Chinese Historical Dramas

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Lin Luo Jing (Zheng Qiu Hong) is an electronics student who decides to take part in a gaming contest. But this proves to be a very fateful decision on her part – as she is magically sucked into the screen and finds herself stuck in a fantastic, fictionalized version of the Chinese past.

Once stuck in the gaming world, she longs to escape, but her quest to do so leads her to cross paths with four male suitors, all of whom develop crushes on her.

She has also fallen foul of the Emperor, gangs of bandits, is made a princess of the realm, and...found herself falling in love again and again, knowing that true love could be her ticket out of the game world and back to her modern life.

But after a quirk of fate cheats her out of an escape, she feels she is destined to live out the rest of her days in this fantastic world, forever completing game-like missions.

She resolves to spend her days with the jealous but devoted Zhong Wu Mei (Gong Jun), but faces a new challenge when a former lover (Alen Fang) is respawned as a Persian prince who comes to court looking to pick a quarrel with Zhong Wu Mei!

This drama is the sequel to “Unique Lady” Parts 1 and 2 (both 2019).

“Unique Lady 2” is a 2020-2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Lin He Long.

Unique Lady 2

🎇The Blessed Team🎇

Tencent

In a land dominated by the mighty Wen clan, a young man named Wei Wu Xian (Xiao Zhan) strikes up an unconventional friendship with justice-loving Lan Wang Ji (Wang Yibo of boyband Uniq).

When the duo unexpectedly stumbles across evidence implicating the Wen clan’s chief in a plot to bring mayhem to the inhabitants of their land, Wei Wu Xian and Lan Wang Ji decide to intervene.

However, the pair’s attempts to foil the Wen clan boss’s wicked plans go wrong. In the confusion that follows, Wei Wu Xian disappears – with many fearing the worst for him.

Sixteen years later, Wei Wu Xian returns out of the blue. He is soon reunited with Lan Wang Ji, just as a spate of mysterious murders has broken out. The duo joins forces once more to investigate, determined not to fail this time…

Can the pair get to the bottom of the intrigue? Will they solve the murder cases? And just who is the dastardly secret figure pulling the strings behind the evildoings now blighting the land?

This drama is based on the hit novel “Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation,” by BL author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu – the writer of “Scum Villain.”

“The Untamed” is a 2019 Chinese drama directed by Steve Cheng and Chan Ka Lam.

The Untamed

Youku

As leader of an elite unit, tasked with protecting the imperial family, Zhou Zi Shu (Zhang Zhe Han) was not a man to be taken lightly. A man of great honor, who commanded much respect, he served the royal family with the utmost loyalty and was rewarded accordingly. However charmed his life may have seemed on the outside, in reality, it was not the life Zi Shu desired. Unsettled within himself, Zi Shu ultimately decides to leave his position in order to pursue his own dreams.&nbsp;

Putting the past behind him, Zi Shu is determined to start anew but even the best laid plans can be waylaid by fate. Not long after setting off to see the world, Zi Shu finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy that rocks the martial arts world. At the same time, he meets Wen Ke Xing (Gong Jun), a mysterious martial artist from the Ghost Valley, who is on a quest to avenge his parents’ death. Brought together by fate, the two become fast friends as they share a series of adventures that leads them ever closer to a legendary treasure that is rumored to give its owner ultimate power over the martial arts world.

Entangled in conspiracies and hunting treasure, Zi Shu and Ke Xing find themselves caught up in an adventure so epic, it could alter the course of history forever.

Adapted from the novel, “Faraway Wanders” by Priest, “Word of Honor” is a 2021 adventure fantasy drama directed by Gary Sing and Jones Ma.

Word of Honor

⚔ Honorable Team ⚔

Tencent, iQiyi

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A teenage boy (Darren Wang) who has been raised by wolves and has developed keen, supernatural-like senses, meets a woman named Ma Zhai Xing (Li Qin), the teenage daughter of a government official – and the duo strikes up a firm friendship.

But Wolf Boy knows little about the ways of civilized society and is easily duped by Ma Zhai Xing’s brother into offending a powerful group of people who then hunt him down and push him from a cliff.

