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==Details==
*'''Title:''' 花开半夏 / Hua Kai Ban Xia
*'''English title:''' Flowers of Pinellia Ternata
*'''Genre:''' Modern drama, romance
*'''Episodes:''' 30
*'''Broadcast network:''' Hunan TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2013-Nov-30 to 2013-Dec-22
*'''Air time:''' Saturday & Sunday 22:00 (2 episodes nightly)
*'''Opening theme song:''' Ni De Lei Shui Jin Leng Le Xia Tian (你的泪水浸冷了夏天) ''Your Tears Soaked The Summer'' by [[Han Cheng Yu]]
*'''Ending theme song:''' Na Pian Hai (那片海) ''That Sea'' by [[Han Cheng Yu]] ft. [[Liu Xin]] (刘忻)

==Synopsis==
At the age of 7, Wei Rufeng was taken into the home of Grandmother Xia and brought up with her granddaughter Xia Ruhua who'd also lost both parents at a young age.  After Grandmother's death 10 years later, the two depended on each other for survival and profound feelings develop.  Their peaceful lives are disrupted after an unexpected incident - Ruhua is raped by a juvenile delinquent named A Fu, and during an enraged Rufeng's quest for revenge, he meets business proprietor Cheng Hao.  Drastic changes occur in Ru Feng's life from that moment on as he's sucked into a vortex of material temptation and emotional instability.  Meanwhile, the truth behind Ru Feng's family background comes to light...

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==Cast==
;Main Cast
*[[Lin Shen]] as Wei Rufeng
**[[Ding Jia Lin]] as young Rufeng
*[[Li Qin]] as Xia Ruhua
**[[Chen Ying Ying (2)|Chen Ying Ying]] (陈盈盈) as young Ruhua
*[[Zhang Jia Ni]] as Cheng Xiuxiu
**[[Wu Jun Zhu]] (邬俊竹) as young Xiuxiu
*[[Yang Yang]] as Lu Yuan
;Supporting Cast
*[[Gui Ya Lei]] as Grandmother (Ru Hua's grandmother, Xia Lin's mother)
*[[You Yong]] as Ye Xiangrong (Ye Tong's father)
*[[Michael Miu]] as Cheng Hao (Ru Hua's & Xiu Xiu's father)
*[[Ma Xiao Can]] as Ye Tong
*[[Kan Qing Zi]] as Lin Shan (Ru Hua's classmate)
*[[Fei Long]] as Gua Zai (Ru Feng's best friend)
*[[Jaime Chik]] as Xia Lin (Ru Hua's mother)
*[[Chen Ting Jia]] as Ye Tong's mother 
*[[Zhou Yi]] as Ru Feng's mother
*[[Fang Zi Bin]] as Zheng Tong (Ru Feng's father)
*[[Henry Fong]] (方平) as Uncle Li 
*[[Sun He]] as Uncle Xiang
*[[Sun Yan Jun]] as Policeman 
*[[Li Wei Jia]] (李维嘉) as Boss 
*[[Wei Yi Bo]] as Bin Ge (Cheng Hao's men)
*[[Yang Xiao Bo]] as Ah Jiu (Cheng Hao's men)
*[[Wei Wei]] as A Fu
*[[Zhang Chong]] (张冲) as Ji Xiaogang

==Production Credits==
*'''Original writing:''' Novel ''[http://book.qq.com/s/book/0/15/15996/index.shtml Hua Kai Ban Xia]'' by [[Jiu Ye Hui]] 
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Wang Ran]] (王然), [[Jiu Ye Hui]] 
*'''Producer:''' [[Li Xiang]]
*'''Director:''' [[Li Shao Hong]]

==Trivia==
*It is [[Yang Yang]] and [[Zhang Jia Ni]]'s second time working together since they previously worked on the drama [[Ultimate Conquest]].
*It was also the second collaboration between Yang Yang, [[Li Qin]] and director [[Li Shao Hong]] after [[The Dream of Red Mansions (2010)|The Dream of Red Mansions]].

==External Links==
*[http://baike.baidu.com/view/2153757.htm#sub7560835 Baidu baike]
*[http://www.hunantv.com/v/2013/hkbx/#1 Hunan TV]
*[[Wikipedia:zh:花开半夏|Chinese Wikipedia]]

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