Justice Bao (1993 TV series)
| Justice Pao | |
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| Also known as | Judge Bao Justice Bao |
| Chinese | |
| Mandarin | Bāo Qīng Tiān |
| Genre |
crime fiction historical fiction wuxia gong'an fiction fantasy |
| Starring |
Jin Chao-chun Kenny Ho Fan Hung-hsuan |
| Opening theme | "Bāo Qīng Tiān" (包青天) performed by Hu Kua |
| Ending theme | 1. "New Dream of Butterfly Lovers" (新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢) performed by Huang An 2. "Xié Shŏu Yóu Rén Jiān" (攜手遊人間) performed by Chang Chen |
| Composer(s) | Hsi Yu-lung |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 236 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Chao Ta-shen |
| Running time | 45 minutes/episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTS |
| Original release | February 23, 1993 – January 18, 1994 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Justice Bao (2008) Justice Bao (2010–) |
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bāo Qīng Tiān |
| Wade–Giles | Pao1 Ch'ing1 T'ien1 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Baau1 Cing1 Tin1 |
Justice Pao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System (CTS) from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the legendary Song dynasty official Bao Zheng. It was hugely popular in many countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes.
The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology (Dual Sound Switch Cantonese/Mandarin).
1995 – 30th Golden Bell Awards
1. The opening theme, performed by Hu Kua, has the same title as the series. It was originally performed by Chiang Kuang-Chao for the earlier 1974 CTS series also of the same name.
2. The ending theme was "New Dream of the Butterfly Lovers" (Chinese: 新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢; pinyin: Xīn Yuānyāng Húdié Mèng), written and performed by Huang An.
3. Another ending theme song used for some episodes was "Xiéshŏu Yóu Rénjiān" (Chinese: 攜手遊人間; literally: "Traveling the World Hand in Hand").
It first aired in Singapore on the Channel 12 (now Suria) a member of Singapore Television Twelve (STV12) (now MediaCorp TV12) was laumched on October 3, 1994 with Malay dubbing at 20:30 SST after Berita 12 programme.
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