A Dream of Splendor is a Chinese historical comedy that I have been lucky enough to find and watch before the winter holidays. For those who are thinking about what to watch over the holidays, I recommend that you consider this comedy as an option for watching. There are many interesting, funny and positive moments in this series that cheer you up. And although the plot sags in some places, it's not critical.

In this series, I have seen both the blue and yellow coloured things and the familiar pattern which is depicted on my blue and yellow face and body towels. This is probably the most popular pattern in China. :) In addition, in the series I heard again the phrase “dead bees don't buzz” that I heard in Shang Yang Fu (The Rebel Princess). It's an idiom, and even though it sounds in English like “dead men tell no tales”, however, it is translated into Ukrainian just as “dead bees don't buzz”. As I have written earlier in my review on Turn on the Right Way to Life, the Ukrainian singer Pavlo Zibrov has one of his songs with the same title.

God has given me signs and clues in every drama I watch. You know, I believe that Ukraine's fate is linked to China, just as China's fate is linked to Ukraine. Moreover, I am sure that my destiny is connected to China. God has given me enough signs and clues about this not only in the dramas I watch, but also in real life.

I love to drink tea, especially green one, so it has been interesting for me to watch tea craftsmanship and tea painting in this comedy. Also, thanks to the series, I found out about the existence of such a Chinese four-stringed plucked musical instrument as the pipa. While watching the show, I enjoyed the fans Tuanshan, just as I did while watching The Story of Ming Lan. I even bought one of those fans. Although I also have a folding fan, I like the fan Tuanshan more.

What I didn't like about the series was that the characters in it swore very easily, especially by heaven, without planning to fulfil their oaths. In the Bible, in the New Testament, it is forbidden to swear at all, as Jesus Christ has pointed out. Here are Christ's words from the Gospel of the Apostle Matthew, chapter 5, verses 33-37: “You have also heard that it was commanded to the ancients: “You shall not swear falsely”, but “you shall keep your vows before the Lord”. But I say to you that you shall not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King; nor shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. But your word shall be “yes, yes”, “no, no”. Anything more than that is of the evil one”.

I was happy to see many familiar actors in the series. I was especially happy to see Wang Luo Yong, who perfectly acted Zhuge Liang in Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon. In A Dream of Splendor, he performed no worse. By the way, in A Dream of Splendor, one of the scientists had a fan similar to the one that Zhuge Liang had in Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon.

There is a huge difference between a good man and a bad man. The series shows it very well. Unfortunately, the three main heroines had to learn what a bad man was. The youngest of them was especially unlucky, having experienced it twice. And though the two older protagonists were lucky enough to know what a good man was, the youngest was not so lucky.

I should say that I didn't like the actress Liu Yi Fei (Crystal Liu), who performed the main heroine Zhao Pan Er in the comedy. I liked neither her appearance nor her acting. In my opinion, Zhao Pan Er was supposed to be the most beautiful and spectacular heroine in the series, but that was not shown. Liu Yi Fei has bulging eyes, a humped nose and horse teeth. Her acting in the series is also mediocre. She spoiled her character with a bad performance. Liu Yi Fei is vulgar and has made her heroine vulgar, although according to the plot she shouldn't be, despite her past.

As for me, the main goal of the series is to show that you can work as a musician, singer or dancer in a brothel and not be a whore; but you can not work in a brothel and be a whore, because a whore is not a profession, but a state of mind. Liu Yi Fei couldn't show it. But Jelly Lin (Fei Xia), who portrayed Song Yin Zhang in the comedy, showed it perfectly. As a result, due to Liu Yi Fei's bad performance, I didn't like her character as much as I should have. It was necessary to cast a more beautiful and more talented actress for that role.

But I really liked the actresses Ada Liu (Liu Yan) and Jelly Lin, who acted Sun San Niang and Song Yin Zhang accordingly, both in appearance and in their performance. I especially liked Ada Liu's character, Sun San Niang. Not only me, but even a blind person could have noticed her beautiful figure, especially her lush bust. In my opinion, this is how a real woman should look like. In Ukraine, older men say that it's better for a woman to have a little cellulite and excess weight, as long as she has something to grab onto. :) No one needs a “ladder” in bed.

