Grandma's Dumpling Restaurant in the Hot Shot, Everyone Getting ‘a Bite of China’
Date:2018-02-12 Author:S&C Pictures Contact Us
Grandma's Dumpling Restaurant, a great TV play about family ethics, presented by S&C Pictures Co., Ltd. is in the hot shot in Beijing now. The play was starred by Chen Xiaoyi, He Zhengjun, Liu Chao, Wei Xiaojun, Liu Haowen, Yan Wei, Liang Tingwei, Gao Wenfeng, Wang Yuwei, Xu Yifang and Fang Yixuan. The play tells us a moving story about dumplings throughout over 30 years from 1984 to 2018, showing China’s social and family changes and development over the past 40 years since the reform and opening up.
‘A Bite of China’ - People ‘s Real Taste of Life
If we choose some food to represent ‘A Bite of China’, dumplings must be in the list. The crescent-shaped folk food implies people’s simple philosophy of living. People’s real taste of life is revealed in the malaxation of flour and chopping board, the touch between wrapper and stuffing and soup boiling in the pot. Every family has its own story and reminiscence about dumplings.
Grandma's Dumpling Restaurant develops the story around mother Jiang Guifang starred by Chen Xiaoyi. At the end of 1980s, Jiang Guifang who was forced to laid off from a state-run dumpling shop worked hard to open an individual dumpling restaurant to support her family. She led the restaurant and her kids to run across waves of life with her strong characteristics and super wisdom. Jiang Guifang was skilled in making dumplings so that her kids, even the Taiwan customers all had the taste of her dumplings in their minds. Actually, what supported her and her family to overcome hardships was her insights into life and perseverance in simplicity. During the ups and downs of over 30 years, Jiang Guifang’s dumplings bore her wish of reunion and peace instead of richness and nobleness. The dumplings she made tasted consistently delicious and always maintained the relationship of whole family. She upheld integrity-based principle and her dumplings carried highest standard of integrity and kindness of good for evil during her course from the state-run dumping shop to the individual dumpling house. All the small dumplings sustained the profound friendship between her and customers and neighbors.
In an instant, Jiang Guifang’s dumpling house and her family witnessed big changes of 40 years since the reform and opening up. At the coming moment of the 40th anniversary of the reform and opening-up, it’s meaningful to retrospect and reflect on changing times through a small table. Guifang’s dumpling house may be an old restaurant in an ordinary street corner and her story may reflect many families’ rise and fall over the past 40 years. We may get surprise in every dumpling-eating time and Jiang’s value is still on fashion now. Especially under market economy with great development, to some extent, audience’s perspective on the story reflect how to define themselves on the background of the history, which will have influence on their future. How a person or a family to make a correct choice when facing numerous choice and temptation. Having a bite of Guifang’s dumpling, people may find answers.
Dumplings show originality and sincerity.
Grandma's Dumpling Restaurant is a warmth work by Wang Xiaoming, a famous director, who directed a series of TV plays with high rating, including
Sufei Confession,
Empty Valley,
The Legend of Mei Yanfang. And the play is also a good warmth work produced by Mr. Chen Hanhai, a producer. From Minnan dialect programs to emotional dramas by cooperation with Taiwan team, Mr. Chen Hanhai started his business with suffering-feature play. Many works, including
The Champ,
My Older Wife,
Mother Married for Me,
Ocean of Love,
Family Reunion, are unique in the market and have won numerous awards. He pays much attention on Taiwan and West-strait characteristics to present many TV plays with Taiwan Channel characteristics, all of which have positive effects in the market. Based on these achievements, he expands his own business involving a variety of subjects, such as war, emotion and so on. The only thing constant is to insist on shooting excellent plays and making boutiques, putting warmth into all works.
Dumplings show originality and sincerity. Life is such one and shooting goes in the way. The creators and cast of
Grandma's Dumpling Restaurant adhere to the sincerity contained in making dumplings to forge the TV play. It took two years to develop and prepare for the project. For TV plays’ shooting and production, actor’s reputation and costumes and props are all dumpling wrappers with bright appearance and solid script, convincing acting skills, suasive shot and editing are all stuffing which can decide public praise. The group now has knead flour well and made wrapper completely. We will concentrate on seasoning, mixing stuffing and pinching. When the dumplings are out from a pot, welcome audience to taste it and appraise it in person.