''The Fairies of Liaozhai'' is a Chinese television series adapted from

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's collection of supernatural stories titled ''

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''. The series is produced by

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and stars

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, Qu Ying,

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, Lin Chia-yu, Pan Yueming, Sun Li and

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.''The Fairies of Liaozhai''
on

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Shooting began in December 2006 and wrapped up in March 2007. The 40-episode series is divided into four parts — ''Liancheng'' (), ''Xia Nü'' (), ''Huanniang'' (), and ''Xin Shisiniang'' ().

Cast

Liancheng

as Qiao Sheng *

as Liancheng *

Qu Ying Joie Qu Ying (; born July 2, 1971 in Changsha, Hunan) is a Chinese model and actress. Life She graduated from the modern drama class at the Artistic School of Hunan, and later became a cast member in the Hunan Repertory Theatre. In 1990, she st ...

as Binniang *Ho Kwai-lam as Prefect Shi

Xia Nü

as Gu Xiangru *Lin Chia-yu as Xu Mu'e * Sun Xing as Prefect Lin * Cao Xiwen as Lin Yuefu *Song Yang as Fang Wukui

Huanniang

*Pan Yueming as Wen Ruchun *Leslie Sun as Zhao Huanniang *Liu Xiaoxi as Lianggong *

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as Young Master Qian * Cui Peng as Qiaolangjun

Xin Shisiniang

as Xin Shisiniang *TAE as Feng Sheng * Li Qian as Lu'er *Han Xiao as Hu Mei

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2007 Chinese television series debuts Serial drama television series Television shows based on Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio Television series by Tangren Media Television series set in Imperial China Horror fiction television series Mandarin-language television shows Chinese television shows {{China-tv-stub