The Jade Emperor is an indispensable character in every Tao Quan program because he is the one who resolves conflicts and gives instructions to the Taos so that work in the new year goes more smoothly.

In 2003, Tao Quan debuted to the audience as a skit in the program Meeting at the end of the year . This skit recreated the year-end meeting of Heaven, where the Jade Emperor resides, waiting to process the reports of the Tao Quan.

The first person to play the role of the Jade Emperor was People's Artist Quoc Truong. He appeared on the "court" with long platinum hair, a thick beard and was effectively assisted by Nam Tao - Bac Dau played by Xuan Bac and Cong Ly.

In terms of personality, the "first Jade Emperor" of Tao Quan is quite witty and talkative, bringing much laughter to the audience. He is also equipped with very trendy props such as luxury watches and mobile phones.

With his decisive and quick-witted personality, the character of the Jade Emperor played by People's Artist Quoc Truong became a special highlight of the program. However, People's Artist Quoc Truong only played the role of the Jade Emperor once in the first year of Tao Quan's release.

After People's Artist Quoc Truong, the person who has played the role of the Jade Emperor since 2004 until now is People's Artist Quoc Khanh. In contrast to the acting of the previous "Jade Emperor", Quoc Khanh has portrayed the image of a "heavenly being" who is deep, calm, profound and extremely majestic.

Every time he appears on stage, the Jade Emperor played by People's Artist Quoc Khanh exudes the aura of a ruler of the universe, but is full of understanding and loves his people like his own children. The instructions of the Jade Emperor played by Quoc Khanh are also very profound, meaningful, realistic but still full of power.

Thanks to this acting style, Quoc Khanh created harmony and balance on the stage, helping Nam Tao, Bac Dau and the Taos have enough "land" to show off, creating highlights for their characters.

Sharing on Gia Dinh Xa Hoi, People's Artist Quoc Khanh affirmed: "With Tao Quan, we have been working together for many years now, in which Xuan Bac - Cong Ly, I understand each other very well, support each other very well, there is no fighting for our own "fame". We just need to look at each other to understand each other."

The fact that the Tao Quan artist team is so closely connected, with many artists even taking on "exclusive" roles for decades, has also aroused much curiosity among the public. "Jade Emperor" Quoc Khanh explained: "Letting other artists participate is objective and anyone with talent can perform well. But perhaps our fate is too great to be separated. One throws the other one catches and we truly forget ourselves when we get down to work.

And especially Tao Quan is a prestigious program of VTV so the selection of people has been carefully chosen and considered. The important thing is that the audience is always eager and gives us a love without borders."

For the character of Ngoc Hoang, the audience always gives Quoc Khanh compliments for his acting even though this character does not have much "screen time". Quoc Khanh himself and the show's production crew also highly appreciate the mark that the male artist has built for the character of Ngoc Hoang.

That's why, while other characters have strong innovations in appearance, personality, script... the character of Jade Emperor is only "created within a framework".

In terms of appearance, because the Jade Emperor is considered the king of heaven and earth, this character's costume is always a dragon robe, dragon crown and dragon throne. Over the years, the Jade Emperor's dragon robe has been invested in more meticulously with more elaborate embroidery and embellishments, but without too many breakthroughs.

Regarding the script, 2014 is considered a year with special changes in the script for the character of the Jade Emperor.

Specifically, instead of letting the court session take place as usual, this year, "heaven" lost its voice, so Nam Tao and Bac Dau came down to earth to "capture" a commoner who looked like the Jade Emperor to act as a "stuntman".

With this script, People's Artist Quoc Khanh has more room to act, creating the image of a "fake Jade Emperor" who is both cunning and petty but very realistic and emotional with situations where people are "bullied" by Tao.

Since then, the character of the Jade Emperor has been more carefully scripted, participating in the scenes recreating the inadequacies in the lower world. Thanks to that, the graceful and flexible acting of People's Artist Quoc Khanh has also been more clearly demonstrated.

An Nguyen