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Chinese Restaurant (TV Series)
''Chinese Restaurant'' () is a Chinese celebrity reality show broadcast by Hunan Television. The show features five celebrities as they run a chinese restaurant abroad in 20 days with the aim to promote Chinese Food culture. It's Vicky Zhao's first reality show as a regular guest. The first season was taped in Thailand, and it was premiered on 22 July 2017 with 11 episodes. The second season was taped in France, and it was premiered on 20 July 2018 with 12 episodes. The third season was taped in Italy, and it was premiered on 26 July 2019 with 13 episodes. The fourth season was taped in China due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and it was premiered on 31 July 2020 with 12 episodes. The fifth season was taped in China again, and it was premiered on 30 July 2021 with 12 episodes. The sixth season was taped in China the third time, and it was premiered on 12 August 2022 with 12 episodes. Cast Season 1 * Vicky Zhao * Huang Xiaoming * Zhou Dongyu * Sean Zhang * Enti Jin Seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooking Show
A cooking show, cookery show, or cooking program (also spelled cooking programme in British English) is a television genre that presents food preparation, often in a restaurant kitchen or on a studio set, or at the host's personal home. Typically the show's host, often a celebrity chef, prepares one or more dishes over the course of an episode, taking the viewing audience through the food's inspiration, preparation, and stages of cooking. Due to time and production constraints, most, if not all, cooking shows employ filming shortcuts such as video editing, food modeling and photography, and prepared ingredients to speed up the cooking process and ensure a smooth and seamless production. Cooking shows have been a popular staple of daytime TV programming since the earliest days of television. They are generally very inexpensive to produce, making them an economically easy way for a TV station to fill a half-hour (or sometimes 60-minute) time slot. A number of cooking shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HDTV
High-definition television (HD or HDTV) describes a television system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies. The term has been used since 1936; in more recent times, it refers to the generation following standard-definition television (SDTV), often abbreviated to HDTV or HD-TV. It is the current de facto standard video format used in most broadcasts: terrestrial broadcast television, cable television, satellite television and Blu-ray Discs. Formats HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: * 720p (1280 horizontal pixels × 720 lines): 921,600 pixels * 1080i (1920×1080) interlaced scan: 1,036,800 pixels (~1.04 MP). * 1080p (1920×1080) progressive scan: 2,073,600 pixels (~2.07 MP). ** Some countries also use a non-standard CEA resolution, such as 1440×1080i: 777,600 pixels (~0.78 MP) per field or 1,555,200 pixels (~1.56 MP) per frame When transmitted at two megapixels per frame, HDTV provides about five times a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qin Hailu
Qin Hailu (, born 11 August 1978) is a Chinese actress, screenwriter and singer. She has won Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and Golden Bauhinia Awards. Early life and education Born with a movie projectionist father and an amateur actress mother, Qin learned to dance at the local Children's Palace when she was still a young child. At the age of 6, she was sent to a Peking Opera school in Yingkou, spending the next ten years training in a strict and harsh environment. She joined a local Peking opera theatre after completing her training. After working for a few years, Qin decided to audition for the Central Academy of Traditional Opera. Though she was late for the auditions, Chang Li, the teacher in charge of recruiting, who later became her instructor, saw for herself Qin's talents and offered her another chance. Yet, only after she had finished all of the tests, did Qin learn that she was at the Central Academy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pax Congo
Bai Jugang ( zh, s=白举纲; born 9 November 1993), also known as Pax Congo, is a Chinese singer/songwriter, known for his participation on reality television competitions. Career In 2013, Bai was admitted to the undergraduate class of music performance in Sichuan Normal University. He then entered the entertainment industry as a contestant on Hunan Satellite TV's "Happy Boys", placing third nationally with the original song "Going Home on a Broken Ship". He signed with Tianyu media to release the song as part of a solo debut. Shortly after, he published a photo album entitled "PAX'S ATTITUDE". In July 2015, he released his first full album "Young Bai" and hold his first solo concert. He would continue his participation with competitive reality television by joining The Amazing Race 1 (China) in 2014. In 2016, he released his second album "Wild Grass" and participated in Shenzhen Satellite TV's "Shiny Dad Season 2" in the same year. In the summer of 2018, participated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Junkai
