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    Default The Empress of China 《少女武则天》 - Fan Bingbing, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Ting

    The Empress of China 武则天 Wu Zetian

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    [color=red]cast[/color]
    Fan Bingbing (in the titular role from the energetic, playful younger version Wu Mei Niang to the legendary Empress Wu),
    Zhang Fengyi,
    Zhang Ting,
    Aarif Lee,
    Wu Xiubo
    Kathy Chau
    Janine Chang
    Li Jie
    Li Liren
    Li Chen
    Viann Zhang
    ...
    Fan Bingbing will portray Empress Wu’s wide stretch of years, the actress herself is eager to rise up to the challenge. “An actress who does not want to play Wu Zetian is not a good actress,” she said. “Wu Zetian must be the dream of every actress.”

    The Empress of China recently unveiled its first character posters, which depicted the cast dressed regally and posed in front of a floral and natural backdrops. Empress Wang and Consort Xiao, both romantic rivals to Wu Zetian, will be portrayed by mainland Chinese actresses Kira Shi (施詩) and Viann Zhang (張馨予) respectively, while imperial consort and poetess Xu Hui is played by Taiwanese actress Janine Chang (張鈞甯).

    Mainland Chinese actor Wu Xiubo (吳秀波) makes an appearance as Zhang Jianzhi, one of the officials who brought about the end of Empress Wu’s reign. Actor Li Chen (李晨) will also have a guest appearance as Wu Zetian’s first love
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    [color=red]synopsis[/color]
    It tells the story of a simple girl, Wu Mei Niang who struggled in life, love and rose to become China’s only female emperor who actually ruled the whole country for almost half a century. It is said that production cost close to 300 million to recreate the Tang Dynasty.

    It marks the return of Fan Bingbing on the small screen following The Last Night of Madam Chin (2009), as well as the return of legendary actor Zhang Fengyi who was last seen on The First Emperor (2007) who’s known for his role in Farewell My Concubine. Gao Yi chun directs.
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    Wu Zetian

    "Wu Chao"
    This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.
    Wu Zetian
    Only Female Emperor in Chinese history
    Female Emperor of Zhou Dynasty
    Reign 16 October 690[1][2] – 22 February 705[3][4]
    Predecessor none, Emperor Ruizong as Emperor of Tang Dynasty
    Successor dynasty abolished, Emperor Zhongzong as Emperor of Tang Dynasty
    Empress consort of Tang Dynasty
    Tenure 655–683
    Predecessor Empress Wang
    Successor Empress Wei
    Spouse Emperor Taizong of Tang
    Emperor Gaozong of Tang
    Issue
    Li Hong, Emperor Yizong
    Li Xian, Crown Prince Zhanghuai
    Princess Si of Anding
    Li Xian, Emperor Zhongzong
    Li Dan, Emperor Ruizong
    Princess Taiping
    Full name
    Family name: Wu (武)
    Given name: Mei (媚),[5] later Zhao (曌/瞾), possibly originally Zhao (照)[6]
    Posthumous name
    Short: Empress Zetian (則天皇后)[7]
    Full: Empress Zetian Shunsheng (則天順聖皇后)[8]
    Temple name
    None[9]
    House Wu (by birth)
    House of Li (by marriage)
    Father Wu Shihuo, Duke Ding of Ying
    Mother Lady Yang
    Born 17 February 624[10]
    Lizhou, Sichuan Province, Tang Dynasty
    Died 16 December 705 (aged 81)[11]
    Luoyang, Tang Dynasty
    Burial 706
    Qianling Mausoleum
    History of China

    ANCIENT
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    Wu Zetian (Wu Tse-tien; simplified Chinese: 武则天; traditional Chinese: 武則天; pinyin: Wǔ Zétiān; Wade–Giles: Wu3 Tse2-t'ien1) (c. 625 – 705),[12] also known as Wu Zhao (Wu Chao; Chinese: 武曌; pinyin: Wǔ Zhào; Wade–Giles: Wu3 Chao4), Wu Hou (Chinese: 武后; pinyin: Wǔ Hòu; Wade–Giles: Wu3 Hou4), in Tang Dynasty, Tian Hou (天后), and in English as Empress Consort Wu, or by the deprecated term,[13] "Empress Wu", was a Chinese sovereign, who ruled officially under the name of her self-proclaimed "Zhou Dynasty", from 690 to 705. She was the only female emperor in the Chinese feudal dynasties spanning more than 4,000 years. However, she had previous imperial positions under both Emperor Taizong of Tang and his son Emperor Gaozong of Tang, of the Tang Dynasty of China. Wu was a concubine of Emperor Taizong; after his death she married his successor and 9th son, Emperor Gaozong, officially becoming Gaozong's furen (variously translated as "empress", "wife", or "first consort") in 655, although having considerable political power previous to this. After Gaozong's debilitating stroke in 660, Wu Zetian ruled as effective sovereign until 705.[14] She is the only woman to rule China in her own right.

