The Legends of Jigong

The Legends of Jigong
Poster
Traditional	活佛濟公
Simplified	活佛济公
Mandarin	Huó Fó Jì Gōng
Genre	Chinese mythology fiction
Screenplay by	Wang Qiji Yue Tian
Directed by	Lu Cijin Lin Lihong
Starring	Xie Shaoguang Yao Wenlong Ann Kok
Theme music composer	Chen Jiaming
Opening theme	Wo Shi Shei (我是谁) performed by Xie Shaoguang
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	30
Production
Producer	Li Ningqiang
Production location	Singapore
Editor	Li Junmei
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company	TCS
Release
Original network	TCS Eighth Frequency
First shown in	1996
External links
Website

The Legends of Jigong is a Singaporean television series based on legends about Ji Gong (1130–1207), a Chinese Buddhist monk who is revered as a deity in Chinese folk religion and folk hero in Chinese culture. It was produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) and was first aired in Singapore on TCS Eighth Frequency (now MediaCorp Channel 8) in 1996. Xie Shaoguang, who portrayed Ji Gong and sang the theme song for the series, was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1997 Star Awards.

Plot[]

Ji Gong is originally the Taming Dragon Arhat, one of the Eighteen Arhats. His apprentice, Golden Boy, accidentally allows the unruly White Tiger Star under his watch to escape from Heaven into the human world to cause trouble. Through cunning manipulations and machinations, the White Tiger Star causes the death of the patriotic Song dynasty general Yue Fei, absorbs the energy from Yue Fei's guardian star, and becomes more powerful in the process. As punishment for his failure to stop the White Tiger Star, Ji Gong is banished to the human world, where he is reincarnated as Li Xiuyuan. In the human world, he is destined to do good deeds such as fighting injustice and helping the poor, as well as to continue his quest of taming the White Tiger Star. In the meantime, Golden Boy develops a romantic relationship with Yue Yinping, Yue Fei's daughter.

Cast[]

See also[]

• Ji Gong, the main character in the series.
• Other media about Ji Gong:
  • Ji Gong (TV series), a 1985 Chinese television series starring You Benchang and Lü Liang
  • The Mad Monk, a 1993 Hong Kong film starring Stephen Chow
  • The Legend of Crazy Monk, a 2009–2011 three-season Chinese television series starring Benny Chan

External links[]

• The Legends of Jigong on MediaCorp's website