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The Lead

主角 ‧ Drama ‧ 2026

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1. Basicl information + Production, shooting location

3. OST Music and BGM music heard in the series, or related music

4.Chinese Opera styles

5.Reception

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1. BASIC INFO

  • Chinese Title : Chinese: 主角 (Main Character or The Protagonist)

  • International title : The Lead

  • Release date : May 10, 2026. for 48-episodes

  • The series is adapted from Chen Yan’s Mao Dun Literature Prize-winning novel of the same name.

  • Starring: Liu Haocun, Zhang Jiayi, Qin Hailu, Shawn Dou, Zhai Zilu, Wang Xiaochen
    Supervised by Zhang Yimou. Directed by Li Shaofei.

Trailer (3'32) :

CLIP FROM THE DRAMA (with English and Chinese subtitles, 16') :

Promotional event recording of May 18, 2026 (50'19, with English subtitles) :

2. PRODUCTION, FILMING LOCATION

The drama was filmed in Xī'ān 西安 and surrounding region in Shaanxi/Shǎnxī 陕西 province

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4.THE LEAD : MUSIC

Song Title

Singer

Lyricist & composer

OST songs

主角》/ Zhǔjiǎo (Protagonist)

Theme song and opening song

link to MV with pinyin and English translation

王菲

WángFēi /

Faye Wong

L: 赖婷

Lài Tíng

C: 范炜

Fàn Wěi

《梦醒了》 / Mèng xǐngle

(The Dream is Over)

Ending theme

孙浩

Sūn Hào

L: 王海燕

Wang Haiyan

C: 范炜

Fàn Wěi

胡三元呀么胡三元》 Hú Sānyuán ya me Hú Sānyuán

(Hu Sanyuan, Ah Dear Hu Sanyuan)

Interlude

谭敏敏

Tán Mǐnmǐn

L&C: 张镒麟

Zhāng Yìlín,

+ C: 谭敏敏 Tán Mǐnmǐn

Popular and Revolutionary songs

Socialism is Good

社会主义好 / Shèhuì zhǔyì hǎo

Xi'an Youth Music Teachers Choir 西安青年音乐教师合唱团 in drama

This recording: China Central Orchestra Choir,The PLA Qianxian Chorus

L: Huò Xīyáng 霍希扬

C: Lǐ Huànzhī 李焕之

(1958)

《祝酒歌》 / Zhù Jiǔ gē

(Toast Song)

Dù Jiànsēn

杜建森

L: Hán Wěi 韩伟

C: Shī Guāngnán 施光南

《无地自容》 / Wú Dì Zìróng

(Nowhere to hide)

Yè Zǐléi

叶子雷

L: Dòuwéi

窦唯

C: Lǐ Tóng

李彤

《灰姑娘》/ Huī gūniáng

(Cinderella)

Dòu Xiāo

窦骁

L&C : Zhèng Jūn 郑钧

《兰花草》/ Lán huā cǎo

(Orchid Grass)

L: Hú Shì i 胡适

C: Chén Xiándé 陈贤德 + Zhāng Bì 张弼

《童年》 / Tóngnián

(Childhood)

L&C: Luó Dàyòu 罗大佑

The Internationale / 普通话版

Chorus

Recorded here in 1997 by Central Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Of China (中国中央管弦乐团及合唱团)

L: Eugène Pottier (1888)

tr. Xiao San (萧三, 1923)

C: Pierre Degeyter

We Workers Have Power

Chorus

L& C :Marco

I Only Care About You

Pan Youyan

L: Araki Toyohisa

C: Tsuyoshi Miki

Yingshanhong

L: Lu Zhuguo

C: Fu Gengchen

Laundry Song

L: Li Junchen

C: Luo Nianyi

Singing Brother Zhishan to the Party

L: Jiaoping

C: Zhu Jianer

Shannan Wine Song (Folk Song)

L&C: Ma Zhuo

I Love Tiananmen Square in Beijing

我爱北京天安门 / Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén

This song was part of the daily routine for many primary schools during the Cultural Revolution.

L: Jin Guolin (he was a 12-year-old student who was in 5th grade in 1970!)

C: Jin Yueling (he was a 19-year-old apprentice from Shanghai Sixth Glass Factory)

Communist Children's League Song

L: Qiao Yu

C: Zhang Dichang

The dying Swan / Le Cygne

(part of "Le Carnaval des Animaux")

This recording : Grand gala opening of the new Mariinsky II Theatre in Saint Petersburg, broadcasted live on May 2, 2013 danced by Ekaterina Kondaurova

C: Saint-Saëns

Two Tigers

两只老虎 / Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ

Nursery rhyme

Buckwheat

L: Chen Yan

C: Dang Zhongtian

A Young Man's Prayer

C: Badadevska

Pink Memories

L: Yuan Liren

C: Zhang Pingfu

Red Star Song

Lily Bloom Children's Choir

L: Fu Gengchen

C: Wu Dawei + Wei Baogui

Cranberries Bloom

Li Siyuan

L: Isakovsky

C: Dunayevsky

Qinqiang Opera Repertoire and Arias

Praise for Jiao

The Legend of the White Snake

Fox Fairy Tribulation

Killing a Single Child

The Case of the Assassination of the Beauty

The Big Truth

Zhang Lian Sells Cloth

Teaching

Black Dingben

Poor Optimism

Fighting the Golden Luan

Blessing

The Great Revenge

The Three Mothers Teaching Their Sons

Dragon and Phoenix Appear in Good Fortune

Wudianpo

Liang Qiuyan

Fifteen Strings of Chinese

Three Opposite

The Female Generals of the Yang Family

Visiting West Lake

Peach Blossom with Human Face

Zhou Ren Returns to His Mansion

Sha Jia Bang

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy

Red Light

Blood and Tears

Honghu Red Guards

Three Drops of Blood

Forced to Liangshan

Twelve Scythe

The Injustice of Dou E

Yutangchun

Meeting at the Flower Pavilion

The Prince Breaks the Formation

Golden Beach

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Chinese opera styles

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