Taiping Tianguo is a Chinese television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion

Taiping Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, who, having received visions, maintained that he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty...

 and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was an oppositional state in China from 1851 to 1864, established by Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Rebellion...

 during the late Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

 in Chinese history. The 48-episodes long series was first broadcast on CCTV

China Central Television

China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...

 in China in 2000. The series was also broadcast on STAR Chinese Channel

STAR Chinese Channel

STAR Chinese Channel is the Mandarin general entertainment channel in Taiwan. Its programming features drama, news, lifestyle, and talk shows in Mandarin.-History:...

 in Taiwan and on ATV

Asia Television Limited

Asia Television Limited is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being rival Television Broadcasts Limited . It launched in 1957 under the name Rediffusion Television as the first television station in Hong Kong...

 in Hong Kong. 1.15 hundred million RMB of the total production cost of 1.5 hundred million RMB was used for constructing the filming set, which is located in Nanhai, Guangdong

Guangdong

Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

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Cast

• Gao Lancun as Hong Xiuquan
  Hong Xiuquan
  Hong Xiuquan , born Hong Renkun, style name Huoxiu , was a Hakka Chinese who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, establishing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over varying portions of southern China, with himself as the "Heavenly King" and self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ.-Early...
  
  
• Zhang Zhizhong as Yang Xiuqing
  Yang Xiuqing
  Yang Xiuqing , , was an organizer and commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion.Yang was a firewood seller in Guangxi before he joined the rebellion. In 1848 he converted to Christianity after reporting that he had experienced visions of God. In 1850 he began to claim that he could miraculously...
  
  
• He Yongsheng as Feng Yunshan
  Feng Yunshan
  Feng Yunshan was an important leader during the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing government 1850–1864. Feng was a companion of Hong Xiuquan from the very earliest days of the rebellion. Feng was the founder of the "God Worshipers" during the 1840s. This was the very first form the Taiping...
  
  
• Han Zaifeng as Xiao Chaogui
  Xiao Chaogui
  Xiao Chaogui was an important leader during the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing government 1850-1864. He was a brother-in-law to Hong Xiuquan and was able to serve as a mouth piece for Jesus Christ during many 'heavenly visitations' Jesus paid to the Taiping...
  
  
• Liu Bing as Wei Changhui
  Wei Changhui
  Wei Changhui was the North King of the Taiping Rebellion.-Pre-Rebellion involvement:During the early days of the movement during the 1840s, Wei was converted to Christianity by Feng Yunshan and Hong Xiuquan...
  
  
• Wang Shihuai as Shi Dakai
  Shi Dakai
  Shi Dakai , born in Guigang, Guangxi, also known as Wing King or phonetically translated as E-Wang, was one of the most highly acclaimed leaders in the Taiping Rebellion and a poet....
  
  
• Lu Yong as Lin Fengxiang
• Yu De'an as Luo Dagang
• Lin Qiang as Qin Rigang
  Qin Rigang
  Qin Rigang , was a Hakka military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, known during his military tenure as the King of Yen or Yan King , which means swallow. He served under Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Administration and led Taiping forces to many military victories...
  
  
• Shi Xiaohong as Li Xiucheng
  Li Xiucheng
  Li Xiucheng was an eminent military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, and known during his military tenure as the Loyal King . This title was given because a Qing general attempted to bribe him to kill Hong Xiuquan, but he refused and told Hong Xiuquan. His many victories also made Hong very happy...
  
  
• Huang He as Chen Yucheng
• Yang Tongshu as Fu Shanxiang
• Wang Jinghua as Hong Xuanjiao
• Li Jianqun as Su Sanniang
• Hu Tiange as Cheng Lingnan
• Jin Yuting as Zeng Wanmei
• Zhou Xun
  Zhou Xun
  Zhou Xun is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the "Four Young Dan actresses" in China in the early 2000s, along with Zhang Ziyi, Xu Jinglei and Zhao Wei.-Early life:...
  
   as Shi Yiyang
• Li Ming as Yang Fuqing
  Yang Fuqing
  Yang Fuqing, born in Meizhou, was a rebel leader during the middle and late Taiping Rebellion against the Qing government in 1855-1874. Yang Fuqing created a Chinese gang in Los Angeles, California in 1866...
  
