Friday, 21 September 2018

Palace 1

Drama: Palace 1 / Jade Palace Lock Heart
Chinese Title: 宫锁心玉 / Gong Suo Xin Yu
Broadcast Network: Hunan TV
Broadcast Website: Mango TV

Broadcast Date: January 31, 2011

Genre: Historical, Palace, Romance, Time Travel
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 35 (DVD), 39 (TV)
Director: Li Huizhu, Chun-Man Wong
Screenwriter: Yu Zheng
Production Company: Hunan etv Media Culture Co. Ltd., Huanyu Film
Producer: Liu Xiangqun, He Jin, Yu Zheng
Origin: China
Related: Palace 2, Palace 3

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A story about a modern-day woman who travels to the Qing Dynasty. She becomes embroiled in the schemes within the palace and falls into a romance with a prince.

Luo Qingchuan (Yang Mi) is the successor of an antique shop. During a wedding engagement, she chances upon a mysterious forest after trying to chase after a Qing Dynasty portrait that was swept into the air. When she finally grabs ahold of the portrait, she realizes that her feet are no longer standing above ground and she falls into a tunnel that takes her to the Qing Dynasty. She crosses paths with the Crown Prince (Song Fengyan) who is at the center of power but fears that his time may be fleeting. She meets the 8th Prince (Feng Shaofeng), a playful troublemaker and the 4th Prince (He Shengming), an unpredictable man who trusts no one. Each and every encounter with the princes start her on a marvellous journey that touches the heart.

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Fun Facts

It is the first installment in the Gong franchise.
The story takes place during a time when the nine sons of the Emperor fought over the throne. In history, that time is recorded as the Nine Lord War during the reign of Kangxi.
As Yang Mi and Feng Shaofeng have worked together before, they were comfortable with each other and were able to form amazing chemistry on the set such that filming came very naturally.
Yu Zheng won Best Screenplay at the 16th Asian Television Awards.
Yang Mi won The Magnolia Award for Most Popular Actress at the 17th Shanghai TV Festival. She was also nominated for Best Actress.
When Legend of Zhen Huan started airing in 2012, Gong was dubbed as the prequel as it contains the story from the previous generation about Kangxi Emperor and the future Yongzheng Emperor.
There were many rumors that Yang Mi and Feng Shaofeng were dating in real life and the two often joked about it as well. In January 2012, Yang Mi and Hawick Lau went public about their dating status and they married in 2014. Feng Shaofeng started dating Ni Ni in 2012 though the two broke up after three years.

Cast

	Yang Mi as Luo Qingchuan
	William Feng Shaofeng as Aisin Gioro Yin Si
	Mickey He Shengming as Aisin Gioro Yin Zhen
	Tong Liya as Nian Suyan
	Leanne Lau as De Fei

Supporting Cast

Sonija Kwok as Xi Pin
Kent Tong as Aisin Gioro Xuan Ye
Maggie Shiu as Liang Fei
Zong Fengyan as Aisin Gioro Yin Reng
Ma Jinghan as Aisin Gioro Yin Tang
Liu Bin as Aisin Gioro Yin E
Tim Tian Muchen as Aisin Gioro Yin Xiang
Mao Zijun as Aisin Gioro Yin Zhen
He Yanni as Xue Ru
Xi Xue as Ning Xiang
Xu Qiwen as Jin Zhi
Wang Xianghong as Gu Xiaochun
Li Qindong as Nian Gengyao
Shen Baoping as Long Keduo
Wilson Guo Mingxiang as Xiao Shunzi

Episode Ratings

Hunan TV
Date	Episode	CSM27 Cities (%)
Date	Episode	Ratings	Audience Share
2011-01-31	1-2	1.990	8.240
2011-02-01	3-4	1.950	7.710
2011-02-03	5-6	1.840	7.710
2011-02-04	7-8	1.900	7.960
2011-02-05	9-10	1.900	7.690
2011-02-06	11-12	2.070	8.590
2011-02-07	13-14	2.410	10.680
2011-02-08	15-16	2.550	10.590
2011-02-09	17-18	2.660	11.650
2011-02-10	19-20	2.680	11.790
2011-02-11	21-22	2.670	11.500
2011-02-12	23-24	2.590	10.880
2011-02-13	25-26	2.520	11.190
2011-02-14	27-28	2.520	11.900
2011-02-15	29-30	2.660	12.150
2011-02-16	31-32	3.080	14.280
2011-02-18	33-34	3.010	14.580
2011-02-19	35-36	3.150	14.950
2011-02-20	37-38	3.080	15.460
2011-02-21	39	2.590	16.740
Average	1 - 39	2.491	11.312