Stunning and Rich History Filled Palace

I highly recommend this variety show. It is funny and along the way, we get to see the beautiful summer palace and the rich history behind the palace. This is one of those shows that makes you smarter and it's entertaining to watch, so why not give it a try?

There is great chemistry between all the guests, especially between Zheng Shuang, Dylan Wang, and Zhang Guoli. The 3 of them remind me of a family trio of sister, brother, and father :). There's this picture the three of them took when The Summer Palace wrapped up filming and they actually look like such a sweet little family of 3.

Whats in each episode:
The guests dress up in ancient palace clothing often, so its very cool to see the uniforms, especially the girls' dresses which I always think are so pretty! Each episode has various games the guests play, like guess the song, charades, scavenger hunt, and much more! They even make the guests do labor like carrying a big ball of stone up many flights of stairs and making them clean the palace's river. All the games are set up in such a way that it always somehow reveals more information about the summer palace and its rich history. Each episode also has some very nice shots of the palace and its truly a beautiful place. This show has got me even wanting to visit the palace!!

There's some ad placement in this show (for some noodles and tea and makeup I think) but it is not that bad compared to other variety shows I have watched. This is definitely an under rated variety show. I highly highly highly advise everyone to go try it out. I guarantee it won't be a waste of your time. Go watch!!

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A Strong Start

ROMANCE
I came into this drama liking xing fei and allen ren invidually and i really liked them together as well. I was not a big fan of the secondary couple for some reason as i just couldnt get interested in their storyline. if you are able to get into the secondary couple, that's a big score for you because they seem pretty cute and they have some good kissing scenes. Because the ML's character has a robotic heart and has to monitor his heartbeat, the ML and FL aren't allowed to be doing "steamy" stuff that will raise his heartbeat, so sadly the FL and ML don't have any steamy kisses in this drama. They have some very cute peck on the cheeks tho!

OST
I love this drama's ost omg. just playing certain songs during a scene montage will immediately get you in the feels just because of how amazing the ost is. even if a scene isnt that touching for a viewer, the song will definitely get you in the sentimental mood.

PACING
The drama definitely started off really strong, faltered in the middle, got better nearing the end, and then the ending was satisfactory, but was also rushed. However many cdramas face the rushed-ending-plague, and in the realm of rushed cdrama endings, this got the better end of the stick. (so dont let a rushed ending deter you from watching this, it's still a happy ending that is wrapped up decently).

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