Love is Beautiful (Traditional Chinese: 無頭東宮) is a 30-episode TVB

Television Broadcasts Limited

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 costume drama

Costume drama

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 series aired in 2002.

Ling Wan

Ling Wan is a poor girl that lives in 'Beautiful People Village' with her father, Ling Tid whose wife died after his daughter's birth. Ling Tid owned a metal shop, and Ling Wan was even better in carving metal than her father. She was born very ugly, with moles all over her face, like her father. When she's thirteen, she had a terrible diease, and when she recovered, the moles had disappeared. In the ancient times in China, females had no right on deciding on her husband, because the husband chooses the wife. In order to accompany her father until his death, Ling Wan put on fake moles to look ugly. Her facial moles were her disguise.

Cho Cho

Ling Wan had a friend, Cho Cho, who was also ugly. As Ling Wan was very kind and friendly, and that she used to be ugly, she understood that Cho Cho, who was really ugly, would have no friends, so decided to be the only friend of Cho Cho. At that time, she had no idea that Cho Cho would betray her, a betray that could never be recovered. Cho Cho has a father, two brothers and a sister, who often tease and laugh at Cho Cho, like the villagers, who also would tease Ling Wan, because no one, even her father, knew Ling Wan's secret.

The trouble begins...

The emperor of China comes to 'Beautiful People Village' for a visit to the festival. Ling Wan and Cho Cho were never invited and allowed to come to the festivals, as they were ugly and were believed to be the embarrassment to the town. The emperor disguised himself as a normal rich man. Then, there were assassins who were sent by the emperor's power-hungry uncle, got their swords out and aimed for the emperor's chest. Luckily, Ling Wan, who was skilled in fighting as well, saved the emperor, but the emperor got hurt himself, and Ling Wan took him to a graveyard (that Ling Wan guarded earlier and Cho Cho discovered the moles were fake because the rain washed them away) to hide from the terrorists, who were later sentenced to death.

The emperor fell in love with Ling Wan not for her beauty (Ling Tid discovered the fake moles and forced her to take them away but Ling Wan insisted on wearing so she could find a man that didn't only value her looks), but for her kindness. He decided to marry Ling Wan, and it wasn't until later that the emperor sent for Ling Wan that she found out his true identity. Cho Cho was jealous. She was walking on the street when she saw a busker, who was a magician, that specialize on making people's faces temporarily beautiful. Cho Cho gave it a try, and wanted more - she wanted the change to be permanent.

Change of face

It was Ling Wan's wedding and farewell party for the people of the village. The villagers now think different of Ling Wan as she was pretty. Cho Cho was leaving the village because of debts, meanwhile trying to get Ling Wan to come. Ling Wan came, because of her kindness, and they drink a lot of alcoholic drinks and Ling Wan fell asleep. Cho Cho brought her to the magician. The switched faces and their lives change forever, as there are no ways to change their faces back.

(similar to the movie Face/Off

Face/Off

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Royal Family

• Emperor (Mr Chiu)
• Emperor's Wives
• Emperor's Mother
• Emperor's Uncle (Koon Ding)
• Ling Dan
• Cam Si Si
• Maids
• Hi

Cast

• Mariane Chan (Chan Miu Ying) as Cho Cho --> Ling Wan
• Anne Heung
  Anne Heung
  Anne Heung Hoi Lam, born 2 October 1974, is a Hong Kong actress for TVB. In 2008, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry.-Biography:Anne often stars in action, comedic and political TVB drama series...
  
   (Heung Hoi Nam) as Ling Wan --> Cho Cho/Can Si Si
• Mak Cheung Ching as Fung Lok Yan
• Eddie Cheung as Emperor
• Pierre Ngo as Chiu Hei
• David To Tai Wai as Ling Dan
• Chan Wing Han as Fung Song Yi
• Marco Ngai
  Marco Ngai
  Marco Ngai Chun Kit is a successful actor in Hong Kong and has been in many TV series such as Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain 1997 , To Catch the Uncatchable and one of the favourites, Armed Reaction 1,2,3,4 .He is married to Zhang...
  
   as Siu To
• Charmaine Sheh
  Charmaine Sheh
  Charmaine Sheh Sze-man is a Hong Kong TVB actress.Sheh is best known for her roles in TVB dramas, including Return of the Cuckoo, Country Spirit, Perish in the Name of Love, Angels of Mission, War and Beauty, The Dance of Passion,The Drive of Life, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II,Beyond the Realm...
  
   (cameo appearance) as Cho Cho (beautiful face) ep. 1-2
• Benz Hui
  Benz Hui
  Benz Hui Shiu-hung is a Hong Kong actor who currently works on the TV station TVB. He used to work on ATV before switching over to TVB.-Family background:...
  
   as Ling Tid
• Kenneth Ma
  Kenneth Ma
  Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering...
  
   as Villager
• Chui Wing as Helper of Chiu Wai and waiter of hotel in the Beautiful People Village
• Kwan Po Wai as Maid of mother of king (Miss Yung)
• Ha Ping as Mother of King