Historical C-Dramas

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Pursuit of Jade

2026 · Tencent QQ · 40 episodes

Fan Chang-yu is the daughter of a butcher, strong-willed and used to taking care of herself and her sister.

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Nirvana in Fire

2015 · Beijing TV · 54 episodes

When General Lin Xie was framed for treason, his army was wiped out and only his young son Lin Shu survived.

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Joy of Life

2019 · CCTV-8 · 46 episodes

Fan Xian carries memories of another life and grows up in a remote seaside town, trained in poison and martial arts by…

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The Prisoner of Beauty

2025 · Tencent QQ · 36 episodes

Xiao Qiao, a clever young woman from the Qiao family, is married to Wei Shao, the sharp and capable head of the Wei…

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Love Like the Galaxy

2022 · Tencent QQ · 56 episodes

Cheng Shaoshang was left behind as a child while her parents were away at war, and she learned to protect herself by…

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Blossom

2024 · Tencent QQ · 34 episodes

After a life of betrayal and injustice, noblewoman Dou Zhao unexpectedly wakes up years in the past, carrying her…

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The Story of Ming Lan

2018 · Hunan TV · 78 episodes

Sheng Minglan is the sixth child of a large, scheming household.

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Story of Yanxi Palace

2018 · iQIYI · 70 episodes

Wei Yingluo is a sharp-witted young embroidery maid who enters the Forbidden City during the Qianlong Emperor’s reign…

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Fated Hearts

2025 · iQIYI · 38 episodes

When her kingdom is close to defeat, the fearless archer Fu Yi-xiao turns a battle by shooting the enemy's crown…

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Story of Kunning Palace

2023 · iQIYI · 38 episodes

Jiang Xuening once schemed her way to the top of the palace, only to meet a tragic end.

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Blossoms in Adversity

2024 · Youku · 40 episodes

When tragedy strikes the Hua family, the men are sent into exile and the women and children are left to fend for…

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Coroner's Diary

2025 · iQIYI · 38 episodes

Shen Wan's whole family is wiped out after being drawn into a royal scandal, and she escapes by taking on a false…

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New Life Begins

2022 · iQIYI · 40 episodes

A marriage selection has brought young women from all over the land to Xinchuan.

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The Long Ballad

2021 · Tencent QQ · 49 episodes

In the Tang Dynasty, after a bloody palace coup, Li Chang-ge's family is slaughtered, but she escapes.

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Empresses in the Palace

2012 · Dragon TV · 76 episodes

Young and innocent Zhen Huan enters the emperor’s harem as one of many new concubines.

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The Double

2024 · Youku · 40 episodes

Xue Fang Fei loses everything when her father, a wealthy official, is thrown into prison.

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Flourished Peony

2025 · Hunan TV · 32 episodes

In Tang-dynasty China, He Wei Fang is a merchant's daughter with a rare gift for growing peonies.

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Archives: The Nanyang Mystery

2026 · iQIYI · 33 episodes

In the early Republic era, a strange killing at sea called the Water Ghost Longing for Home sends two Southern Archives…

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Battle of Changsha

2014 · CCTV-8 · 32 episodes

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a sixteen-year-old girl named Xiang Xiang and her twin brother watch their…

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Blossoms of Power

2026 · Tencent QQ · 36 episodes

After surviving a massacre, Gu Qing Zhi wakes up as Shen Xi He, the Princess of the Northwest, and decides never to be…

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The Vendetta of An

2025 · CCTV-8 · 28 episodes

At the fall of the old dynasty the dark guards who secretly ruled Chang'an vanish along with the deposed emperor.

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Are You the One

2024 · Tencent QQ · 40 episodes

Liu Mian Tang is a clever, respected leader who is badly hurt in an attack and rescued by a prince.

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The Longest Day in Chang'an

2019 · Youku · 48 episodes

It is 744 in Chang'an, the largest city on earth, and a plot to attack it during the Lantern Festival is quietly taking…

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The Road to Splendor

2026 · Tencent QQ · 36 episodes

Zhao Ling is a generous private salt trader from a humble family with big dreams, and Fu Ting Yun is a noblewoman…

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The Romance of Tiger and Rose

2020 · Tencent QQ · 24 episodes

Screenwriter Chen Xiao Qian is furious when her leading man refuses to play the part she wrote, and she falls asleep.

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The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty

2020 · iQIYI · 48 episodes

In the fifteenth century, a senior official and a guardsman look into what seems like a landlord's suicide.

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How Dare You!?

2026 · iQIYI · 32 episodes

Cui Hua is an ordinary office worker who suddenly finds herself inside the world of a novel.

