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Virtues Of Harmony
{{Infobox television , image = Virtues of Harmony.jpg , caption = Official poster , alt_name = , genre = Historical period sitcom , creator = Tsui Yu-on , developer = , writer = Chiu Ching-yungKa Wai-nam , director = , starring = Nancy SitFrankie LamMichael Tse Joyce ChenBondy ChiuCutie MuiLouis YuenYvonne LamJohnny TangBernice LiuLau Dan Stephanie Che Joseph LeeHawick Lau Johnny Ngan Helen MaTimmy Hung Sherming YiuKingdom YuenMaggie Shiu , opentheme = "Virtues of Harmony" (皆大歡喜) by Nancy Sit , endtheme = "Who Knows My Troubles" (心事有誰知) by Nancy Sit , theme_music_composer = , composer = , country = Hong Kong , language = Cantonese , num_episodes = 327(Overseas) 325(TVB Jade ) 164(1 hour versions) , list_episodes = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Ma (actress)
Helen Ma (馬海倫, born November 28, 1950) is a Hong Kong actress. Beginning her career in the Hong Kong movie industry since the 1960s, she is known to have appeared in various Hong Kong produced movies and dramas. Ma is currently an actress under television broadcast TVB. Awards *''Outstanding Artiste Award'' at the TVB Awards Presentation 2013 Filmography *'' The Cave of the Silken Web'' (1967) *''King Cat'' (1967) *' * ''Deaf and Mute Heroine'' (1971) *''The Fate of Lee Khan'' (1973) *''Dream of Red Mansion'' (1977) *''The Duke of Mount Deer'' (1977) *''Song Bird'' (1989) *''Man from Guangdong'' (1991) *''Drifters'' (1991) *''Super Cop'' (1992) *''All About Tin'' (1993) *'' A Kindred Spirit'' (1995) *''The Condor Heroes 95'' (1995) *''Armed Reaction'' (1998, as Ho Kam Mui) *''Before Dawn'' (1998) *'' Happy Ever After'' (1999) *''Man's Best Friend'' (2000) *''Armed Reaction II'' (2000, as Ho Kam Mui) *'' Return of the Cuckoo'' (2000) *'' Armed Reaction III'' (2001, as Ho Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colourful Life
''Colourful Life'' () is a 2001 Hong Kong, ancient costumed comedy drama produced by TVB, starring Annie Man and Frankie Lam as the main leads with Gigi Wong, Louis Yuen, Ronald Cheng, Louisa So, Florence Kwok, Cutie Mui, Myolie Wu and Mimi Chu as supporting leads. The series is helmed by executive producer Mui Siu Ching and was aired as a Lunar New Year drama. Original broadcast of the series began on January 15 till February 9, 2001 on TVB's Jade channel, Monday-Friday during its 9:15-10:20 p.m. timeslot. Synopsis The Ching family is an affluent family that produces textiles for the royal family, the government officials and the army during the Tang Dynasty. On the day of Princess Man Sing wedding to the Tibetan Emperor, Lady Gwai, the Tang Emperor's favorite concubine, overhears the Ching's 3rd madam Sam Kam Hing (Angelina Lo) insulting her to Ching's 2nd madam Sheung Goon Dan Fung (Gigi Wong) because Lady Gwai was once the 2nd madam's personal maid. To insult the Ching' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han Chinese, Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenghua Emperor
The Chenghua Emperor (; 9 December 1447 – 9 September 1487), personal name Zhu Jianshen, was the ninth Emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned from 1464 to 1487. His era name " Chenghua" means "accomplished change". Childhood Zhu Jianshen was a son of the Zhengtong Emperor (also known as the Tianshun Emperor). He was only two years old when his father was captured by the Oirat Mongols and held captive in 1449. After that, his uncle, the Jingtai Emperor, took over the throne whilst his father was released from Oirats and returned to Beijing in 1450 and was put under house arrest for almost seven years. During this time, Zhu Jianshen lived under his uncle's shadow and even had his title of crown prince removed while the Jingtai Emperor installed his own son as heir. Zhu Jianshen was only reinstated as crown prince on the eve of the death of the Jingtai Emperor in 1457. Reign as emperor The Chenghua Emperor ascended the throne at the age of 17. During the early part of his adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Rich
''Nouveau riche'' (; ) is a term used, usually in a derogatory way, to describe those whose wealth has been acquired within their own generation, rather than by familial inheritance. The equivalent English term is the "new rich" or "new money" (in contrast with " old money"; french: vieux riche ). Sociologically, ''nouveau riche'' refers to the person who previously had belonged to a lower social class and economic stratum (rank) within that class; and that the new money, which constitutes their wealth, allowed upward social mobility and provided the means for conspicuous consumption, the buying of goods and services that signal membership in an upper class. As a pejorative term, ''nouveau riche'' affects distinctions of type, the given stratum within a social class; hence, among the rich people of a social class, ''nouveau riche'' describes the vulgarity and ostentation of the newly rich person who lacks the worldly experience and the system of values of " old money", of inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtues Of Harmony II
