Guide
If you only need the headline answer: Hengdian is the central production base, with scenic support from Zhejiang locations.
The drama’s core court and estate spaces are grounded in studio-scale historical sets.
Mountain, bamboo, and water-town imagery broadens the visual world beyond pure set work.
Use the full article if you want a travel-minded breakdown of which visual environments match which scenes.
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A lot of the court-heavy work is set-driven, but scenic location work matters to the visual identity too.
Use the longer filming-locations article for the fuller breakdown.