My Fair Princess, also known as Return of the Pearl Princess or Princess Returning Pearl, is a 1998–1999 Chinese-Taiwanese period drama jointly produced by Yi Ren Communications Co. (怡人傳播公司) in Taiwan and Hunan Broadcasting System in China. Season 1 (1998) was filmed in 1997, and Season 2 (1999) in 1998–1999. Both seasons were filmed in Beijing, Chengde and the Bashang Plateau in China, and first shown on China Television in Taiwan.
Promotional image of the main cast in 1998 (l-r): Back: Su, Fan and Zhou, Front: Zhao, Zhang and Lin
This tower in Chengde Mountain Resort, Chengde, Hebei was used as a substitute of Shufangzhai (漱芳齋). The real Shufangzhai is in the Forbidden City, Beijing, but the crew could not afford to film there.
Cải lương actress Ngọc Huyền, who portrayed a character based on Xiaoyanzi.
Chiung Yao or Qiong Yao is the pen name of Chen Che, a Taiwanese writer and producer who is often regarded as the most popular romance novelist in the Chinese-speaking world. Her novels have been adapted into more than 100 films and TV dramas.
Chiung Yao