| Alt Name: | Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain | ||||||||||||
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| Genre: | Wuxia | ||||||||||||
| Director: | Andrew Lau Tam Yau-yip | ||||||||||||
| Starring: | Nie Yuan Gillian Chung Athena Chu Ady An Alex Fong Anthony Wong Patrick Tam | ||||||||||||
| Opentheme: | Mandarin version: Ai De Xinku, Que Ye Xingfu (爱的辛苦，却也幸福) performed by Ding Wei Cantonese version: Suet Dik Dou Bit (雪的道別) performed by Athena Chu | ||||||||||||
| Endtheme: | Chuanshuo (传说) performed by Nie Yuan | ||||||||||||
| Composer: | Ruan Kunshen | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong China | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese Mandarin | ||||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Producer: | Wong Jing | ||||||||||||
| Location: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||||||||
| Company: | ATV TVB Ciwen Pictures | ||||||||||||
| Channel: | ATV TVB |
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain is a 2006 Hong Kong-Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novels Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain and The Young Flying Fox. Directed by Andrew Lau and Tam Yau-yip, the series is a co-production by the Hong Kong companies ATV and TVB and Ciwen Pictures, with Wong Jing as producer, starring Nie Yuan, Athena Chu, Gillian Chung, Ady An, Alex Fong, Anthony Wong and Patrick Tam. It was first broadcast in Hong Kong on ATV in 2006.
The plot generally follows the novels but some new changes have been introduced, creating links between the original story and the Condor Trilogy, another set of novels by Louis Cha. Tian Guinong is given a greater role as the primary villain - he survives the fall after being knocked off a cliff by Hu Fei and returns as an even more powerful foe. Apparently, Tian discovered Li Zicheng's treasure in a cave at the cliff's base and found a martial arts manual detailing Zhou Botong's famous skill, the 'Technique of Ambidexterity', along with the reforged Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. He masters the skill and uses his new weapons to face the protagonists once more. Characters from The Book and the Sword are also given greater roles in the series. The cliffhanger ending in the novel is also replaced by a happy reunion for Hu Fei and his third love interest Miao Ruolan.