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A Dream of Splendor

2022 · Tencent QQ · 40 episodes

After finding out her fiancé has left her for another woman, Zhao Pan Er, a clever teahouse owner in Qiantang, heads…

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Wonderland of Love

2023 · Tencent QQ · 40 episodes

Li Ni is a royal grandson who prefers life as a carefree general and is stuck defending a troubled border.

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The Rebel Princess

2021 · Youku · 68 episodes

A strong-willed noblewoman and a man of humble origins are married for political reasons, and they soon fall in love as…

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Legend of Zang Hai

2025 · CCTV-8 · 40 episodes

Zang Hai was the son of the Imperial Astronomer until his whole family was murdered before his eyes.

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Arsenal Military Academy

2019 · iQIYI · 48 episodes

In the early twentieth century China is at war, and the government is drafting young men.

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Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

2018 · Tencent QQ · 87 episodes

Ruyi is a consort with a sharp mind who learns the dangerous rules of the Qing palace.

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A Dream within a Dream

2025 · iQIYI · 40 episodes

Song Xiao Yu finds herself inside a script as the tragic heroine who is used and discarded by the villain.

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Perfect Match

2025 · Mango TV · 36 episodes

In the Northern Song era, a mother from a wealthy Luoyang family moves to the capital with her five very different…

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The Imperial Coroner

2021 · Tencent QQ · 36 episodes

Chu Chu comes from a family of coroners and has a rare skill in reading the dead.

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Destined

2023 · iQIYI · 40 episodes

Liu Yu Ru is the true daughter of a family where she and her mother are treated poorly.

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War of Faith

2024 · CCTV-8 · 38 episodes

In 1930s Shanghai, Wei Ruo Lai is an ordinary bank clerk who rises quickly thanks to his talent.

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The Rise of Phoenixes

2018 · Hunan TV · 70 episodes

Feng Zhi Wei is an unwanted daughter who flees her family and dresses as a man to enter a top academy, where she…

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Shadow Love

2025 · iQIYI · 38 episodes

Li Shuang is a female general who takes in an amnesiac man she finds by chance and names him Jin An.

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The Rise of Ning

2024 · Tencent QQ · 40 episodes

Luo Yi Ning is an official's eldest daughter who grew up mistreated by her father's concubine.

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Scarlet Heart

2011 · Hunan TV · 40 episodes

A modern woman named Zhang Xiao is thrown into the Qing dynasty after a car accident and wakes up in the body of a…

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Under the Power

2019 · Mango TV · 55 episodes

Lu Yi is a ruthless, top-ranking officer in the Ming dynasty's secret police.

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Fall in Love

2022 · Youku · 18 episodes

In 1926 Mu Wan Qing returns to China with her mother's ashes and a quiet plan to find out why her parents were…

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The Princess Wei Young

2016 · Dragon TV · 54 episodes

When the Northern Liang dynasty is destroyed in a single night, a kind princess survives as an orphan and stumbles into…

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A League of Nobleman

2023 · Tencent QQ · 29 episodes

Zhang Ping is a poor orphan who comes to the capital to sit an official exam and ends up selling noodles on the street.

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Mystic Nine

2026 · Youku · 30 episodes

When turmoil returns to Changsha, an entire army unit mysteriously vanishes.

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Cases between Us

2026 · Tencent QQ · 36 episodes

In the Republican era, a young man with a love of traditional culture and a talented police officer come from very…

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Maiden Holmes

2020 · Tencent QQ · 32 episodes

In the sixth century, the Qi Kingdom is at war, and a young prince is sent to repel invaders and is ambushed.

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Si Jin

2025 · Tencent QQ · 40 episodes

Jiang Si is reborn after being killed, and she is determined to change her fate.

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A Splendid Match

2026 · Mango TV · 40 episodes

A fortune-teller says the eldest daughter of the Gu family is a jinx for her father's career, so she is sent to live…

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A Familiar Stranger

2022 · Mango TV · 18 episodes

The Prime Minister's daughter is due to marry a powerful general, but she loves another man.

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Three Kingdoms

2010 · Jiangsu TV · 95 episodes

In the last years of the Eastern Han dynasty, warlords, generals and court officials fight for power, and the empire…

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Legend of the Magnate

2025 · CCTV-8 · 40 episodes

In the late Qing dynasty, Gu Ping Yuan comes from a family of small merchants and dreams of an official career.

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The Sword and the Brocade

2021 · Tencent QQ · 45 episodes

In the Ming dynasty, Yi Niang is the daughter of a concubine, chosen to marry a general in order to save her declining…

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Chef Hua

2020 · Youku · 36 episodes

Hua Xiao Mai has a passion for cooking and slowly builds a food business from nothing.

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An Ancient Love Song

2023 · Bilibili · 14 episodes

A modern professor accidentally travels to an ancient era and becomes obsessed with uncovering its secrets.

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Scent of Time

2023 · Youku · 30 episodes

Hua Qian once suffered from an unrequited love that brought about her family's downfall.

