The best Chinese TV dramas
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007) · Journey to the West (1986) · Nirvana in Fire (2015). (Updated Nov 2, 2025.)
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.
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Top 10
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1
Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007)
Power struggles in the Jiajing court.
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2
Journey to the West (1986)
Liu Xiao Ling Tong's Monkey King, the childhood of generations.
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3
Nirvana in Fire (2015)
Mei Changsu's revenge and quest for justice.
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4
My Own Swordsman (2006)
A martial-arts sitcom set in the Tongfu Inn.
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5
Towards the Republic (2003)
A historical epic from the late Qing to the early Republic.
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6
Dream of the Red Chamber (1987)
The classic TV adaptation of the great novel.
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7
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1994)
The epic of the Three Kingdoms' heroes.
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8
I Love My Family (1993)
A sitcom about a Beijing family.
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9
Lurk (2009)
Espionage between the Communists and the Nationalists.
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10
Day and Night (2017)
Twin brothers and a family massacre case.
Candidates
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11
The Bad Kids (2020)
Three children film a murder by accident.
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12
The Long Season (2023)
A cold case spanning twenty years in a northeastern town.
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13
Blossoms Shanghai (2023)
1990s Shanghai through Wong Kar-wai's lens.
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14
The Water Margin (1998)
The tale of the outlaws of Liangshan.
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