Romance of the Western Chamber (TV series)

Romance of the Western Chamber
Traditional 西廂記
Simplified 西厢记
Mandarin Xīxiāngjì
Genre Historical, romantic comedy
Based on Romance of the Western Chamber
Written by Chen Baohua
Directed by Lu Qi
Starring Zhou Qiqi
Zhang Xiaochen
Deng Jiajia
Country of origin China
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 30
Production
Executive producer(s) Li Xiaoming
Production location(s) Furong Garden
Production company(s) China International Television Corporation
Release
Original network CCTV-8
First shown in China
Original release January 30 (2013-01-30) – February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)[1]

Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西厢记) is a 2013 Chinese historical romantic comedy directed by Lu Qi and written by Chen Baohua. It stars Zhou Qiqi, Zhang Xiaochen and Deng Jiajia.[2][3] The TV series is an adaptation of Wang Shifu's work of the same name.

Synopsis

Cast

Main

  • Zhou Qiqi as Cui Yingying, the daughter of the Prime Minister
  • Zhang Xiaochen as Zhang Gong, the young scholar.
  • Deng Jiajia as Hong Niang, a servant of Ying Ying[4]

Supporting

  • Song Jia as Mrs. Cui, Yingying's mother
  • Sun Jian as Zheng Heng
  • Qi Ji as Du Que
  • Wang Huichun as Zheng Deze
  • Shi Dasheng as Cui Yu, the Prime Minister, father of Yingying
  • Ma Xiaowei as monk Huiming
  • Ma Jingwu as the Emperor
  • Wang Ji as the Empress
  • Zheng Siren as the son of the Emperor
  • Fu Jia as Sun Feihu

Production

Most of the film was shot on locations in Datang Furong Garden, Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Xingqing Park, and Heyang.[5]

Music

No.TitleLyricsMusicSingersLength
1."A Sight of You (看了你一眼)" (Opening theme)Ji ChuchenXu XiangrongDing Wei and Yong De 

References

  1. ↑ 《新西厢记》昨晚收官. iFeng (in Chinese). 2013-02-07.
  2. ↑ 新版《西厢记》杀青 画面极致再现盛唐风貌. Mtime (in Chinese). 2010-12-09.
  3. ↑ 电视剧版《西厢记》将于明年与观众见面. ifeng (in Chinese). 2010-08-28.
  4. ↑ 电视剧<西厢记>西安开机 邓家佳红娘造型曝光. Tencent (in Chinese). 2009-09-17.
  5. ↑ 电视剧<西厢记>西安开机 宋佳苦等15年终圆梦. Tencent (in Chinese). 2010-09-06.
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