''Deep Garden'' is a 1987 Taiwanese mystery TV drama series based on romance novelist

Chiung Yao Chen Che (; 20April 19384December 2024), better known by her pen name Chiung Yao (), was a Taiwanese writer and film producer. The name ''Chiung Yao'' is a phrase taken from the ''Classic of Poetry'', where it means "splendid pure jade". Born ...

's 1969 novel. The series was produced by Chiung Yao's husband Ping Hsin-tao and first shown on

Chinese Television System The Chinese Television System Inc. () is a terrestrial television station in Taiwan and was founded in 1971. Recent milestones of the network are in sports events, including having the distinction to offer exclusive coverage of the 2017 Un ...

. The title is taken from an 11th-century poem by

Ouyang Xiu Ouyang Xiu (; 1007 – 1072 CE), courtesy name Yongshu, also known by his art names Zuiweng () and Liu Yi Jushi (), was a Chinese historian, calligrapher, epigrapher, essayist, poet, and politician of the Song dynasty. He was a renowned writer a ...

, which happens to be the favorite line of the mysterious female protagonist. This series was one of the biggest hits in 1980s Taiwan. In Hong Kong it was broadcast on

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. In Singapore it was shown on

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. In Vietnam it was shown as ''Xóm vắng'' ("Deserted Hamlet").

Cast

Leanne Liu Liu Sue-Hua, also known as Leanne Liu, is a Golden Bell Award-winning Hong Kong actress. She first starred in Shaw Brothers films in Hong Kong, but moved to Taiwan in the 1980s to focus on her television career. She is particularly famous for a ...

as Fang Ssu-ying (real identity: Chang Han-yen), Ting-ting's mother * Chin Han as Po Pei-wen *Ku Yin as Ou Ai-ling, Po Pei-wen's wife *Yu Chen-hua as Ting-ting, Po Pei-wen's daughter *Chao Yung-hsin as Yu Tsui-shan *Lee Li-feng as Po Pei-wen's mother *Lee Tien-chu as Ou Kuan-chung, Ou Ai-ling's brother *Sun Shu-fen as Ya-chu *Hsu Wen-chuan as Mr. You *Chang Pao-shan as Mr. Chang *Wang Li as Tsai-feng * Lin Tzay-peir as Chien Fei-fan (real identity: Po Pei-te), Po Pei-wen's half-brother *Wen Chieh as Chien Meng-ko * Hsu Nai-lin as Cheng Ya-li *Chu Huei-chen as Yeh Shuang *

Fan Hung-hsuan Fan Hung-hsuan ( born 5 September 1946) is a Taiwanese actor who achieved regional fame in East Asia and Southeast Asia for his portrayal of Gongsun Ce in the 1993 TV series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the g ...

as Kao Li-te *Sung Yi-fang as Lee Yu-sheng * Jin Chao-chun as Po Yun-sheng, Po Pei-wen's father (flashback) *Liu Fang-ying as Chu Chiu-ho, Chien Fei-fan's mother (flashback) *Feng Hai as Chien Ming-yuan, Chien Fei-fan's adoptive father (flashback) *Lee Yu-lin as Hsia Yun-lung (flashback) *Yu Heng as Hsia Chin-hui, Hsia Yun-lung's father (flashback) *Ma Huei-chen as Lee Chun-man, Hsia Yun-lung's mother (flashback) *Ma Wei-hsun as Tsai Chin-hua (flashback) *Yang Wen-yu as Yen Li-li (flashback)

Awards and nominations

*1988

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**Won— Best Actress (Ku Yin) **Nominated— Best TV Series **Nominated—Best Writing (

and Lin Chiu-yu) **Nominated— Best Actress (

) **Nominated— Best Actor ( Chin Han)

References

External links

* {{Chiung Yao 1987 Taiwanese television series debuts 1987 Taiwanese television series endings Mandarin-language television shows Television shows set in Taiwan Taiwanese romance television series Chinese Television System original programming Television shows based on works by Chiung Yao 1980s romance television series 1980s Taiwanese television series