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Best Actor winner Jiang Wen joins a period drama Heroic Legend of Qing Dynasty (a.k.a. The Qing Dynasty) made by the famous director Chen Jialin. This TV epic focuses on the life of the Manchurian hero Dorgun, who helps his brother to establish the Qing Dynasty and rule China. His brother, now the Qing Emperor, marries Dorgun's beloved woman to be his Queen. Dorgun puts aside his love for her and remain a loyal to the Emperor. After the Emperor dies, Dorgun serves as the regent to his son who has succeeded the throne. The young Emperor sees Dorgun as a threat to his power, and secretly plots against him. On the eve of the outbreak of a potential civil war, the Queen decides to stop their fight at all costs...
The story begins in the last years of the Han Dynasty when incompetent eunuchs deceived the emperor and banished good officials. The government had become extremely corrupt on all levels, leading to widespread deterioration of the empire. During the reign of the penultimate Han emperor, Emperor Ling, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out under the leadership of Zhang Jiao, who allegedly practiced Taoist wizardry and held immortal powers. Zhang pretended to be a traveling healer curing people of sickness while secretly inciting them to revolt. In this time of turmoil, many of the major characters are introduced; Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Cao Cao, Sun Jian
