Meteor Garden - wikipedia Meteor Garden For other uses, see Boys Over Flowers ( disambiguation ). Meteor Garden DVD cover Also known as 流星 花園 Liúxīng Huāyuán Genre Romance Drama Comedy Directed by Cai Yuexun ( 蔡岳勳 ) Starring Barbie Shu Jerry Yan Vic Chou Vanness Wu Ken Chu Opening theme `` 情 非得 已 '' ( `` Cant Help Falling In Love With You '' ) by Harlem Yu Ending theme `` 你 要 的 愛 '' ( `` The Love You Want '' ) by Penny Tai Country of origin Taiwan Original language ( s ) Mandarin Taiwanese No. of episodes 27 Production Producer ( s ) Angie Chai ( zh ) Production location ( s ) Taipei Production company ( s ) Comic Ritz International Production Release Original network Chinese Television System ( CTS ) Original release 12 April ( 2001 - 04 - 12 ) -- 16 August 2001 ( 2001 - 08 - 16 ) Chronology Followed by Meteor Rain ( supplementary series ) Meteor Garden II ( sequel ) Meteor Garden 2018 ( Chinese remake ) Related shows Hana Yori Dango ( 2005, Japan ) Boys Over Flowers ( 2009, South Korea ) Meteor Shower ( 2013, unofficial Chinese remake ) External links Website Meteor Garden ( Chinese : 流星 花園 ; pinyin : Liúxīng Huāyuán ) is a 2001 Taiwanese drama starring Barbie Shu, Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu. It is loosely based on Japanese shōjo manga series Boys Over Flowers ( 花 より 男子, Hana Yori Dango ) by Yoko Kamio. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production ( 可 米 瑞 智 國際 藝 能 有限 公司 ) with Angie Chai ( zh ) as producer and directed by Cai Yuexun ( 蔡岳勳 ). The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free - to - air Chinese Television System ( CTS ) ( 華 視 ) from 12 April 2001 to 16 August 2001. A supplementary mini-series, Meteor Rain was produced in April 2001 and the sequel Meteor Garden II was broadcast from 11 November 2002 to 25 December 2002. The series is the first live - action television adaptation of the manga, followed by its sequel Meteor Garden II, Indonesian Siapa Takut Jatuh Cinta, and Japanese Hana Yori Dango, its sequel Hana Yori Dango Returns and South Korean Boys Over Flowers. At the conclusion of the series, F4 Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu continued to perform together and released three studio albums as quartet boy band F4. They ceased the use of the name `` F4 '' in 2007 at the objection of Japanese publisher Shueisha, who owns the copyright to Hana Yori Dango, to avoid any confusion with the Japanese and South Korean version of the live - action adaptations of the manga. The group has since been renamed `` JVKV '', from the first initial of the quartet in order of descending age. The new cast of Meteor Garden 2018 were officially revealed on stage at a press. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 2.1 Main 2.2 Supporting 3 Difference from other versions 4 Soundtrack 4.1 Track listing 5 International broadcasts 6 Adaptations 7 References 8 External links Synopsis The story centers around a poor teenage girl Shān Cài ( Barbie Shu ), who at the insistence of her parents goes to a university for rich people. The university is dominated by Dào Míng Sì ( Jerry Yan ), Huā Zé Lèi ( Vic Zhou ), Měi Zuò ( Vanness Wu ) and Xī Mén ( Ken Chu ) -- four rich, handsome but arrogant students collectively known as the ' F4 ', short for ' Flower 4 '. They are heirs to four rich and influential families in Taiwan. They terrorize the school by handing out red cards to those they do not like, which allows other students to bully the victims until they leave the school. After one of Shān Cài 's friends receives the wrath of the F4 's leader, Dào Míng Sì, she stands up to and berates him, which in turn results in a red card of her own. However, her persistence in standing up for what is right gradually gains the F4 's respect and Dào Míng Sì starts