This year, many historical Chinese dramas were released. Although most had the same themes and sad endings, they were all extraordinary and beloved dramas. Which drama did you like and why?


1. The Story of Pearl Girl 

Stars: Zhao Lusi, Liu Yunning


2. The Double

Stars: Wu Jin Yan, Wang Xing Yue


3. In Blossom:

Stars: Ju Jing Yi, Liu Xue Yi


4. Kill Me Love Me

Stars: Wu Jin Yan, Liu Xue Yi


5. Brocade Odyssey 

Stars: Zheng Ye Cheng, Tan Song Yun 


6. Love of Nirvana

Stars: Lady Li, Ren Jia Lun


7. The Princess Royal

Stars: Zhang Linghe, Zhao Jin Mai

Among 7 options, The Double is my favorite. It's happy ending on special episode.

The Double is a revenge drama of an abandoned wife who gets a completely new identity. FL is a smart and talented woman who becomes the center of the drama, everyone and everything revolves around her, reacted according to her moves. While ML acts as a helper but also using her to get rid of his (boss, the emperor's) enemies/obstacles. 


Wu Jin Yan is an expert in portraying a smart scheming woman, and Wang Xing Yue is charming as always as ML, (I'm excited about his upcoming drama with Bai Lu as it's a male-centric drama, which is new for him). I love the dynamic of the two, not hero save damsel in distress but hero save heroines. They're great.

Side couple consists of a heartless husband and a psychopath princess is a good combination as the villain team. And their shaky and toxic relationship based on force and threat is very interesting to watch.

Overall it's a great drama, it even got my cousin out of drama slump (but she's drowning back, so I'll wait for Guardians of Dafeng to get her out again as Under The Skin S2 can't).

For me this year in cdrama has been a little disappointing. Not many good xianxia dramas for me.

Here is my list though:


#1: 

The Legend of Shen Li


rest

Blossoms in Adversity
Joy of Life Season 2
The Double
Lost You Forever Season 2