Fortunately, Yi Qing is armed with incredible martial arts skills. Xiao Yi Qing-the Tower Master of Snow Tower-is portrayed as an ailing young man with some incurable jin disease which leaves his body weak. She is pig-headed, stubborn, does not see the big picture and how her actions can come with terrible (future) consequences, and she shows restraint when she should not.įans of Snow Tower have criticized the portrayal of Shu Jinrong in the tv series, which they have bemoaned to be a deviation of her strong nature and character in the novel of the same name. For a character billed to be the main character, one who wields the Blood Rose sword of her father the Blood Demon and who is expected to burn blazes through the pugilistic world in the series, Shu Jinrong is weak. To be honest Shu Jinrong was presented in a very weak light. Snow Tower boasts of two main characters: Xiao Yi Qing (Tower Master, Snow Tower) and Shu Jinrong (or, Lady Jing, Ming Er). Snow Tower did however receive negative reviews from critics of the series, based off on the fact that the series deviated “entirely” from the central plot of the novel of the same name it was adapted from. Snow Tower moves slowly, almost languidly, seriously, from day to day and through year to year, to burn through the story of the central plotting that bound all these characters in the Wuxia drama to each other, each with their own agendas, both innocuous and sinister. While Snow Tower maintained its fidelity to its central plotline, some of its sub-plots were weak and could have been dispensed with, without in any way affecting the central storyline of the blood feud between the two warring sects Moon Sect and Snow Tower. Snow Tower is pretty much straightforward acting, with a very strong central core plot and with numerous sub-plots focusing on love, hate, treachery, power, betrayals and revenge.

Snow Tower martial arts and fight scenes are lethal and fast, breathtaking and spin-tingling, its execution flawless, like incredibly fast ballet dancers moving their boneless, limber bodies to the beat of some unseen music.Īny lover of Wuxia dramas will surely be taken in by the martial arts scenes of Snow Tower, from the beginning of the storyline, down to its middle, before the scenes seemed to slightly peter off into a more “traditional leaning” drama style that focused on more acting and less skilful, perfectly choreographed fight scenes, before picking up dramatically towards the end, with stunning ferocity.įor its martial arts, Snow Tower is a must-see, for lovers of Wuxia. From the female characters, to the male leads, it is easy to see what makes this series to stand out amongst its fans.

The martial art depicted in Snow Tower is extremely reminiscent of the martial arts scenes of the old wuxia martial arts dramas from the eighties to the mid to late nineties hard, brutal, stunningly choreographed, and breathtakingly executed. That being said, I will review Snow Tower along these parameters: martial arts, storyline, plotting, characterization. One episode in, and I knew that I was going to watch Snow Tower from the very first episode down to the bitter end, 55 episodes later. The YouTube trailer for Snow Tower showed a lot of martial arts promise, and after seeing it, I decided to try Snow Tower out. She sets out to reawaken her father’s weapon: Blood Rose Sword, uniting with Xiao Yiqing to fight the wicked and put an end Moon Sect, bringing peace and balance to the world. Under the pressure of the looming Moon Sect and their treacherous plots, Shu Jingrong learns of her accursed fate of afflicting those she loves. Shu Jingrong then goes under the tutelage of Bai Di, earning her a new name Qingming and lives with him and his disciples Qinglan (Han Chengyu) and Qingyu (Zhao Dongze) in Bottomless Sand Valley.

Orphaned with nowhere to go, young Shu Jingrong meets young master of Listening Snow Tower, Xiao Yiqing, whom she wholeheartedly remembers for his care and kindness towards her.

Hua Lian, however, possesses a formidable weapon allowing her to control the Blood Demon, who ends up killing himself to protect his beloved daughter: Shu Jingrong. Bai Di (He Zhonghua), Xue Gu (Wang Jiusheng) and ‘Blood Demon’ Shu Xuewei (Lu Fangsheng), three powerful martial artist in wulin , join forces with the master of Listening Snow Tower to rid evil and bring back peace. In jianghu , Moon Sect strikes as a terrifying force and its poisonous influence grew under the command of Hua Lian ( Jessica Hsuan), sect leader of Moon Sect. The story follows Xiao Yiqing ( Qin Junjie), the master of the Listening Snow Tower and Shu Jingrong ( Yuan Bingyan), daughter of the Blood Demon.

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