Mainland actress becomes ancient beauty

Mainlandactressbecomesancientbeautythisphotoshowschinesemainlandactresschenhao,whoplaysdiaochaningaoxixi`sancientchineseepic“threekingdoms”,showingoffherdancingabilitiesonlocationinzhuozhoucity,innorthchina`shebeiprovince.[photo:newexpress]chinesemainlandactresschenhaowhoplays“diaochan”,anancientbeautyfromthe“threekingdoms”periodwashighlypraisedbydirectorgaoxixi,forherexcellentperformanceinthenewversionoftheepicdramawhichbeganshootinglastmonth,theguangzhoubased`newexpressdaily`reports.theancientchineseepic“threekingdoms”,anewtvseries,beganshootinginzhuozhoucity,innorthchina`shebeiprovinceonseptember29th.reportedly,chenhaoacceptedtheroleofdiaochanwithoutreadingthescriptbeforehand.chenhaodancingscenesplayanimportantpartintheseriesandtheactresswasrequiredtopracticehardtoperfectthehandynastydancesincetheprotagonistdiaochanwaswellknownforherbeautifuldancingstyle.afterpainstakingrehearsals,chenreceivedwarmapplauseforhersmoothtempo,deftstepsandgracefulmovementswhenshootingbegan.asoneofthefourbeautiesofancientchina,diaochanappearsintheclassicnovel`romanceofthethreekingdoms`.theplotinvolvesthewarriorlubuandhisadoptedfather,thewarlorddongzhuo,whofoughteachotheroverthebeauty.accordingtothenovel,diaochanmanipulatedthetwomenwhoweredrivenmadbyhercharmsanddancingabilities.shejoinedwithanofficialnamedwangyuninaplottopersuadethewarriorlubutokillhisadoptedfather.intheplay,diaochanwasnotonlyasexyandlovelywomanbutalsoawomanwithgutsandwisdomwhosacrificedherselfforhernation.directorgaoxixi,whowasquitepleasedwithchenhao`sacting,praisedherportrayalofdiaochanandbelievesshehasbroughtavibrantandfreshimagetothescreen.chenhaogainedpublicattentionforhertvseries“pinkladies”,whichwasadaptedfromtaiwancartoonistzhudeyong`soriginalcomicstrips.