Ethnic minorities in Chinese entertainment: part II

One of them is Han Chinese, can you tell who?

Since the first post on the diverseness of China’s stars, many new artists have came out with their own unique looks and cultural flair.  Several Uyghur artists have especially been taking on more mainstream roles recently, making the face of Chinese entertainment that much prettier.

Something to note amongst these stars is that very few of them are famous because of their ethnicity, but rather due to their general abilities. It’s also something that was brought to my attention in this year’s CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Despite the elimination of the usual group songs by ethnic minorities, this year’s gala had as many if not more ethnic minorities than usual in almost every category of performers, from host Sa Beining to singers like Jin Mei’er and Cai Guoqing and to pop performer Han Geng.

A roundup of Chinese artists who came into the spotlight (or at least my notice) since last post, per suggestion from Benji.

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Scar of Heaven stars Chinese Paladin 3 cast and newcomers

Liu Shishi for Scar of Heaven

Liu Shishi ready to fight again as the cold Tuoba Yu'er

Familiar faces from Chinese Paladin 3 will be starring in new Tangren Drama Sword of the Yellow Emperor : Scar of Heaven 轩辕剑-天之痕 . Hu Ge, Liu Shishi, and Tang Yan come together with Ma Tianyu (he did stunning crossdressing in Strange Hero – Yi Zhi Mei) and newcomers Jiang Junfu and Gulinazha for another drama based off of a popular computer game.

The composed character played by Hu Ge will be paired with a somewhat spoiled Princess played by Tang Yan. Meanwhile, Liu Shishi and new actress Gulinazha will via for love of Jiang Junfu,  Hu Ge and Yuan Hong’s shidi from the Shanghai Drama Academy who captured our hearts on Happy Camp. See his and Gulinazha’s photos on the thread here.

More of Hu Ge in CORNROWS and Liu Shishi below the cut.

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