Flowers of Pinellia Ternata

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...

Cast

 * Lin Shen as Wei Rufeng
 * Ding Jia Lin (丁嘉林) as young Rufeng
 * Li Qin as Xia Ruhua
 * 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
 * Extended Cast
 * Ma Xiao Can (马晓灿) as 叶彤 Ye Tong
 * Michael Miu as Cheng Hao (Ru Hua's & Xiu Xiu's father)
 * Kan Qing Zi as Lin Shan (Ru Hua's classmate)
 * You Yong as Ye Xiangrong (Ye Tong's father)
 * Gui Ya Lei as Grandmother (Ru Hua's grandmother, Xia Lin's mother)
 * Fei Long (肥龙) as Gua Zai (Ru Feng's best friend)
 * Jaime Chik as Xia Lin (Ru Hua's mother)
 * Fang Zi Bin as Zheng Tong (Ru Feng's father)
 * Sun He (孙赫) as Uncle Xiang
 * Wei Yi Bo (韦奕波) as Bin Ge (Cheng Hao's men)
 * Yang Xiao Bo (杨晓波) as Ah Jiu (Cheng Hao's men)
 * Wei Wei (魏巍) as A Fu
 * Zhou Yi (周毅) as Rufeng's mother

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Novel Hua Kai Ban Xia by Jiu Ye Hui (九夜茴)
 * Screenwriter: Wang Ran (王然), Jiu Ye Hui (九夜茴)
 * Producer: Li Xiang
 * Director: Li Shao Hong