story 2
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  • Dong Xuan as Ming Zhu
  • Yan Kuan as Sheng De
  • Lou Yujian as Zhang Tianyuan
Story 3
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  • Zheng Yitong as Hua Niang
  • Chi Shuai as Cui Junsheng
  • Zhang Meng as Xin Lan
  • Zhang Lan as Mother Cui
Story 4
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  • Lin Linlin as Mother Ghost
Story 5
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  • Li Li as Zhou Wencong
  • Ya Qi as Ru Ping
  • Wang Gang as Businessman Zhou
Story 6
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  • Li Jialin as Xu Yulian
  • Gao Ziqi as Dong Zhongqing
  • Wu Jing as Mother Dong
  • Li Zhinan as Xu Yulong
Story 7
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  • He Minghan as Xu Zijing
  • Zhang Gong as Garuda

Season II

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Story 1
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  • Timmy Hung as Xiao Yao
  • Mu Tingting as Bing Lengxin
  • Deng Tianqing as Leng Huazhi
Story 2
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  • Tao Huimin as Shao Fang
  • Yue Yueli as Liang Hua/ Liang Bao
  • Shi An as Lu Bang
Story 3
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  • Du Xiaoting as Jiang Yuefeng
  • Cui Lin as Lu Tianyu
  • Yao Yichen as Yu Wulang
Story 4
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  • Xu Xiyan as Li Menglan
  • Chen Yizhen as Wawa
Story 5
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  • Shirley Dai as Li Chunhe
  • Deng Ziyi as Shang Yun
  • Du Junze as Wen Zheng
  • Suen Yiu Wai as Hong Chengzong
Story 6
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  • Chunyu Shanshan as Liu Haotian
  • Wang Xuanyu as Yelin
  • Chen Jiajia as Zhu'er
Story 7
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  • Wang Jiayin as Zhao Yuzhen
  • Huang Mingsheng as Zhu Minghan
  • Li Chenxi as Shi Xiuyun
Story 8
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  • Yvonne Yung as Yu Linglong
  • Victor Chen Sze Hon as Gao Feng
Story 9
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  • Kong Lin as Tong Yu Xia
  • Jian Yuanxin as Xia Ziyuan

Season 3

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Story 1
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  • Fann Wong as Xue Rou
  • Han Xiao as Xue Yan
  • Zhou Zhong as Prince of the Devils
Story 2
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  • Liu Yajin as Bi Pan'an
  • He Jiayi as Zhuang Hongxing
  • Timmy Hung as Ao Zilong
  • Zhou Zhixi as Qiu Tian'e
  • Zhou Yunshen as Bi Panjin
  • Dai Zixiang as Ye Qing
  • Ye Ke'er as Yin Huan
  • Wang Chunmei as Mother Zhuang
  • Xue Shujie as Mother Bi
  • Zheng Yanqi as Fang Hong
  • Liu Xingling as Xiao Hongxing
  • Wang Jiahui as Xiao Tian'e
Story 3
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  • Bi Chang as Lin Honghua
  • Jian Yuanxin as The Emperor of Song Dynasty
  • Zhang Yongqi as Lin Xiuyun
  • Zhang Mingming as Wu Tianliang
  • Li Dongheng as Du Xian
  • Li Qingning as Du Ying
  • Fang Zhoubo as Wu Hou
  • Hu Zhonghu as Wu Jin
  • Xu Bao as Fang Bicheng
  • Jin Youming as Father Lin
  • Shi Xiaoju as Mother Lin
Story 4
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  • Yang Xue as Bai Ling
  • Zhang Liang as Qian Kun Dong Zhu
Story 5
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  • Wang Xiaoli as Ou Qingshan
  • Li Jinrong as Kong Yulin
  • Zheng Pengfei as Xie Jie
  • Xiao Guangxu as Zuo Shan
  • Liu Yuting as Luo Qiujuan
  • Qi Qinglin as Kong Duan
  • Yuan Min as Businessman Qian
Story 6
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  • Candy Tu as Song Wanyi
  • Gao Ren as A Lang
  • Bao Wenjing as Xiaocui
  • An Limin as Song Ke
  • Xu Ming as Laoge
Story 7
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  • Yao Yichen as Luo Mi'ou
  • Qiao Qiao as Zhu Liyue
  • Tang Yuan as Tang Yuan
  • Zhu Weiying as Mother Luo
  • Chen Liangping as Father Zhu
  • Li Yiru as Qingqing
  • Yan Hongding as Tudou
Story 8
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  • Zhai Xingyue as Li Xingyue
  • Shawn Wei as Li Menglong
  • Mao Jianping as Mother Li
  • Zhang Zhixi as Chou Tianhe

Critical reception

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The television series earned critical acclaim.[2][3][4]

See also

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  • Ji Gong, the main character in the series.
  • Other media about Ji Gong:

References

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  1. ^ Xiaoting, Guo (2014). Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong: The Drunken Wisdom of China's Most Famous Chan Buddhist Monk. Tuttle Publishing. p. 544. ISBN 9780804843225.
  2. ^ 《济公活佛》造型雷人 林江国版哪吒笑翻观众 [Living Buddha Ji Gong— Lin Jiangguo as Zhao Bin] (in Chinese). Sina. Mar 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "zh: 江苏卫视《活佛济公》再掀三版济公大PK" [Jiangsu Satellite TV— Living Buddha Ji Gong— Big three seasons] (in Chinese). Sina. Sep 2, 2010.
  4. ^ 《活佛济公》收视爆红 郑亦桐冷艳出镜颠覆本色 [Living Buddha Ji Gong— Ratings explosion with Zheng Yitong as the subversive Hua Niang] (in Chinese). Sina. Sep 12, 2010.
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