''Prelude of Lotus Lantern'' () is a 2009

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fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

television series. The television series directed by Hong Kong director Mang San Yu and written by Wang Biao, and starring

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, Zhou Yang,

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and

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. It tells the story of

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, a popular Chinese God in Chinese mythology. The series serve as a prequel of the 2005's

Lotus Lantern (TV series) ''Lotus Lantern'' (Simplified Chinese characters, Chinese: 宝莲灯; pinyin: ''Băo Lián Dēng'') is a 2005 Chinese television drama based on the Chinese fairy tale ''The Magic Lotus Lantern'' (劈山救母; ''Pī Shān Jiù Mǔ''). The 35-episo ...

Plot

This is the prequel to Lotus Lantern. The story this time focus on around Chen Xiang's uncle Er Lang Shen and his mother Sanshengmu .

Cast

(Yang Jian). **

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as young Erlang Shen * Zhou Yang as Sanshengmu, a niece of

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, the third daughter of Yaoji. *

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. *

as Yaoji. * Li Guangjie as Yang Tianyou. * Jenny Guo as the seventh fairy. * Kira Lu as

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. * Li Xinru as

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. * Wang Weiguo as

. * Tan Xiaoyan as

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. * Alvin Wong as

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. * Wu Guohua as

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. * Xie Ning as

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. * Ding Jian as

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. * Chen Chuang as Xiaotianquan *

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. *

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as Princess San, the third daughter of

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. * Cao Jun as Chenxiang. (Guest Star in episode 46)

Production

The television series shot the scene in Zhuozhou World Studios of

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city,

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province, China. It was a hot TV series in

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and one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that year.

References

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''Prelude of Lotus Lantern''
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