However, the fall has not killed the boy, instead just leaving him badly injured.

The Yang ruler Chu Kui (Ding Yong Dai) has learned of Wolf Boy – and goes searching for the youth. He believes he can make use of the boy’s powers and eventually adopts him as his own son, keeping his true identity a secret.

Raised to be ruthless and fiercely loyal to Chu Kui, he is eventually named as a royal prince.

But eight years after the prince’s fateful fall, he is suddenly reunited with Ma Zhai Xing. Could old emotions resurface, or has too much water passed under the bridge?

“The Wolf” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was produced by Chen Yu Shan.

The Wolf

🐺Howling at the Moon Team🌙

Having lost his mother at a very young age, Tang San (Xiao Zhan) grew up relying on his father just as much as his father relied upon him. Meticulous and mature for his age, with extraordinary talent and wit, he was sent to Ruoding Academy, at the age of six, to begin pursuing his dream of becoming a great soul master. There, under the tutelage of Yu Xiao Gang (Calvin Chen), he befriends an orphan by the name of Gu Xiao Wu (Wu Xuan Yi), and together they begin the long and difficult journey of cultivation.&nbsp;

As time passes, the two friends draw ever closer, eventually swearing to look out for each other as siblings for life. As their power and connection grow, Gu Xiao Wu realizes they need more guidance than he can provide. Sending the pair to the Shrek Academy, Tang San and Xiao Wu join five other prodigies from various academies, in their journey of cultivation. Strong in their power, the seven students become known throughout the land as the “Shrek Seven Devils”. With their fame ever-growing, the talents of the Seven are eventually noticed by a few very prominent nobles who invite them to continue their cultivation at the esteemed Tian Dou Royal Academy. Not long after accepting the invitation, the Seven Devils find themselves caught up in an imperial struggle for power, between the first and fourth princes. At the same time, Tang San uncovers a long-hidden secret about his mother’s death.

Suddenly facing battles on many fronts, Tang San finds himself forced to fight, not only to protect those his loves, but to bring honor to his sect, save his country, and complete his quest to become the greatest soul master of all time.

Based on the novel, “Dou Luo Da Lu” by Tang Jia San Shao, “Duoluo Continent” is a 2020 action adventure fantasy drama directed by Yang Zhen Yu.

Douluo Continent

🐇 Shrek Devils Team 🌱

Tencent Video

Zhou Fei (Zhao Li Ying) is the granddaughter of a national hero who was forced to become a bandit to serve the greater good. For 20 years, her grandfather, then her mother, were charged with running a secret fort, staffed by bandits.

The fort’s role is to protect the world against strange, otherworldly warriors intent on bringing their unique brand of chaos to the mortal realm.

However, the fort has fallen in status in recent years, and Zhou Fei is sick of being confined to the place of her birth. She longs to escape, and makes repeated efforts to get away.

But her life changes forever when she almost drowns, and is only saved by a free-spirited young material arts expert named Xie Yun (Wang Yibo).

The duo forms an unlikely friendship and decides to hone their fighting skills together – a timely decision as malevolent forces are now plotting fresh trouble.

The pair begins on an adventure. But as time goes by, they begin to unearth secrets…including that of Xie Yun’s true identity.

This drama series was adapted from a novel named “Bandits” by author Priest.

“Legend of Fei” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Ng Gam Yuen.

Legend of Fei

The Flying Legend Team

CTV, Hunan TV

In 18th-century China, the Qing Dynasty’s Emperor Qian Long rules the land. The Emperor is unaware that he has a 17-year-old daughter, named Xia Zi Wei (Ruby Lin), who was born after he had a brief fling with her mother.

Xia Zi Wei is determined to meet her father and travels from her provincial home to the Forbidden City in an effort to seek him out.

However, gaining an audience with the Emperor proves far more difficult than she expected. But Xia Zi Wei refuses to give up hope and remains in the capital – where she one day meets Xiao Yan Zi (Zhao Wei), a streetwise orphan girl.


The girls become firm friends and hatch a plan to meet the Emperor during a hunting trip.

