Best Ming Era Historical-Costume C-Drama
Rank the C-Drama you have seen set in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) which is most interesting, thrilling, etc? Feel free to add to the list...
Asianatica 19 days ago
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![Blossom]()
After a tragic life filled with betrayal and injustice, noblewoman Dou Zhao unexpectedly wakes up years in the past, armed with the memories and regrets of her previous life—and a mysterious prophetic ...more -
![The Glory]()
Abandoned as a child, Zhuang Han Yan grows up in the southern countryside before returning to her family in the capital. She catches the eye of Fu Yun Xi, a deputy minister ...more -
![Story of Kunning Palace]()
Jiang Xue Ning’s obsession with becoming empress strains her friendship with Yan Lin and leads to the arrest of Official Zhang Zhe. After a brief reign, guilt takes hold as rebels, led ...more -
![Royal Feast]()
Set during the Ming dynasty during the rule of the Yongle Emperor, it tells the story of a young girl named Yao Zi Jin, who entered the palace to become a maid ...more -
![Blossoms in Adversity]()
After a sudden tragedy strikes the Hua family, the men are forced into exile, leaving the women and children struggling to survive. Hua Zhi, the young lady of the family, steps up ...more -
![Coroner's Diary]()
The story follows Shen Wan, the daughter of Shen Yi, a high-ranking official of the Supreme Court, whose entire family is massacred after being implicated in the Prince of Jin case. Shen ...more -
![The Sword and the Brocade]()
Set during the Ming Dynasty, the story follows the romance between General Xu Ling Yi and Shi Yi Niang, the concubine's daughter, who is chosen to marry him to save her declining ...more -
![Under the Power]()
Lu Yi is a cold, ruthless and authoritative high-ranking officer of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei (also known as the Brocaded Guards for their elaborately embroidered uniforms). The Jinyiwei are part of the ...more -
![Mysterious Lotus Casebook]()
Ten years after vanishing in a duel with his rival Di Fei Sheng, former martial arts master Li Xiang Yi reemerges as a wandering doctor named Li Lian Hua. Though wishing for ...more -
![The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty]()
In 15th-century China, senior official Tang Fan and guardsman Sui Zhou investigate the apparent suicide of a landlord renting to Tang. Their search uncovers a deeper conspiracy involving a larger criminal plot ...more -
![Pursuit of Jade]()
It follows Fan Chang Yu, a butcher’s daughter, and Xie Zheng, a fallen noble seeking revenge. Their fake marriage turns into true love, but war tears them apart. Determined, Fan Chang Yu ...more -
![Ripe Town]()
In the 37th year of the Wan Li Period of the Ming Dynasty, a series of bizarre murders occur in Jiangnan County, with unrelated victims posed strangely and a cryptic sentence left ...more -
![Pledge of Allegiance]()
Li Wu comes from a lowly background but due to a misunderstanding, becomes a member of the Imperial Secret Police known as the Embroidered Uniform Guards. On the outside, he appears to ...more -
![Under the Moonlight]()
It tells the story of Luo Shu, who has a rough fate. She once helped the county magistrate, Han Mu Zhi, solve a major case. Since then, she has stayed in the ...more -
![Song of Youth]()
During the Ming Dynasty (mid-1500s), Lin Shao Chun, the daughter of a disgraced official, joins a performing troupe after her family falls from grace. There, she meets Sun Yu Lou, a wealthy ...more -
![Love Like the Galaxy: Part 1]()
Ling Bu Yi, the foster son of Emperor Wen and a talented & ruthless general of the Black Armour Army, was on a personal mission to uncover hidden truths about the past, ...more -
![Ming Dynasty]()
Sun Ruo Wei entire family is killed on the orders of the Yongle Emperor in 1402, though she escapes death after being secretly adopted by Sun Zhong. Sun Ruo Wei becomes the ...more -
![Love Like the Galaxy: Part 2]()
After a series of twists and turns, Cheng Shao Shang and Ling Bu Yi are engaged to be married by Imperial consent and decree. However, they still have many hurdles to overcome. ...more -
![Under the Microscope]()
When Shuai Jia Mo, who is obsessed with mathematics, stumbles upon a historical problem in Jinhua County, he's met with multiple obstacles in his attempts to correct the mistake, triggering a tension ...more -
![The Imperial Doctress]()
Set in the Ming Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Zhu Qi Zhen when women doctors were not in practice, Hang Yun Xian comes from a long line of medical practitioners, her ...more -
![The Imperial Age]()
Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuan Zhang, grows into a formidable military commander and strategist through years of battlefield experience under general Xu Da. As he navigates political struggles within ...more -
![Immortal Samsara: Part 1]()
Yan Dan and her twin sister, Zhi Xi, are the sole descendants of the ancient tribe the Four-Leaved Lotus. Yan Dan’s entire being is a treasure trove of medicines. She and twin ...more -
![Founding Emperor of Ming Dynasty]()
This drama follows the events of Zhu Yuan Zhang's life as he struggles in poverty during Yuan dynasty, joins the Rebel Army, creates the Ming dynasty, becomes Emperor, implements reforms, and mourns ...more -
![Sword and Beloved]()
Wangquan Fu Gui is the son of Wangquan Hong Ye and Dongfang Huai Zhu, and the most powerful member of the Wangquan family. Trained as a Daoist soldier, Fu Gui lived a ...more -
![The Journey of Legend]()
Once a spirited young man full of passion and justice, Xiao Ming Ming has grown disillusioned with reality and now lives a timid, unremarkable life, finding solace in writing martial arts novels ...more -
![Deep Lurk]()
Set before the Battle of Changsha, this is a story about unsung heroes during a time of warfare and follows a man who learns to fight for a greater cause in his ...more -
![Love and Redemption]()
A thousand years since the battle between the demons and heavens took place, the souls of the Star of Mosha and the God of War are sent to the mortal realm to ...more -
![Immortal Samsara: Part 2]()
Yan Dan regains her memories and discovers that Ying Yuan is the one who wiped out her memories and turned her into a ''spirit'' and sent her to the Mortal Realm. Lord ...more -
![Stand by Me]()
In the 9th Century Tang Dynasty-era China, the Emperor is locked in a deadly power struggle with a group of formidable eunuchs who wield enormous power at court. He strikes back by ...more -
![South Wind Knows]()
Fu Yun Shen, a pharmaceutical researcher, and surgeon Zhu Jiu team up for a humanitarian medical mission in a poverty-stricken area, but a misunderstanding creates tension between them. Despite this, attraction grows. ...more -
![The Vendetta of An]()
During the Wude reign, the Huben Dark Guards ruled Chang'an, but when feudal lord Xiao Wu Yang seized power, they vanished along with the dethroned emperor, Rumors claimed their leader, Yan Feng ...more -
![Faithful]()
Seven years after the tragic death of Ru Lan, who sacrificed her reputation to seek justice for herself, nine people connected to her case come together for revenge. Ru Lan had sued ...more -
![Draw the Line]()
Fang Yuan, the chief judge of the Xingcheng District People's Court, and Song Yu Fei, the deputy chief judge of the Criminal Division of the Rongzhou Intermediate People's Court, are the apprentices ...more -
![The Promise of Chang’an]()
Helan Ming Yu, a bright young woman, forms a deep bond with the 9th Prince, Xiao Cheng Xu. Though they develop mutual feelings, fate intervenes—news of Cheng Xu’s death on the battlefield ...more
