| Genre: | Chinese mythology, fantasy, historical |
| Based On: | Lotus Lantern |
| Director: | Mang San Yu |
| Starring: | Vincent Chiao Zhou Yang Liu Xiaoqing Liu Tao |
| Endtheme: | Cao Fujia A mountain in the distance |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Num Episodes: | 46 |
| Executive Producer: | Li Gongda |
| Editor: | Hou Qi |
| Location: | Zhuozhou World Studios |
| Cinematography: | Guan Jianxiong Gu Qiming |
| Company: | China Teleplay Production Center Co., Ltd. Beijing Songlian International Film and TV Cultural Media co., LTD Beijing Dahui Cultural Development Co., Ltd. Beijing Tianxingji Film and TV Cultural Communications co., LTD. |
| Channel: | CCTV-8 |
| S: | 宝莲灯前传 |
| T: | 寶蓮燈前傳 |
| P: | Bǎoliándēng Qiánzhuàn |
Prelude of Lotus Lantern is a 2009 Chinese mythology fantasy television series. The television series directed by Hong Kong director Mang San Yu and written by Wang Biao, and starring Vincent Chiao, Zhou Yang, Liu Xiaoqing and Liu Tao. It tells the story of Erlang Shen, a popular Chinese God in Chinese mythology.[1] The series serve as a prequel of the 2005's Lotus Lantern (TV series)
This is the prequel to Lotus Lantern. The story this time focus on around Chen Xiang's uncle Er Lang Shen and his mother Sanshengmu .
The television series shot the scene in Zhuozhou World Studios of Zhuozhou city, Hebei province, China.
It was a hot TV series in CCTV-8 and one of the most watched ones in mainland China in that year.[4]