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The Empress of China (simplified Chinese: 武媚娘传奇; traditional Chinese: 武媚娘傳奇; pinyin: Wǔ Mèiniáng chuánqí) is a 2014 Chinese television series based on events in the 7th and 8th-century Tang dynasty, starring producer Fan Bingbing as the titular character Wu Zetian—the only female emperor (empress regnant) in Chinese history.
Fan Lihua (樊梨花) is a fictional folk heroine in Chinese folklore and a legendary female general from the Western Liang during the early years of the Tang dynasty. [1] She was the wife of Xue Dingshan and the daughter-in-law of the famous early Tang dynasty general Xue Rengui. [2] [3]
On China Tencent Video platform, "Legend of Fei" reached a record of over 130 million views within only the first 8 hours of release [4] and 4 billion views in just over 1 month. [5] When the drama series ended in February 2021, although all the episodes except the first two had already been locked by Tencent, the number of views still achieved ...
Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine is a 2001 Chinese costume drama produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai Limited in conjunction with Taiwan Television, Singapore Press Holdings and China Film Group Corporation. The plot is based on the Generals of the Yang Family legends, focusing on the women in the stories.
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
Mu Guiying is sometimes venerated as a door goddess, usually in partnership with Qin Liangyu.. The Mu Guiying crater on Venus is named after her.. During China's Great Leap Forward period (1958–1960), Mu Guiying was widely praised and a women-led Mu Guiying Brigade was established.
Some Ming loyalists formed a remnant state, the Southern Ming dynasty, in southern China to resist the Qing dynasty. Its nominal ruler, the Longwu Emperor , also granted Qin Liangyu a marquis title. Meanwhile, Zhang Xianzhong invaded Sichuan again, and Qin Liangyu attempted to resist him, but was defeated and forced to retreat, allowing Zhang ...
Wu then posted notices for her unit in Hanyang, [3] while like-minded women produced propaganda for her militia. For example, Liu Wangli likened Wu to the legendary woman warrior Hua Mulan in order to inspire other women to enlist. [4] The recruitment drive was a success, and hundreds women tried to join Wu's unit. [3]