韩剧为何能风靡中国？

In contrast, South Korean TV dramas have re-invented themselves. In fact, 2013 could be said to be the year of rebirth of South Korean TV dramas. Shortly after the enormous craze generated by Great Jang-Geum in 2003, South Korean dramas lost much of their popularity in other Asian countries thanks partly to better produced works from the United States and the United Kingdom.

而韩国的电视剧却不断在推陈出新。2013年其实算是韩剧的重生之年。自2003年《大长今》创下收视狂潮后，韩剧在其他亚洲国家失去了很大市场，这部分要归因于英美国家的好作品。

Many netizens even said at the time that South Korean TV dramas had become pass because of their stereotyped themes: traffic accidents, and cancer and other incurable diseases. But all that has changed with the success of You Who Came From The Star and The Heirs, which Chinese directors can use as examples, as well as inspiration, to improve their productions.

很多网民那时甚至扬言韩剧已成为过去，因为他们的主题总是围绕交通事故、癌症或是其他不治之症，缺乏新意。但是《来自星星的你》和《继承者们》改变了这一切，中国导演们应当以此为鉴，以此激励自己提高电视作品的质量。

The resurgence of South Korean TV dramas can be attributed to the joint efforts of the country's government and TV series makers. The South Korean government implemented a policy to help TV productions back in the late 1990s, when the first wave of popular dramas emerged from the country to capture the imagination of the people in the rest of Asia. Just before the turn of the millennium, the South Korean government issued regulations saying at least 80 percent of the TV programs had to be domestically produced. It also fixed the minimum number of homemade TV series to be broadcast in the country. That not only helped South Korean TV productions gain a firm foothold in the domestic market, but also laid the foundation for their successful foray into overseas markets.

韩剧的重生要归功于韩国政府及韩国电视剧制作者的共同努力。早在20世纪90年代末期，韩国掀起的第一股收视热潮激发其他亚洲人想象力时，韩国政府就出台了一项政策，用来扶持电视制造业。本世纪初，韩国政府颁布法规，明确规定80%以上电视节目须为本国制作。同时也明确了导出国外的自制剧的最低下限。那一举措不仅为韩国电视业在本国市场赢得了强劲份额，也为其成功进军外国市场打下了基础。

Recent years have seen great innovations in South Korean TV productions in terms of themes and narrative patterns. Take You Who Came From The Star as an example. Although aliens visiting Earth is an oft-used theme, You Who Came From The Star's script remains logical and fast-paced. It mixes the plot with romance and murder and keeps the audience guessing about how the story will unfold. When it comes to love stories, the new South Korean teleplays no longer use the distress card; instead, they intersperse them with whimsy and romantic punch lines.

近年来，无论是在主题还是记叙方法上，韩剧都有了极大的创新。就以《来自星星的你》为例。尽管外星人访问地球这一主题早已用得泛滥，但《来自星星的你》的剧本还是很有逻辑，剧情还是很紧凑的。故事情节杂糅了浪漫、凶杀的元素，观众们也一直关注着剧情的走向。至于爱情故事，新的韩剧不再走悲情路线，而是融入了奇妙与浪漫。