He is the main influencer to encourage Hu Bayi to use his secret knowledge of fengshui to make a living as a tomb raider. An unsung hero that always handled the unseen, minor yet important issues for the group's safety and wellness.Īn antique dealer who became friends with Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan. However, he is definitely the person that Hu Bayi depends on the most during critical moments. His unwillingness to part with potential riches has gotten everyone in trouble more than once throughout the expedition. Wang is loud, uncouth and greedy at the thought and sight of precious items. Hu Bayi's best friend and right-hand man. Unknowingly, Hu Bayi has good affinity with Shirley Yang and always managed to get the group to safety with their teamwork. Resourceful and calm, she is the main financial sponsor of the archaeological group to search for the ancient city of Jingjue. He is charismatic and well versed in both astrology and fengshui.Ī wealthy American-born Chinese who works as a photojournalist for National Geographic.

He acquired specialized knowledge on how to find a grand tomb through fengshui by a book inherited from his grandfather whom also happened to be a tomb raider during his younger days. They later join an archaeological team sponsored by Shirley Yang to find the location of a mysterious ancient city of Jingjue in a desert region, stopping by the Kunlun glaciers and braving the black sandstorms in the process.Ī former soldier who becomes a tomb raider by chance. During the faceoff, Hu's heirloom compass that belonged to a long lineage of tomb raiders was noticed by Big Golden Tooth and Hu and Wang were persuaded to explore the possibility of an alternative job by reselling unearthing antiques as tomb raiders. While helping Wang retrieve a piece of jade from an antiques merchant nicknamed Big Golden Tooth. Plot Ī former soldier named Hu Bayi meets an old comrade, Wang Kaixuan and ekes out a living by reselling cassette tapes.

It surpassed 200 million views in one day and has over 1.6 billion views in total. The series received acclaim for its exciting and fast-paced storyline, actors' performance as well as staying true to the novel. The drama aired 3 episodes every Monday at 20:00 on Tencent Video from 19 December 2016. It tells the story of a gang of tomb raiders as they go on adventures and unearth the truth behind a mysterious curse. It is directed by Kong Sheng, produced by Hou Hongliang and stars Jin Dong, Joe Chen and Zhao Da. Chinese TV series or program Candle in the TombĪction, Adventure, Mystery, Supernatural, ThrillerĬandle in the Tomb ( Chinese: 鬼吹灯之精绝古城) is a 2016 Chinese streaming television series based on the novel Ghost Blows Out the Light.

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