Name: Ming Dynasty
Genre: Historical, Costume & Period
Released: 2019-12-17
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Zhu Ya Wen, Tang Wei, Qiao Zhen Yu, Zhang Yi Xing, Deng Jia Jia

Zhu Ya Wen is a Chinese actor. Born on April 21, 1981, he made his acting debut in the 2005 television series “Yang Guang Yu Ji.” He has since appeared in many films and television dramas, including the recent “Red Sorghum” (2014), “Say No for Youth” (2015), “Two Families” (2016), “City Still Believe in Love” (2016) and “Across the Ocean to See You” (2017). Zhu Ya Wen married actress Shen Jia Ni in 2013.

Zhu Ya Wen

Zhu Zhan Ji

Tang Wei is a Chinese actress born in Wenzhou, China, on October 7, 1979. She made her TV debut in the late 1990s, but first truly rose to prominence after her appearance in the internationally acclaimed, Ang Lee-directed “Lust, Caution” (2007), for which she won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer. Success came at a cost, however. Her appearance in “Lust, Caution” featured several scenes of a mature nature and resulted in a temporary ban on her media activities by Chinese government agency the National Radio and Television Administration. She returned to making big-budget Chinese movies in 2011 when she appeared in “Speed Angels.” She has also starred in movies such as “Finding Mr. Right” (2013) and “Book of Love” (2016).

Tang Wei

Sun Ruo Wei

Qiao Zhen Yu is a Chinese actor and dancer. Born on November 1, 1978, he graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy and won the First Class Award for Creativity and Performance at the 6th Professional Creative Dancing Competition in 1999. He launched his show business career thereafter, making his acting debut in 2000. Some of his recent credits include the television dramas “Swords of Legends” (2014), “City of Angels” (2015), “Epiphyllum Dream” (2016), “Great Marriage Custom” (2016) and “Song of Phoenix” (2017).

Qiao Zhen Yu

Xu Bin

Zhang Yi Xing is a Chinese singer, songwriter and actor. Born on October 7, 1991, he also is known by his stage name Lay as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and its subunit EXO-M. He landed his first acting role at the age of 6 and then won third place in the television talent competition show “Star Academy” in 2005. He debuted with EXO in 2012 and also has released a successful solo mini-album that shot to the top of the charts. Zhang Yi Xing has enjoyed a successful career in music, films and television series, including “The Mystic Nine” (2016) and “The Mystic Nine Tetralogy” (2016). He is considered one of the most popular and influential entertainers working in China today.

Zhang Yi Xing

Zhu Qi Zhen

Deng Jia Jia is a Chinese actress. Born on May 17, 1983, she launched her career after winning the championship in the competition reality show “Holiday Story” when she was a senior in high school. She made her acting debut in the 2002 television series “Ode to Gallantry” and then gained fame after her role in the film “Almost Perfect” in 2008. She has since appeared in many popular films and television dramas, including the hit “iPartment” franchise and “I Am Not an Elite” (2017-2018).

Deng Jia Jia

Hu Shan Xiang

Gao Kai Yuan is a Chinese actor. He was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China on April 21, 1984 and made his acting debut in 2006. Since then, he has appeared in various television dramas, including “Ming Dynasty” (2019) and “Perfect Partner” (2020).

Gao Kai Yuan

Xie Jin

Long Ni is a Chinese actress who was born on June 27, 1993, in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. She studied at the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy, but eventually turned her attention to acting, making her debut in the 2016 period drama series “The Legend of the Beggar Emperor and the Bigfoot Queen.” She followed up later the same year with “The Screen Foxes” (2016). More recently, she has appeared in the historical drama series “Ming Dynasty” (2019).

Long Ni

Wei Wei, also known as KK, is a Chinese actor who was born on April 21, 1983, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and in October 2005, made his TV debut as a show host. His acting debut came the year after, when he appeared in the 2006 movie “The Best Banquet in the World.” In 2007, he made his drama series bow in “Long Grass Heart.” More recently, he has starred in the dramas “Ming Dynasty” (2019) and “Love and Redemption” (2020).

Wei Wei

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The year is 1402, the first year of the reign of Yongle, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In a fit of rage one day, the impulsive and ill-tempered Emperor orders the execution of royal physician Jing Qing and his entire family.

All die, save one – Jing Qing’s eldest daughter (Tang Wei) – who is rescued by a nobleman named Sun Zhong. The latter adopts her and names her Sun Ruo Wei.

The manipulative, power-mongering Qingzheng Cult has plans for Sun Ruo Wei, however, and plots to marry her off to one of the Emperor’s sons.

But the Cult’s plans hit an insurmountable obstacle when fate intervenes – and she ends up being made the official concubine of Emperor Yongle’s grandson, Zhu Zhan Ji (Zhu Ya Wen).

In September 1424, Zhu Zhan Ji’s father takes the imperial throne upon the death of the Yongle Emperor, with Zhu Zhan Ji becoming the Crown Prince and heir to the title.

Just a few months later, though, Zhu Zhan Ji’s father dies suddenly. Zhu Zhan Ji accedes to the throne, becoming the Xuande Emperor.

Despite finding herself in a union with the grandson of the hateful man who took her family’s life, Sun Ruo Wei discovers that the Xuande Emperor is very unlike his grandfather. Little by little, she starts to believe that goodness and perhaps love live within his heart.

When she gives birth to a son – the new Crown Prince – she must also think about how to help him rule, and one day become Emperor in his own right.

Will Sun Ruo Wei forsake her dreams of vengeance for the good of the Empire…and true love? And will her good judgment help secure the future of the dynasty?

“Ming Dynasty” is a 2020 Chinese period drama series directed by Zhang Ting.

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