    The importance to history of Wu Zetian's period of political and military leadership includes the major expansion of the Chinese empire, extending it far beyond its previous territorial limits, deep into Central Asia, and the completion of the conquest of the upper Korean Peninsula. Within China, besides the more direct consequences of her struggle to gain and maintain supreme power, Wu's leadership resulted in important effects in regards to social class in Chinese society and in relation to state support for Taoism, Buddhism, education, and literature. Wu Zetian also had a monumental impact in regard to the statuary of the Longmen Grottoes and the "Wordless Stele" at the Qianling Mausoleum, as well as the construction of some major buildings and bronze castings which no longer survive. Despite these important aspects of her reign, together with the suggestions of modern scholarship as to the long-term effects of some of her innovations in governance, much of the attention to Wu Zetian has been to her gender, as the anomalous female supreme sovereign of a unified Chinese empire, holding during part of her lifetime the title of Huangdi.

    Besides her career as a political leader, Wu Zetian also had an active family life. Although family relationships sometimes became problematic, Wu Zetian was the mother of three sons who served stints as emperors, and one of her grandsons became the famous emperor Xuanzong of the restored Tang Dynasty, ruling during its "Golden Age".
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    First there is a guy name Power, now there is Super hehe. Everybody looks so posh, but what about the last three photos? It look so out of place.

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    any ideas when we be able to see this series?

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    Hmmm. Fan Bing Bing is pretty enough to be WZT, but I worry about her acting. FBB really does not have that dominating aura as other actresses who have played the Female Emperor of China. I am excited to see Li Jie back on screen though, loved hi OYK!
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    Wu Zetian, personal name Wu Zhao (武曌), often referred to as Tian Hou during Tang Dynasty and Empress Consort Wu in later times, was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Empress Regnant. As de facto ruler of China first through her husband and her sons from 665 to 690, not unprecedented in Chinese history, she then broke all precedents when she founded her own dynasty in 690, the Zhou (interrupting the Tang Dynasty), and ruled personally under the name Sacred and Divine Empress Regnant and variations thereof from 690 to 705. Her rise and reign has been criticized harshly by Confucian historians but has been viewed under a different light after the 1950s.
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    624 – 705 AD: Empress Regnan
    Wu Zetian was the Empress of the Zhou Dynasty, taking office when her husband, the Emperor Gaozong, suffered a crippling stroke in A.D. 660. Wu proceeded to expand China’s borders while working to make herself absolute ruler of the nation. Her reign is sometimes credited with elevating the status of Buddhism over Daoism, fairness to the peasants, strengthening public works, and an increase in art and culture in China in general. Zetian was eventually deposed from the throne by a violent revolt in A.D. 705 and died the same year.

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    This year Lantern Festival same day than Valentine's Day...
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    New historical series "The Empress of China" took the mystery out by hosting a "sexy" press conference with main cast in attendance in Wuxi city, China, 13 February 2014. Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, playing Wu Zetian from an 18-year-old girl to the 80-year-old powerful woman, was fully dressed up with costume at the site, showing off her busty figure. Taiwanese actresses Chang Ting, Janine Chang and Hong Kong actress Kathy Chow also joined in the big woman-themed series. To get index of the show, Hong Kong actor Aarif Rahman not only played hide-and-seek in blindfolded with "sexy lovers", but fed sweet dumplings with Fan, firing up the site with load of chemistry.

    The cast members of TV series 'The Empress of China' pose at a press conference in Wuxi city, China, 13 February 2014.

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    Quote Originally Posted by charbydis View Post
    I am excited to see Li Jie back on screen though, loved hi OYK!
    Likewise here!

    IIRC, Li Jie also starred in another series in 2012 (White Haired Bride?). Have you seen it?

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    I'm excited to watch this drama because i'm looking forward to seeing Fan Bingbing return to television^^ But the sad thing is that this drama might not have a lot of Wuxia but more historical/period. But i'm still looking forward to it^^

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    viann zhang is gorgeous in here.
    i dont care if she became popular because of scandal or not, i think her acting is not bad and she is so so so pretty

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    The clothes are gorgeous, but many of them scream "Boobies!" . Did push up bras already exist back in those days?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lenje View Post
    Likewise here!

    IIRC, Li Jie also starred in another series in 2012 (White Haired Bride?). Have you seen it?
    Yes. Saw it. I actually didn't mind his evil role cos I like him. and he was a sympathetic villian. But the storyline was a bit eugh. I ant more Li Jie!
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