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Zhang Zifeng
Zhang Zifeng (born 27 August 2001), also known as Wendy Zhang, is a Chinese actress currently attending Beijing Film Academy. She is widely considered one of the best young actors in China today. In 2012 she won Best Newcomer at the 31st Hundred Flowers Awards, which made her the youngest ever Hundred Flowers Award winner. In 2017, she won Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd Huading Awards, also becoming its youngest ever recipient. In 2018, she received her first nomination as Best Supporting Actress at the 55th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards. In 2019, Zhang is regarded as one of the " New Four Dan actresses of the post-95s Generation" (Chinese: 95后四小花旦), along with Wen Qi, Zhang Xueying and Guan Xiaotong. Zhang ranked 98th on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 The ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 is a list published annually by ''Forbes'' that ranks the influence of Chinese celebrities. First published in 2004, it is similar to Celebrity 100 also published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanmenxia
Sanmenxia (; postal: Sanmenhsia) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Henan Province, China. The westernmost prefecture-level city in Henan, Sanmenxia borders Luoyang to the east, Nanyang to the southeast, Shaanxi Province to the west and Shanxi Province to the north. The city lies on the south side of the Yellow River at the point where the river cuts through the Loess Plateau on its way to the North China Plain. As of the 2020 census, it was home to 2,034,872 inhabitants (2,234,018 in 2010). However, as of the 2010 census 947,588 lived in the built-up area made of Hubin, Shanzhou urban districts and Pinglu County in neighboring Shanxi (269,188 inhabitants), now within the agglomeration. Names and History The city's name in Chinese () means "The Gorge of Three Gateways" and is derived from two islands that split the Yellow River into three parts. According to Chinese mythology, Yu the Great used a divine axe to cut the mountain ridge three times, creating the Sanmenxia go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better And Better (film)
''Better and Better'' is a 2013 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Zhang Yibai and Xie Dongshen and written by Xu Zhengchao, starring Aaron Kwok, Wang Baoqiang, Tong Dawei, Xu Jinglei, Jing Tian, and Sandra Ng. The film premiered in China on 10 February 2013. Cast Main cast *Aaron Kwok as Xie Defa *Wang Baoqiang as Sun Guoshu *Tong Dawei as Geng Zhi *Xu Jinglei as Liu Shufen *Jing Tian as Lian Sheng *Sandra Ng as Yuan Fang Guest appearances *Tony Leung Ka-fai as Chef Zhou * Zhang Yi as Geng Shanxi *Wang Luodan as Zhou Yi'nan *Ni Dahong as Grandpa Geng *Kong Ng as Lao Gengtou *Huang Jue as Xiang Cheng *Zhang Ziyi as herself *Karen Mok *Annie Yi *Christy Chung *Hu Qiaohua *Gao Qunshu *Liu Yiwei *Lam Suet *Wu Mochou *Liu Hua *Max Mok *Liu Zhibing *Wang Zhifei * Zhu Jun * Zhou Tao *Na Wei *Pan Binlong *Zhou Hong *Bowie Lam *Wang Peng *Yue Hong *Zhang Yishan Music *Eason Chan Eason Chan Yick Shun (born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Chan was ranked sixth i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Field
''Back to Field'' (Chinese: 向往的生活; pinyin: ''Xiàngwǎng de shēnghuó'') is a Chinese reality show on Hunan TV. The show documents the simplistic lifestyle of living away from the bustling city centers. Format Each season takes place in a different rural part of China. The cast members are only provided with the basic life necessities and have to take care of everything else such as cooking their own meals and building their own furniture. To "buy" different cooking ingredients and other tools, they have to complete certain tasks assigned by the production crew, such as planting and harvesting crops. Different guests join the cast in each episode and help out with the daily chores. The goal of the program is to bring the audience along on a slower pace of life and to illustrate the joys of a simple lifestyle. Members Cast Animals Episodes Season 1 Season 1 was filmed in Huayuan Village, Xinchengzi Town, Miyun District, Beijing, with He Jiong, Huang Lei, and Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upcoming Summer
