Chinese drama list – best popular cdramas

  • Phoenix Rising

    #1
    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    After being killed by her enemies, Qi Yuan wakes up on the eve of her arranged marriage, carrying the memories of her past life and a fierce determination to defy fate and make her enemies pay. At the same time, she unexpectedly crosses paths with Prince Jing, Xiao Yunting, earlier than before. Neither of them knows that this rebirth was actually bought by Xiao Yunting with his own...
  • Linglong's Ferry

    #2
    Historical, Fantasy, Drama
    Set in Qimen during the late Qing Dynasty, the story follows Qiao Xin, a modern tea master, who travels back in time and takes over the body of Hu Linglong, a woman disguised as a man to inherit her family's tea business. Together, they improve black tea production, compete against foreign merchants, and uphold the spirit of tea culture amid family conflicts and national upheaval.
  • Ashes to Crown

    #3
    Historical, Romance, Political
    Chu Zhao, a general's daughter, is determined not to become a sacrifice for Xiao Xun's rise to power. She discovers that taking the initiative is the only way to change her fate. In her difficult struggle against destiny, she meets Xie Yanlai, the neglected son of the Xie family. She brings light into his dark and gloomy life, helping him break free from fate's chains and climb step...
  • Mountain Deity

    #4
    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    While receiving an offering from her believers, the mountain deity Chun Jian discovers that the sacrificed person, Ji Jiu, is connected to her unfinished heavenly tribulation. She decides to keep him by her side in hopes of overcoming the tribulation. Unbeknownst to her, Ji Jiu is actually trying to dig out her divine heart to resurrect his lover. As they spend time together, Ji Jiu...
  • The Reborn Young Lord

    #5
    Historical, Comedy, Romance
    The story follows a modern man whose soul travels into the body of Ning Chen, an illegitimate child of the Ning family in the Daxuan Kingdom. Humiliated and mistreated, he finally awakens. With his literary talent, he attracts attention in the capital, joins the Supervisory Bureau to solve cases, invents firearms that change the course of battle, and ventures to the border to capture...
  • A Thousand Miles to Your Heart

    #6
    Historical, Romance, Comedy
    Qi Zhi, a royal chicken keeper, is secretly appointed by the emperor as an imperial investigator to find princes from various regions who have the ability to inherit the throne. Along the way, he teams up with the crown prince and Princess Ouyang Yan of Yan Kingdom. Together, they uncover one "conspiracy" after another, leading to many funny and unexpected situations. In the end, each...
  • Cage of Shadows

    #7
    Historical, Suspense, Wuxia
    Nan Yanzhi, the daughter of a craftsman, witnesses the massacre of her family. She becomes a disciple of Zhuang Wujiu, transforming from an innocent young girl into a vengeful "evil girl" struggling in the mire. Using only the few clues she has, she ventures alone into the Lingya Tower to seek revenge. Legend has it that everyone who enters the Lingya Tower becomes a beast in an arena—none...
  • The Tang Mist S1

    #8
    Historical, Suspense, Drama
    Set during the Chuigong era of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the drama focuses on Di Renjie's perilous journey as he is ordered to inspect the Jiangnan Circuit. Through five strange and eerie cases, it unveils the complex web of power and desire hidden beneath the prosperous surface of a golden age.
  • Tang Dynasty Occult Mysteries 

    #9
    Historical, Suspense, Crime
    In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Jinglan, the daughter of a prefectural governor, possesses a rare talent for examining corpses and solving cases. Together with the mysterious "ghost detective" Jue Ming and the highly skilled constable Su Yu'an, she hunts down criminals and unravels one bizarre case after another. Amid the fog and bloodshed, Li Jinglan and Jue Ming develop feelings...
  • My Daughter Cultivates, I Get 10x Stronger

    #10
    Historical, Fantasy
    Lin Mo (Lucas Lewis) transmigrates into the body of a useless son-in-law in the Su family. His life begins in disaster: his wife goes missing, and his adopted daughter Su Qingluo (Elena Scott) hates him with a deep, burning resentment. However, he awakens the “Filial Father–Obedient Daughter System” — for every tenfold return on his adopted daughter’s cultivation,...
  • Soul Shift: The Matriarch's Awakening

