Da Han Tian Zi

Da Han Tian Zi
DVD cover art for Season 1
Also known as	The Prince of Han Dynasty
Genre	Historical fiction
Written by	Yang Xiaoxiong
Directed by	Season 1: Liang Benxi Gao Yijun Season 2: Dong Li Season 3: Fan Xiuming
Creative director(s)	Stanley Kwan
Presented by	Shi Xue Shi Jingguo
Opening theme	Shouye Gengbi Chuangye Nan(守业更比创业难) performed by Jing Gangshan
Ending theme	Wangle Wo (忘了我) performed by Huang Gexuan / Chu Rui
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	41 (Season 1) 40 (Season 2) 48 (Season 3)
Production
Producer(s)	Zhou Min
Location(s)	China
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	宝石影业投资公司 中国长城艺术文化中心
Release
First shown in	2001 (Season 1) 2003 (Season 2) 2005 (Season 3)

Da Han Tian Zi
Traditional Chinese	大漢天子
Simplified Chinese	大汉天子
Literal meaning	Son of Heaven of the Great Han
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dà Hàn Tiān Zǐ

Da Han Tian Zi, also known as The Prince of Han Dynasty, is a three-season Chinese television series featuring a fictionalised life story of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Season 1 was first broadcast on Beijing Television in 2001 in mainland China, followed by the second and third seasons in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Except for Huang Xiaoming, who played Emperor Wu in all three seasons, the cast members in each season are almost different from its preceding one.

Titles

The Chinese titles for each season are as follows:

• Season 1: 大汉天子 (The Prince of Han Dynasty)
• Season 2: 大汉天子第二部:汉武雄风 (The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 2: The Majesty of Emperor Wu of Han)
• Season 3: 大汉天子第三部:铁血汗青 (The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 3: Iron Blood and the Pages of History)

Cast

Season 1

• Huang Xiaoming as Liu Che
• Chen Daoming as Dongfang Shuo
• Alyssa Chia as Niannujiao
• Sally Chen as Empress Dowager Dou
• Wang Ling as Wei Zifu
• Chen Zihan as Princess Pingyang
• He Jiayi as Chen Jiao
• Liu Guanxiang as Li Ling
• Liu Yijun as Qiuchan
• Zhang Mingjian as Zhang Tang
• Sun Feihu as Liu An
• Shang Rong as Liu Ling
• Xiu Zongdi as Marquis
• Zhou Zheng as Sima Tan
• Song Xiaochuan as Dou Ying
• Yi Yang as Sima Xiangru
• Jia Hongwei as Guan Fu
• Liu Xiaoxiao as Guo Deren
• Sun Hao as Cao Shou
• Li Daxin as Liu Yi
• Zhang Han as Lei Bei
• Yao Gang as Liu Wu
• Lu Yi as Dong Yan
• Li Wei as Guo Mama
• Song Daguang as Wei Qing
• Ma Jie as Tingwei
• Xu Liang as Huo Qubing
• Sun Jiaolong as Dou Wei
• Xu Lin as Empress Wang Zhi
• Jin Tian as Princess Guantao
• Zhao Zhengyang as Zhang Qian
• Qiao Jie as Li Gan
• Li Shengyu as Sima Qian
• Peng Bo as Zhuo Wenjun
• Sun Wanqing as Emperor Jing of Han
• Zhao Dongbo as Mysterious man
• Chi Guodong as Li Guang
• Hao Yang as Zhang Tang's wife
• Ya Bing as Yanzhi
• Chang Hong as Laobao

Season 2

• Huang Xiaoming as Emperor Wu of Han
• Ning Jing as Empress Wei Zifu
• He Jiayi as Li Wa / Empress Chen Jiao
• Dong Yong as Wei Qing
• Wang Gang as Zhu Fuyan
• Du Chun as Li Ling
• Liu Yun as Qiuchan
• Li Li as Huo Qubing
• Liu Xiaohu as Ji Anshi
• Yang Hongwu as Ji An
• Zhao Xiaorui as King of Hunxie
• Hu Guangzi as Li Guangli
• Guan Shaozeng as Tian Fen
• Zhu Yana as Yanshi Malan

Season 3

• Huang Xiaoming as Emperor Wu of Han
• Ruping as Empress Wei Zifu
• Sun Haiying as Jiang Chong
• Li Fei as Qiuchan
• Gao Hao as Li Han
• Wu Qianqian as Empress Dowager Wang
• Zhao Yiyang as Liu Ju
• Bo Yan'an as Zhao Nizi
• An Yixuan as Huo Qilian
• Xiong Naijin as Princess Weichang
• Liu Guanlin as Ji Qinhu
• Dong Yong as Wei Qing
• Zhou Ying as Liu Xijun
• Chen Lili as Ziwei
• Norman Tsui as King of Yelang

External links

• (Chinese) Da Han Tian Zi on Sina.com
• (Chinese) Da Han Tian Zi on Baidu Baike
• Da Han Tian Zi movie reviews on spcnet.tv