The Descendant
香火
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Teh Kean Guan
Directed by	Jason Kok Ng Wing Yi
Starring	Yeo Yann Yann Debbie Goh Steve Yap Frederick Lee Tan Hau Yen
Opening theme	《香火》(Xianghuo) by Yeo Yann Yann and Debbie Goh
Ending theme	《灰》(Huī) by Wu Jiahui
Composer	Wu Jiahui
Country of origin	Malaysia
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producers	Sampson Yuen Francis Foo
Producer	Jason Kok
Running time	60 minutes (approx.)
Original release
Network	ntv7
Release	9 February 2012 (2012-02-09)
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The Descendant (Simplified Chinese: 香火) (Literally: Incense, a word play of inscent) is a Malaysian 2012 mega blockbuster Mandarin drama series produced by Juita Entertainment for ntv7. It is scheduled to air every Monday to Thursday, at 10:00pm on ntv7, starting 9 February 2012. This 30-episode period drama is set on the incense industry. Casting was made on 25 June 2011 and started filming on 7 July 2011.

Plot

Chen Yulin (Steve Yap) is forced to marry Shen Danfang (Yeo Yann Yann) to inherit her family's incense making business. Yulin has also promised his father-in-law to let their first child to follow Dan Fang's family name to ensure the continuity of the bloodline. On the day of their marriage, Yulin was surprised when he realized Yuhua (Debbie Goh), his longtime lover, is now his sister-in-law.

Cast

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