May 23, 2019  #serialkungfu #dramawuxia #serialkungfumandarin #filmcina #dramacina #paintedskinII #serialcina. Learning Mandarin Chinese through TV. Too good to be true? Well, think about it. If the plot is good, the cast attractive, and the narrative well paced, before long, it’s not just a matter of learning Chinese any longer you’re suddenly motivated to learn Chinese just to understand what’s going on! Do you have any recommendations for modern Chinese/Taiwanese dramas that were released recently (e.g. The past 5 years)? Whenever I look up 'Chinese drama recommendations', there's always at least one or two wuxia dramas, and I find those super difficult to get into. Maybe something short too, like less than 30 episodes - ideally.

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This is a list of Chinese television series by genre. For a chronological list, see List of Chinese television programs by date.

• 1Modern drama (现代剧)
• 2Period drama (年代剧)
• 3Ancient dramas (古装剧)
  • 3.1Historical
  • 3.2Costume

Modern drama (现代剧)[edit]

Action (动作) / Adventure (探险)[edit]

• The Lost Tomb (2015)
• The Mystic Nine (2016)
• Candle in the Tomb (2016)
• The Weasel Grave (2017)
• Candle in the Tomb: Mu Ye Gui Shi (2017)
• The Golden Eyes (2018)
• The King's Avatar (2019)

Comedy (喜剧)[edit]

• I Love My Family (1993)
• Home with Kids (2005)
• Nonstop (2009)
• iPartment (2009)
• Surprise (2013)
• Mad About You (2016)

Crime (犯罪) / Procedural (侦探) / Suspense (悬疑)[edit]

• A Sentimental Story (1997)
• Monopoly Exposure (2014)
• Love Me If You Dare (2015)
• Memory Lost (2016)
• When a Snail Falls in Love (2016)
• Medical Examiner Dr. Qin (2016)
• Yu Zui (2016)
• Burning Ice (2017)
• Day and Night (2017)
• Age of Legends (2018)
• Love Journey (2019)
• Dancing in the Storm (2019)

Drama (戏剧) / Family (家庭) / Slice-of-life (生活)[edit]

• Ke Wang (1990)
• Sinful Debt (1995)
• The Imperfect Sculpture (2003)
• Silent Tears (2006)
• Struggle (2007)
• Beautiful Life (2007)
• Thank You for Having Loved Me (2007)
• My Youthfulness (2009)
• Stage of Youth (2009)
• I'm a Boss (2009)
• The Big Life (2010)
• Will You Marry Me and My Family (2010)
• Run Daddy Run (2010)
• Sinful Debt 2 (2010)
• Melody of Youth (2011)
• The Bachelor (2012)
• Tiger Mom (2015)
• Ode to Joy (2016)
• To Be a Better Man (2016)
• Housing (2016)
• In the Name of People (2017)
• Midnight Diner (2017)
• The First Half of My Life (2017)
• Dear My Friends (2017)
• Mother's Life (2018)
• All Is Well (2019)

Fantasy (玄幻) / Science fiction (科幻)[edit]

• Magic Touch of Fate (2005)
• Love Weaves Through a Millennium (2015)
• My Amazing Boyfriend (2016)
• The Starry Night, The Starry Sea (2017)
• Moonshine and Valentine (2018)
• Sweet Dreams (2018)

Romance (言情)[edit]

