Meteor Garden

is a Taiwanese drama that began its broadcast 12 April 2001 on CTV. 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. The plot 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.

Meteor Garden was very popular in Asia. In the Philippines, the four main male characters, with a band called F4, had a sold-out concert. Due to the popularity of the series throughout Asia, two sequels, Meteor Rain and Meteor Garden II, were produced.

The main antagonist is Dao Ming Si's judgmental, arrogant mother Dao Ming Feng who is somewhat based on Kaede Doumyoji in Hana Yori Dango. However she is seen to be not as evil as her Japanese counterpart.

Main Cast
Barbie Hsu as Shan Cai (杉菜)
Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si (道明寺)
Vic Zhou as Hua Ze Lei (花澤类)
Ken Chu as Xi Men (西門)
Vanness Wu as Mei Zuo Ling (美作玲)

[edit] Supporting Cast
Zheng Mei Dai (Belinda Cheng) as Baihe
Zhang Ruo Zhen as Qianhui
Ye An Tin as Lizhen
Wang Yue as Shan Cai's Mother
Tung Chi Cheng as Shan Cai's Father
Zhen Xiu Zhen as Daoming Feng (道明楓)
Edward Ou as Qinghe
Rainie Yang as Xiaoyou (小優)
Winnie Qian as Tengtang Jing
Ke Huan Ru as Xiaozi
Mary Hsu as Dao Ming Zhuang (道明莊)


Meteor Garden
流星花園
Genre Romance
Comedy
Starring Jerry Yan
Vic Zhou
Vanness Wu
Ken Chu
Barbie Hsu
Opening theme (情非得已) by Harlem Yu (庾澄慶)
Ending theme (流星雨) Meteor Rain by JVKV
Country of origin Taiwan
Language(s) Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese
No. of episodes 27 episodes
Production
Location(s) Taiwan