Nanshaolin

This film (drama)Also known as南少林，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2003Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.3(For reference only)。

During the Yongzheng period, the situation in the Fujian and Guangdong regions was turbulent. The "Sky Eagle Gang" gathered vast sums of money and welcomed martial arts practitioners, becoming a major source of trouble for the court. Nanshaolin was also drawn into it. Yongzheng decided to send his two most valued princes - the Third Prince Hongshi and the Fourth Prince Hongli - one literate and one martial, to investigate the Sky Eagle Gang in separate ways. Yongzheng's intention in sending the two princes was to assess who among them could take on significant responsibilities for the country and inherit the throne. The two princes were exceptionally clever and understood Yongzheng's intentions deeply. To please the emperor and achieve success, they exerted their utmost efforts to investigate the Sky Eagle Gang and Nanshaolin. In this process, the ruthless Hongshi viewed Hongli as a thorn in his side and repeatedly sent people to assassinate Hongli to eliminate his concerns. The chivalrous lay disciple of Nanshaolin, Fang Shiyu, intervened to help, allowing Hongli to escape disaster and persecution time and again. The two thus became friends. Meanwhile, Hongshi secretly conspired with the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zhang Xinde, and his subordinates in Quanzhou to form factions for personal gain. Under the pretext of investigating the Sky Eagle Gang, he committed a massacre, eliminating rivals. The abbot of Nanshaolin, Xuantong, was persecuted to death by him. From then on, Hongshi embarked on an irreversible path. Fang Shiyu also regarded Hongshi as his mortal enemy. During the investigation of the Sky Eagle Gang, with the help of Fang Shiyu, Hong Xiguan, the rogue Zhao Dahong, and the swindler Zhuo Ling, Hongli successfully navigated numerous obstacles and gradually uncovered the various conspiracies between Hongshi and Zhang Xinde. Hongli also discovered that Fang Shiyu's father, Fang De, was merely a pawn in the hands of the Heaven and Earth Society. Because Fang De had lost his utilitarian value as one of the honorary leaders of the society, he was targeted for assassination. At this point, to save his father, Fang Shiyu risked his life to break through the wooden man alley of Nanshaolin and rescue Fang De from the execution ground. Touched by the genuine father-son bond between Fang Shiyu and Fang De, Hongli allowed Fang De to live in seclusion on a deserted island, far from the affairs of the world. At the same time, Li Menglin learned of Hongli's true identity as a prince, leading her into a difficult dilemma. Hongli also discovered that his beloved, Li Menglin, was actually the "special envoy" of the Sky Eagle Gang, plunging him into deep anguish. Li Menglin naively believed that surrendering the goods her father had previously confiscated to the Heaven and Earth Society would spare her life and allow her to be with Hongli, but her master deemed her a traitor and silenced her. She defended her love for Hongli with her life and liberated herself from her suffering. As the truth about the "Sky Eagle Gang" emerged, Nanshaolin could not escape its blame. Hongli decided to set Nanshaolin on fire, at which point Fang Shiyu vowed to stand with Nanshaolin, come what may. Thus, a pair of brothers, bound by close friendship, confronted each other at the gates of Nanshaolin... In the end, Fang Shiyu and Hongli joined forces to crush the conspiracy between Hongshi and Zhang Xinde to collude with pirates and steal Nanshaolin's treasured relics, thwarting the plot to divide the nation and undermine ethnic unity. This drama depicts the touching story of Shaolin monk Fang Shiyu's growth from an innocent and romantic youth into a national hero. It showcases Fang Shiyu's intelligence, adaptability, and unmatched bravery. It celebrates his clear sense of right and wrong, profound righteousness, and the nationalist and patriotic spirit of self-sacrifice for the maintenance of national unity, stability, and peace, while also honoring his pure and beautiful love for Zhuo Ling and Zhang Xiaoying.