Legend of Ban Shu | |
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Also known as | Ban Shu Legend |
Genre | Historical fiction Political Romance |
Written by | Zhang Wei |
Directed by | Xu Huikang Zhu Ruibin Huang Weiming |
Starring | Jing Tian Zhang Zhehan Fu Xinbo Li Sheng Li Jiahang Li Xinai Deng Sha |
Opening theme | Jing Gong (惊鸿; Graceful) by Zhang Zhehan |
Ending theme | Xin Shang Ren (心上人; Beloved) by Jing Tian |
Country of origin | China |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 42 |
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Producer | Yu Zheng |
Running time | 45 mins |
Production companies | Huanyu Film Dongyang Xingrui |
Original release | |
Network | CCTV |
Release | October 6, 2015 |
Related | |
Legend of Lu Zhen |
Legend of Ban Shu (Chinese: 班淑传奇; pinyin: Ban Shu Chuan Qi) is a 2015 Chinese television series starring Jing Tian in the title role of Ban Shu, alongside Zhang Zhehan, Fu Xinbo, Li Jiahang, Li Xinai and Deng Sha. It was produced by Yu Zheng, as a counterpart to his 2013 television series Legend of Lu Zhen.[1] The series first premiered on Sichuan terrestrial channel in China on October 6, 2015; and was later broadcast nationwide on CCTV on February 6, 2016.[2][3]
Ban Shu, a girl who grew up in the western frontier, traveled to the Han capital to meet her father, but he died before they could be reunited and his family did not approve of her due to her background. In order to be accepted by her father's family, she entered the palace to learn proper etiquette and was hired to be an imperial scholar. Her lack of understanding for the Chinese culture caused a stream of comedic ruckus in class, but at the same time her outgoing and unconventional ways brightens up the dull atmosphere of the academy. At the palace she meets and fall in love with fellow professor Wei Ying, who is still grieving for his ex-fiancee. Her vivaciousness and bright personality slowly touches him and allows him to forget about his past love.
Palace academy[edit]
Imperial family[edit]
Servants[edit]
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Court officials[edit]
People of Han kingdom[edit]
Others[edit]
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The soundtrack was released on October 10, 2015.[17]
No. | Title | Singer | Length |
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1. | "Alarmed Goose (惊鸿)" | Zhang Zhehan | 4:15 |
2. | "Sweetheart (心上人)" | Jing Tian | 4:26 |
CCTV-8 Ratings[18] | ||||
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Air date | Episode | Ratings | Audience Share | Timeslot ranking |
2016.2.8 | 1-4 | 0.389 | 1.24 | 10 |
2016.2.9 | 5-8 | 0.463 | 1.63 | 11 |
2016.2.10 | 9-12 | 0.431 | 1.49 | 13 |
2016.2.11 | 13-16 | 0.420 | 1.27 | 11 |
2016.2.12 | 17-20 | 0.499 | 1.43 | 7 |
2016.2.13 | 21-24 | 0.564 | 1.49 | 11 |
2016.2.14 | 25-28 | 0.689 | 2.09 | 9 |
2016.2.15 | 29-32 | 0.633 | 1.94 | 11 |
2016.2.16 | 33-36 | 0.698 | 2.17 | 10 |
2016.2.17 | 37-40 | 0.744 | 2.28 | 9 |
2016.2.18 | 41-42 | 0.694 | 1.82 | 10 |