The Fairies of Liaozhai

The Fairies of Liaozhai is a Chinese television series adapted from Pu Songling's collection of supernatural stories titled Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. The series is produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai and stars Nicky Wu, Fann Wong, Qu Ying, Daniel Chan, Lin Chia-yu, Pan Yueming, Sun Li and Cecilia Liu. Shooting began in December 2006 and wrapped up in March 2007. The 40-episode series is divided into four parts — Liancheng (連城), Xia Nü (俠女), Huanniang (宦娘), and Xin Shisiniang (辛十四娘).

The Fairies of Liaozhai
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Genre	Fantasy, adventure, romance, wuxia, supernatural, costume drama
Written by	Wang Li Tang Tang Ou Gen Wei Lian Li Gao
Story by	Pu Songling
Starring	Nicky Wu Fann Wong Qu Ying Daniel Chan Lin Chia-yu Pan Yueming Sun Li Cecilia Liu
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	40
Production
Producers	Lee Kwok-lap Karen Tsoi
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company	Chinese Entertainment Shanghai

The Fairies of Liaozhai
Traditional Chinese	聊齋奇女子
Simplified Chinese	聊斋奇女子
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liáo Zhāi Qí Nǚ Zǐ

Cast

Liancheng

• Nicky Wu as Qiao Sheng
• Fann Wong as Liancheng
• Qu Ying as Binniang
• Ho Kwai-lam as Prefect Shi

Xia Nü

• Daniel Chan as Gu Xiangru
• Lin Chia-yu as Xu Mu'e
• Sun Xing as Prefect Lin
• Cao Xiwen as Lin Yuefu
• Song Yang as Fang Wukui

Huanniang

• Pan Yueming as Wen Ruchun
• Leslie Sun as Zhao Huanniang
• Liu Xiaoxi as Lianggong
• Andrew Lin as Young Master Qian
• Cui Peng as Qiaolangjun

Xin Shisiniang

• Cecilia Liu as Xin Shisiniang
• TAE as Feng Sheng
• Li Qian as Lu'er
• Han Xiao as Hu Mei