The Spirits of Love

The Spirits of Love
Format 4:3
Written by Lin Lingling
Directed by Wang Wei
Starring Chen Meifeng (陳美鳳)
Daisy Fong (方馨)
June Tsai (六月)
Jimmy Ni (倪齊民)
Wang Shixian (王識賢)
Chiang Tsu-ping (江祖平)
Opening theme 我問天 by Weng Liyou
Ending theme 1. 夢醒在三更 by Cai Xiaohu and Zhang Xiuqing
2. 一生的愛 by Long Qianyu
3. 心疼 by Cai Xiaohu
4. 勇敢 by Huang Siting
5. 只愛你一個 by Long Qianyu
不應該愛你 by Cai Xiaohu
Country of origin Taiwan
Language(s) Hokkien (Formosa TV, Astro Hua Hee Dai)
Chinese (Mediacorp Channel 8)
No. of episodes 386 (by Taiwan episodes)
787 (by an-hour-per-episode format)
Production
Producer(s) Guo Hongliang, Lin Huijun
Running time 105 mins(Episodes 1-59 and 65-176)
130 mins (Episodes 225-385)
90 mins(Episodes 60-64)
120 mins(Episodes 177-224)
60 mins(Finale)
Broadcast
Original channel Formosa TV
Astro Hua Hee Dai
MediaCorp Channel 8
8TV
Original run 28 November 2006 – 21 May 2008
Chronology
Preceded by Eternal Happiness
Relentless Justice
Your Hand In Mine
Followed by A Place Called Home
Night Market Life
Kampong Ties

The Spirits of Love or Love (Chinese: ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ài; literally "love") is a Taiwanese-language television drama that aired on Formosa TV in Taiwan from 28 November 2006 to 21 May 2008.

It stars Chen Meifeng (陳美鳳), Wang Shixian (王識賢), Daisy Fong (方馨), Chiang Tsu-ping (江祖平), Jimmy Ni (倪齊民), and June Tsai (六月). The show has five theme songs including Wu Bai & China Blue's 1995 hit "Love You Ten Thousand Years" (愛你一萬年).

The show aired in Taiwan every weeknight at prime time (20:00) and had a total of 386 episodes (or otherwise 787 episodes for an-hour-per-episode broadcast). It subsequently aired in Malaysia on the Hokkien-language Astro Hua Hee Dai channel from 3.30pm - 4.30pm and an encore at 11.00pm - 12.00am. It started its run on 5 November 2007 and ended its run on 19 October 2010.

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Singapore broadcast

Due to local broadcast laws prohibiting radio or television broadcasts in Chinese dialects, the show was dubbed into Mandarin when it aired on Singapore's MediaCorp Channel 8, thus making it the first channel to broadcast the show in Mandarin. The first episode aired on 8 November 2008, ending its run on 21 October 2011.

Episodes 329-787 is available to Singaporeans for VOD viewing on the xinmsn catchup website.

Everyday broadcast

Due to low viewership ratings of Your Hand In Mine, this drama was originally broadcasted everynight at 7.00pm, with 9-10 episodes shown each week. This was later changed to 5-6 episodes a week.

Same-time dramas

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