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Aisin Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of Qing dynasty, as well as the last emperor of entire Chinese history. This TV series explore modern history and its main incidents in Puyi's perspective.
Nuns-to-be Wai Lam and Wai Yu are desperate to find money to treat the head nun's illness. By coincidence, they meet the wealthy heir of a bank To Zan Feng and are forced to become maids at his household to repay their debts. Wai Lam often has to save him from trouble with her superior martial arts skills. Although they disagree with each other, they still support each other during critical times and unconsciously develop a strong bond. With the help of a nobleman, To Zan Feng becomes a magistrate. His career goes smoothly with help from his brother To Zan Ming, who is a governor, and good friend Fong Gwai Cheung. However, To Zan Feng soon discovers the corruption and abuse of power in the political world. People around him will act in perverse ways for the sake of personal gain. When he discovers the truth behind the massacre of Wai Lam's family when she was young, it gets them both thrown into jail.
Set in the Xinhai Revolution era, the story tells of Liu An Shun, a promising escort master in a reputable armed escort business owned by his teacher. He is poised to take over the business from his teacher and marry his daughter. However, his uncompromising follow-the-rules attitude leads him into a series of incidents that causes him to be disgraced. To redeem himself, he moves to Beijing to establish an escort business branch and to prove himself worthy. While there, he faces other escort masters reluctant to accept his presence in their city and befriends a female bandit.
Modern-day office worker Xiao Wei is transported to the Qing Dynasty after getting lost in the Forbidden City. Thrust into palace intrigue and torn between powerful princes and Emperor Kangxi, she must navigate shifting loyalties and political tension while repeatedly facing life-altering choices in an unfamiliar era.
A determined Qing dynasty princess contends with palace intrigue and a vendetta against her family while navigating the treacherous terrain of romance.
Centers around the legend of Princess Huanzhu during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
During the fifteenth year of Emperor Kang Xi's reign, a catastrophic Yellow River flood devastates the empire. To save his people, Kang Xi recruits brilliant minds through civil service exams, including the innovative Chen Huang, to confront the crisis and restore hope.
After witnessing the slaughter of her family, the only surviving daughter escapes only to experience another harrowing robbery with a young boy who would be the future emperor. Wei Lin Lang develops amnesia after the traumatic events but is raised by a kind family who gives her the name Gem. Years later, Na Lan Rang Ruo recognizes Lin Lang as his cousin and falls in love with her. Emperor Kang Xi wants to reward Rang Ruo for being a loyal subject and orders that Ling Lang be found so that she can be betrothed to Rang Ruo. However, after laying eyes on the beautiful Lin Lang, Emperor Kang Xi also is drawn to her. What will happen to Lin Lang once she enters the palace?
The story of who was the "Number One in the World" between Qing Dynasty Go masters Fan Xiping and Shi Xiangxia. These two figures, historically known as the "Immortal of Go" and the "Sage of Go," are celebrated as the Li Bai and Du Fu of the Go world. They were renowned across China, Japan, and Korea, and the level of Go skills during the Kangxi and Qianlong eras, represented by them, was a pinnacle in the history of Go development.
A series that follows different women and their stories during the Qing Dynasty
Zhang Xiao, a 21st-century woman, is transported back to the Qing Dynasty during Emperor Kangxi's reign after a bizarre accident. She awakens in the body of Maertai Rouxi, a teenage nobleman's daughter, and must navigate life in a past world shaped by her mysterious connection to this historical figure.
The Great Dunhuang is a Chinese television series based on the history of the oasis city of Dunhuang, which lies on the ancient Silk Road. With a Buddhist sutra printed in gold lettering as the plot device, the series tells of the rise and fall, and rebirth of Dunhuang in three parts, each covering a different period in Chinese history - the Song Dynasty, the late Qing Dynasty and the Republican era. The series was first broadcast in mainland China on CCTV from October 31 to November 25 in 2006.
"The Confidant" depicts how a group of eunuchs survive in the weakening Qing empire, and closely traces imperial eunuch Li Lianying's early life from the first day he entered the imperial palace to become one of the most powerful political figures in the latter years of the Qing Dynasty. The drama also follows Li's relationship with Empress Dowager Cixi, and how he eventually becomes her closest confidant.
The Last Princess is a 2008 Chinese television series.