Upcoming (formerly Upcoming.org) is a social event calendar website that launched in 2003, founded by Andy Baio. Features Upcoming combines features of an event calendar and a social networking site. Primarily, the site is a searchable, browseable repository of upcoming events, such as art exhibits, conferences, and music concerts. Event information is primarily contributed by the user community, although in its later years, an increasing percentage of event data originated from commercial sources. Users can indicate their plans by marking that they are "watching" or "going" to an event. Users can also establish "friend" relationships with each other and receive notifications about what their friends are attending. The site switched to the Yahoo! user accounts system in early 2007, and changed its domain name to upcoming.yahoo.com. At the same time, the site formally changed its name from "Upcoming.org" to simply "Upcoming". Upcoming uses iCalendar, GeoRSS, and RSS for cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister (2021 Film)
''Sister'', also known as ''My Sister'' (), is a 2021 Chinese coming-of-age drama film directed by Yin Ruoxi and written by . It stars Zhang Zifeng in the titular lead role, with Xiao Yang, Zhu Yuanyuan, Duan Bowen, and Connor Leong as the other cast members. It was released in China on 2 April 2021. The film grossed US$52.8 million in its opening weekend, replacing '' Godzilla vs. Kong'' as the top film at the weekend Chinese box office. The film has been received positively, with acclaim for Zhang Zifeng's performance, and has sparked discussion about gender roles and traditional values in modern Chinese society. Plot The film tells a story about the bond between an older sister and her younger brother. When An Ran loses her parents in a traffic accident, she must decide whether to pursue her independence or bring up her 6-year-old half-brother. The film, which was written and directed by You Xiaoying and Yin Ruoxi, both young female filmmakers, examines themes of tradit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Chinatown 3
''Detective Chinatown 3'' () is a 2021 Chinese comedy mystery buddy film directed and written by Chen Sicheng, starring Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran. It is a sequel to ''Detective Chinatown 2'' (2018) and is the third installment in the ''Detective Chinatown'' series. It was released on 12 February 2021. The film set several box office records, including the biggest opening weekend ever in a single territory. Grossing over US$699 million, becoming the highest-grossing non-American R-rated film of all time. It is also the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2021 and the sixth-highest-grossing non-English film of all time. Plot After the events in Bangkok and New York, Tang Ren and Qin Feng are invited to Tokyo to investigate another crime that has occurred there, leading to a battle between the strongest detectives in Asia. The film starts with Tang and Qin on plane eating junk food and Tang needs to use the bathroom. Later, he was escorted to meet the suspected murder of the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adoring
''Adoring'' () is a Chinese ensemble romantic comedy-drama film directed by Larry Yang and produced by Xu Zheng. It tells 6 heartwarming stories of how people interact with their pets to discover love in their lives. Principal photography began in April 2019 in China and it was released in China on 31 December 2019. It was subsequently released internationally in North America, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan from January 2020. Synopsis Gao Ming is a single father who lives alone with a cat after being estranged from his wife and daughter, he tries to connect with the latter when she returns for a vacation. Chen Leyun is a student who becomes blind after an illness and his classmate Jiang Nan tries to help him by training her pet to be his guide-dog. Li Xiang tries to hide his pet pig from his girlfriend Qu Feifei, but to no avail when she moves into his apartment. Zhao Le and Fang Xin is a newly married couple who finds their attempts at consummati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My People, My Country
