Due to the rise in popularity of South Asian culture, Chinese dramas are probably the next most popular type of TV show after Korean dramas. As the new year approaches, fans of Chinese TV can get ready to see a lot of shows that will come out in 2023. These shows are also called “C-dramas.”
Fans of C-dramas know that historical and mythological shows have been very popular in recent years, so it’s safe to say that there will be a lot of historical dramas in 2023. C-dramas are great for people who like longer, more in-depth stories because they have more episodes per season than regular TV.
Here are the 5 historical C-dramas that we think will be the best when they come out in 2023.
1. Till the End of the Moon
Network: Youku, Episodes: 34
The show takes place in a time when demons are in charge and the humans and cultivators are their slaves. The elder cultivators think it’s important to send someone back in time to find out where the demon lord came from and stop him from waking up.
Li Su Su agrees to do the job and becomes the mortal Ye Xi Wu, the third daughter of General Ye. She marries Tan Tai Jin, the hostage prince, and future demon lord, who is also a demon. She is determined to kill Tan Tai Jin, who will kill a lot of people in the future. But when she sees Tan Tai Jin’s past life and rise to power, she hears an unexpected story that makes her quest harder.
2. Lost You Forever
Network: Tencent, Episodes: 55
The show takes place in the past, when people and gods, goddesses, demons, and other mythical creatures lived together. Sheng Nong, Xuan Yuan, and Gao Xing are three mythical kingdoms that each rule a part of the world. Gao Xing’s princess Jiu Yao goes through a lot of hard times while traveling through the wilderness. For example, she loses both her identity and her real look.
She ends up living in the town of Qing Shui while pretending to be a man named Wen Xiao Liu, who works as a doctor. Wen Xiao Liu met her cousin, Xuan Yuan prince Qiang Xuan, by accident. Qiang Xuan is her cousin. Surprisingly, Qiang Xuan had been looking for her all along in the wild. The chance meeting between the two people has now changed their lives and the lives of everyone else involved.
3. Tiger Crane
Network: iQiyi, Episodes: 36
Tiger Crane is the story of Hu Zi, an optimistic and happy mountain orphan who eats the treasure of the sun by accident. Hun Zi meets the strict demon master of the imperial court, Qi Xiao Xuan. Because of their mission, these two young people with very different personalities have to travel together.
They meet people on the same journey as them, like Zhao Xin Tong, Wang Yu Qian, Shan Cha, and others. At the beginning of the journey, they were all grumpy teammates. Now, they have trusted friends. The group of friends learns the truth about the war between monsters and demons that happened 500 years ago and how the demon army had been put down for 500 years.
Now that the army of demons is getting ready to try to destroy the world, this group of passionate young men and women won’t be afraid to die to save the world and each other.
4. Wonderland of Love
Network: Tencent Video, Episodes: 50
Wonderland of Love tells the story of Li Ni, who is the grandson of the emperor. He guards the border and has to put down a rebellion when he is forced to do so. Even though Li Ni is the emperor’s grandson, his father never loved him.
He doesn’t want to fight for power, so he hides his identity and is happy being a carefree frontline border general. During military campaigns against the rebels, he meets the ambitious Cui Lin. She is the only daughter of General Cui Yi, who is in charge of the Cui family army.
Cui Lin hid who she really was and pretended to be Lieutenant He while fighting with the army. On the battlefield, they run into each other often, and because they are so competitive with each other, they end up falling in love.
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5. Story of Kunning Palace
Network: iQiyi, Episodes: 36
After the king, Shen Jie was poisoned, rebels held the fallen queen Jiang Xue Ning hostage. She had always wanted to be the most powerful person in her life. Jiang Xue Ning used everyone around her to become queen, but in the end, she was put under house arrest and never became queen.
During that time, Xie Wei killed everyone in the city, which caused a lot of trouble. Jiang Xue Ning is reborn after getting the order to be buried with the emperor. This gives her a second chance at life.
But the condition is that Xue Ning can’t go into the palace. Even though she swore she wouldn’t go into the palace, something happens that ties her to the palace and to Xie Wei, the person she hated the most.
