| The Legend and the Hero | |||||||
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| Also known as | Fengshen Bang Fengshen Yanyi | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 封神榜之鳳鳴岐山 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 封神榜之凤鸣岐山 | ||||||
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| Genre | Chinese mythology, shenmo, fantasy | ||||||
| Based on | Investiture of the Gods by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing | ||||||
| Screenplay by | Cheng Ruilong Chen Longxiang Dahei | ||||||
| Directed by | Jin Guozhao Cheng Lidong | ||||||
| Presented by | Cheng Lidong Cui Changhong | ||||||
| Starring | Fan Bingbing Steve Ma Liu Dekai Zhou Jie Eddie Kwan | ||||||
| Opening theme | Ai (愛) performed by Fan Zhuqing and Wang Yingzi | ||||||
| Ending theme | 1. Fengshen Bang (封神榜) performed by Zhou Peng 2. Yi Shi Qing (一世情) performed by Chen Guoning | ||||||
| Country of origin | China | ||||||
| Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
| No. of episodes | 40 | ||||||
| Production | |||||||
| Executive producers | Zhou Zhengyuan Li Guangming Liu Guizhen Li Xiaoli Zou Xiaoli Li Xiaoguo Yu Wei | ||||||
| Producers | Cheng Lidong Yang Gui Huang Weihong Li Jinyuan Yang Lingling Yan Xiaoqin Zhou Haiwen Zhang Suzhou Li Guangming Yang Wenhu Ding Hui Li Yue Duan Jianwu Liang Zhixiang Yan Aihua | ||||||
| Production location | China | ||||||
| Cinematography | Li Xinbo Wang Xuguang | ||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
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| Network | Jilin Television | ||||||
| Release | February 2007 | ||||||
| Related | |||||||
| Gods of Honour (2001) The Legend and the Hero 2 | |||||||
The Legend and the Hero was a 2007 Chinese television series adapted from the 16th-century novel Fengshen Yanyi (also known as Investiture of the Gods or Creation of the Gods) written by Xu Zhonglin and Lu Xixing. The first season started airing on CCTV-8 in February 2007. It was followed by a sequel, The Legend and the Hero 2 in 2009.