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Chinese historical television series 古装片：中国古装电视剧推荐

China has thousand-year long history which is a fertile land for movie-makers to make the most of their creativeness. Chinese historical television series mainly surround the topic of love, war, traditional arts (such as martial arts, calligraphy, opera, musical, water painting, embroideries,...), traditional values, families and dynasties, etc...and convey a deep oriental world-view and philosophy.

Below is an introduction of some series that are released recently and recommendable:

1. The Story of Minglan (2018) 知否知否应是绿肥红瘦（明兰转）

The Story of Minglan is produced by Hou Hongliang, directed by Zhang Kaizhou, screenwriters by Zeng Lu and Wu Tong, starring Zhao Liying and Feng Shaofeng, Zhu Yilong, Shi Shi, Zhang Jianing, Cao Cuifen, Liu Jun, Liu Lin, Gao Lu, Wang Renjun, Li Yixiao, Wang Herun, Zhang Xiaoqian, and Li Hongtao, starred in topic of old social family dramas. The series is adapted from the novel of the same name by Guanxin Zeluan. Through the growth, love and marriage story of Minglan, a girl from a mandarin family in the Northern Song Dynasty, it unfolds the life of a girl from the boudoir to the head woman of mandarin’s inner home and family, depicts a legend of female struggle under the old system. The series premiered on Hunan Satellite TV’s Golden Eagle Exclusive Theater on December 25, 2018, and was simultaneously broadcast on iQiyi, Tencent Video, Youku Video, and YouTube. In May 2019, it was shortlisted for the Best Chinese TV Series in the Magnolia Award of the 25th Shanghai TV Festival. In February 2020, it was selected into the "Selected Works of Chinese TV Series 2019" recommended by the State Administration of Radio and Television. On October 18, it won the 30th China TV Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding TV Series.

《知否知否应是绿肥红瘦》是由侯鸿亮担任制片人，张开宙执导，曾璐、吴桐编剧，赵丽颖、冯绍峰领衔主演，朱一龙、施诗、张佳宁、曹翠芬、刘钧、刘琳、高露、王仁君、李依晓、王鹤润、张晓谦、李洪涛主演的古代社会家庭题材剧。该剧改编自关心则乱同名小说，通过北宋官宦家庭少女明兰的成长、爱情、婚姻故事，展开了一幅由闺阁少女到侯门主母的生活画卷，讲述一个家宅的兴荣，古代礼教制度下的女性奋斗传奇。该剧于2018年12月25日在湖南卫视金鹰独播剧场首播，并在爱奇艺、腾讯视频、优酷视频、YouTube同步播出。2019年5月，入围第25届上海电视节白玉兰奖最佳中国电视剧。2020年2月，入选国家广播电视总局推荐的《2019中国电视剧选集》。10月18日，获得第30届中国电视金鹰奖优秀电视剧奖。

Ming Lan (Zhao Liying), the sixth daughter of the Sheng family, was smart and beautiful since she was a child. She hides her intelligence, bury her edge, grows up with the humiliation and burden of adversity, and is still self-reliant and self-reliant under all kinds of oppression, and finally goes through the hardships to avenge her mother. In this process, Minglan met Gu Tingye (Feng Shaofeng), the second son of Ningyuan Marquis family. Gu Tingye has helped Minglan, and he has also been mean to Minglan. He has seen Minglan's intelligence and sharpness under her weak skin, and also the fragility and loneliness in her strong character, and he has long been enamored with her. The court was changing. Under the support of Gu Tingye, the descendants of the branch of the Zhao family were established as crown prince. Gu Tingye took the edict of the king of Qin and defeated the rebels. Then he supported the new emperor and became the highest-ranking mandarin in the new dynasty. By a tricky plan, he succeeded to take Minglan as wife. After marriage, Minglan became the head of inner family, rectified the Marquis house, shoveled the treacherous relatives, and removed the bad, the two husband and wife resolved misunderstandings and established a deep relationship. In the end, Minglan and her husband assisted the emperor to consolidate political power, and the two also reaped a happy life.

盛家六姑娘明兰（赵丽颖饰）从小聪颖貌美，却遭遇嫡母不慈，姐妹难缠，父亲不重视，生母被害去世的困境。她藏起聪慧，掩埋锋芒，忍辱负重逆境成长，在万般打压之下依然自立自强，终历尽艰难为母报仇。在这一过程中，明兰结识了宁远侯府二公子顾廷烨（冯绍峰饰）。顾廷烨帮过明兰，也刻薄过明兰，他见过明兰软弱表皮下的聪慧锐利，也见过她刚强性格中的脆弱孤单，对她早已倾心。朝廷风云变幻，在顾廷烨的拥戴下，赵家旁支宗室子弟被立为太子，顾廷烨拿着勤王诏书，大破反贼，而后拥立新帝，成为新朝第一功臣，略施巧计娶了明兰为妻。明兰婚后管家业、整侯府、铲奸佞、除宵小，夫妻二人解除误会建立了深厚的感情，最终明兰与丈夫一同协助明君巩固政权，二人也收获了美满的人生。

2. Under the power (2019) 锦衣之下

Link to watch: https://www.iq.com/play/under-the-power-episode-1-19rw1wdtz8?lang=en_us

The 2019 Chinese mainland historical series, set in the Ming Dynasty, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by author Lan Se Shi. Starring Ren Jialun, Tan Songyun, Han Dong, Ye Qing, Lu Hong, Yao Yichen, it premiered on iQiyi and Mango TV on December 28, 2019. Broadcast on LINE TV, LiTV online video and other online platforms.

