Meteor garden

The story centers on a plain and poor teenage girl called Shan Cai, who goes to a university for rich people, forced upon her by her parents. The university is dominated by a gang of handsome but arrogant students called F4, who are the heirs of the most influential families in Taiwan.

In the beginning, Dao Ming Ssu, the gang leader, hates Shan Cai so much that he gives everyone in the university orders to make her life miserable. However, Shan Cai's persistence gradually gains Ssu's respect and later he falls in love with her. Like many other TV series, the lovers end up getting together after going through a series of painful challenges.

Main Cast

* Barbie Hsu as Shan Cai
* Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Ssu
* Vic Chou as Hua Ze Lei
* Vanness Wu as Mei Zuo Ling
* Ken Chu as Xi Men

Trivia

* Spawned 2 sequels (Meteor Rain and Meteor Garden II) due to its high ratings in Taiwan.
* Meteor Garden remains as the highest rated Asian drama overall shown in the Philippines garnering a 57.4% peak rating with an average rating of 42.9% in mega Manila and a peak of 73.0% nationwide with an average of 62.0% which was shown over ABS-CBN. The replay value was just so high, that when it was replayed again every Saturday and Sunday, it rated an amazing 42.0% on its finale.
* The show was aired six times in the Philippines, three times on ABS-CBN, once on Cinema One (ABS-CBN Filipino Movie Channel) once on GMA Network and in Q TV . Its first airing was in 2003, a replay on weekends in the same year, then in 2005 it was re-aired again due to insistent public demand in the same network. In 2006 ABS-CBN's Filpino Movie channel Cinema One also airs every weekend. In 2007, ABS-CBN's rival station, GMA Network re-airs the show in their own re-dubbed version, and year 2008 GMA's affiliated network Q TV aired the show again.
* F4 members are now officially known as F4, after Japanese TV producers decided to use the name F4 in the live version of the anime "Hana Yori Dango".
* Meteor Garden, Meteor Rain and Meteor Garden 2 are the most reran Taiwanese drama soaps aired on ATV World, having played a total of three times for seasons one and 2, and two for Meteor Rain, including their run on cable channel TVB Classic.
* The Korean version Boys Over Flowers was produced by KBS in Korea.
* Hunan TV China will be doing their own version entitled Meteor Shower.
* Asia's Xing Kong (STAR TV General Mandarin Channel) also air last June 2, 2009 as part of BOF Trilogy along with Japan and South Korea Drama series.