Liu Shi Shi, who also is known by the name Cecelia Liu, is a Chinese actress and ballerina. Born on March 10, 1987, in Beijing, she was a classically trained ballet dancer from the Beijing Dance Academy. Liu Shi Shi made her acting debut in the 2005 television drama “The Moon and the Wind.” She rose to fame in “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” (2008) and went on to star in many popular films and television dramas, including “The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber” (2009), “Scarlet Heart” (2011), “Scarlet Heart 2” (2014) and “The Imperial Doctress” (2016). Taiwanese actor Nicky Wu announced through social media in January 2015 that his marriage to Liu Shi Shi had been registered in Beijing. They met in 2011 on the set of “Scarlet Heart,” for which Liu Shi Shi won the Magnolia Award for the most popular actress and also made her singing debut on the soundtrack.

Liu Shi Shi

Tencent, Youku, iQiyi

Qing Chen (Liu Shi Shi) is a powerful enchantress with remarkable healing abilities. She is a member of an elite group of magicians whose chief role is watching over the imperial family that rules the land.

However, a quirk of destiny means that she is destined to fall in love with one of the imperial princes, Yuan Ling (William Chan).

The magicians’ code strictly forbids them from marrying or having intimate relationships with the imperial family – particularly the Emperor – as they believe that breaking this code will have a disastrous effect on the realm.

But the love bond between the pair is too strong to be denied. And when Yuan Ling ascends to the throne, he resolves to take Qing Chen as his wife. But on the day of the ceremony, the new Emperor’s brother unleashes a violent bid to seize power.

Qing Chen uses a magic stone to travel back in time to a parallel universe, intent on thwarting her own love plans with Yuan Ling and avoid future catastrophe.

Can she succeed in pushing him away the second time around? Or will love prove too strong for even this powerful sorceress to hold back?

“Lost Love in Times” is a Chinese drama series that was co-directed by Lin Yu Fen, Liang Sheng Quan, Yu Cui Hua, and Ren Hai Tao.

Lost Love in Times

Mango TV

Three female friends –&nbsp;Li Si Yu (Liu Shi Shi), Gu Xiao Ling (Chen Mi Qi), and Yu Meng (Kan Qing Zi) – have a close bond and a shared goal: to make a success of their busy urban lives.

But their lives have taken very different paths, and now present them with a host of very different obstacles.

Li Si Yu is a focused woman with a brilliant career as a sales rep. She thinks she has met her perfect match in a boyfriend who also has a successful career. However, when he suddenly loses his job, the pressure starts to take a toll on their relationship.

Things are a little different for Gu Xiao Ling, who has been holding out for Mr. Right. Beautiful and attractive, she has always relied on her many charms to help her on her quest, but she discovers that age is no longer on her side…until she meets a certain someone.

Yun Meng, meanwhile, wants a quiet life. She has a husband and adoring young daughter, as well as an unassuming office job. But things take an unexpected turn when she discovers that her husband is having an affair. Things get even worse when he finds his job is under threat and then falls ill. Can Yun Meng forgive his wrongdoings?

Will the trio find happiness? And can their friendship help them through the rough times – and the smooth?

“To Dear Myself” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was co-directed by Ren Zhong, Den Zhing, and Fu Ce Xin.

To Dear Myself

My Dear Myself

Dragon TV / Jiangsu TV

The Tan family spans many generations of doctors, with many past ancestors who were imperial physicians. But when powerful enemies frame their family, the royal court passes a ruling that future generations of the Tan family are forbidden from practising medicine. The kind, intelligent and talented Tan Yunxian (Liu Shi Shi) secretly learns the art of traditional Chinese medicine from her grandmother and helps to cure plagues and illnesses among the common people. Yunxian overcomes many societal obstacles in her passion and pursuit of medicine. And when she meets Emperor Zhu Qizhen (Wallace Huo), he wields a great deal of influence in Yunxian fulfilling her destiny to become the first female physician of the Ming Dynasty. “The Imperial Doctress” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Lee Kwok Lap.

The Imperial Doctress

Healing Team

Tan Yun Xian

The year is 1627, and China is in the last days of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The young Emperor has decided that he must wipe out the powerful eunuch Wei (Chin Shi Chieh) and do away with his supporters. Three warriors and firm friends, part of a secret order of Imperial Assassins, step up to the challenge. They are the mysterious Lian (Chang Chen), the promotion-chasing Jian Xing (Wang Qian Yuan), and a young man with a troubling medical ailment named Yi Chuan (Li Dong Xue).

But although their assignment to kill the eunuch appears straightforward at first, the further along the trio progresses with their quest, the more they realize that conspiracies abound at every turn. The past is also catching up with them, and the secrets they hide from one another also threaten to complicate matters. The trio all need money for very different reasons: One hopes to raise enough money to bribe an official, another hopes to free his lover from her captors, and the other wants to pay off a blackmailer who is attempting to expose his criminal past. When they receive a tempting counter-offer, however, their plan to kill Wei could hit the rocks!

“Brotherhood of Blades” is a 2014 Chinese movie that was directed and co-written by Lu Yang.

Brotherhood of Blades

Zhejiang TV

After a car accident plunges a woman into the dreamy past that gave her an unforgettable romance with the “Fourth Prince,” she returns to her life in the modern world. 

Zhang Xiao (Liu Shi Shi) then meets a man who looks just like the prince from her dreams, Yin Zheng (Nicky Wu), who is the stepson of the chairman of the Zhen Tian Corporation. To try to find out Yin Zheng’s connection to the Fourth Prince, Zhang Xiao goes to work as a designer at Zhen Tian, only to be tormented by her coworkers at every turn. 

