Meteor Garden (traditional Chinese: 流星花園; pinyin: Liu Xing Hua Yuan) is a Taiwanese drama that began its broadcast 12 April 2001 on CTS. It is Taiwan’s attempt at a live version of the Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango. It stars Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu and Barbie Hsu.

Meteor Garden was very popular in Asia. Due to the popularity of the series throughout Asia, two sequels, Meteor Rain and Meteor Garden II, were produced.

Synopsis

The story centers on a plain and poor teenage girl called Shan Cai, who goes to a university for rich people, forced upon her by her parents. The university is dominated by a gang of handsome but arrogant students called F4, who are the heirs of the most influential families in Taiwan.

In the beginning, Dao Ming Si, the gang leader, hates Shan Cai so much that he makes everyone in the university play tricks on her. However, Shan Cai’s persistence gradually gains Si’s respect and later he falls in love with her. Like many other TV series, the lovers end up getting together after going through a series of painful challenges.

Main Cast

• Barbie Xu as Shan Cai
• Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si
• Vic Zhou as Hua Ze Lei
• Ken Zhu as Xi Men
• Vanness Wu as Mei Zuo

Other Information

• Title: 流星花園 / Liu Xing Hua Yuan
• English title: Meteor Garden
• Genre :  Romance, Comedy
• Broadcast network: CTS
• Broadcast period: 2001-Apr-21
• Original run  2001-04-12 – 2001-08-16

Links

• Official CTS Meteor Garden website (Chinese Text)

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