However, their plan is thwarted when Xiao Yan Zi is injured by an arrow fired by the Emperor’s son. The Emperor finds Xiao Yan Zi, and mistakes her for his own daughter, taking her to the Imperial Court.

Will the truth out? And will Xia Zi Wei ever be able to take her rightful place in the palace?

“My Fair Princess” is a 1998 Chinese period drama that was directed by Sun Shu Pei.

My Fair Princess

Li Bi (Jackson Yee), the head of the Chang’an’s anti-terror department, and Zhang Xiao Jing (Lei Jia Yin), a detective-turned-prisoner, must work together to ensure the safety of the people by investigating a mysterious infiltration of the city. 

With lives at stake and less than 24 hours left, can these two work together to outsmart the brilliant mastermind behind the crime? 

The Longest Day in Chang’an is a 2019 Chinese drama based on a novel of the same name written by Ma Bo Yong.

The Longest Day In Chang'an

Chang'An Warriors Team

Dragon TV

A magical talisman changes a young man’s fate forever.

Lin Dong (Yang Yang) is forsaken by his own clan. But when he comes across a stone talisman with magical powers, his life will never be the same again. As he travels the world, his many adventures help him to hone his skills as a martial artist. He also meets two very different women, Ying Huan Huan (Zhang Tian Ai) and Ling Qing Zhu (Wang Li Kun), who not only capture his heart but also help him fight to keep a demon sect from taking over the world.

Will the unassuming Lin Dong become the world’s great martial arts hero?

“Martial Universe” is a 2018 Chinese drama series directed by Zhang Li. It is based on the novel Wu Dong Qian Kun by Tian Can Tu Dou.

Martial Universe

The On Fire Penguins Team 🔥🐧

Zhejiang TV

Hua Buqi (Ariel Lin), is a business-savvy wanderer who is being hunted by killers when a handsome masked hero Chen Yu (Zhang Bin Bin) appears and saves her. 

Enchanted by his charms, she falls in love and hopes to find him once again. When fate finally does unite them, they start a beautiful long-lasting romance. 

But when her true identity is revealed, will she be able to survive being hunted for her powers?

"I Will Never Let You Go" is a 2019 historical Chinese Drama.

I Will Never Let You Go

Stay With Me

When two sides of the same woman fall in love with two different princes, can either find true love?

Qu Tan Er (Liang Jie) is the second daughter of the Qu family. She is in love with the king’s oldest son, Mo Yi Huai (Wang Rui Chang), but she is being forced to marry Yi Huai’s younger brother, Mo Lian Cheng (Xing Zhao Lin), the eighth prince of the Dong Yue Kingdom. 

Unhappy with the forced marriage, Tan Er tries to commit suicide, only to wake up from her failed attempt with the spirit of another woman also taking up residence in her body. The modern Xiao Tan (also played by Liang Jie) has the opposite personality of Tan Er, cheerful and assertively strong. She is stuck in the past world and has so far been unsuccessful in her attempts to find a way back to the modern times. Whenever one of the women tells a lie, the other personality would take over the body.

To complicate the situation, Lian Chen falls in love with the vivacious Xiao Tan. What will become of the unusual foursome, and will Xiao Tan be able to find her way back to her own time?

“The Eternal Love” is a 2017 Chinese drama series. It is based on the novel Hilarious Pampered Consort: Lord I Will Wait for Your Divorce by Fan Que. The series was followed by the sequel “The Eternal Love 2” (2018).

The Eternal Love

The Eternal Love Team 🔥🐧

Tencent TV

Will they get a second chance at at love?

Mo Lian Cheng (Xing Zhao Lin) is the 8th Prince who is still in love with Qu Xiao Tan (Liang Jie). But the problem is that Qu Xiao Tan has no memories of their past together or what the future holds for her. 

Can Mo Lian Cheng find a way to make Qu Xiao Tan fall in love with him all over again?

“The Eternal Love 2” is a 2018 Chinese drama series. It is a sequel to the original “The Eternal Love” (2017), which was based on the novel Hilarious Pampered Consort: Lord I Will Wait for Your Divorce by Fan Que.

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