1. the Contents Of The Movie
"Curse of The Golden Flower" (满城尽带黄金甲）is roughly adapted from "Thunderstorm", one of the best known works by writer Cao Yu(曹禺). But the screen version doesn't stay too faithful to the original. The story is set in an undefined period of the Tang Dynasty, about a thousand years ago.China, Later Tang Dynasty(唐朝), 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat－周润发) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou－周杰伦). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li－巩俐), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye－刘烨), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man－李曼), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace
2. Movie Enjoyment
3.lines
(成王子殿下到)
王后:元成，收拾好了
元成:恩
母后，二哥该回来了
王后:进宫了吗？
元成:听说在天府官邑候旨。我听大哥说，父王一回来，他就要请示出宫，他想去新州。
元成:母后。
(王后驾到)
元成:大哥
元祥:参见母后
王后:你想走？你害怕了？
元祥:你是我母后
王后:你跟我在一起三年了，我是谁，你心里最清楚
元祥:我毕竟是我父王的儿子
元祥:母后
王后:我不是你母后
王后:很多事情是可以改变的
元祥:其实甚么烨改变不了
王后:我倒想试一下
元祥:你想干什么？
王后:该出宫迎接你父王了。
4：Historical Background
Tang Dynasty
From its establishment in 618 to its downfall in 907, the Tang Dynasty is the most prosperous dynasty in Chinese history.
The Tang can be divided into two periods: the early period and the late period, with the eight-year An Lushan-Shi Siming Rebellion as its turning point. The early period was a golden age, while the latter was a period of decline. After Emperor Gaozu established the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, finally unified the whole of China in 10 years time. During his reign, Emperor Taizong invested all of his efforts in consolidating his regime, making the Tang the most prosperous in the history of feudal China. The period was known as Zhen Guan Zhi Zhi (the reigning years of Zhen Guan) and was the world leader in politics, economy and culture. The golden age -- a peaceful period called Kai Yuan Sheng Shi (the flourishing age of Kaiyuan) -- continued until the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. In the late years of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, the An Lushan-Shi Simin Rebellion seriously hurt the Tang Empire, marking its declineDuring the early period, economic growth and political stability provided a favorable environment for the development of culture, art and foreign relations. Tang poetry was also the most remarkable in Chinese history. Achievements in other fields were also exceptional.
The late-Tang period fell into a political turmoil, with strife between the Niu Faction and Li Faction and eunuch monopoly. Continuous peasant uprisings culminated in Huang Chao's uprising where Commander Zhu Wen turned his back on Huang and joined the Tang side. Later, Zhu deposed the Tang emperor and proclaimed himself emperor of the later Liang Dynasty, which ushered in the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten States
唐朝（公元618年—907年）是由唐高祖李渊建立起来的强大王朝，它与汉朝同成为中华民族中兴的两个时代，并以其前所未有的辉煌与繁荣开创了中国的新纪元。
唐朝历二十二代，前后共二百八十九年，其与汉朝并称为中国历史上两大强盛王朝之一。唐王朝的前期，由唐太宗李世民直至玄宗开元年间国家一直处于大发展阶段，从经济、政治、军事、外交、文化等方面都空前繁荣。在此期间出现的"贞观之治"，"开元盛世"构成了中华民族引以为骄傲的盛唐气象。从而，使中国的世界地位显赫一时。一直到现在，一些国外的某些地方仍然称中国为唐山，称华人为唐人