to fall for her. Cast Main Drama character Actor Manga character Characteristics Dǒng Shān Cài ( 董 杉菜 ) Barbie Shu Makino Tsukushi She is a hardworking, tough girl who always defends the weak. She thinks herself as a ' weed ' of her school. She first likes Hua Ze Lei, but then starts to have feelings for Dao Ming Si. As her life gets tougher, she just keeps enduring, earning the respect of all the F4 boys and soon becomes good friends with them Dào Míng Sì ( 道明寺 ) Jerry Yan Doumyouji Tsukasa He is the stubborn, hot - headed leader of F4, and is distrustful of everyone but his three childhood friends. He thinks money can solve anything. He is at first is angry at Shan Cai for her defiance but, over time, he comes to love her. Huā Zé Lèi ( 花澤 類 ) Vic Zhou Hanazawa Rui He is a quiet, superior but a kind boy whose opinion Dao Ming Si relies on. His friendship with Dao Ming Si almost ends over Shan Cai. He loves his childhood friend, Jing. He becomes Shan Cai 's protector and close friend, and later falls in love with her. He is the most sensible of F4. Xī Mén ( 西門 ) Ken Chu Nishikado Soujiro He is a fun - loving playboy of F4 that only date girls no longer than a week and close to Zuoling. He is nice to neah. Xiaoyou is attracted to him. Měi Zuò ( 美作 ) Vanness Wu Mimasaka Akira He is the other playboy and legitimate member of F4. Also, he is the joker who is very loyal to his group of friends. He is also nice to Shan Cai. Supporting Drama character Actor Manga character Characteristics Shan Cai 's mother ( 杉菜 母 ) Wang Yue ( 王 月 ) Keiko Makino While she is a loving mother, she is desperate to get Shancai married to a rich man. She is the one who uses some contacts she has to get Shancai into the F4 's school. Shan Cai 's father ( 杉菜 父 ) Dong Zhicheng ( 董至成 ) Haruo Makino He is always sneaking food and seems to have no luck with his job which he later loses. He seems to always cause the family financial problems. Xiao You ( 小 優 ) Rainie Yang Yuki Matsuoka She is Shancai 's best friend and has romantic feelings towards Xi Men. Teng Tang Jing ( 藤堂 靜 ) Winnie Qian ( 錢 韋 杉 ) Shizuka Todou She is very close to Lei. While he loves her, she seems to see him as a younger brother most of the time. At the end she persuades Lei to go back to Paris with her, which he did. Li Zhen ( 李 真 ) Ye An Tin ( 葉安婷 ) Sakurako Sanjou She at first seems to be Shancai 's only friend at school, but later betrays her. Chen Qing He ( 陳 青 和 ) Edward Ou Kazuya Aoike He is a childhood school friend of Shancai whose father gains a sudden fortune and joins her school. He is also in love with Shancai but is willing to stay her friend only. Dao Ming Zhuang ( 道明 莊 ) Mary Hsu ( 徐華鳳 ) Tsubaki Domyouji She is Dao Ming Si 's older sister. She is very violent and always seems to hit Dao Ming Si. Dao Ming Feng ( 道明 楓 ) Zhen Xiu ( 甄 秀珍 ) Kaede Domyouji She is Dao Ming Si 's controlling mother. She is very strict and everything mostly goes her way. She uses many different cruel ways to get Shancai away from Dao Ming Si. Hé Yuán Zī ( 何 原 滋 ) Ke Huan Ru ( 柯奐如 ) Shigeru Ookawahara She is a strong - willed girl who is engaged to Si by their parents to merge companies. She asks to be Shancai 's friend and Shancai can not say no as she likes Xiaozi despite being engaged to Si. Xiaozi does all she can to get Si to love her, but gives up when she knows that Si will always love Shancai and starts to help them be together. Bai He ( 百合 ) Zheng Mei Dai Ya - men ( 亞 門 ) Lan Cheng - lung Amon Kunisawa Handsome and appealing a reminiscent of Dao Ming Sim YA - men was a part - time research student He was hired Dao Ming Feng to seduce San cai however, he became interested in Shan Cai and gave up the deal. Difference from other versions Shan Cai 's Japanese and Korean counterparts, Tsukushi and