Love Weaves Through a Millennium (Chinese: 相爱穿梭千年) is a 2015 Chinese television series starring Jing Boran and Zheng Shuang. It is a remake of the 2012 South Korean television series Queen and I. The series aired on Hunan TV from 15 February to 23 March 2015.
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Synopsis
Gong Ming (Jing Boran) is an imperial scholar official and his family's sole survivor after they were massacred in a conspiracy. He is an avid supporter of the reinstatement of Empress Xu, who was deposed due to scheming by royal concubine Zhao Feiyan.
While being persecuted, Gong Ming accidentally time-travels two thousand years to the present with the help of a mysterious jade pendant. There, he meets and falls in love with actress Lin Xiangxiang (Zheng Shuang), who has landed a role as Empress Xu in a historical drama.
For the good of China, Gong Ming insists on going back to the past to save the deposed empress. He finds out he will never be able to return to the present to pursue his love of Xiang Xiang is. Will Gong Ming and his actress love forever be apart, or will they find a way to reunite through the power of love?
Cast
Main
Jing Boran as Gong Ming
Zheng Shuang as Lin Xiangxiang
Supporting
Evonne Hsieh as Jin Jing, Xiang Xiang's manager
Yang Sen as Xia Yunan, Xiang Xiang's stylist
Denny Huang as Han Yufei, a famous celebrity and Xiang Xiang's ex-boyfriend
Nana as Zhao Nana, a famous and arrogant celebrity
Xie Binbin as Wu Tianxiu, Yu Fei's manager
Li Gan as Chen Rui, Na Na's manager
Chen Xiang as Wang Mang, Gong Ming's good friend who later betrays him. He likes Jing Yue.
Zhou Yutong as Jing Yue, a female warrior. She likes Gong Ming.
Peng Ling as Zi Xiu, Wang Mang's confidante; a cold-blooded assassin
Niki Yi as Zhao Feiyan
Gao Taiyu as Emperor Cheng
Tao Hui as Empress Xu
Zhou Yunshen as Chunyu Zhang
Production
The series is co-produced by Hunan TV and CJ E&M. It is helmed by director Jang Young-woo of I Need Romance 3, producer Kim Young-gyu of Flower Boys Next Door and Nine: Nine Time Travels and the lightning director of My Love From the Star. The music, editing and artistic direction of the series was also done by the Korean production team of Queen and I.
Unlike other typical Chinese television series, Love Weaves Through a Millennium was not pre-produced before its premiere. It was filmed based on a live-shooting format. The script was amended based on audience's responses, including the drama's ending. No dubbing was used; instead, the actors' actual voices were heard in the drama.
Actual Chinese history was adapted into the new script, such as the rivalry between Zhao Feiyan and Empress Xu.
Ratings
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