''The Virtues of Harmony II'' is a long-running TVB television series, which follows its first series, ''Virtues of Harmony'', a series set in Imperial China. It stars Nancy Sit , Frankie Lam , Michael Tse , Joyce Chen , Bondy Chiu , Cutie Mui , Louis Yuen , Yvonne Lam , Johnny Tang , Bernice Liu , Lau Dan, Stephanie Che, Joseph Lee , Hawick Lau , Johnny Ngan , Helen Ma, Timmy Hung , Sherming Yiu , Kingdom Yuen & Maggie Shiu Maggie Shiu (born February 27, 1965) is a prominent Hong Kong actress. Career Her career began in 1985 when she joined Hong Kong TVB. As her career developed, she took on variety of roles in TV series and movies. Hong Kong audiences still remember .... This new, second series of the ''Virtues of Harmony'' is set in Modern Hong Kong. Show statistics * Chinese Title: 皆大歡喜 * English Title: Virtues of Harmony II (Modern Version) * Chinese Pinyin Title: Gai Dai Foon Hei (Cantonese), Jie Da Huan Xi (Mandarin) * Vietnamese Title: Tình Người Hiện ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVB Jade
TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister network, the English-language TVB Pearl. Broadcasting started on 19 November 1967. It is headquartered at TVB City at the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate in Tseung Kwan O, in the Sai Kung District. Primarily broadcasting entertainment programming, TVB Jade has historically been the most dominant television channel in the region in terms of viewership, with its closest competitor having been the now-defunct ATV Home. Jade primarily broadcasts in the Cantonese language; it has also offered programs with alternative audio tracks in Mandarin, English, and other foreign languages. Some shows also offer subtitles in multiple languages. Audience During the 21:30 to 22:30 weekday time-slot, TVB Jade consistently attains the highest television audience ratings in Hong Kong. With an averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Broadcasts Limited
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] |
Multiple-camera Setup
The multiple-camera setup, multiple-camera mode of production, multi-camera or simply multicam is a method of filmmaking and video production. Several cameras—either film or professional video cameras—are employed on the set and simultaneously record or broadcast a scene. It is often contrasted with a single-camera setup, which uses one camera. Description Generally, the two outer cameras shoot close-up shots or "crosses" of the two most active characters on the set at any given time, while the central camera or cameras shoot a wider master shot to capture the overall action and establish the geography of the room. In this way, multiple shots are obtained in a single take without having to start and stop the action. This is more efficient for programs that are to be shown a short time after being shot as it reduces the time spent in film or video editing. It is also a virtual necessity for regular, high-output shows like daily soap operas. Apart from saving editing time, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Shiu
Maggie Shiu (born February 27, 1965) is a prominent Hong Kong actress. Career Her career began in 1985 when she joined Hong Kong TVB. As her career developed, she took on variety of roles in TV series and movies. Hong Kong audiences still remember her first appearance in Jacky Cheung's music video "輕撫你的臉" and her performance as Princess Fragrant in ''Take Care, Your Highness!'' (皇上保重). Overseas, Maggie has gained a wider audience with roles as Xiaozhao (小昭) in ''New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre'' (倚天屠龍刀), Shek Yi-Ming (石伊明) in ''Blood of Good and Evil'' (我本善良), Cin Kiu (展翹) in '' The Breaking Point'' (今生無悔), Wai Hoi-Yi (韋海怡) in ''Conscience'' (第三類法庭), Anson Man (萬安生) in '' Healing Hands'' (妙手仁心), Sylvia Hong (康雅言) in ''The Gem of Life'' (珠光寶氣), Officer Kat in '' PTU'', and Mrs. Big D in ''Election''. Since 2004 Siu has been nominated several times at the Hong Kong Film Awards fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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