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Da Tang Nü Xun An (2011)

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Original title
大唐女巡按
Directed by
Tao Ling Ling
Cast
Gillian Chung, Benny Chan, Tang Yi, Lei Mei, Ye Zu Xin, Wan Ni En, Dong Qing, Qian Yong Chen
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 36 episodes

How it feels

A female official investigates crimes during the rule of Empress Wu Zetian. She uses her intelligence to solve cases.

intriguinglightheartedhistoricalintelligentmysteriousempoweringepisodiccompetent

What happens

Da Tang Nü Xun An is a Chinese television series about Xie Yaohuan (谢瑶环), a fictional Tang dynasty female detective-official who solves several mysterious cases during the reign of the empress Wu Zetian. Directed by Tao Lingling, the series starred Gillian Chung, Benny Chan, Wan Ni'en, Lei Mu, Wu Jingjing, Wang Ji, Qian Yongchen, Kathy Yuen and Dong Qing in the lead roles. The series was first broadcast on Dragon Television on 7 July 2011 in mainland China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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