| Scarlet Heart | |
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| Genre | Romance Historical fiction Chuanyue |
| Based on | Bu Bu Jing Xin by Tong Hua |
| Directed by | Lee Kwok-lap |
| Starring | Cecilia Liu Nicky Wu Kevin Cheng Yuan Hong Lin Gengxin |
| Opening theme | One Persistent Thought by Hu Ge and Alan |
| Ending theme | Three Inches of Heaven by Ivy Yan Season of Waiting by Cecilia Liu |
| Composer | Raymond Wong |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Karen Tsoi |
| Production location | China |
| Running time | 45 mins |
| Production company | Tangren Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hunan Satellite TV |
| Release | 13 January – 28 September 2011 |
| Related | |
| Scarlet Heart 2 Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 步步惊心 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 步步驚心 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bùbù Jīngxīn | ||||||
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Scarlet Heart (Chinese: 步步惊心, lit. Startling by Each Step) is a 2011 Chinese television series based on the novel Bu Bu Jing Xin by Tong Hua. It premiered in China on Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS) on 10 September 2011.
The series tells the story of a modern-era woman, Zhang Xiao, who time-travelled from the 21st century to the Qing Dynasty during the Kangxi Emperor's reign, where she, as her previous incarnate Ma'er'tai Ruoxi, encountered the Emperor's sons, who were involved in a lengthy battle for the throne. During the course of the series, the female protagonist would meet and eventually fell in love with Fourth Prince Aisin Gioro Yinzhen, who would later on ascend the throne as Emperor Yongzheng. The plot of the series largely followed the original novel's plot, though the series's ending differed from the novel's, along with a few minor differences from both the series and novel.
A pioneer of the time slip genre in Asian television, Scarlet Heart was a commercial and critical hit, both in China and across Asia.[1][2] A "sequel", Scarlet Heart 2 first aired in China on Zhejiang TV on 22 April 2014.[3][4]
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