• Old House Has Joy (1998)
• Love Story in Shanghai (2001)
• Sky Lovers (2002)
• Only You (2002)
• Boy & Girl (2003)
• Sound of Colors (2006)
• Emerald on the Roof (2006)
• Star Boulevard (2006)
• Paris Sonata (2006)
• Fast Track Love (2006)
• Modern Beauty (2007)
• A Mobile Love Story (2008)
• The Girl in Blue (2010)
• Single Princesses and Blind Dates (2010)
• Sunny Happiness (2011)
• Symphony of Fate (2011)
• The Queen of SOP (2012)
• When Love Walked In (2012)
• Beijing Love Story (2012)
• Drama Go! Go! Go! (2012)
• Flowers in Fog (2013)
• Best Time (2013)
• Destiny by Love (2013)
• Fiancee (2013)
• Boss & Me (2014)
• Scarlet Heart 2 (2014)
• Loving, Never Forgetting (2014)
• Go, Single Lady (2014)
• Love at Second Sight (2014)
• My Sunshine (2015)
• Diamond Lover (2015)
• Beautiful Secret (2015)
• Angel Wings (2016)
• Stay with Me (2016)
• Love O2O (2016)
• Pretty Li Hui Zhen (2017)
• The Fox's Summer (2017)
• Angelo (2017)
• Shall I Compare You to a Spring Day (2017)
• A Seven-Faced Man (2017)
• Mr. Right (2018)
• Old Boy (2018)
• Only Side by Side with You (2018)
• Here to Heart (2018)
• Summer's Desire (2018)
• The Way We Were (2018)
• My Story for You (2018)
• All Out of Love (2018)
• Never Gone (2018)
• If I Can Love You So (2019)
• Tears in Heaven (2019)
• See You Again (2019)
• Cry Me a Sad River (2019)
• Find Yourself (2019)
• Being Lonely in Love (2019)
• Broker (2020)

Youth (青春）[edit]

• Meteor Shower (2009)
• One and a Half Summer (2014)
• The Whirlwind Girl (2015)
• Addicted (2016)
• With You (2016)
• Operation Love (2017)
• Rush to the Dead Summer (2017)
• A Love So Beautiful (2017)
• My Huckleberry Friends (2017)
• I Won't Get Bullied by Girls (2018)
• Meteor Garden (2018)
• Sweet Combat (2018)
• The Brightest Star in the Sky (2019)
• Put Your Head on My Shoulder (2019)
• Le Coup de Foudre (2019)
• Go Go Squid! (2019)
• Another Me (2019)
• Unrequited Love (2019)
• Skate Into Love (2020)

Workplace (职场)[edit]

• Ad Mania (2013)
• The Interpreter (2016)
• Surgeons (2017)
• Game of Hunting (2017)
• Negotiator (2018)
• In Youth (2018)
• Our Glamorous Time (2018)
• In Youth (2019)

Period drama (年代剧)[edit]

Drama (戏剧)[edit]

• A Leaf in the Storm (2003)
• The Spring River Flows East (2005)
• Moment in Peking (2005)
• Soldiers Sortie (2006)
• Shanghai Bund (2007)
• The Road We Have Taken (2009)
• In That Distance Place (2009)
• Love in Sun Moon Lake (2009)
• My Chief and My Regiment (2009)
• Moment in Peking (2014)
• Red Sorghum (2014)
• White Deer Plain (2017)
• Great Expectations (2018)
• Flesh and Spirit (2018)
• Entering a New Era (2018)
• Like a Flowing River (2018)

Fantasy (玄幻)[edit]

• Wu Xin: The Monster Killer (2015)
• Guardian (2018)
• The Love of Hypnosis (2019)

Romance (言情)[edit]

• A Romance in Shanghai (1996)
• Love Is Payable (1997)
• Romance in the Rain (2001)
• The Story of a Noble Family (2003)
• Affair of Half a Lifetime (2003)
• To Live to Love (2006)
• Love at First Fight (2007)
• The Epic of a Woman (2009)
• Love in a Fallen City (2009)
• Entangling Love in Shanghai (2010)
• Too Late to Say Loving You (2010)
• Sealed with a Kiss (2011)
• Lady & Liar (2015)
• Legend of Fragrance (2015)
• Cruel Romance (2015)
• Destined to Love You (2015)
• Siege in Fog (2018)
• Love in a Fallen City (2019)

Spy (谍战) / War (谍战)[edit]

