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▲ Empress Dowager Cixi was a famous figure in the Qing Dynasty, and many stories about her have been made into television dramas. (Image/flip from Baidu Encyclopedia)
Most of the actors who play ancient characters in television dramas now emphasize that their acting skills should be good enough to make people feel deeply. However, there is an actress who not only has good acting skills, but also looks very similar to Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty in ancient China.
What Cixi left behind are basically photos from her old age. However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty introduced video cameras, and Cixi also left behind many photos, which are much more accurate than the portrait painter’s paintings. Ever since Xi Meijuan starred in the TV series “The Flowers Bloomed and the Moon Was Full That Year,” he has caused an uproar.
The Chinese costume TV series “The Flowers Bloom That Year and the Full Moon” was filmed from October 2016 to May 2017 and aired on August 30, 2017, with a total of 74 episodes. As soon as the show was broadcast, Cixi played by Xi Meijuan stunned the audience, and everyone praised that there is both form and spirit. When the director chooses a role for a TV series, he usually combines the actor’s acting skills and image. However, it is inevitable to find that TV drama characters in general do not have good acting skills, but their images are similar but their acting skills are not good. And Xi Meijuan is an exception! He not only has great acting skills, but also resembles the Dowager Empress Cixi.
▲ The image of Chinese actress Xi Meijuan is reminiscent of Empress Dowager Cixi, who once played the role of Empress Dowager Cixi in the Chinese costume TV series “That year, the flowers bloomed and the moon was perfect.” (Image / Re-posted from Hasegawa Sesaku Weibo)
Xi Meijuan is a Chinese national first-class actress and is also a head professor of the Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University. Apart from TV dramas, she also embraces dramas. Xi Meijuan’s interpretations are always unforgettable, she is one of the rare “all-round” actresses capable of dealing simultaneously with the big screen, the small screen and the dramatic theater. Many costume dramas are looking forward to collaborating with her and making her play the role of ‘Queen Dowager’.
