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Beauty World (2011)

Beauty World poster
Original title
唐宫美人天下
Directed by
Li Hui Zhu
Genre
drama
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 35 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series is set in the Tang dynasty and follows courtiers and nobles as they maneuver through political schemes and romantic entanglements. It mixes supernatural elements with palace intrigue and focuses on the lives of several beautiful women vying for power and love.

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What happens

Beauty World, also known as Tang Gong Meiren Tianxia and World of a Beauty, is a Chinese fantasy-supernatural television series set in the Tang dynasty. It was directed by Lee Wai-chu, produced and written by Yu Zheng, and starred Zhang Ting, Ming Dow, Li Xiaolu, Mickey He, Zheng Guolin, Yang Mi and Tong Liya in the leading roles. The series is regarded as a counterpart to Beauty's Rival in Palace, a similar 2010 television series set in the Han Dynasty. It was first aired on 21 October 2011 on Guangzhou Zonghe Channel in mainland China. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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