  
• Wang Gang as Li Kaifang
• Lan Lan as Yimei
• Peng Jun as Zeng Shuiyuan
• Chen Baojia as Meng De'en
• Han Zhenhua as Chen Chengrong
• Zhou Yilun as Zhou Xineng
• Song Rixin as Hong Daquan
• Hu Zhaofeng as Wei Jun
  Wei Jun
  Wei Jun born in Guangxi, Wei Changhui's brother's son, was a Chinese Colonel General during the Taiping Rebellion and later served as the general of the Taiping monarchy in the early and middle stages of the rebellion. He attacked the Wuchang District three times, and occupied the district...
  
  
• Yang Jing as Wei Yujuan
• Zhang Jie as Li Shouchun
• Lu Wei as Zeng Xian
• Zhao Jingwen as Hu Yihuang
• Cai Di as Hou Qianfang
• Yang Zhijiang as Hong Renfa
• Hao Tienan as Hong Renda
• Li Yansong as Hou Shuqian
• Guo Tao as Wang Yizhong
• Xu Honghao as Tan Shaoguang
  Tan Shaoguang
  Tan Shaoguang was a military leader of the Taiping Rebellion. During his military tenure he was known as the King of Mu . As a young soldier he joined the Jintian Uprising. After several years he was promoted to general, and led the Taiping forces to many military victories...
  
  
• Pan Jie as Xie Manmei
• Shi Zonghong as Chen Zongyang
• Su Keshi as Zhu Yidian
• Liu Haili as Lai Hanying
• Hu Xiaoting as Hu Yurong
• Li Quanzhong as Wang Haixiang
• Sun Deli as Jiang Yuanba
• Liang Jiaxing as Shi Xiangzhen
• Du Jun as Siqin
• Yang Jimin as Huang Yukun
• Sun Feihu as Zeng Guofan
  Zeng Guofan
  Zeng Guofan was an eminent Han Chinese official, military general, and devout Confucian scholar of the late Qing Dynasty in China....
  
  
• Liu Yubin as Zuo Zongtang
  Zuo Zongtang
  Zuo Zongtang , spelled Tso Tsung-t'ang in Wade-Giles and known simply as General Tso in the West, was a Chinese statesman and military leader in the late Qing Dynasty....
  
  
• Hou Tianlai as Xianfeng Emperor
  Xianfeng Emperor
  The Xianfeng Emperor , born Aisin-Gioro I Ju, was the ninth Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the seventh Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1850 to 1861.-Family and his early years:...
  
  
• Gai Lili as Empress Dowager Cixi
  Empress Dowager Cixi
  Empress Dowager Cixi1 , of the Manchu Yehenara clan, was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908....
  
  
• Xue Zhongrui as Sushun
  Sushun
  Sushun ; Styled: Yuting was born in the Manchu Aisin-Gioro Clan as the sixth son of Ulgungga , the Prince Zheng....
  
  
• Zhao Yi as Prince Gong
• Zhu Yidan as Saishang'e
• Bao Si as Xiang Rong
  Xiang Rong
  Xiang Rong 向榮 born in Wuxi County Chongqing, was a general promoted from the ranks of a foot soldier in Qing Dynasty. He was involved in early military operations against the Taiping reform movement in Guangxi from 1850...
  
  
• Zhang Guangzheng as Yang Fuzai
• Xu Maomao as Sengge Rinchen
  Sengge Rinchen
  Sengge Rinchen was a Mongol nobleman and general during the Qing dynasty, who is mainly known for his role during the Second Opium War and the suppression of the Taiping and Nian rebellions.-Background:...
  
  
• Cui Dai as Zeng Guoquan
  Zeng Guoquan
  Zeng Guoquan 1856 follow his old brother Zeng Guofan, was an eminent Han Chinese official, military general, and devout Confucian scholar of the late Qing Dynasty in China...
  
  
• Hou Yongsheng as Zeng Tianyang
• Zhang Xiaobo as Wulantai
• Li Zheshi as Guo Kunchou
• Liu Gang as Guo Songchou
• Ye Qinglin as Zhang Liangji
• Wu Honghou as Luo Bingzhang
  Luo Bingzhang
  Luo Bingzhang was an eminent Han Chinese official, military general, and devout Confucian scholar of the late Qing Dynasty in China.Luo raised the Green Standard Army and support aid Zen created Xiang Army to fight effectively against the Taiping Rebellion and restore the stability of the Qing...
  
  

External links

Taiping Tianguo on Sina

Sina.com

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 Taiping Tianguo on Baidu Baike

Baidu Baike

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Taiping Tianguo at the Chinese Movie Database Taiping Tianguo page on ATV's website Transcript of interview with the history consultants of Taiping Tianguo