Wang Junkai (, born 21 September 1999), also known as Karry Wang, is a Chinese singer and actor. He was a trainee of TF Family since 2010 and debuted as the leader of TFBOYS in 2013. He is one of China's wealthiest people born after 1990, with a personal net worth of 248 million yuan (US$36 million) as of December 2016. Early life and education Wang Junkai was born in Chongqing, China. Junkai grew up mostly under his grandparents' care due to his parents' busy work schedules. His father used to be a taxi driver and his mother used to work as a hairdresser. In late 2010, he became one of the trainees under the TF Entertainment, and becoming the only trainee later then. Prior to his debut, Junkai participated in TF Family's mini album ''I Don't Want to Change''. He has released several cover songs online, and participated in audition programs. In particular, his cover of "Onion" (originally by Aska Yang) received attention and was covered by several news outlets. He official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Su
Alec Su You-peng (born 11 September 1973) is a Taiwanese actor, singer, television producer, and film director. Su became a popular teen idol in the 1980s as a member of the boyband ''Xiao Hu Dui''. He was known as the "Obedient Tiger" (乖乖虎). The 1998–1999 hit TV series ''My Fair Princess'' marked a turning point in Su's career. Since then, he has had a successful career in acting, starring in highly popular dramas such as '' The Legendary Siblings'' (1999), ''Romance in the Rain'' (2001), and ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'' (2003). Su has won awards from Hundred Flowers Awards and Macau International Movie Festival for the films '' The Message'' (2009) and ''A Tibetan Love Song'' (2010) respectively. In 2013, he produced the TV series ''Destiny by Love''. In 2015, he directed the film '' The Left Ear''. Career Musical: Xiao Hu Dui (Little Tigers) Alec Su's career started in 1988, at the age of 15, when he joined the Little Tigers trio. The band was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shu Qi
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Zhou Dongyu
Zhou Dongyu () is a Chinese actress, who gained recognition after appearing in Zhang Yimou's film '' Under the Hawthorn Tree''. She was also chosen by '' Southern Metropolis Daily'' as one of the " Four Dan actresses of the post-90s Generation", along with Zheng Shuang, Guan Xiaotong and Yang Zi. In 2016, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress with her performance in '' Soul Mate''. In 2020, she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress and Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress with her performance in '' Better Days''. Zhou ranked 71st on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2017, 7th in 2019, and 3rd in 2020. Early life and education Zhou was born in Shijiazhuang, Hebei to an ordinary working family. When she was in the third grade of primary school, her father died in a car accident, and her mother later remarried. She practiced gymnastics as a child and joined the Shijiazhuang gymnastics team at the age of 12. In middle school, she studied in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Xiaoming
Huang Xiaoming or Mark Huang (, born 13 November 1977) is a Chinese actor, singer, and model. He graduated from the Performance Institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000. Huang first rose to prominence in 2001 for playing Emperor Wu of Han in the television series ''The Prince of Han Dynasty''. In 2007, Huang signed a contract with Huayi Brothers and began focusing on his film career, appearing in films like '' The Sniper'' (2009), '' The Message'' (2010), and ''Sacrifice'' (2010). Huang is best known for his roles in television as Yang Guo in ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'' (2006), Xu Wenqiang in ''Shanghai Bund'' (2007), Luo Xi in '' Summer's Desire'' (2010), Yue Fei in ''The Patriot Yue Fei'' (2013) and Zuo Zhen in '' Cruel Romance'' (2015); as well as his roles in films ''American Dreams in China'' (2013) and ''Xuanzang'' (2016). Early life and education Huang was born in Qingdao, Shandong and is an only child. His father was an engineer while his mother was an accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Wei
Zhao Wei (; born 12 March 1976), also known as Vicky Zhao or Vicki Zhao, is a Chinese actress, businesswoman, film director, producer and pop singer. She is considered one of the most popular actresses in China and Chinese-speaking regions, and one of the highest paid actresses as well. While studying at the Beijing Film Academy, Zhao rose to national and regional prominence overnight for her role as Xiao Yan Zi ("Little Swallow") in the hit TV series ''My Fair Princess'' (1998–1999), for which she also won Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress. ''My Fair Princess'' enjoyed unprecedented success in East and Southeast Asian countries, and Zhao was regarded by many as Mainland China's first "national idol" since the economic reform began in 1978. Zhao has starred in many box-office hits, including ''Shaolin Soccer'' (2001), '' Red Cliff'' (2008–2009), ''Painted Skin'' (2008), '' Painted Skin: The Resurrection'' (2012), '' Dearest'' (2014) and ''Lost in Hong Kong'' (2015). Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