• Drawing Sword (2005)
• Lurk (2009)
• Battle of Changsha (2014)
• The Disguiser (2015)
• Decoded (2016)
• Sparrow (2016)
• Rookie Agent Rouge (2016)

Suspense (悬疑)[edit]

• Tientsin Mystic (2017)
• The Chronicles of Town Called Jian (2018)
• Please Give Me a Pair of Wings (2019)

Ancient dramas (古装剧)[edit]

Historical[edit]

Biographical / Documentary (传记)[edit]

• Towards the Republic (2003)
• Qiao's Grand Courtyard (2006)
• The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008)
• Ren Bishi (2008)
• Taiwan 1895 (2008)
• Huo Yuanjia (2008)
• 1911 (2011)
• Ip Man (2013)
• Mao Zedong (2013)
• Deng Xiaoping at History's Crossroads (2014)
• My Uncle Zhou Enlai (2016)
• Marshal Peng Dehuai (2016)

Historical (历史)[edit]

Involves retelling of historical events.

• Zhuge Liang (1985)
• Tang Ming Huang (1990)
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)
• Wu Zetian (1995)
• Han Liu Bang (1998)
• Shangguan Wan'er (1998)
• Records of Kangxi's Travel Incognito (1998)
• Yongzheng Dynasty (1999)
• Palace of Desire (2000)
• Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji (2000)
• The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (2000)
• Qin Shihuang (2001)
• Kangxi Dynasty (2001)
• Qianlong Dynasty (2002)
• Xiaozhuang Mishi (2003)
• The Affaire in the Swing Age (2003)
• The Story of Han Dynasty (2003)
• Lady Wu: The First Empress (2003)
• Huang Taizi Mishi (2004)
• Changping of the War (2004)
• Genghis Khan (2004)
• The Legend of Guan Gong (2004)
• Taizu Mishi (2005)
• The Emperor in Han Dynasty (2005)
• Chuanqi Huangdi Zhu Yuanzhang (2006)
• Wu Zi Bei Ge (2006)
• Founding Emperor of Ming Dynasty (2006)
• Initiating Prosperity (2006)
• The Great Dunhuang (2006)
• The Rebirth of a King (2006)
• The Rise of the Tang Empire (2006)
• Secret History of Kangxi (2006)
• The Great Revival (2007)
• Ming Dynasty (2007)
• Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007)
• Carol of Zhenguan (2007)
• Dongfang Shuo (2008)
• The Qin Empire (2009)
• Zheng He Xia Xiyang (2009)
• Bing Sheng (2009)
• Three Kingdoms (2010)
• The Han Triumph (2010)
• Huang Yanpei (2010)
• The Legend of Yang Guifei (2010)
• A Weaver on the Horizon (2010)
• The Dream of Red Mansions (2010)
• Secret History of Empress Wu (2011)
• The Qin Empire II: Alliance (2012)
• Chu Han Zhengxiong (2012)
• Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties (2012)
• Su Dongpo (2012)
• King's War (2012)
• Love Amongst War (2012)
• Nos Annees Francaises (2012)
• Heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties (2013)
• Women of the Tang Dynasty (2013)
• The Legend of Kublai Khan (2013)
• Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties (2014)
• Cao Cao (2014)
• The Great Emperor in Song Dynasty (2015)
• The Advisors Alliance (2017)
• The Qin Empire III (2017)
• Secret of the Three Kingdoms (2018)

Costume[edit]

Comedy (喜剧)[edit]

• My Fair Princess (1998)
• Sunny Piggy (2000)
• Li Wei the Magistrate (2001)
• The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan (2002)
• Love Through Different Times (2002)
• My Fair Princess III (2003)
• Ma Dashuai (2004)
• Li Wei Resigns from Office (2005)
• The Lucky Stars (2005)
• The Legend of Crazy Monk (2010)
• Happy Mother-in-Law, Pretty Daughter-in-Law (2011)
• Unruly Qiao (2011)
• New My Fair Princess (2011)
• Go Princess Go (2015)
• Let's Shake It (2017)
• The Eternal Love (2017)
• Oh My General (2017)
• Mengfei Comes Across (2018)

