TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recently, the Chinese ancient costume TV series Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace has become a hit in Japan, attracting much attention. The play tells about the emotions and marriages between Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty and Ulanala, his Step Empress. According to the research conducted by Sharpening Jar Corporation in September, of all the Japanese netizens’ favorite characters in Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace, Noble Consort Wan acted by Chinese actress Cao Xiwen ranks the first.
The number of Japanese netizens to vote is 2985. The most popular character in Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace is Noble Consort Wan (54.3 %, 1,622 persons), who is considered to be gentle and submissive. She is scanty of words after marriage and devotedly protects her husband and family no matter how her husband treats her. Japanese female netizens express that such a traditional wife image in ancient China shall be respected, and Japanese male netizens state outright that this is exactly “the wife that every Japanese man wants to marry” and highly praising the actress Cao Xiwen to be the “perfect Chinese wife”.
Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui acted by Hu Ke ranks the second (855 persons, 28.6%), and the Step Empress acted by Zhou Xun ranks the third (398 persons, 13.3%).