The ancient building in Tanghuai Park in Taiyuan is said to be the former residence of Di Renjie. DU JINDONG/FOR CHINA DAILY The address of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, 221B Baker Street, is a ...

Based on a series of novels and stories by Dutch author Robert van Gulik, Judge Dee’s Mystery is a Chinese period mystery drama series. The plot revolves around Di Renjie, a gifted investigator, as he ...

Assigned to investigate various regions in Jiangnan, Detective Di Renjie becomes entangled in the mysterious disappearance of a young girl in Lin'an City. His inquiry uncovers connections to a local ...

Tsui Hark has been trying to make a movie about the historical Tang Dynasty official Di Renjie since the mid-1980s. After two decades worth of research and working on other films, he finally began ...

In the 7th century, the first Empress of China (Carina Lau) is to be enthroned. Not everyone is pleased about this. During the construction of a gigantic statue in honour of the Empress, which is to ...

In the iconic martial-arts director’s latest, an exiled hero has to figure out why imperial officials are spontaneously combusting all over the place. Think Crouching Tiger meets Sherlock Holmes, only ...

Hong Kong director Tsui Hark's new Detective Dee movie will hit Chinese theaters on July 27. [Photo provided to China Daily] In the real world, Di Renjie was a seventh-century politician in the court ...

On the birthday of the empress Wu, she suddenly encountered a five-clawed golden dragon appearing in the palace hall, and a series of mysterious incidents also occurred in the city. Di Renjie was ...

The undated photos show director Tsui Hark (right) on set with his cast of the film "Di Renjie". [Photo: Mtime.com] A Weibo account has disclosed some of the cast members for director Tsui Hark's ...