Palace of Desire (2000)
- Original title
- 大明宫词
- Directed by
- Li Shaohong
- Cast
- Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gui Ya Lei, Winston Chao, Liu Dong, Wang Tao, Sun Bin, Guo Dong Lin
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Length
- 1 season, 40 episodes
- Rating
- 8.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The series follows Princess Taiping, the daughter of China's only female emperor Wu Zetian. It depicts her life in the royal court with a focus on personal and political struggles.
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What happens
Palace of Desire, also known as Daming Gong Ci (literally "Ci of the Daming Palace"), is a Chinese television series based on the life of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor, Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gua Ah-leh and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on 30 March 2000. The show is noted for its highly poetic dialogue, written in Western-inflected Chinese and a Shakespearean theatrical style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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