Secret History of Princess Taiping
| Secret History of Princess Taiping | ||
|---|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Tàipíng Gōngzhǔ Mìshǐ | |
| Genre | Historical fiction | |
| Screenplay by | Zhao Ruiyong Zhou Su Hai Fei Luo Ye | |
| Directed by | Lee Hon-to Zhou Min | |
| Presented by | Ouyang Changlin Zhao Ruiyong Gong Yu Wang Changtian Zhang Huali Liu Xiangqun Zhang Yuxin | |
| Starring | ||
| Opening theme | Guren Tan (故人叹) | |
| Ending theme | Zhi Sheng Xiangsi Zai Zhitou (只剩相思在枝头) | |
| Composer | Yao Jiejun | |
| Country of origin | China | |
| Original language | Mandarin | |
| No. of episodes | 45 | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producers | Li Hao Yao Jia Li Xiaoping He Xiaoting Xiao Ning Dai Jingting | |
| Producers | Zhao Ruiyong Zhao Ruijun Jiang Linjing | |
| Production locations | Hengdian World Studios Ejin Banner | |
| Cinematography | Zheng Dedao Lu Difeng Tian Xiuhu Qin Zhifeng | |
| Editors | Cai Feixia Yan Bin | |
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | |
| Production company | Zhejiang Great Wall Television Culture | |
| Original release | ||
| Network | Hunan Satellite TV | |
| Release | 27 March 2012 | |
| Related | ||
| Secret History of Empress Wu (2011) | ||
Secret History of Princess Taiping, also known as Taiping Gongzhu Mishi, is a 2012 Chinese historical television series. The protagonist is the firstborn daughter (posthumously known as Princess Andingsi, who died in infancy according to history) of
Plot
In 654, during the
At one point, Zhaoniang dies trying to protect the princess. The princess learns the truth about her origins. She decides to seek vengeance on her mother Wu Zetian, who has seized the Tang throne and currently rules as a female emperor. The princess collaborates with Axiena Simu to kidnap Princess Taiping, Wu Zetian's younger daughter. As the two princesses resemble each other in appearance, the older one impersonates her younger sister and returns to the palace, where she plots her revenge and schemes to take over her mother's place as the ruler of China.
Cast
- Alyssa Chia as Princess Taiping / Princess Andingsi (young adult)
- Zheng Shuangas Princess Taiping / Princess Andingsi (teenage)
- Lin Miaoke as Princess Taiping / Princess Andingsi (child)
- Lan Yan as Empress Wang
- Sun Yaoqi as Shangguan Wan'er (young adult), Wu Zetian's secretary
- Tu Liman as Shangguan Wan'er (middle age)
- Liu Yuxin as Wu Zetian (young adult), the mother of the two princesses
- Li Xiang as Wu Zetian (middle age)
- Xu Weilu as Wei Tuan'er, a servant of Wu Zetian
- Yu Xintian as Princess Anle
- Jiang Linjing as Empress Wei
- Grace Yu as Zhaoniang
- Zhang Han as Emperor Xuanzong
- Zhu Zi as Xue Shao
- Yuan Hong as Axiena Simu
- Gao Zi as Emperor Gaozong
- Ye Peng as Emperor Ruizong
- Tian Yu as Emperor Zhongzong
- Guo Qiming as Gao Qi
- Wu Yuhua as Li Chongjun
- Wang Hao as Wu Youji
- Ma Fei as Wu Chengsi
- Ye Xinyu as Di Renjie
- Ju Hui as Zhang Yizhi
- Yuan Jiabao as Zhang Changzong
See also
External links
- (in Chinese) Secret History of Princess Taiping on Sina.com