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War And Beauty
''War and Beauty'' () is a Hong Kong television period drama serial that originally aired on TVB Jade from 23 August to 2 October 2004, consisting of 30 episodes. It stars TVB Best Actress winners Sheren Tang (2009/2010), Maggie Cheung (2003), Charmaine Sheh (2006/2014), and Gigi Lai (2004 - she won the award for her work in this drama). It also stars TVB Best Actor winners Bowie Lam (2004 - he also won the award for his work in this drama) and Moses Chan (2007). It received widespread praise among critics and audiences for its acting and plot. It continues to remain one of the most popular TVB dramas and is often referenced as the first drama series that sparked the popularity for palace scheming dramas in Hong Kong such as ''Beyond the Realm of Conscience'' and Mainland Chinese dramas including ''Empresses in the Palace'', ''Story of Yanxi Palace'' and ''Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace''. In 2022, the drama was selected as one of ten classic TVB dramas being honoured for a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Period 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 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'' 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 relationships in sumptuous surroundings, contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruyi's Royal Love In The Palace
''Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace'' (, lit. ''The Legend of Ruyi'') is a 2018 Chinese television series based on novel ''Hou Gong Ru Yi Zhuan'' by Liu Lianzi. Starring Zhou Xun and Wallace Huo, the series chronicles the relationship between Emperor Qianlong and Empress Nara. It is the sequel to the critically acclaimed drama ''Empresses in the Palace''. It aired on Tencent Video starting 20 August to 15 October 2018; during which it was streamed more than 18,9 billion times. It later went on national broadcast and aired simultaneously on Jiangsu Television and Dragon Television from 25 December 2018. Despite receiving mixed reviews from viewers about the plot and the characters, the series eventually won acclaim for its exquisite props, lavish sets and stellar cast and has a score of 7.5 points on Douban. Plot Step Empress Nara grew up as Lady Qingying, the niece of Empress Xiaojing, during the Yongzheng Emperor's reign and was future Qianlong Emperor's childhood friend; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Chinese
The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive varieties of the Chinese language. The estimated 1.4 billion Han Chinese people, worldwide, are primarily concentrated in the People's Republic of China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) where they make up about 92% of the total population. In the Republic of China (Taiwan), they make up about 97% of the population. People of Han Chinese descent also make up around 75% of the total population of Singapore. Originating from Northern China, the Han Chinese trace their cultural ancestry to the Huaxia, the confederation of agricultural tribes living along the Yellow River. This collective Neolithic confederation included agricultural tribes Hua and Xia, hence the name. They settled along the Central Plains around the middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consort Hua
Consort Hua (; died 3 August 1804), of the Han Chinese Hougiya clan belonging to the Bordered Yellow Banner, was a consort of Jiaqing Emperor. Life Family background Consort Hua was a booi of Han Chinese Hougiya clan belonging to the Bordered Yellow Banner. Her personal name was Liuniu (). Her ancestral home was located in Shenyang. Father: Taozhu, a Minister of Imperial Stables () * First paternal uncle: Changshu (常舒), served as third rank military official (参领) * Paternal grandfather: Liuge (六格). One elder sister: Wife of grace general Fuming'a (福明阿) from the Prince Keqin peerage. Qianlong era It is not known when Lady Hougiya entered the residence of Prince Jia of the First Rank as a servant () and was promoted to concubine (). On 2 August 1789, she gave birth to Jiaqing Emperor's 6th daughter who would die prematurely in 1790. Jiaqing era On 22 January 1796, Lady Hougiya was granted a title "Concubine Ying" (莹嫔, "ying" meaning "luste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consorts Of The Jiaqing Emperor
The Jiaqing Emperor had a total number of 14 consorts, including 2 empresses, 2 imperial noble consorts, 4 consorts and 6 concubines. Empresses # Empress Xiaoshurui (1796-1797) # Empress Xiaoherui (1797-1820), later honoured as Mother Empress, Empress Dowager Gongci (). She held the title to her death in 1850. Imperial Noble Consorts # Imperial Noble Consort Heyu, the longest living consort of the emperor # Imperial Noble Consort Gongshun, the last imperial consort interred at Emperor's Mausoleum Consorts 1.Consort Shu Consort Shu (恕妃 完颜氏; d.1792) was a member of an ancient Wanyan clan. Father: Hafeng'a (哈丰阿), held a title of master commandant of light chariot (轻车都尉, pinyin: qingcheduwei) One sister: A primary consort of Prince Zhuangxiang of the First Rank, Mianke (庄襄亲王 绵课 嫡福晋) Qianlong era Lady Wanyan entered the residence of Prince Jia of the First Rank in 1786 and was granted a title "Secondary Consort" (侧福晋). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee (; born 20 March 1969) is a Hong Kong actress. Career Maggie Cheung Ho-yee competed in TVB's 1994 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards. Her career spun off to a whirlwind of a start, as she was offered a leading role. However, she wanted to start from the bottom up and hence declined the role, only to accept a subsidiary role in another series. Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted ''Old Time Buddy'', but some others say it is with her primary leading role in "One Good Turn Deserves Another". The popularity of artists in the Hong Kong television market depends as much on the popularity of the characters in a series as to the ability of the actors and it was not until 1998 that she achieved mainstream popularity with the series "Old Time Buddy", in which she play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Noble Consort Gongshun
