The Legend of the Condor Heroes 2017

Overview

The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a television series set during the Southern Song dynasty. The story revolves around two boys, Guo Jing and Yang Kang, who are orphaned by war and grow up on opposite paths. Guo Jing becomes a patriotic hero, while Yang Kang is consumed by ambition and betrayal. The series is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Jin Yong.

The series is a wuxia drama, a genre of Chinese fiction that emphasizes martial arts and heroic characters. The Southern Song dynasty was a historical period in China, which lasted from 1127 to 1279. The series is not a direct continuation of the 1983 television series of the same name, but rather a separate adaptation of the novel. The 1983 series consisted of 59 episodes and was also based on Jin Yong's novel. The 2017 series does not provide information on the number of episodes it contains.