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Best Qing Era Historical-Costume C-Drama

Rank the C-Drama you have seen set in the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912 AD) which is most interesting, thrilling, etc? Feel free to add to the list...

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  • Story of Yanxi Palace

    1. Story of Yanxi Palace

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 70 episodes
    8.7
    3,179 points by 32 voters
    In 18th century Beijing, during the 6th year of Qianlong Emperor's reign, Wei Ying Luo enters the Forbidden City as an embroiderer to investigate the truth behind her older sister's rape and ...more
  • Scarlet Heart

    2. Scarlet Heart

    Chinese Drama - 2011, 35 episodes
    8.4
    1,762 points by 18 voters
    A car accident sends Zhang Xiao back in time into the body of one of her previous reincarnations, a 16-year-old aristocratic Manchu girl, Maertai Ruoxi, who lived during the Qing Dynasty. Despite ...more
  • Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

    3. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 87 episodes
    8.4
    1,658 points by 17 voters
    The road to becoming an empress is paved with treachery. Ru Yi is a consort who quickly learns to navigate the treacherous politics of the royal court and move up the ranks. ...more
  • Empresses in the Palace

    4. Empresses in the Palace

    Chinese Drama - 2012, 76 episodes
    8.6
    1,580 points by 16 voters
    A young woman born of the Eight Banners' family marries the Emperor. After surviving many murderous scandals and betrayals, she prevails as the most powerful woman in the Emperor's harem, the Empress ...more
  • Legend of the Magnate

    5. Legend of the Magnate

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 40 episodes
    8.2
    1,080 points by 11 voters
    In the late Qing Dynasty, a passionate young man named Gu Ping Yuan came from a family of small merchants. He wanted to study and pursue an official career to shine, but ...more
  • The Prisoner of Beauty

    6. The Prisoner of Beauty

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 36 episodes
    8.9
    698 points by 7 voters
    Xiao Qiao, a clever girl from the Qiao family, marries Wei Shao, the sharp and kind master of the Wei family, as part of a family alliance. With bad blood between their ...more
  • Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty

    7. Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty

    Chinese Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    7.9
    685 points by 7 voters
    Aspiring architect Xiao Wei time-travels to the Qing Dynasty after receiving a lantern from the Forbidden City. There, she meets the 13th Prince, who has dreamt of her from the future and ...more
  • Eternal Love

    8. Eternal Love

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 58 episodes
    8.7
    597 points by 6 voters
    The Nine-tailed Fox Bai Qian, the youngest daughter of the Fox King, is brought to Kunlun Mountain to become a disciple of the God of War, Mo Yuan. While studying there, a ...more
  • Side Story of Fox Volant

    9. Side Story of Fox Volant

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
    8.3
    590 points by 6 voters
    In a realm dominated by martial arts experts, heroes, and villains, Hu Fei is a young, brave, justice-loving man on a quest for revenge. His father was killed, leaving him an orphan ...more
  • The Long River

    10. The Long River

    Chinese Drama - 2022, 40 episodes
    7.9
    489 points by 5 voters
    After a huge flood during the 15th year of his reign, the young Emperor Kang Xi conducts civil service examinations to recruit talented individuals to solve the problems plaguing the Yellow River, ...more
  • Marvelous Women

    11. Marvelous Women

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 35 episodes
    8.0
    476 points by 5 voters
    As China becomes a major commercial economy, the silk, embroidering, and weaving trade is booming – and a few influential families have risen to the top. The industry’s powerhouse is the Gusu ...more
  • Heroes

    12. Heroes

    Chinese Drama - 2024, 36 episodes
    8.0
    386 points by 4 voters
    The story of a group of individuals with different backgrounds were unexpectedly drawn into a mysterious treasure-hunting journey during the late Qing Dynasty. Amidst the grand and tumultuous historical tide, would they ...more
  • Nothing Gold Can Stay

    13. Nothing Gold Can Stay

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 74 episodes
    8.1
    382 points by 4 voters
    Zhou Ying is sold to the powerful Shen family by her foster father, yet successfully escapes by sneaking into merchant Wu Ping’s palanquin. The Wu family agreed to take her in after ...more
  • Rule the World

