Romance of the Western Chamber (TV series) explained

Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none T: 西廂記 S: 西厢记 P: Xīxiāngjì
Genre:	Historical, romantic comedy
Based On:	Romance of the Western Chamber
Director:	Lu Qi
Starring:	Zhou Qiqi Zhang Xiaochen Deng Jiajia
Country:	China
Language:	Mandarin
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	30
Executive Producer:	Li Xiaoming
Location:	Furong Garden
Company:	China International Television Corporation
Channel:	CCTV-8
Last Aired:	^[1]

Romance of the Western Chamber 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.

Cast

Main

• Zhou Qiqi as Cui Yingying, the daughter of the Prime Minister
• Zhang Xiaochen as Zhang Gong, the young scholar.
• Deng Jiajia as Hongniang, 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]

Notes and References

1. News: http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2013_02/07/22027403_0.shtml . zh:《新西厢记》昨晚收官 . iFeng . 2013-02-07 . zh.
2. News: http://news.mtime.com/2010/12/09/1446458.html . zh:新版《西厢记》杀青 画面极致再现盛唐风貌 . Mtime . 2010-12-09 . zh.
3. News: http://news.ifeng.com/society/news/detail_2010_08/28/2347312_0.shtml . zh:电视剧版《西厢记》将于明年与观众见面 . ifeng . 2010-08-28 . zh.
4. News: http://xian.qq.com/a/20100917/000263.htm . zh:电视剧<西厢记>西安开机 邓家佳红娘造型曝光 . Tencent . 2009-09-17 . zh.
5. News: http://xian.qq.com/a/20100916/000347.htm . zh:电视剧<西厢记>西安开机 宋佳苦等15年终圆梦 . Tencent . 2010-09-06 . zh.