Dream of the Red Chamber (1987 TV series)

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Dream of the Red Chamber
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	紅樓夢
Simplified Chinese	红楼梦
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hónglóu Mèng
Genre	Historical, romantic
Based on	Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin
Written by	Zhou Lei Liu Genglu Zhou Ling
Directed by	Wang Fulin
Starring	Ouyang Fenqiang as Jia Baoyu Chen Xiaoxu as Lin Daiyu Zhang Li as Xue Baochai Deng Jie as Wang Xifeng
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	36
Production
Executive producer	Wang Fulin
Production location	China
Production company	China Central Television
Original release
Network	CCTV
Release	1987 (1987)
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Dream of the Red Chamber (Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: Hónglóu Mèng), first released in 1987, is a television series produced by CCTV adapted from the classic 18th century Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. It gained enormous popularity for its music, cast, and plot adaptation. It was first filmed in Beijing in Mandarin, then the series was dubbed in Cantonese and Shanghainese. The series is 36 episodes long.^[1]

The TV series is regarded by many within China as being a near-definitive adaptation of the novel. A TV remake of the novel started airing in 2010; however, much objection was raised over the unorthodox costume design and other contested interpretations.