    14. Rule the World

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 45 episodes
    7.7
    291 points by 3 voters
    Tells of the romance between Dong Ge and Huang Tai Ji. Dong Ge is known as the most beautiful woman of Later Jin (Jurchen), yet was born with the prophecy that she ...more
  • The Palace: The Lock Heart Jade

    15. The Palace: The Lock Heart Jade

    Chinese Drama - 2011, 39 episodes
    7.7
    279 points by 3 voters
    Luo Qing Chuan is a modern-day girl with a love of history who accidentally travels back in time to Emperor Kang Xi's era of the Qing dynasty. She becomes embroiled in the ...more
  • A Love Never Lost

    16. A Love Never Lost

    Chinese Drama - 2025, 40 episodes
    7.4
    278 points by 3 voters
    Following the Boxer Rebellion, the Qing Dynasty sought to rejuvenate themselves by sending promising young men to military school in Japan. Among them were Qing aristocrat Liang Xiang, revolutionary Yang Kai Zhi, ...more
  • Legend of Fu Yao

    17. Legend of Fu Yao

    Chinese Drama - 2018, 66 episodes
    8.3
    197 points by 2 voters
    Adopted as an orphan, Fu Yao served as a slave for the Xuan Yuan sect in the Taiyuan Kingdom. After a series of tragedies, she journeyed across the lands, searching to lift ...more
  • Love Story of Court Enemies

    18. Love Story of Court Enemies

    Chinese Drama - 2020, 25 episodes
    7.5
    196 points by 2 voters
    The story is set in the Yuan year of the Yongzheng era. In the time of chaos, Yu Xing and her sister Cai Feng were separated. When Yu Xing knew that Cai ...more
  • War and Beauty

    19. War and Beauty

    Hong Kong Drama - 2004, 30 episodes
    7.5
    194 points by 2 voters
    Fifteen years after Qing Emperor Ka Hing was crowned, the country appears to be in harmony. However, fights between the imperial concubines escalate. Beauty never lasts. All the imperial concubines, including the ...more
  • Legend of the Dragon Pearl: The Indistinguishable Road

    20. Legend of the Dragon Pearl: The Indistinguishable Road

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 90 episodes
    7.6
    100 points by 1 voters
    The story of the ill-fated romance between Zhu Yi Huan, the last princess of the Ming Dynasty and Kangxi, the young emperor of the Qing Dynasty. (Source: TheTVDB.com)
  • Princess Pearl

    21. Princess Pearl

    Chinese Drama - 1998, 24 episodes
    8.3
    98 points by 1 voters
    Xiao Yan Zi met Xia Zi Wei, a poor girl who marched a long way to find her father, the Emperor, but nobody took her seriously. Xiao Yan Zi decided to sneak ...more
  • Curse of the Royal Harem

    22. Curse of the Royal Harem

    Hong Kong Drama - 2011, 29 episodes
    7.0
    96 points by 1 voters
    Set in the mid-1800s Qing Dynasty, Curse of the Royal Harem is loosely based on the reign of the Daoguang Emperor of China and tells of the drama and romantic intrigue in ...more
  • Ghost Writer

    23. Ghost Writer

    Hong Kong Drama - 2010, 25 episodes
    7.1
    95 points by 1 voters
    Po Chung Ling was born in Jinan a family of New Year print. He is very bright, his father, Po Poon, has therefore always hoped that he could one day carry on ...more
  • The Master of Cheongsam

    24. The Master of Cheongsam

    Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes
    7.8
    90 points by 1 voters
    After Lu Yuan Zhi fell apart from his teacher and suffered oppression from his seniors, he left Beiping and headed to Shanghai. With his hard work, he earns recognition in Shanghai. When ...more
  • The Deer and the Cauldron

    25. The Deer and the Cauldron

    Chinese Drama - 2014, 50 episodes
    7.6
    85 points by 1 voters
    Can a hero with no combat abilities still save the empire? Wei Xiao Bao is the most unlikely hero as the sly but witty son of a prostitute during the early Qing ...more

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