''Lotus Lantern'' (
Chinese
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: 宝莲灯;
pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...
: ''Băo Lián Dēng'') is a 2005
Chinese television drama Chinese television dramas ( Simplified Chinese: 中国电视连续剧), sometimes colloquially known as C-dramas, are television dramas originating from China or the Greater China region. China produces more television dramas than any other country ...
based on the Chinese fairy tale ''
The Magic Lotus Lantern
''The Magic Lotus Lantern'' is a Chinese fairy tale from the Tang dynasty (618–907).
Story
Sanshengmu was an immortal who had fallen in love with a mortal man. Her brother, Erlang Shen, was against it but she stole a magical lotus lantern and ...
'' (劈山救母; ''Pī Shān Jiù Mǔ''). The 35-episode series was premiered on
CCTV-8
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starting on October 4, 2005. A prequel, ''Prequel to the Lotus Lantern'', was broadcast in 2009.
Cast
* Jian Ding as "Monkey King" Sun Wukong
*
Jiang Wen
Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese actor, screenwriter, and director. As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s. Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred wit ...
as
Chenxiang
*
Park Si-yeon
Park Si-yeon (born Park Mi-seon on March 29, 1979) is a South Korean actress. She joined the Miss Korea pageant in 2000, and using that as a springboard to an acting career, she made her acting debut in China in 2004, appearing in minor roles in ...
as Yang Chan
* Ning Xie as Pigsy
* Si Yang as Jade-Faced Fox
* Zhang Zhichao as Nezha
External links
*
2005 Chinese television series debuts
Mandarin-language television shows
Shenmo television series
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