| The Empress of China | |
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.jpg) Official poster | |
| Also known as | Wu Ze Tian |
| Traditional Chinese | 武媚娘傳奇 |
| Simplified Chinese | 武媚娘传奇 |
| 武媚娘傳奇 | |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Directed by | Go Yik Chun |
| Starring | Fan Bingbing Zhang Fengyi Aarif Rahman Janine Chang |
| Opening theme | China and Taiwan: Thousands of Years by Sun Nan Hong Kong: The Empress by Joey Yung |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | Original version: 82 Hunan TV: 96 TVB: 75 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Wu Hongliang Meng Qinghan Li Zhao |
| Producer | Fan Bingbing |
| Production locations | Mainland China Hengdian World Studios CCTV Wuxi Film & TV Base |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 40min~50min |
| Production companies | Fan Bingbing Studio China Film Group Corporation Zhejiang Talent Television & Film Evergrande Film Co. Duzhe Publishing Media Co. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hunan Television |
| Release | 21 December 2014 – 3 February 2015 |
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| Chinese name (in mainland China and Taiwan) | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 武媚娘傳奇 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 武媚娘传奇 | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Mèiniáng chuánqí | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Móuh Mèihnèuhng chyùhnkèih | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 武則天 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 武则天 | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wǔ Zétiān | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Móuh Jāktīn | ||||||||||||
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The Empress of China (simplified Chinese: 武媚娘传奇; traditional Chinese: 武媚娘傳奇; pinyin: Wǔ Mèiniáng chuánqí) is a 2014 Chinese television series based on events in the 7th and 8th-century Tang dynasty, starring producer Fan Bingbing as the titular character Wu Zetian—the only female emperor (empress regnant) in Chinese history.
It is the third television production by Fan Bingbing Studio and boasts of a budget of over ¥300 million (roughly US$49.53 million).[1] As such, it is believed to be among the most expensive TV series in Chinese history,[2] beating the previous record of ¥280 million by Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties (2013).[3] The television series was first broadcast on Hunan Television on 21 December 2014 in mainland China.
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- ^ "范爷3亿"讨"江山". Archived from the original on August 9, 2014.
- ^ (in Chinese) 《隋唐演义》2.8亿刷新最烧钱电视剧纪录 Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine