# The best Chinese TV dramas

From the 1986 Journey to the West to Blossoms Shanghai: the highest-rated Chinese series on Douban, based on round-ups on Zhihu and Maigoo's Douban ranking.

- 3 votes · 14 items
- Nov 2, 2025 · 陈琳
- https://even.best/en/l/4177/the-best-chinese-tv-dramas

## Top 10

1. **Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Power struggles in the Jiajing court.
2. **Journey to the West (1986)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Liu Xiao Ling Tong's Monkey King, the childhood of generations.
3. **Nirvana in Fire (2015)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Mei Changsu's revenge and quest for justice.
4. **My Own Swordsman (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A martial-arts sitcom set in the Tongfu Inn.
5. **Towards the Republic (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A historical epic from the late Qing to the early Republic.
6. **Dream of the Red Chamber (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The classic TV adaptation of the great novel.
7. **Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The epic of the Three Kingdoms' heroes.
8. **I Love My Family (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A sitcom about a Beijing family.
9. **Lurk (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Espionage between the Communists and the Nationalists.
10. **Day and Night (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Twin brothers and a family massacre case.
11. **The Bad Kids (2020)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Three children film a murder by accident.
12. **The Long Season (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A cold case spanning twenty years in a northeastern town.
13. **Blossoms Shanghai (2023)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1990s Shanghai through Wong Kar-wai's lens.
14. **The Water Margin (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The tale of the outlaws of Liangshan.

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