Gong'an (公案)[edit]

• The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (1991)
• Amazing Detective Di Renjie (2004)
• Amazing Detective Di Renjie 2 (2006)
• Amazing Detective Di Renjie 3 (2008)
• Justice Bao (2008)
• Justice Bao (2010)
• Mad Detective Di Renjie (2010)
• Da Tang Nü Xun An (2011)
• Young Sherlock (2014)
• The Three Heroes and Five Gallants (2016)

Fantasy (玄幻)[edit]

Involves fictional characters set in a fictional universe.

• Novoland: The Castle in the Sky (2016)
• Ice Fantasy (2016)
• A Life Time Love (2017)
• Lost Love in Times (2017)
• Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy (2017)
• Legend of Fuyao (2018)
• The King of Blaze (2018)
• Ever Night (2018)
• L.O.R.D. Critical World (2019)
• Novoland: Eagle Flag (2019)
• Novoland: The Castle in the Sky 2 (2019)

Historical fiction (古偶)[edit]

• Involves actual historical characters in a fictional narrative.
• The Prince of Han Dynasty (2001)
• Huo Yunjia (2001)
• Love Legend of the Tang Dynasty (2001)
• Jingwu Yingxiong Chen Zhen (2001)
• Jiangshan Weizhong (2002)
• The Young Wong Fei Hung (2002)
• Hero During Yongle Period (2003)
• High Flying Songs of Tang Dynasty (2003)
• Assassinator Jing Ke (2004)
• How Much Sorrow Do You Have (2005)
• The Prince of Qin, Li Shimin (2005)
• Da Qing Fengyun (2006)
• Da Tang Fu Rong Yuan (2007)
• The Shadow of Empress Wu (2007)
• Beauty's Rival in Palace (2010)
• The Myth (2010)
• Palace (2011)
• The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011)
• Beauty World (2011)
• Scarlet Heart (2011)
• Empresses in the Palace (2011)
• Secret History of Princess Taiping (2012)
• Palace II (2013)
• Palace 3: The Lost Daughter (2014)
• Sound of the Desert (2014)
• Love Yunge from the Desert (2015)
• Legend of Lu Zhen (2013)
• Prince of Lan Ling (2013)
• The Patriot Yue Fei (2013)
• The Empress of China (2014)
• Legend of Ban Shu (2015)
• The Legend of Mi Yue (2015)
• Singing All Along (2016)
• Chronicle of Life (2016)
• The Imperial Doctress (2016)
• Princess Jieyou (2016)
• God of War, Zhao Yun (2016)
• The Princess Weiyoung (2016)
• The Glory of Tang Dynasty (2017)
• Legend of Dragon Pearl (2017)
• Rule the World (2017)
• Song of Phoenix (2017)
• Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017)
• Untouchable Lovers (2018)
• The Legend of Dugu (2018)
• Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)
• Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)
• The Legend of Haolan (2019)
• Queen Dugu (2019)
• Chong Er's Preach (2019)
• Empress of the Ming (2019)
• The Wolf (2019)
• Held in the Lonely Castle (2020)
• Ode to Daughter of Great Tang (2020)
• The Legend of Xiao Chuo (2020)

Involves fictional characters in actual historical settings.

