Best Pre-2019 Chinese Period Drama You Haven't Watched

Let's discover the best pre-2019 Chinese period drama you haven't watched, but you probably should! Or those you have watched but feel most people should try/know about!

To make this more interesting, and really discover those hidden gems (or the not-so-hidden, but still gems), I'll only allow period/costume/historical/wuxia/xianxia/etc. Chinese dramas that have started airing up to the end of 2018 AND have up to 15 000 watchers in MDL.

[Note: To add dramas, start typing through the search bar on the right of the list or on the bottom of the list. You can rearrange, change your votes, or delete your votes anytime from the list of your voted items on the right of the list.]

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Estelll May 21, 2023

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101. The Qin Empire Season 2

Chinese Drama - 2012, 51 episodes

7.5

6 points by 1 voters

It romanticizes the events in China during the Warring States period primarily from the perspective of the Qin state during the reigns of King Huiwen and King Wu. During the Warring States ...more
102. Introduction of the Princess

Chinese Drama - 2011, 44 episodes

7.2

5 points by 1 voters

Ma Fu Ya is a princess of the Chu state in 10th century China. In this time of warring kingdoms and political upheaval, Fu Ya's uncle usurps the throne, and brutally wipes ...more
103. Love Through a Millennium

Chinese Drama - 2015, 24 episodes

7.5

2 points by 1 voters

Based off the popular Korean drama Queen In Hyun's Man, this Chinese version tells the same story of a love that happens between two people from different eras. Imperial scholar-official, Gong Ming ...more
104. Fox in the Screen

Chinese Drama - 2016, 22 episodes

7.2

1 points by 1 voters

Painter Zheng Xue Jing accidentally acquires a magical pen and frees three foxes from a screen. She becomes involved into their world because from that moment on, she's their "master".