Towards the Republic, also known as For the Sake of the Republic and Zou Xiang Gong He, is a Chinese historical television series first broadcast on CCTV in China from April to May 2003. The series is based on events that occurred in China between the late 19th century and early 20th century that led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the founding of the Republic of China. Owing to its portrayal of historical issues deemed politically sensitive by the Chinese government, the series has been subject to censorship in mainland China.
Fifteen years after Qing Emperor Jiaqing was crowned the country appears to be in harmony. However, fights between the imperial concubines escalate. All the imperial concubines including the emperor's beloved Yu-Yue understand this and becomes nervous when the triennial imperial concubine election approaches. Yu-Yue's position is threatened by an imperial descendant, Yuk-ying, a powerful eunuch's adopted daughter, Yi-Sun, and an experienced imperial servant maid On-Seen. They are friends and enemies in the war for the emperor's love. The four beautiful women are either friends or lovers of an imperial physician Sun Bak Yeung and a trooper Kong-Wu. Plots and lies undermine their love and friendships in the palace.
Dream of the Red Chamber, first released in 1987, was a television series produced by CCTV, adapted from the classic 18th century Chinese novel of the same name. It gained enormous popularity for its music, cast, and plot adaptation, being regarded by many within China as being a near-definitive adaptation of the story.
In order to air her grievances towards her elder sister Lady Yue-Yuet, Lady Shun Yuen-Sau spreads rumours of Yue-Yuet in the palace. The ambitious nursing mother Seung-Ling tries to collect evidence against the rumours in exchange for money from others. She soon becomes a trusted follower and a close friend of Lady Yue-Yuet. Meanwhile, the arrival of famous actors Ko Lau-Fei and Wan Tsau-Yin captures the heart of every woman in the palace including the lonely Yuen-Sau, and unintentionally fuels the power struggle between the three ladies in the palace.
Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in history, broadcast from 1952 until 2009, preceded by a 15-year broadcast on radio. Guiding Light stands as the third longest-running program in all of broadcast history; only the Norwegian children's radio program Lørdagsbarnetimen and the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry have been on the air longer. On April 1, 2009, it was announced that CBS canceled Guiding Light after a 72-year run due to low ratings. The show taped its final scenes for CBS on August 11, 2009, and its final episode on the network aired on September 18, 2009.
Follow the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in their opulent Savannah, Georgia, mansion.
Sunset Beach is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. The show follows the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California. Although there is a town in California called Sunset Beach, the show's beach scenes were shot on nearby Seal Beach. The show was co-produced by NBC and Spelling Television. Sunset Beach won two Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated another eleven times. The show also received twenty-two nominations for various other awards.
The Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
The rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City. The lives and loves of a wide variety of characters mingle through the generations, dominated by the Newman, Abbott, Baldwin and Winters families.
Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the staff and patients.
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Follow the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors come from very different backgrounds, their lives are similar – raising children, dealing with exes, worrying about money and keeping romance in their relationships. But just below the surface — secrets, lies and deception threaten to destroy what they have built.
Carolina Guillén is a renowned fashion designer haunted by a painful past. Years ago, she had a baby with a young novice who never knew about the pregnancy. Alone and without support, she was forced to give up her child, a decision that hardened her into a cold and demanding woman. Many years later, a young model named Cristina arrives at her fashion house and quickly rises to stardom, despite Carolina’s harsh treatment. When Cristina falls in love with Carlos, Carolina’s stepson, their romance leads to an unexpected pregnancy. Before Cristina can share the news, Carolina fires her without realizing that she is the daughter she abandoned long ago. As Carolina’s world begins to unravel, the shocking secret of her lost child will change her life forever.
The kidnapping of her son unleashes a storm in Nuria García's life who, in the most difficult moment, meets Santiago Zepeda; together, they find redemption in the face of adversity.
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
Sofía Peralta-Avitia Villaseñor, a successful businesswoman and great mother, who feels lonely in her marriage to Gonzalo Balmori-Ricci Nava. At the same time, her daughter, Bárbara Balmori-Ricci Peralta-Avitia, and her young bodyguard, Salvador "Chava" Reyes Encino, will transform their rebelliousness into passion. But none of them know that the evil, ambitious people around them will try to meddle in their paths on their road to love.
Follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children focusing on Fallon Carrington, the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