Sun San Niang was not only very beautiful in appearance, but she was also brave, courageous and had “golden” hands. What delicacies she could cook! You will lick your fingers! How was it possible to abandon such a woman?! Her first husband is a complete idiot. And her son is an ungrateful little pig, just like his father. It's a good thing that life has taught him to appreciate his mother. The only thing I agreed with Du Chang Feng on was that Sun San Niang spoke as if she had swallowed a firecracker. :) She should have a little more tenderness. But it's not such a big flaw.

Among the male characters, I liked very much Gu Qian Fan. He is another “kindergarten teacher” in a body of a warrior. :) Gu Qian Fan is tough, strict, principled. He is the best detective in the Capital Security Office. For his integrity and justice, his enemies and detractors gave him a nasty nickname that didn't correspond to him at all. Gu Qian Fan didn't hesitate to kill even his best friend for his betrayal, but he treated the protagonist Zhao Pan Er like a small child. And rightly so, because it is a man who should carry a woman in his arms, and not vice versa. He quickly figured out his feelings for her. What can I say, he's a straightforward guy.

Gu Qian Fan helped his beloved woman as much as he could, but when she shone like a star, he stood behind and silently admired her success. From the first time I saw him, I knew he was a good man. Watching Gu Qian Fan, I thought “where does my “Gu Qian Fan” walk and when will I meet him?” He is tall, slim, strong and smart. You can see such men only in films and books. But it was a pleasure to look at him. Chen Xiao did a great job in his role.

Gu Qian Fan said the right thing in the series. Weak men can't stand up to any test. Only a real man can defy the odds and be with the woman he loves no matter what. I believe that the main hero is the kind of person who can challenge any circumstances.

Gu Qian Fan had a charming assistant in the series named Chen Lian. However, in my opinion, he didn't know anything about women, even though he boasted about it. All his knowledge about women ended when he met Ge Zhao Di. :) But that dude was so sweet that he melted even her heart.

Guan Yun Peng performed splendidly not only in the series but also in the advert. If you've watched episodes of the series from Tencent Video on YouTube, you'll know what I mean. I especially liked the moment at the end of the fifth episode with the flower in his ear. :) I love watching episodes from Tencent Video. They always have high-quality subtitles. Not only the lyrics of the songs are translated, but also the names of all the buildings, inscriptions on the beams, the names of the characters, etc. By the way, in the advert of A Dream of Splendor episodes, I also saw Liu Tao and Tang Yan. Liu Tao is unsurpassed even in advertising.

Gu Qian Fan and Chen Lian are two cool “chupa chups” :) whom I have liked the most among the male characters. But there were two more “chupa chups” that made me laugh. They are a “play-man” Chi Pan :):):) and a fatty but kind “chupa chups” He Si. And although Dai Xu went a little overboard with his acting, Hu Yu Xuan coped with his role one hundred percent. Honestly, while watching, I wanted to stand with He Si and his fellows, beat the drum and shout as well with them. :) As I have already said, I don't like when men dress in women's clothes. But He Si was just a superstar in the series. :):):)

As for Xu Hai Qiao and his character, I will say that he is obviously born to perform all sorts of assholes. He portrayed such a schmuck in Marvelous Women. But in A Dream of Splendor, he acted a real scoundrel. His character Ouyang Xu reminded me of that sucker on thin, crooked legs, a hundred and five centimetres tall, similar to the ugly Zaches-Zinnober that I once fell in love with by mistake.

A year ago, that scarecrow wrote on one of his Weibo pages regarding me something like “we will protect such beauty”. Of course, I didn't believe his lies, and then I thought: “You should learn to defend yourself first, you jerk! I will do without your protection. God will protect me”.

I've dealt with such jackals in my life that that lousy goat is like a piece of pie in my mouth. I can crush him with one of my paws. When last year God let me know that he was not my soul mate, as I thought, but a fake, I laughed so hard for several days that I could not calm down, so it was funny to me. A good “Muyun Sheng” is a screen, a golden mask. In fact, he is a thoroughly rotten, lying, vicious and useless piece of shit. Let him stick his “protection” up his ass! Let that pig-dog continue to eat mud and bark like Ouyang Xu does in the series.

That sadist and sexual maniac never understood that I was a furious tigress whom Christ released from the leash, pointed at him and gave me the command “attack”. It was for all the bad, evil and immoral things he had done in his life. You know, I don't even hate him anymore. Because, as Tuo Ba Jun rightly has noted in The Princess Wei Young, there is hate when there is love. I have no love for him, no hatred, only deep contempt and indifference. I hope he ends up like Ouyang Xu. Anyone who cannot empathise with others does not deserve to be empathised with.

