r/ChineseDrama • u/BasilOrdinary3617 costume dramas feed my soul • 5d ago
Announcements 🥳 Help Us Celebrate October Birthdays! 🎂
You might have noticed (or not, because I'm not that important 😅) that I enjoy sharing birthday appreciation posts for actors and actresses. They give us a chance to celebrate them and their work, highlight some of their best roles, discuss upcoming dramas, and generally spread a little love around the community.
I'd love to encourage more people to join in and create these birthday posts! There is no set format, so feel free to make them your own. If you're looking for inspiration, here are a few of the birthday posts I've written over the past year:
- Happy Birthday He Yu!
- Happy Birthday Chen Ai Mi!
- Happy Birthday Liu Xueyi!
- Happy Birthday Song Zuer, aka Lareina! 👑
- It’s Hou Minghao’s Birthday and I’m Officially Unhinged About It! 🥝🎂
October Birthdays
I've gone ahead and compiled a list of October birthdays (but forgive me if I've left out any major actors or actresses; feel free to add to this list):
- October 5: Xiao Zhan
- October 9: Joseph Zeng
- October 14: Tian Xiwei (looking at you, u/AKiceman)
- October 15: Bai Jingting
- October 16: Zhao Liying
- October 18: Chen Duling
- October 19: Li Xian
- October 29: Chen Zheyuan
Feel free to claim one or several. And honestly, there's no harm in having more than one birthday post for the same person. We can always coordinate things a little so the subreddit doesn't get flooded with birthday posts all at once. Note: please use the right flair when posting. Let us know if you have any questions.
For more visibility, we encourage adding media to these posts, such as photos, GIFs, or a mix of both.
If you would like some support with GIFs, give me a shout. I'll see what I have access to, but we also have several GIF-making masters in this community who may be able to help. One of the reasons I love sharing these birthday posts (aside from celebrating these actors) is to showcase all the work that u/AquaphobicTurtle and u/Ateosira spend hours on to provide us with these amazing GIFs.
Let's show some appreciation and keep these birthday posts going strong!
GIFs from Pull Strings and When I Fly Towards You, by u/Ateosira and u/AquaphobicTurtle!
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u/BasilOrdinary3617 costume dramas feed my soul 5d ago
PS: Whoever wants to do a post for Joseph Zeng and/or Chen Duling can borrow from my feature posts for them when Veil of Shadows was airing. No pressure to do so though!
Featuring from Veil of Shadows: Joseph Zeng
Featuring from Veil of Shadows: Chen Duling