Imperial Noble Consort Gongshun (恭順皇貴妃) of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan (鈕祜祿氏) was a consort of the Jiaqing Emperor. She was 27 years his junior. Life Family background Imperial Noble Consort Gongshun's personal name was not recorded in history. * Father: Shanqing (), served as a sixth rank literary official () * Mother: Lady Yang Qianlong era The future Imperial Noble Consort Gongshun was born on the 12th day of the fourth lunar month in the 52nd year of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, which translates to 28 May 1787 in the Gregorian calendar. Jiaqing era In 1801, Lady Niohuru entered the Forbidden City and was granted the title "Noble Lady Ru" by the Jiaqing Emperor. On 8 March 1805, she gave birth to his eighth daughter, who would die prematurely in December 1805 or January 1806. Lady Niohuru was elevated in May or June 1805 to "Concubine Ru", and on 18 October 1810 to "Consort Ru". She gave birth on 18 February 1811 to the emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Xiaoherui
Empress Xiaoherui (20 November 1776 – 23 January 1850), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Niohuru clan, was a posthumous name bestowed to the wife and second empress consort of Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor. She was Empress consort of Qing from 1801 until her husband's death in 1820, after which she was honoured as Empress Dowager Gongci during the reign of her step-son, Mianning, the Daoguang Emperor. She was the longest-serving empress consort in Qing history. Life Family background Empress Xiaoherui's personal name was not recorded in history. * Father: Gūnggala (), served as the Minister of Works from 1810–1811, the Minister of War from 1811–1812 and the Minister of Rites from 1804–1810 and from 1812–1813, and held the title of a first class duke () ** Paternal grandfather: Gongbao () ** Paternal grandmother： Lady Nara * Mother: Lady Yehe Nara ** Maternal grandfather: Baiming () * One elder brother and two younger brothers ** First elder brother: Ningwu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Chan
Rebecca Chan Sau Chu (born October 20, 1958) is a Hong Kong actress best known for her works with the television network TVB such as hit series ''War and Beauty'' where she played the main villain. She joined TVB in 1979, when she competed at the Miss Hong Kong 1979 pageant. She finished as a top 10 semifinalist. She left TVB in 1990, rejoined in 1995 and left again in July 2020. Filmography Variety show (TVB) *1981: '' Sports World TVB'' *1983: ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight'' or ''EYT'' is a popular variety show that was produced in British Hong Kong. It first aired on TVB Jade on 20 November 1967. The show lasted 27 years with its last broadcast on Friday, 7 October 1994.Chinanews.com.cn ...'' (EYT) *1989: 10 Anniversary of Guangzhou Chinese New Year Celebration References External link * 1958 births Living people TVB veteran actors Hong Kong television actresses Hong Kong film actresses 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Palace
The Forbidden City () is a palace complex in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, at the center of the Imperial City of Beijing. It is surrounded by numerous opulent imperial gardens and temples including the Zhongshan Park, the sacrificial Imperial Ancestral Temple, the Beihai Park, and the Jingshan Park. It is officially administered by the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years. Since 1925, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiaqing Emperor
The Jiaqing Emperor (13 November 1760 – 2 September 1820), also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, born Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1796 to 1820. He was the 15th son of the Qianlong Emperor. During his reign, he prosecuted Heshen, the corrupt Manchu favorite of his father, and attempted to restore order within the Qing Empire while curbing the smuggling of opium into China. Early years Yongyan was born in the Old Summer Palace, 8 km (5 mi) northwest of the walls of Beijing. His personal name, "Yongyan" (永琰), was later changed to "Yongyan" (顒琰) when he became the emperor. The Chinese character for ''yong'' in his name was changed from the more common 永 to the less common 顒. This novelty was introduced by the Qianlong Emperor, who believed that it was not proper to have a commonly used Chinese character in an emperor's personal name due to the lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speaking ethnic group who unified other Jurchen tribes to form a new "Manchu" ethnic identity. The dynasty was officially proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China and Outer Manchuria). It seized control of Beijing in 1644, then later expanded its rule over the whole of China proper and Taiwan, and finally expanded into Inner Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912 when it was overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing dynasty lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
