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The Herbalist's Manual
''The Herbalist's Manual'' is a Hong Kong television series released overseas in May 2005 and broadcast on TVB Jade channel in November 2005. The series focuses on the greatest physician and pharmacologist in Chinese history, Li Shizhen and his herbalist manual, ''Bencao Gangmu The ''Bencao gangmu'', known in English as the ''Compendium of Materia Medica'' or ''Great Pharmacopoeia'', is an encyclopedic gathering of medicine, natural history, and Chinese herbology compiled and edited by Li Shizhen and published in the ...''. Cast : ''Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.'' Viewership ratings References External linksTVB.com''Herbalist's Manual'' - Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Herbalist's Manual, The TVB dramas Television series set in the Ming dynasty 2005 Hong Kong television series debuts 2005 Hong Kong television series endings Television series set in the 16th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Lam
Frankie Lam Man-lung (born 19 December 1967) is a Hong Kong actor. He entered a singing contest and subsequently, signed a contract with TVB. He left TVB in 2011 to join HKTV. Lam married Hong Kong actress Kenix Kwok on 10 March 2004. Their first child, daughter Tania Lam Tin-yeuk, was born on 14 January 2010. On May 18, 2015, Lam announced he will join and invest in Global Saga, a film company established by Tony Wong and Rachel Lam. The first film from the company, ''The Merger'' was released in 2015. On 23 December 2019, Lam was appointed to be Vice President of Asia Television Limited. Filmography Television series Film *''Tour of Revenge'' (1989) *'' Running on Empty'' (1991) *''Behind the Mask'' (1993) *'' Tears and Triumph'' (1994) *'' Now You See Me Now You Don't'' (1994) *'' The Dragon Chronicles - The Maidens'' (1994) *''From The Same Family'' (1995) *''Born to be Wild (1995 Hong Kong film)'' (1995) *'' Lethal Match'' (1996) *'' The Fatalist'' (1996) *'' Godmoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Hong Kong Television Series Debuts
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Series Set In The Ming Dynasty
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival storag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Dramas
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB Pearl as its main English service. TVB is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate. TVB commenced broadcasting on November 19, 1967. The Company was incorporated on July 26, 1965 and was co-founded by Sir Run Run Shaw, who was Chairman from 1980 to 2011, together with Sir Douglas Clague and Harold Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family. When TVB first began broadcasting it was commonly known and promoted as "Wireless Television" () in Chinese to distinguish it from the then cable television broadcaster, Rediffusion Television (), which later became ATV (). It is still usually referred to with that name, although ATV later switched to "wireless" (free-to-air) broadcasting as well. TVB is known primarily for its dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Lee (actor)
Karen Lee may refer to: *Karen Lee (swimmer) (born 1983), British Olympic swimmer *Karen Lee (politician) (born 1959), Former British Labour Party MP for Lincoln *Karen An-hwei Lee Karen An-hwei Lee (born 1973) is an American poet. Life Born in 1973, and raised in Massachusetts, Lee is a Chinese American poet, translator, and critic. She earned an M.F.A. in creative writing from Brown University and a Ph.D. in literatur ... (born 1973), Chinese-American poet See also * * Karen Li (born 1977), New Zealand table tennis player {{hndab, Lee, Karen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selena Li
Selena Lee Sze-wa (, born 12 February 1981), former stage name Selena Lee Sze-Wan (), is a Hong Kong-born Canadian actress and former beauty pageant contestant. After participating in the 2003 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, Lee had signed an artiste contract with TVB and filmed numerous TVB dramas. She left TVB in 2019 and announced in May 2019 that she will be managed by American talent agency Authentic for work in North America. In September 2019, Lee earned critical acclaim for her dual role as Alex and Coco in the supernatural romance drama '' Barrack O'Karma'' and won the Most Popular Female Character award at the TVB Anniversary Awards. In June 2020, she signed an artiste contract with Shaw Brothers Pictures for work in Hong Kong and South-Eastern Asia. Early life Born in Hong Kong, Selena Lee immigrated with her parents to Toronto in 1988. She attended the University of Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Business Commerce with major in Accounting in 2010. Lee had also had achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Chan
Power Chan Kwok-pong is an actor in Hong Kong. He has appeared in numerous TVB drama series as well as films. He dated cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ... singer and actress Mimi Lo for 7 years before marrying her on December 2, 2009. He left TVB in October 2015. Filmography Film TV series References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Power Living people 1968 births TVB veteran actors Alumni of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts 21st-century Hong Kong male actors Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong male television actors 20th-century Hong Kong male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Lok
Felix Lok Ying-kwan is a Hong Kong actor. His television appearances include roles in ''Looking Back in Anger'', ''The Drive of Life'' and '' The Academy''. Filmography Television series Films *''Heroes of the Underground'' (1976) *''The Happenings'' (1979) *''Sexy Career Girls'' (1981) *'' Lady Cop and Papa Crook'' (2008) *''Connected'' (2008) *''Claustrophobia'' (2008) *'' Overheard'' (2009) *'' Overheard 2'' (2011) *'' Nightfall'' (2012) *''Tales from the Dark 1'' (2013) *''Young and Dangerous: Reloaded'' (2013) *''Overheard 3'' (2014) *''Z Storm'' (2014) *''From Vegas to Macau II'' (2015) *'' Cold War 2'' (2016) *''Shock Wave'' (2017) *''Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg (PG) is a Virtual volunteering, volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the ...'' (2018) *''Integrity'' (2019) *''The Love of Immortal'' (2019) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