Sun Jian is another piece of shit who thinks he can use women to his advantage and get nothing for it. He has no feelings or emotions, he is like a mannequin and looks the same. How many plastic surgeries has he had, twenty, thirty? I wish him to end up like such male characters of A Dream of Splendor as Zhou She and Shen Ru Zuo.

Well, and the third “honourable” place in my anti-rating of men-goats deservedly goes to Dou Xiao, because I feel contempt for men who marry rich women for profit. They are called alphonsees, which is what Dou Xiao is.

At the same time, I will name three male Chinese actors who I like the most as actors and who look like men, not mannequins. They are Hu Ge, Zhou Yi Wei and Qu Gao Wei. But this trio of actors should not relax. Because just as I raised them to the heavens, so could I lower them below the plinth. Let them just give me a reason.

By the way, next year will be the year of the dragon. So Blue water tigress will have fun! She is not afraid of any dragon. She will put out his fire with her water, tear off his wings, bite off his head and send him by her paw under his ass in the course of the russian warship. Although, I will tell you that last year has been the year of Blue water tigress, this year has been and next year will also be the year of Blue water tigress. I will not let some lice dragon take my place! :)

It's time for me to quote you my characteristic according to the Pythagorean square. Here it is: “An extraordinary personality with a rare mind. Such people are almost completely protected from failure in any endeavour, everything is very simple for them. The person's mind is a supercomputer. The truth and the nature of knowledge are revealed to this person. The school curriculum, higher mathematics, Chinese, programming are like seeds for her. She can hold and process many processes in her head.

The potential of the person's talent is very strong. She has the talent of a genius. This person can share energy with others. Sometimes such people can have healing abilities. The person is a good family member with a developed sense of responsibility. You can rely on such a person, she is always ready to provide support. Family values are not an empty sound for her. She consciously plans to start a family and proves to be a good family member. She wants a partner who shares this goal”.

That's my brief description, but that's not all, it's just the main thing. But now you know who I really am. When I have said that I am a genius, I have not bragged, but have stated a fact. And in general, I am a woman-paradox. I have a man's mind and “iron” logic, but the heart and appearance of a real woman.

I dedicate to myself a song by Roy Orbison called Oh, Pretty Woman. And to the main hero of the comedy A Dream of Splendor, Gu Qian Fan, I dedicate the song All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey. The title of this song is a solid spoiler. :)

As I have already mentioned such a wonderful holiday as Christmas, which is approaching, I would like to recommend you to watch two movies that are suitable for watching on this holiday. Firstly, it is The Nativity Story (2006). In my opinion, people have not yet made a better film about the birth of Jesus Christ than that one.

I also advise you to watch The Christmas Candle (2013). The soundtrack to that film is a Susan Boyle's song called Miracle Hymn. Very rarely have I heard such a magnificent, angelic voice as Susan Boyle's. She also performs one of the female roles in that movie. Be sure to watch that film and listen to its soundtrack.

I recommend to all listening to the wonderful song Jesus To A Child by George Michael. That's not just a song, but a musical poem about love. I dedicate these songs about Christ to Him. I also want to dedicate another song to Jesus. It's the song O Come, Emmanuel which is sung by Simon Khorolskiy.

And no more any “Last Christmas”. I will no longer give my heart to anyone for free. To get it, you have to deserve it. Besides, I have already given my heart to Jesus Christ, because He is my true love. I used to be a big romantic and idealist about romantic and family relationships, but God showed me what a naive child I was. Now everything will be different.

You all need to understand that I am a princess who sits in a fortress whose walls are much higher than the Great Wall of China, and this fortress is guarded by the Greatest and Most Powerful Lion in the world, the Lord Jesus Christ. And He will let only another lion come to me, and all the wolves, hyenas, jackals, goats, peacocks and other evil spirits may “walk in the forest”.

To this year, which is coming to an end, I dedicate the music track Remember (Instrumental Ver. Feat.서호) from the South Korean TV series My Country: The New Age (what is happening now in my country can also be called “my country: the new age”). It was a turning point year. This year, the Lord has turned my life around and has made it what it should be; He has changed my life for the better, and me with it.

But the most interesting things are still ahead. So, see you in the new year.

Merry Christmas... and the Happy New Year!