Jan Di, had a younger brother who played a small part in the story. Meteor Garden was set in a university while the Japanese and Korean versions occurred in a high school ( escalator ) school. Soundtrack Meteor Garden Soundtrack album by Various Artists Released 14 August 2001 Genre Mandopop Language Mandarin and English Label EMI Meteor Garden Original Soundtrack ( 流星 花園 電視 原聲帶 ) was released on 14 August 2001 by Various Artists under EMI. It contains thirteen songs, in which ten songs are English songs. The opening theme song is `` Qing Fei De Yi '' or `` Ca n't Help Falling for You '' by Harlem Yu, while the ending theme song is by Penny Dai entitled `` 你 要 的 愛 '' or `` The Love You Want ''. The track, `` 情 非得 已 '' ( Cant Help Falling In Love With You ) was listed at number 21 on Hit Fm Taiwan 's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart ( Hit - Fm 年度 百 首 單 曲 ) for 2001. Track listing No. Title Singer ( s ) Length 1. `` Love of My Life '' ( 道明寺 傷心 之 歌 ) Queen 2. `` Ca n't Help Falling in You '' ( 情 非得 已 ( Qing Fei De Yi ) ) Harlem Yu 3. `` Perfect Moment '' ( 杉菜 與 花澤 類 之 歌 ) Martine McCutcheon 4. `` And I Love You So '' ( 花澤 類 的 成全 ) Don McLean 5. `` I Honestly Love You '' ( 告白 ) Olivia Newton - John 6. `` When You 're In Love With A Beautiful Woman '' ( 道明寺 的 初戀 進行曲 ) Dr Hook 7. `` Loving You '' ( 西門 的 約會 ) Minnie Ripperton 8. `` Never Surrender '' ( 我 是 雜 草 杉菜 ) Corey Hart 9. `` Almost Over You '' ( BYE BYE ! 花澤 類 ) Sheena Easton 10. `` Settling '' ( 杉菜 的 傷心 之 歌 ) Tara MacLean 11. `` I 'll Never Fall in Love Again '' ( 分手 ) Emma 12. `` 流星 項鍊 '' ( 鄭鈞 ╱ 流星 ( Yellow ) ( Coldplay Cover ) ) Zheng Jun 13. `` The Love You Want '' ( 你 要 的 愛 ) Penny Dai International broadcasts Indonesia : first broadcast on Indosiar and reran on Trans TV, Trans7, RTV and RCTI. Meteor Garden was hugely successful and set Asian drama phenomenon in the country at that time. The success naturally led to the making of the Indonesian rip - off of the series, titled Siapa Takut Jatuh Cinta, starring Leony Vitria Hartanti and Indra Bruggman. Japan : The series was first shown on Japan via Tokyo MX and Chiba Television Broadcasting in 2003. It later broacasted in satellite television stations BS Nippon Corporation under the name Ryūsei Hanazono ~ Hana Yori Dango ~ ( 流星 花園 〜 花 より 男子 〜, lit. `` Meteor Garden ~ Boys over Flowers '' ) on October 10, 2003. Philippines : On 5 May 2003 The series was first shown in the Philippines on ABS - CBN. Like the Indonesian broadcast, the series became a huge hit becoming one of the highest rated TV series in the country. Due to the success of the series, F4 and Barbie was invited to the Philippines to stage a concert in the country and to do several product endorsements for major products such as Pepsi and Pantene. Walt Disney also chose F4 to promote the film Lilo & Stitch in the country by airing the music video of the cover `` Ca n't Help Falling In Love '' which was originally intended to be used only in China. It was also broadcast on GMA in July 2007 with a different dubbing due to change of broadcasting network which resulted to a different rating. On 31 March 2014, Meteor Garden was shown again on ABS - CBN. The return of the series on ABS - CBN generated a huge buzz on the internet becoming a worldwide trending topic on Twitter and one of the most searched keywords in Google Philippines. The series has also been shown on other ABS - CBN owned channels such as on Jeepney TV. Hong Kong : broadcast on ATV Home and TVB Jade Singapore : broadcast on MediaCorp Channel 8 Xing Kong ( STAR TV General Mandarin Channel ) : broadcast Meteor Garden in the last quarter of 2008 in original Chinese audio with Chinese subtitles as part of Boys Over Flowers Trilogy along with Japanese and South Korean adaptations such as Hana Yori Dango, Hana Yori Dango Returns and Boys Over Flowers. Thailand : broadcast on Channel 3 in 2002. Adaptations A chinese remake of the series was announced and to be premiered in July 9, 2018. References Jump up ^ Boy band changes name F4 into JVKV 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 18 Jump up ^ News : Boys over Flowers Forces F4 Idol Band to Rename Itself 14 May 2007. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 18 Jump up ^ Yesasia.com Meteor Garden OST album info 14 August 2001. Retrieved 2011 - 01 - 18 Jump up ^ ( in Chinese ) 2001 Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart ( # 1 to 50 ) Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 16 Jump up ^ `` Perjalanan Meteor Garden di Indonesia '' ( in Indonesian ). Indosiar. Archived from the original on 2014 - 04 - 26. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 09. Jump up ^ http://www.abs-cbn.com/updates/PR-Meteor-fever-hits-country-once-more-trends-on-Twitter-worldwide?scid=E2ABE34E-154A-4CA0-8D35-C47F830F1438 Jump up ^ http://philnews.ph/2014/03/31/meteor-garden-return-dominates-on-twitter-trending-topics/ Jump up ^ http://www.newsgra.ph/0112/meteor-garden-returns-to-philippine-tv-disrupts-ratings-twitter/ Jump up ^ 《 流星 花園 》 新 F4 選 角 曝光 鮮 味 十足 杉菜 被 嫌棄 鬧 到 體無完膚 External links ( in Chinese ) CTS Meteor Garden official homepage hide F4 Vic Chou Ken Chu Vanness Wu Jerry Yan Albums / VCD Meteor Rain ( 2001 ) F4 Music Party Live ( 2002 ) Fantasy 4ever ( 2002 ) Fantasy Live Concert ( 2003 ) 360 Degrees : F4 Five Years Glorious Collection ( 2006 ) Waiting for You ( 2007 ) Fabulous : F4 Best Selections ( 2008 ) TV series Meteor Garden ( 2001 ) Meteor Rain ( 2001 ) Meteor Garden II ( 2002 ) Solo albums Vic Chou Make a Wish ( 2002 ) Remember, I Love You ( 2004 ) I 'm Not F4 ( 2007 ) The Best Collection ( 2009 ) Ken Chu On Ken 's Time ( 2005 ) Getting Real ( 2009 ) Vanness Wu Body Will Sing ( 2002 ) Scandal ( 2006 ) V. DUBB ( 2007 ) In Between ( 2008 ) Reflections ( 2010 ) V ( 2011 ) C'est La V ( 2011 ) Different Man ( 2013 ) # MWHYB ( 2016 ) Jerry Yan Jerry for You ( 2004 ) Freedom ( 2009 ) My Secret Lover ( 2010 ) Related articles Kangta & Vanness hide Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio Manga Chapters Boys Over Flowers Season 2 Television series Taiwan Meteor Garden ( 2001 ) Meteor Rain ( 2001 ) Meteor Garden II ( 2002 ) Japan Hana Yori Dango ( 2005 ) Hana Yori Dango Returns ( 2007 ) Hana Nochi Hare ( 2018 ) South Korea Boys Over Flowers ( 2009 ) China Meteor Garden ( 2018 ) Unlicensed Meteor Shower ( 2009 ) ( China ) Boys Before Friends ( 2013 ) ( United States ) Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan ( 2014 ) ( India ) Siapa Takut Jatuh Cinta ( 2017 ) ( Indonesia ) Films Hana Yori Dango ( 1995 ) Hana Yori Dango Final ( 2008 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meteor_Garden&oldid=865813601 '' Categories : Boys Over Flowers Taiwanese drama television series Chinese Television System shows 2001 Taiwanese television series debuts 2001 Taiwanese television series endings Manga - based Taiwanese dramas Screenplays by Mag Hsu Hidden categories : Articles with Chinese - language external links CS1 Indonesian - language sources ( id ) Interlanguage link template link number Articles containing traditional Chinese - language text Articles containing Japanese - language text Articles with hAudio microformats Album infoboxes lacking a cover Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Magyar 日本 語 Português Русский Suomi Svenska Tagalog ไทย Tiếng Việt 吴语 中文 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 26 October 2018, at 09 : 56 ( UTC ). 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Question: what is the meaning of f in f4 in meteor garden
Answer: Flower 4