• The Grand Mansion Gate (2001)
• Jin Mao Xiang (2004)
• The Last Princess (2008)
• Ancestral Temple (2009)
• Dali Princess (2009)
• Perfect Couple (2014)
• Nirvana in Fire (2015)
• General and I (2017)
• Princess Agents (2017)
• The King's Woman (2017)
• Nirvana in Fire 2 (2017)
• Legend of Yunxi (2018)
• The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)
• The Story of Minglan (2018)
• Goodbye My Princess (2019)
• Princess Silver (2019)
• Legend of the Phoenix (2019)
• Joy of Life (2019)
• Counterfeit Crown Princess (2020)
• Past Life and Life (2020)
• Jiu Liu Overlord (2020)
• Meng Yi Tian Qi (2020)
• Royal Nirvana (2020)
• In A Class of Her Own (2020)
• The Song of Glory (2020)
• Wan Ku Shi Zi Fei (2020)

Shenmo (神魔) / Shenhua (神話)[edit]

• Ji Gong (1985)
• Journey to the West (1986)
• The Investiture of the Gods (1990)
• Journey to the West (1996)
• Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King (1999)
• Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story (2003)
• Lotus Lantern (2005)
• The Fairies of Liaozhai (2007)
• Butterfly Lovers (2007)
• The Legend and the Hero (2007)
• The Legend and the Hero 2 (2009)
• Prelude of Lotus Lantern (2009)
• Ancient Legends (2010)
• Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West (2010)
• Journey to the West (2010)
• Journey to the West (2011)
• Painted Skin (2011)
• The Holy Pearl (2011)
• Ma Zu (2012)
• The Legend of Chasing Fish (2013)
• The Investiture of the Gods (2014)
• Legend of Nine Tails Fox (2016)
• The Destiny of White Snake (2018)
• The Legend of White Snake (2019)
• The Gods (2019)
• Zhaoge (2019)

Wuxia (武侠)[edit]

• Outlaws of the Marsh (1983)
• Dream of the Red Chamber (1987)
• The Book and the Sword (1994)
• The Water Margin (1998)
• Treasure Venture (2000)
• Legendary Fighter: Yang's Heroine (2001)
• Laughing in the Wind (2001)
• Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge (2002)
• Drunken Hero (2002)
• Ode to Gallantry (2002)
• Shaolin King of Martial Arts (2002)
• The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2003)
• Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2003)
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003)
• Lian Cheng Jue (2004)
• Warriors of the Yang Clan (2004)
• The Dragon Heroes (2005)
• The Proud Twins (2005)
• The Royal Swordsmen (2005)
• Trail of the Everlasting Hero (2005)
• Lost City in Snow Heaven (2005)
• The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006)
• Eight Heroes (2006)
• Eight Charts (2006)
• Romance of Red Dust (2006)
• Seven Swordsmen (2006)
• The Young Warriors (2006)
• The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2007)
• The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng (2007)
• Sword Stained with Royal Blood (2007)
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2008)
• The Book and the Sword (2008)
• Paladins in Troubled Times (2008)
• Rose Martial World (2008)
• Royal Tramp (2008)
• The Shaolin Warriors (2008)
• The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2009)
• The Vigilantes In Masks (2010)
• The Patriotic Knights (2010)
• Invincible Knights Errant (2011)
• Kong Que Ling (2011)
• Twin of Brothers (2011)
• All Men Are Brothers (2011)
• The Bride with White Hair (2012)
• The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2012)
• Romance of the Western Chamber (2013)
• Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (2013)
• Swordsman (2013)
• Sleek Rat, the Challenger (2013)
• The Deer and the Cauldron (2014)
• The Four (2015)
• Men with Sword (2016)
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2017)
• The Flame's Daughter (2018)
• Bloody Romance (2018)
• Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre (2019)
• Listening Snow Tower (2019)
• Under The Power (2019)
• Sword Dynasty (2019)
• New Dragon Gate Inn (2019)
• Legend of Awakening (2020)
• And The Winner Is Love (2020)
• Mei Ren Mu Bai Shou (2020)

Xianxia (仙侠)[edit]