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Detective L

2019 · Tencent QQ · 24 episodes

In 1930s Shanghai, an intriguing crime case emerges amidst the bustling city.

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The Disguiser

2015 · Hunan TV · 41 episodes

Set during the Sino-Japanese war, a man from a wealthy family is trained as a spy and pulled into the Communist Party's…

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Song of Youth

2021 · Youku · 43 episodes

After her family falls from grace in the Ming dynasty, Shao Chun joins a performing troupe to survive, where a wealthy…

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Royal Nirvana

2019 · Youku · 60 episodes

Crown Prince Ding Quan lost his mother and sister young, and his own father the emperor keeps him at a cold distance…

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

2017 · Dragon TV · 74 episodes

Sold off by her foster father, Zhou Ying escapes by sneaking into a merchant's palanquin, and the merchant family takes…

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The Mystic Nine

2016 · iQIYI · 48 episodes

Nine powerful families known as the Old Nine Gates secretly guard the city of Changsha during the Republican era.

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Legend of Mi Yue

2015 · Dragon TV · 81 episodes

Mi Yue, daughter of a king of Chu, becomes the first stateswoman recorded in Chinese history.

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Tientsin Mystic

2017 · iQIYI · 24 episodes

In Republican-era Tianjin, a river plagued by strange, unexplained deaths has a guardian: a policeman who inherited his…

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In Blossom

2024 · Youku · 32 episodes

In a city known for its sins, a well-liked young man marries a widely despised woman, only for her to be murdered on…

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Royal Rumours

2023 · Tencent QQ · 24 episodes

Ji Yuan Su is the ice-cold crown prince of a kingdom that owes much of its safety to one loyal noble family.

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The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion

2020 · iQIYI · 40 episodes

Fu Rong, a powerful family's second daughter, gains the gift of foresight after a serious illness and sees that she is…

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Chef Fang

2017 · iQIYI · 36 episodes

Yi Shao is a talented young chef and an orphan who is unexpectedly forced into marrying a notorious young master as a…

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Marvelous Women

2021 · Youku · 35 episodes

As China's silk and weaving trade booms during the Qing dynasty, one family rises to the top of the powerful industry…

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In a Class of Her Own

2020 · iQIYI · 36 episodes

Wen Xi grows up in poverty and does whatever it takes to support her family, including disguising herself as a man to…

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Romance on the Farm

2023 · iQIYI · 26 episodes

A modern young woman wakes up in an ancient rural village, surrounded by a large, eccentric family she's somehow…

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Riverside Code at Qingming Festival

2024 · CCTV-8 · 26 episodes

In a bustling corner of the Song-dynasty capital, a modest, low-ranking clerk and his ambitious wife are drawn into a…

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Princess Agents

2017 · Hunan TV · 67 episodes

Chu Qiao is a slave with no memory of her past, sold between households until she's caught up in a plot involving a…

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Winter Begonia

2020 · iQIYI · 49 episodes

Set in 1930s Beijing, a rising Peking opera star and a wealthy, patriotic businessman form an unlikely close bond as…

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Novoland: Eagle Flag

2019 · Zhejiang TV · 56 episodes

Set in the sprawling fantasy world of Novoland, a young man from a fading noble house is drawn into a…

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Tigers Sniff the Rose

2026 · Tencent Video · 40 episodes

Mu Wan Yao is a noblewoman who refuses to accept the fate that has been chosen for her.

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Where the Mask Ends

2026 · Youku · 30 episodes

Wei Rao grew up far from her noble roots and has spent her life supporting the family that adopted her.

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Shadow Punisher

2026 · iQIYI · 30 episodes

Li Si, who also goes by Master Qingyang, joins the imperial Divine Constable Bureau on purpose, hoping to uncover how…

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Love Legend

2026 · Youku · 24 episodes

Yun Shao, a young woman from a powerful clan, is marked for a blood ritual by her own family and barely survives it.

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Spring of the Blade

2026 · Youku · 30 episodes

Orphaned young and left to survive on the streets, Xie Qing Yuan finds an unlikely ally in Shen Run, a boy sent off to…

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Gladiator in the Theater

2026 · Hunan TV · 40 episodes

Born into poverty with nothing that marks him as special, Meng Jin Fu finishes a brutal opera apprenticeship at…

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Phoenix Sleuth

2026 · iQIYI · 24 episodes

In the early years of the Republic of China, a strange death inside the police force and the murder of a wealthy…

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No.9 Hunter

2026 · Tencent QQ · 24 episodes

In ancient times a "Heavenly Scar" appears in the sky and brings disaster to humanity.

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Key to the Phoenix Heart

2026 · iQIYI · 28 episodes

During a time of rebellion and political turmoil, Northern Army commander Xiao Wu Yi enters a marriage of convenience…