Yin Zheng tries to protect Zhang Xiao from the harsh treatment of the other employees and begins to develop feelings for her, despite already having a girlfriend, Lan Lan (also played by Liu Shi Shi). 

Zhang Xiao finds herself in the middle of a power struggle between Yin Zheng and the gentle Kang Si Han (Sun Yi Zhou), his rival as a successor to the company. Which man will Zhang Xiao discover is her true love? 

“Scarlet Heart 2” is a 2014 Chinese drama series directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is a sequel to the 2011 drama series “Scarlet Heart,” which was directed by Wu Jin Yuan and based on a novel by Tong Hua.

Scarlet Heart 2

The Magnolia Team

Zhang Xiao/Lan Lan

Hunan TV

Can they put their differences aside for the greater good? Chen Jing Chou (Jiang Jin Fu) is a playful, childish descendant of the Chen Dynasty. Yu Wen Tuo (Hu Ge) is the descendant of the rival Northern Zhou Dynasty who is on a mission to recover his fallen empire. When Jing Chou’s shifu (master) is placed into a frozen limbo by Satan, Jing Chou and Wen Tuo join forces to hunt down 10 mystical weapons that can close the Gates of Hell and banish the evil demons from the human world. Joining them on this epic journey are Tuo Ba Yu’er (Liu Shi Shi) and Du Gu Ning Ke (Tiffany Tang). Can the bickering group put their personal feelings aside for the good of humanity? “Xuan Yuan Sword 3 Legend - Rift of the Sky” is a 2012 Chinese drama series produced and directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is adapted from “Xuan-Yuan Sword,” a role-playing game series.

Xuan Yuan Sword - Rift of the Sky

Sword Fanatics Team

Tuoba Yu Er

After a terrible car accident, 25-year-old Zhang Xiao (Liu Shi Shi) travels from modern-day China back to the 18th century. She is incarnated as one of her previous lives – that of 16-year-old Maertai Ruoxi, the daughter of a Manchu general, during the Qing Dynasty.

When attempts to return to her life in the future fail, Rouxi tries to adjust to her new life in the court of Emperor Kang Xi but soon becomes entangled in the princes’ struggle to succeed the throne. With her modern-day knowledge, Rouxi toys with history in her romances with the Eighth Prince, Yin Si (Kevin Cheng), and Fourth Prince, Yin Zhen (Nicky Wu), while sharing the confidences of the 13th prince, Yin Xiang (Yuan Hong).

Will Rouxi be able to return to her modern-day life or is she destined to live out her life in the past?

“Scarlet Heart” is a 2011 Chinese drama series directed by Wu Jin Yuan, Lin Yu Fen and Deng Wei En. It is based on a novel by Tong Hua.

Scarlet Heart

Bu Bu Jing Xin Team

Ruo Xi

CCTV

Four thieves do what they do best for the good of the common people during the Ming Dynasty. Li Ge Xiao (Wallace Huo) is a master swordsman with an intellect that no one else can match. In his former life, he was a high-ranking marshal but after suffering a devastating loss at the hands of his nemesis Ying Wu Qiu (Edwin Siu), Ge Xiao became a man on the run. When natural disasters bring great suffering to the people of the Ming Dynasty, they eagerly await government relief in the form of a cargo of gold. But the gold shipment is stolen during the delivery by a group of mysterious men. Ge Xiao is called out of hiding to help recover the stolen gold. He assembles three other thieves to form a strange band of masked vigilantes known as the Yi Zhi Mei. Yan San Niang (Liu Shi Shi) is a master pickpocket and thief. He Xiao Mei (Ma Tian Yu) is a master of disguise and hidden weapons, and Cai Hu (Shi Yan Neng) possesses superhuman strength. Can the unusual group fight corruption, injustice and oppression? “Strange Hero Yi Zhi Mei” is a 2011 Chinese drama series directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is a remake of the popular Korean dramas “Iljimae” (2008) and “The Return of Iljimae” (2009).

Strange Hero Yi Zhi Mei

The Strange Hero

KMTV-1

When their husbands are killed by the Song Army, two pregnant women escape to foreign lands and both give birth to boys who are very different from each other. 

Guo Jing (Hu Ge) is a strong but dull-headed young man who grows up on the Mongolian prairie. Yang Kang (Justin Yuan) is a smart and skilled you man who is raised as the son of Wanyan Hong Lie (Guo Liang), a successor of the Jin Empire. 

The worlds of these two men collide when their respective martial arts masters make a secret pact, while their lives are further complicated by the love of two women, Huan Rong (Ariel Lin) and Mu Nian Ci (Liu Shi Shi). When Guo Jing and Yang Kang both learn the truth behind their fathers’ deaths, which one will choose the road of martial arts enlightenment and which will choose to descend into the darkness of evil and destruction? 

“The Legend of the Condor Heroes” is a 2008 Chinese drama series directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is based on a wuxia novel written by Louis Cha, which is the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was followed by The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, both of which were also adapted into television dramas.

Legend of Condor Heroes

(the future MEI DAXIA..!)

Mu Nian Ci

In the 980s, former Later Han general Yang Ye pledges allegiance to Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty. Yang leads his family and followers to defend Song from invaders of the Khitan Liao Dynasty. Having served Song for years, the Yangs are viewed as an honorable, courageous, and patriotic clan that protects the nation from foreign invasion.

Unfortunately, at the Battle of Golden Beach, the Yangs fall into a conspiracy trap, which concludes with the death of Yang Ye and four of his sons, and another son becoming a prisoner-of-war. Yang's last two surviving sons, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Yande, must continue their family's legacy to bring peace and prosperity to Song, in addition to seeking vengeance on the conspirators.

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