• Chinese Paladin (2005)
• Chinese Paladin 3 (2009)
• Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky (2012)
• Swords of Legends (2014)
• Legend of Zu Mountain (2015)
• The Journey of Flower (2015)
• Chinese Paladin 5 (2016)
• Noble Aspirations (2016)
• Eternal Love (2017)
• Fighter of the Destiny (2017)
• Xuan-Yuan Sword: Han Cloud (2017)
• Ashes of Love (2018)
• Martial Universe (2018)
• Battle Through the Heavens (2018)
• The Legends (2019)
• The Untamed (2019)
• Love and Destiny (2019)
• Three Lives Three Worlds, The Pillow Book (2019)
• The Killing of Three Thousand Crows (2020)
• Liu Li Mei Ren Sha (2020)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Palace (Chinese: 宫锁心玉, lit. Jade Palace Lock Heart) is a 2011 Chinese television series produced by Yu Zheng; starring Yang Mi, Feng Shaofeng, Mickey He and Tong Liya. The series was directed by Lee Wai-chu and starred cast members from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The series was first broadcast on Hunan TV in China from 31 January to 21 February 2011. It is later followed by Palace 2 (2012).

The series was extremely popular during its run and led to widespread fame for its cast.^[1]

• 2Cast
  • 2.2Supporting

Synopsis[edit]

Luo Qingchuan (Yang Mi) is a girl from the 21st century. One day she accidentally travels through time and ends up returning to the Qing Dynasty, during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor. She becomes embroiled in the princes' struggle for the throne and is torn between her love for Yin Si (Feng Shaofeng), the eighth prince, and Yin Zhen (Mickey He), the fourth prince and future Emperor Yong Zheng. Caught in the crossfire of political intrigue, her wit and historical knowledge serves her well in her bid to stay alive as she begins to realize that true history is much darker and uglier than books portray.

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

• Yang Mi as Luo Qingchuan
• Feng Shaofeng as Yinsi, the 8th prince
• Mickey He as Yinzhen, the 4th prince
• Tong Liya as Tong Suyan

Supporting[edit]

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The Imperial Men[edit]

• Kent Tong as the Kangxi Emperor
• Zong Fengyan as Yinreng, the crown prince
• Ma Wenlong as Yintang, the 9th prince
• Liu Bin as Yin'e, the 10th prince
• Tian Zhenwei as Yinxiang, the 13th prince
• Mao Zijun as Yinti, the 14th prince

The Imperial Women[edit]

• Leanne Liu as Consort De
• Sonija Kwok as Concubine Xi
• Maggie Shiu as Consort Liang / Empress Hešeri
• Amber Xu as Jinzhi
• Vicki He as Xueru, the Crown princess
• Zhang Tong as Princess Bingyue

People of the Palace[edit]

• Shen Baoping as Longkodo
• Wilson Guo as Xiao Shunzi
• Lu Jiarong as Fei Cui
• Ye Simiao as Jin Momo
• Liu Jiayuan as Xin Lian
• Lu Yi as Ying Shuang
• Yuan Shanshan as Ru Bing

Others[edit]

• Xi Xue as Princess Ningxiang
• He Xianda as Songgotu
• Wang Xianghong as Gu Xiaochun (later Nian Gengyao)
• Li Qindong as Nian Gengyao

Present day[edit]

• Yan Yikuan as Lin Feifan
• Liu Fang as Qingchuan's mother
• Zhu Yaying as Lin Feifan's mother

Historical inaccuracies[edit]

• One historical inaccuracy is that although this is a historical drama, the protagonist Luo Qingchuan was shown wearing yellow even when she was not a member of the imperial household. It is a very serious inaccuracy because in Imperial China, such a disregard could have someone put to death by the Emperor for not respecting this custom.

Soundtrack[edit]

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'《宫锁心玉》即将大结局 网络点击率已过亿'. Hunan TV.
2. ^'2011 Winners'. Asian Television Awards.

External links[edit]

• ‹See Tfd›(in Chinese)Palace on Sina.com