First of all, to Soju, great article. Please consider a similar article re dramas from S Korea and/or Taiwan and/or…
Ah, Legend of Hua Mulan, I totally fell in love with Dylan Kuo, he's so handsome and sweet, also I love the role of Wang Ou too. Have you watch Nirvana in Fire? It's an excellent drama of Hu Ge :)
There is no mention of "Nirvana in Fire"? Well personally that drama was the gateway to my interest to re-discover…
Well I think if someone watch nirvana at the very beginning, it will raise the bar so high. After I watch NIF, it seems impossible for me to find such a excellent drama like that.
I won't put Eternal love as historical drama, because it's just not, ehh... historical. When I finished this list, I was like "How dare you don't put Nirvana In Fire in! You cruel person" and I gave myself a second chance to think again and look again at the title's list. And... I forgot that NIF isn't a beginner friendly Chinese drama, and when I finished this drama I couldn't think about another dramas, it raised the bar so high. So, even NIF is a superb drama, PLEASE DON'T WATCH THIS ONE AS YOUR VERY FIRST DRAMA, YOU WON'T FIND ANY OTHER DRAMA THAT SATISFY YOUR HUNGER, JUST DON'T.