Epic Battles, Palaces and Concubines: A Chinese Studio’s Vast World of Fantasy
HENGDIAN, China — If you are going to make a movie in China today about ancient warriors defending a mythical kingdom or a partisan resisting the Japanese occupation in the 1930s, or involving any variation of that staple of China’s entertainment industry — the back-stabbing concubine drama
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/world/asia/china-films-movies-hengdian.html