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|genre = costume drama teen drama soap opera comedy-drama wuxia historical fiction |creator = Chiung Yao |developer = Chen Chung-wei |writer = Chiung Yao |director = Sun Shu-pei Li Ping (Season 2 only) |creative director = |presenter = Chiung Yao Ping Hsin-tao Ouyang Changlin |starring = Zhao Wei Ruby Lin Alec Su Zhou Jie Zhang Tielin Fan Bingbing |opentheme = Season 1: "Dang" (當) performed by Power Station Season 2: "Zicong You Le Ni" (自從有了你) performed by Zhao Wei |endtheme = Season 1: "Yu die" (雨蝶) performed by Lee E-jun Season 2: 1. "You Yige Guniang" (有一個姑娘) performed by Zhao Wei 2. "Ni Shi Feng'er Wo Shi Sha" (你是風兒我是沙) performed by Ruby Lin and Zhou Jie |composer =Xu Jingxin |language= Mandarin some Tibetan (Season 1) some Uyghur (Season 2) |num_seasons = 2 |num_episodes = 24 (Season 1) 48 (Season 2) |executive_producer = Chen Tao-lung (Season 1) Tu Chi-chung (Season 2) |producer = Ping Hsin-tao Ho Hsiu-chiung Wei Wenbin |location = Beijing Chengde Mountain Resort Bashang Plateau |runtime = 48 minutes |country = China Taiwan |company = Yi Ren Communications Co. Hunan Broadcasting System |network = China Television (Taiwan) |picture_format = 576i PAL-D (SDTV) |first_aired = 28 April 1998 |last_aired = 25 June 1999 |preceded_by = |followed_by = ''My Fair Princess III'' (2003) |related = ''New My Fair Princess'' (2011) |status = Ended |website = }} ''My Fair Princess'', also known as ''Return of the Pearl Princess'' or ''Princess Returning Pearl'' (), is a 1998-1999 television costume drama jointly produced by Yi Ren Communications Co. (怡人傳播公司) in Taiwan and Hunan Broadcasting System in Mainland 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 on the mainland, and first shown on China Television in Taiwan. Written by creator Chiung Yao, the Cinderella-like story is set in 18th-century Qing dynasty during the Qianlong Emperor's reign. It follows tomboyish and innocent Xiaoyanzi, originally an orphaned and semiliterate vagrant in Beijing who, after befriending the emperor's illegitimate daughter Xia Ziwei, becomes a princess by accident. Although some characters, the plot premise, and certain sections of the story are based on historical events and figures, considerable artistic license was employed. A massive international hit in East Asia and Southeast Asia, the drama is considered the most commercially successful Chinese-language series in history.〔(瓊瑤電視戲劇風格的蛻變：《還珠格格》 ― 一個類型(genre)的分析 )〕 Hunan Broadcasting System, after achieving ratings as high as 65% of audience shares, permanently became China's second largest network.〔(湖南制造（图） )〕 Meanwhile, little-known cast members were made household names and huge teen idols over night, like the actress trio of Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin and Fan Bingbing, who are still among the biggest stars in Chinese entertainment more than 15 years later.〔(赵薇林心如范冰冰 看“还珠三姐妹”在娱乐圈的惊人实力 )〕 ==Origin== After a successful writing career which saw many of her works adapted into films and television, Taiwanese romance novelist Chiung Yao and her husband Ping Hsin-tao established Yi Ren Communications Co. (怡人傳播公司) in 1985 to produce television dramas. (The company later transferred to Chiung Yao's son Chen Chung-wei and daughter-in-law Ho Hsiu-chiung.) In 1987, Taiwan's government allowed visits to Mainland China for the first time since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. In her first trip in 1988, Chiung Yao became friends with Ouyang Changlin, then a reporter working for Hunan Broadcasting System (HBS), who encouraged her to start producing dramas in Mainland China due to more diverse landscape and cheaper labor cost.〔 In 1989, Chiung Yao began filming for the first time in Mainland China in Changsha, Hunan, assisted by HBS and Beijing Television (BTV). Most actors, equipment and production crew came from Taiwan, while the Chinese stations produced chiefly cheap labor (such as extra actors) in exchange for broadcasting rights in the mainland.〔 Being the first Taiwanese television production assisted by Mainland stations, the drama ''Wanjun'' (婉君) ran into many problems with Taiwan's government. However, as years go by, restrictions in Taiwan became less and Chiung Yao began to use more and more Mainland actors and crew members in her productions, such as director Li Ping. The sophistication and quality of China's television production also improved dramatically in the 1990s during the Chinese economic reform, while the market also began to surpass Taiwan's as the economy became more market-oriented. By 1992, HBS was no longer just a collaborator in Chiung Yao's productions but a financial partner and a co-producer.〔〔(檢視/開啟 - 國立臺灣師範大學 )〕 In 1995, Ouyang became the station head of HBS. As Chiung Yao had an agreement with Taiwan's China Television (CTV) to produce 2 dramas for CTV for 1998, Ouyang and Chiung Yao decided to produce them together. The first drama, ''Tears in Heaven'' (蒼天有淚), featured a more established cast of Jiang Qinqin, Vincent Chiao, Athena Chu, Chen Chao-jung and Deng Jie and was anticipated to be more successful, drawing considerable resources from the companies. The second drama of the year was thus left with a limited budget.〔(还珠十年（图） )〕 In 1997, during a tour of Beijing, Chiung Yao passed Gongzhufen (literally "Princess's Tomb"). She was told of the story behind the place: according to popular legends, the Qianlong Emperor had adopted a daughter from the commoners population; she was buried there alone as she was not deemed fit to be buried with the other Manchu princesses. Nothing else was known about her.〔(公主坟琐记（下） )〕 From this legend, Chiung Yao decided to write ''My Fair Princess'' as the second drama series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Fair Princess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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