Aired SBS 2013-2014, streamed 14.5 billion views on iQiyi in its first run. The premise — a 400-year-old alien falling for an actress — is less remembered than its cultural fallout:
炸鸡和啤酒 (fried chicken and beer) became a Chinese food craze overnight, millennial women adopted
千颂伊-style coats and lipsticks, and the drama is often cited as the peak of the
韩流 wave in mainland China before the
限韩令 (Korean-content restrictions) began in 2016.