    #11
    Historical, Drama
    Shen Chuwei (Cecelia Sharples) suddenly realizes that her gentle, virtuous mother, Bai Ruyi (Rachel‌ White) — once the perfect example of obedience and grace — has completely changed after waking up one day. Her mother claims that her soul transmigrated into this world, and that her real hometown is actually Northeast China. She also tells Shen Chuwei that she is nothing...
  • The Demon's Pursuit

    #12
    Historical, Fantasy, Romance
    A divorced modern couple accidentally falls into an ancient world overrun by demons. They go from opposing each other to working together to solve demonic mysteries. Through episodic demonic incidents, they push forward the main plot. As they break the rules and taboos of the demonic world, the story weaves together political intrigue and emotional redemption. In the end, they rediscover...
  • The Regent's Iron Return

    #13
    Historical, Fantasy
    Chu Ning transmigrated into the body of the eighteenth prince of the Chu dynasty, who had been living among commoners. After being returned to the royal family, he became a pawn on the front lines, constantly used as a scapegoat by his scheming brothers. In the face of despair, he awakened the “Supreme Power System.” With extraordinary intelligence and strategy, he turned...
  • Shadows of the Late Spring

    #14
    Historical, Romance, Drama
    Within the palace walls, she is the Second Princess, hiding her sharp edge while secretly making poisons for medicinal purposes. Outside the palace, he is an assassin carrying the blood debt of his family's massacre, living under a false name and searching for his lost sister. At a palace banquet, a masked figure from the past returns—but the tattoo on his back has been erased....
  • Daughter of Fortune

    #15
    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    Shen Zhinian and her legitimate elder sister Shen Nanqiao are both reborn. In their previous lives, Shen Nanqiao entered the palace as a concubine, while Shen Zhinian married a poor scholar. Both died miserable deaths. To avoid the disasters of the palace that befell her in her past life, Shen Nanqiao forcefully sends Shen Zhinian into the palace in her place. Step by step, Shen...
  • The Heir

    #16
    Historical, Business, Romance
    In the mid-Ming Dynasty, a tribute ink case shattered the long-standing balance of the Huizhou ink industry, causing the century-old ink-making family, Li Ink, to fall from grace. Severely weakened, Li Ink struggled while the Luo family’s ink business rose to prominence, enjoying unrivaled glory—only to ultimately collapse due to political entanglements, leaving the family in ruins. ...
  • Lightkeeper of Jigu Temple

    #17
    Historical, Fantasy, Suspense
    During the chaotic period of warlord conflict, an old military medic nicknamed "Old Drunkard" returns to his hometown and takes shelter at Jigu Temple. He rescues a widow named Ru Ling, exposes a conspiracy involving child sacrifice under the guise of a "mountain god ritual" and becomes the temple's lightkeeper. He reforms a wayward young man named Dong Sheng, helps him crack a weapons...
  • General, Stop Teasing Me

    #18
    Historical, Romance
    On the day of the wedding ceremony, the man holding the red silk knot with her was not the gravely ill eldest brother, but Pei Yi (Neil Langley) instead. Before passing away, the eldest brother left behind a letter of divorce to set her free, while the second brother departed for the frontier. Left alone to care for the widows and children of the family, Xue Yu (Ella Warner) survived...
  • My New Husband, The Eunuch

    #19
    Historical, Romance
    Yu Nian transmigrates into a novel as the love-brained supporting heroine whose entire family is doomed to be wiped out. The moment she opens her eyes, she is slapped after having her engagement annulled by the Crown Prince. Then comes an even worse problem—a shady system binds her with a deadly mission: if she doesn’t kiss the mad and ruthless eunuch Chunyu Han, she will...
  • Chronicles of Auspicious Order

    #20
    Historical, Comedy, School
    Qin Zhaoxue is the head of Xinshu Academy. He wears a loose robe, has a few long black beard strands on his face, and is short in stature with a voice like a boy whose voice hasn't yet changed. By chance, Jiang Yanqiu and Shen Qingwu discover that he is actually a girl. Chu Mingyuan is the son of a local powerful Chu family. He appears gentle on the outside but has a cruel heart....
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