Palace of Desire | |
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Also known as | 'Da Ming Gong Ci' |
Genre | Historical drama |
Written by | Zheng Zhong Wang Yao |
Directed by |
Li Shaohong Zeng Nianping |
Starring |
Chen Hong Zhou Xun Gua Ah-leh Winston Chao |
Composer(s) | Lin Hai |
Country of origin | China |
Original language(s) | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 37 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Li Xiaowan |
Location(s) | China |
Cinematography | Zeng Nianping |
Running time | 45 minutes per episode |
Production company(s) | CCTV |
Distributor | 1. Beijing Guanghua Rongxin Systems Production Company Limited 2. Beijing Rongxinda Film Arts Centre 3. Beijing Film Production Factory |
Release | |
Original network | CCTV-8 |
First shown in | 30 March 2000 |
Daming Gong Ci | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 大明宮詞 | ||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 大明宫词 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Daming Palace Ci | ||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Dà Míng Gōng Cí |
Wade–Giles | Ta4-Ming2-Kung1-Tzʻŭ2 |
Palace of Desire Original Soundtrack (大明宫词电视原声专辑) |
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Soundtrack album by Lin Hai | |
Released | 1. 2003 2. 18 April 2011 |
Label | China Scientific And Cultural Audio-Video Publishing House |
Palace of Desire, also known as Daming Gong Ci (literally "Ci of the Daming Palace"), is a Chinese television series based on the life of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor, Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gua Ah-leh and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on 30 March 2000. The scriptwriter used extremely poetic and theatrical language for lines.
The music for the series was composed by Lin Hai (林海). In 2011 China Scientific And Cultural Audio-Video Publishing House (中国科学文化音像出版社) released an extended version of the original soundtrack.