2019年中國大陸古装剧，故事背景为明朝，蓝色狮的同名小说改编。由任嘉伦、谭松韵、韩栋、叶青、路宏、姚奕辰领衔主演，于2019年12月28日在爱奇艺和芒果TV首播。LINE TV、LiTV 線上影視等網路平台播出。

Yuan Jinxia (played by Tan Songyun), a talented female arrester of Lu Shan Men, through a case has formed a good connection with the ruthless Royal guard Lu Yi (played by Ren Jialun). Jinxia originally thought she would have no intersection with him in this life, but really fate find people on a narrow road. The imperial court's 100,000 liang money for reinforcing the dikes disappeared. Jinxia was ordered to assist Lu Yi to go to Yangzhou to investigate the case and retrieve the lost official money back for the Imperial Court. Originally, their differences separate them, later the shocking and secret case made them naturally join forces. The two of them went from water vs fire situation to admiration and then to the affliction. The gears of fate have since rotated together. However, things do not follow people’s wish. Jinxia was revealed the survived orphan grand-daughter of Xia Ran's case the other former years. With family blood feuds on her, there was an insurmountable big division between Jinxia and Lu Yi. In the end, the two lovers went through hardships. In order to save the common people, fight against Japanese pirates, and eliminate traitors, the two put aside family grudges, joined forces against the enemy, broke through the shackles of the world, and came together bravely.

天赋异禀的六扇门女捕快袁今夏（譚松韻飾）因为一桩案件和性情狠辣的锦衣卫陆绎（任嘉倫飾）结下梁子，今夏本以为此生与他再无交集，奈何冤家路窄。朝廷十万两修河款不翼而飞，今夏奉命协助陆绎一起下扬州查案，替朝廷找回丢失的官银。本是道不同不相为谋，却因惊天密案联手。两人从势同水火到刮目相看再到情难自已，命运的齿轮从此旋转在一起。然而事与愿违，今夏竟是当年夏然案的遗孤，背负家族血仇的她与陆绎之间横生了无法跨越的鸿沟。最后，两个有情人历经苦难，为救百姓、抗倭寇、除奸佞，放下家族仇怨，联手对敌，冲破世俗枷锁，勇敢地走到了一起。

3. The Sword and The Brocade (2021) 锦心似玉

Link to watch: https://www.iq.com/play/the-sword-and-the-brocade-episode-1-l7dhqgu4mc?lang=en_us

The Sword and the Brocade is a historical series directed by Wen Deguang and Yang Xiaobo, starring Zhong Hanliang and Tan Songyun, starring He Hongshan and Tang Xiaotian, and especially starring Ying’er, Li Sheng and Liu Yun. The play is adapted from Zhizhi's novel "The Concubine's girl Guide". It tells the inspirational love story of Yongping Marquis General Xu Lingyi and the concubine Shiyi Niang who married first and loved together later, with background in the Ming Dynasty. The series premiered on Tencent Video on February 26, 2021, and was broadcast simultaneously in Thailand, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Spain, and Vietnam.

《锦心似玉》是由温德光、杨小波执导，钟汉良、谭松韵领衔主演，何泓姗、唐晓天主演，颖儿、李晟、刘芸特别出演的古装剧。该剧改编自吱吱小说《庶女攻略》，讲述了明朝中期永平侯大将军徐令宜和庶女十一娘先婚后爱、携手成长的励志爱情故事。该剧于2021年2月26日在腾讯视频首播，泰国、日本、韩国、菲律宾、印尼、西班牙、越南同步播出。

During the Ming Dynasty, the concubine’s girl Luo Shiyi niang (played by Tan Songyun) was humble but very assertive. She believed that women's vision should not be limited to the inner house. She hoped to rely on her exquisite embroidery skills to strive for the freedom of life she yearned for. After accidentally marrying Yongping Marquis General Xu Lingyi (played by Zhong Hanliang), she treats everyone around her with an optimistic and positive attitude, relying on her hard work to gain the trust of Xu family and regain her position as the Head of House. Xu Lingyi was attracted by the various beautiful qualities of Shiyi Niang, gradually moved by her. The two were living through many twists and turns, became in love with each other after married. With the support of her husband, Shiyi Niang opened the Xianling Pavilion of the Embroidery Workshop and worked hard to pass on the embroidery skills. Meanwhile Yongping Marquis Xu Lingyi, in order to maintain the peace of his homeland and improve people's livelihood, supported the opening and lifting of sea ban, and therefore experienced many difficulties. When the Xu family was facing the terrible disaster of ransacking and extermination, the husband and wife worked together to resolve the crisis and successfully protected the Xu family. Finally, the opening and lifting of sea ban was successfully promoted. Since then, maritime trade has prospered and the coastal people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The couple fell in love with each other, believed in each other, insisted on what they loved, faced the ups and downs of life together, and wrote their legendary life.

明朝年间，庶女罗十一娘（谭松韵饰）虽地位卑微却极有主见，认为女子眼光不应局限于内宅格局，她希望能凭靠精湛的刺绣技艺争取所向往的自由人生。意外嫁给永平侯大将军徐令宜（钟汉良饰）后，她用乐观积极的心态对待身边的每一个人，依靠努力收获徐家上下的信任，重新执掌中馈。徐令宜被十一娘的种种美好品性而吸引，继而为之动心。两人几经周折情愫暗生，先婚后爱相知相许。在丈夫的支持下，十一娘开绣坊仙绫阁，努力传承刺绣技艺。而永平侯徐令宜，为维护家国安宁，改善民生，力挺开放海禁，经历重重困难。在徐家面临抄家灭族的滔天巨祸之时，夫妻齐心合力化解危局，成功护徐氏一族周全，最终促成开放海禁，至此海上贸易繁荣昌盛，沿海百姓安居乐业。夫妻二人情投意合，相信彼此，坚持所爱，一起面对人生风雨，书写了属于他们的传奇人生。

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