''My People, My Country'' () is a 2019 Chinese anthology drama film, consisting of seven segments directed by seven directors, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yibai, Guan Hu, Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, and Wen Muye. It stars many of China's top actors, many in supporting roles and cameos. ''My People, My Country'' is produced jointly by Huaxia Film Distribution, Polybona Films and Alibaba Pictures. The film was released in China on September 30, 2019, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. It has two sequels, ''My People, My Homeland'' (2020) and '' My Country, My Parents'' (2021). Plot ''The Eve'' The opening segment by director Guan Hu, ''The Eve'' (), is about an engineer, Lin Zhiyuan (played by Huang Bo), racing against time to perfect an automatic flag-raising mechanism before the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949. ''Passing by'' The second story ''Passing by'' (), directed by Zhang Yib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abominable (2019 Film)
''Abominable'' is a 2019 computer-animated adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio, written and directed by Jill Culton and co-directed by Todd Wilderman, and stars the voices of Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin, and Michelle Wong. The film follows a teenage girl named Yi, who encounters a young Yeti on the roof of her apartment building in Shanghai, names him Everest and embarks on an epic quest to reunite the magical creature with his family at the highest point on Earth along with her mischievous friends Jin and Peng, but the trio of friends will have to stay one-step ahead of Burnish, a wealthy man intent on capturing a Yeti, and zoologist Dr. Zara to help Everest get home. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on September 27 while Pearl Studio distributed the film in China. The film rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Letter (2018 Film)
''Last Letter'' () is a 2018 Chinese romantic drama film written and directed by Japanese director Shunji Iwai, based on his own novel, and starring Zhou Xun, Qin Hao and Zhang Zifeng. It was released on November 9, 2018. Iwai adapted the same novel into a Japanese film, also known as '' Last Letter'', released in 2020. Synopsis The film tells the story of a Chinese woman named Yuan Zhihua (Zhou Xun), a key figure to resolving a conflict that has lasted three generations. Yuan Zhihua represents her deceased older sister at a middle school reunion and meets her previous lover, Yi Chuan. This sparks a series of letters involving Zhihua, Yi Chuan, her older sister, and her daughter. Cast * Zhou Xun as Yuan Zhihua * Qin Hao as Yin Chuan * Du Jiang as Zhou Wentao * Zhang Zifeng as young Yuan Zhihua / Zhou Saran * Deng Enxi as young Yuan Zhinan / Yuan Mumu * Bian Tianyang as young Yin Chuan * Hu Changlin as Yuan Chenchen * Wu Yanshu (''guest appearance'') as Chen Guizhi * Tan Zhuo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Of The Theatre
''Phantom of the Theatre'' ( zh, c=魔宫魅影, p=Mó Gōng Mèi Yǐng) is a 2016 Chinese thriller film directed by Raymond Yip, starring Ruby Lin, Tony Yang, Simon Yam, and Huang Lei. The film depicts a story set in Shanghai during the 1930s, representing the prosperity and charm of Shanghai in its peak time, with distinctive characteristics of that time and irreproachably interpreting the humanity. It was released in China on 29 April 2016. Premise A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show and bring in new victims. The Phantom of the Theatre depicts a tragic love story between rising film star Meng Sifan and young director Gu Weibang, the son of the warlord Gu Mingshan. Cast * Ruby Lin as Meng Si Fan / Kong-jin / Kong Lan * Tony Yang as Gu Wei Bang * Simon Yam as Gu Ming Shan * Jing Gangshan as Kong Shen * Huang Hung as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Chinatown
''Detective Chinatown'' () is a 2015 Chinese comedy-mystery buddy film directed by Chen Sicheng and starring Wang Baoqiang and Liu Haoran. It was released in China on 31 December 2015. A sequel, was released in February 2018, and a third film was released in February 2021. Plot After being rejected from a police college, Qin Feng (Liu Haoran) goes to Bangkok for a vacation. He plans to spend time with his "uncle" Tang Ren (Wang Baoqiang), who is reputed to be the number one detective of Chinatown in Bangkok. Tang Ren turns out to be a sleazy petty swindler who is an underling of incompetent police sergeant Kon Tai (Xiao Yang). Meanwhile, the main suspect in a gold robbery case, Sompat, is murdered and the gold goes missing. The gold belongs to prominent local gangster Mr. Yan (Chin Shih-chieh). Kon Tai and his ambitious rival Huang Landeng (Chen He), are put into competition by the police chief to solve the case and retrieve the gold in order to be appointed the next deputy chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
