After Chiung Yao, the spotlight shifted to nativist Taiwanese drama and Yang Pei-pei's adaptions of the martial arts novels of Jin Yong (whose English name is Louis Cha). Jin's novels were already immensely popular, and Yang embellished them with elegant costumes and elaborate martial arts stunts. The success of the TV series even helped drive last year's rise of a new field of cultural inquiry: "Jinology."
瓊瑤熱後是鄉土劇與楊佩佩製作的金庸武俠劇熱，金庸的武俠小說本來就極受歡迎，楊佩佩為其加上華麗的服裝、武打特效，《倚天屠龍記》、《神鵰俠侶》等劇，甚至帶動了去年的「金學」研究熱潮。