|
Ma Dashuai
''Ma Dashuai'' () is a Chinese-language drama–comedy TV series that was filmed and aired in China in three installments of approximately 30 episodes each from 2004 to 2006. The television program, directed by and starring Zhao Benshan Zhao Benshan (; born 2 October 1957) is a Chinese skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director, and businessman. Originally from Liaoning province, Zhao has appeared on the CCTV New Year's Gala, a widely watched performing arts program, ... (赵本山) in the title role with Fan Wei (范伟) as his brother-in-law, explores such subjects as socio-economic divergence between China's rural and urban populations, urban crime in China, migrant workers, indigence, and China's north-eastern lifestyle in general. The series juxtaposes rural backwardness with China's modern urban lifestyle, often to great comedic and dramatic effect. The majority of the first series, originally aired in 2004, deals with Ma Dashuai leaving his northern rural vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Benshan
Zhao Benshan (; born 2 October 1957) is a Chinese skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director, and businessman. Originally from Liaoning province, Zhao has appeared on the CCTV New Year's Gala, a widely watched performing arts program, every year from 1990 to 2011. Zhao's performances at the gala had made him a household name in China. Zhao is also known for his lead roles in the 2000 Zhang Yimou film '' Happy Times'' and the 2007 film ''Getting Home'', as well as having directed and produced three television series based around rural life in his home province, ''Liu Laogen'', '' Ma Dashuai'', and '' Xiangcun Aiqing'' ("Rural Love Story"). Biography Zhao was born in Lianhua Village, Kaiyuan, Liaoning province, to a peasant family. He was orphaned at the age of 6. Apprenticed to his uncle, he learned many local traditional performance arts, including '' erhu'', a traditional Chinese musical instrument, and '' Errenzhuan'', a traditional style of stand-up comedy that inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Wei (actor)
Fan Wei (born 2 September 1962) is a Chinese skit, sitcom and film actor best known for his performances with Zhao Benshan and Gao Xiumin in CCTV New Year's Galas since 1995. In recent years, he has been featured in such films as ''Cell Phone'', ''A World Without Thieves'', '' If You Are the One'' and '' City of Life and Death''. He has also acted in several television series produced in mainland China and is a member of the Fàn family. Early life Fan was born in Dadong District of Shenyang, Liaoning, on 2 September 1962. His father was a publicity officer in a factory and his mother was a salesperson. He has an elder sister and a younger brother. In 1978, by age 16, Fan studied acting from Chen Lianzhong (), an actor of Shenyang Ballad Singers Troupe in which Fan officially joined five years later. In 1986, he took part in the National ''Xiangsheng'' Competition, leading him became widely known to audiences in northeast China. Acting career In 1999, Fan made his film de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Central Television
China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six languages. However, news reporting about topics sensitive to the CCP is distorted and often used as a weapon against the party's perceived enemies, according to Freedom House and other media commentators. CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the CCP's Central Propaganda Department. CCTV was established on 1 May 1958 as a state-owned propaganda outlet. CCTV has a variety of functions, such as news communication, social education, culture, and entertainment information services. As a state television station it is responsible to both the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council. It is a central player in the Chinese government's propaganda network. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Chinese Television Series Debuts
4 (four) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is tetraphobia, considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically 3, three. The sum of the first four prime numbers 2, two + 3, three + 5, five + 7, seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an Parity (mathematics), odd prime number, 17 (number), seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, 3, three and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
