Pins matching tag:Historical

Huace's 48-episode historical drama Swords Into Plowshares (太平年), about the last king of Wuyue, premiered on CCTV-1 on 23 January 2026 with simultaneous streaming. It set a record for history-drama ratings and won Best Chinese TV Series at the Shanghai TV Festival.

The historical romance Pursuit of Jade (逐玉), starring Zhang Linghe and Tian Xiwei, premiered worldwide on 6 March 2026 on Tencent Video, iQIYI and Netflix. It topped heat indexes of 31,000 on Tencent in its first week.

魅影神捕 (Shadow Punisher) is iQIYI's 30-episode period mystery drama starring Luo Yunxi (罗云熙) as Li Si, a young noble who joins the imperial constabulary to solve the death of the Fourth Prince, with Fang Yilun (方逸伦) and Shen Yujie (沈羽洁). Directed by The Untamed's Zheng Weiwen and adapted from Wang Ke's novel, it wrapped at Hengdian in September 2025. iQIYI has not formally announced a date, so the premiere shown here is an estimate based on its listing page reportedly showing 2 October 2026.

伟大的长征 ("The Great Long March") is a 55-episode revolutionary history epic marking the 90th anniversary of the Long March, made by the team behind The Age of Awakening, with Yu Hewei (于和伟) as Mao Zedong, Cao Lei (曹磊) as Zhou Enlai and He Zhengjun (何政军) as Zhu De. It wrapped on 10 March 2026 and is reported for early October 2026 on CCTV-1 prime time with iQIYI. The exact day has not been announced, so the date shown here is an estimate.

嫁金钗 (Jia Jin Chai, "Where the Mask Ends") is Youku's 30-episode period drama in which Tian Xiwei (田曦薇) plays two women with the same face, a night-soil girl and the false noble daughter whose arranged marriage she is forced to take over, opposite Yan An (闫桉). It adapts 笑佳人's Jinjiang novel and wrapped in early April 2026. Youku has not announced the air date, so the premiere shown here is an estimate based on the date bloggers are tipping.

Tencent Video lists the premiere of 尚公主 (Tigers Sniff Rose) for October 23, 2026 at 18:00 China Standard Time. This replaces the earlier editorial estimate of October 20.

两京十五日 (Liang Jing Shi Wu Ri, "River of No Return") is iQIYI's 26-episode Ming-dynasty historical drama starring Cheng Yi (成毅) as the crown prince Zhu Zhanji, who must race up the Grand Canal from Nanjing to Beijing in fifteen days, with Lin Gengxin (林更新) and Jiang Peiyao (姜珮瑶) in special appearances. It adapts Ma Boyong's novel, is directed by Zhang Li and wrapped on 10 February 2026. iQIYI has only pointed to the fourth quarter of 2026, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

何不同舟渡 (He Bu Tong Zhou Du, "Dancing with the Tide") is a 36-episode costume spy drama for Hunan TV and Mango TV, starring Tan Jianci (檀健次) as Xie Queshan, a general branded a traitor, and Lu Yuxiao (卢昱晓) as the thief Nan Yi. Directed by Yang Wenjun and adapted from 羡鱼珂's web novel, it wrapped at Hengdian in June 2026 and Mango lists it for the fourth quarter of 2026. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

云初令 (Yun Chu Ling, "Yunchu's Vengeance") is iQIYI's 24-episode period revenge drama starring Esther Yu (虞书欣) as Yun Chu, a general's daughter betrayed and poisoned by her husband's family who is reborn to take her revenge, with Zhang Yunlong (张云龙) as the prince Chu Yi. It adapts 朝云紫's Fanqie novel and was filmed at Hengdian from 11 January to 22 March 2026. iQIYI has not announced the air date, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

不让江山 (Bu Rang Jiang Shan) is Tencent Video's historical epic starring Yang Yang (杨洋) as Li Chi, a young nobody who rises to defend the realm in an age of chaos, with Zhou Jieqiong (周洁琼), Zhai Zilu (翟子路) and Xia Haoran (夏浩然). Adapted from 知白's Zongheng novel and directed by Fei Zhenxiang (Love Like the Galaxy), it was filmed at Hengdian from 22 February to 11 June 2026. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

归鸾 (Gui Luan, "The Road to Glory") is Tencent Video's 40-episode costume power-play drama starring Zhang Linghe (张凌赫) as the gutter-born warlord Xiao Li and Lin Yun (林允) as the fallen princess Wen Yu. It adapts 团子来袭's Jinjiang novel and was filmed at Hengdian from January to May 2026. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

玉兰花开君再来 ("The Way You Come Back") is Tencent Video's S+ biographical drama starring Yang Zi (杨紫) as Dong Zhujun, the courtesan-turned-founder of Shanghai's Jin Jiang Hotel, with Ou Hao (欧豪) as her husband Xia Zhishi. Directed by Yang Yang of A Dream of Splendor, it began filming in Haikou in December 2025 and wrapped in Beijing on 25 May 2026, and is set for CCTV-8 and Tencent Video. No air date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.

江山大同 (Jiang Shan Da Tong, "Northern Wei Dynasty") is a 300-million-yuan historical drama backed by China's broadcasting regulator, with Yang Mi playing both a Northern Yan princess and her niece, the future Empress Dowager Feng, opposite Liu Xueyi and Hu Jun. It wrapped in July 2026 and is planned for CCTV-1 and Tencent Video in 2027. No date has been announced, so the premiere shown here is an estimate.