The Qing Palace Trilogy, also known as the "Western Empress Trilogy", describes the decline and fall of the last Qing Dynasty. Liu Xiaoqing vividly interpreted Cixi's viciousness and viciousness, which made people afraid. The exquisite craftsmanship of the character of the film is all real-life shooting, the scene is magnificent, the actor's performance is very good, can let the audience see the deep and complex inner world of the character, it reflects the sadness of suffering, is to let the Chinese people remember history.
I. "Burning the Yuanmingyuan" (1983)
又名: Burning of Imperial Palace / Burning of the Imperial Palace / The Burning of Imperial Palace
Director: Li Hanxiang
Writers: Yang Cunbin / Li Hanxiang
Starring: Liu Xiaoqing / Leung Ka Fai / Chen Ye / Xiang Kun / Zhou Jie / more...
Genre: Drama / History
Country/Region of Production: Hong Kong / Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Synopsis: In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), the rather beautiful Yehenara clan Yulan was elected into the palace and crowned as a nobleman, due to the historical feud between Yehenara and the aixin Jueluo families, Yulan was not favored by Xianfeng at first, but she was good at scheming, and finally tied Xianfeng tightly with a song of grievances and beauty, and was crowned as a concubine, and because she gave birth to her son Zaichun, she was enthroned as Yi Guifei, and her status was unmatched except for the empress.
When the concubines of the Qing Palace were vying for favors and Xian Feng was indulging in pleasures, the British and French empires, which had coveted the wealth of the Qing Dynasty for a long time, repeatedly launched military aggression against China, and Xian Feng, who was timid and afraid of things, under the advice of eight ministers including Su Qing, abandoned the world-famous Yuanmingyuan, known as the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens", fled to the Rehe Palace with all the concubines in the name of "Autumn Hunting", and continued the extravagant life of "hearing nothing about the outside of the window with both ears and only practicing timely pleasures".
II. "Listening to the Government" (1983)
又名: Reign Behind a Curtain
Genre: Drama / History / Costume
Country/Region of Production: Chinese mainland / Hong Kong, China
Synopsis: After the British and French forces burned down the Yuanmingyuan, they forced the cowardly and faint Qing government to sign a series of unequal treaties, and the arrogance in China was unbeatable, and the timid and fearful Qing Emperor Xianfeng hid in the Rehe Palace. In addition to the empress, the concubines who often haunted Xianfeng were Lifei and Yi Guifei, who tried her best to please Xianfeng, but Lifei was obviously more favored by Xianfeng.
On his thirtieth birthday, Xian Feng suddenly fell seriously ill, and on the occasion of his death, the minister who had the intention of usurping the throne and seizing power, Su Qing, because he saw that Yi Guifei was very scheming, privately suggested that Yi Guifei be given the death of Yi Guifei and then establish a young lord, Xian Feng first felt that it was reasonable, and after perceiving that Su Qing had a bad intention, he dictated that he and seven other ministers were regents who assisted the young lord, and gave the "TongDaoTang" seal and Yi Guifei, and told her and the empress to work together to raise the young lord. At the time of Xianfeng's great funeral, Pu Qing gave the empress and The title of Princess Yi guifei Ci'an and Cixi in a vain attempt to trick them into taking power, but he never fought Cixi. After cleaning up, Cixi did not spare Ci'an.
III. "A Generation of Demon Queens" (1989)
Also known as: The Empress Dowager
Writers: Li Hanxiang
Starring: Liu Xiaoqing / Gong Li / Chen Ye / Chen Daoming / Li Yan / more...
Genre: Drama / Costume
Synopsis: In 1864, in the third year of qing tongzhi, the false eunuch An Dehai proudly gained the favor of Empress Dowager Cixi and did whatever he wanted in the court, along with the emperor. When he learned that the Tongzhi Emperor was friendly with the palace maid Guilian, he had the intention of infecting Guilian and asked cixi for permission, in the name of giving Guilian to his "second brother", and wanted to force him to marry him, but Guilian was unwilling to die, and An dehai became angry and sold her into the Tianqiao brothel.
The Tongzhi Emperor dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, privately visited the Tianqiao brothel, and took the opportunity of Ande's south to send a message to Ding Baozhen, the inspector of Shandong, to correct him on the spot, and the gap between him and Cixi gradually deepened. After learning that Tongzhi was infected with syphilis, Cixi did not allow the empress to give birth, and Tongzhi died of hatred, and soon after, the empress committed suicide, and the eastern empress dowager Ci'an also died mysteriously.