I want to watch my first ever Cdrama, and I prefer a really good historical with beautiful scenery and costumes and a solid story, what will you recommend my friends?

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    Just suggesting some of my favourites – Love Like the Galaxy, A Dream of Splendour, One and Only, and Nirvana in Fire.

    You could try looking through the MyDramaList pages for these and similar dramas and see which one strikes your fancy.

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      As someone who struggles with both Xianxia and WuXia, I have finally figured out I can watch straight out historicals as long as there is no magic!! 🙂
      So the NIF and love like a galaxy you are recommending is great for someone like me.

      Zizi, since you are testing waters you might want to start with one from each genre and go from there. Romance of a tiger and rose (2022) is a light one to start with and it’s not too many episodes – 24
      There is a lot of humor too.

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        I struggle with xianxia too – all the misunderstandings 😅. Wuxia is tolerable as long as it’s fun enough. But I prefer historicals the most as well. Romance of Tiger and Rose is a good rec!

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        Thank you so much miso and blue
        Yeah I want to try all these shows but I was shocked by the no of episodes like 50 or 60 episodes sounds like too much of investment for start, so I think I will start with a shorter one
        I’m not a fan of historical combined with magic
        So I will start with a pure historical I think, thank you again ❤️

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    Joy of Life is my top recommendation.
    The Double, The Princess Royal, A Journey to Love and The Long Ballad are also great options which are also fairly recent.
    If you want to try fantasy cdramas – Love Between Fairy and Devil and Till The End of the Moon are my top picks.
    I am sure other Beanies will recommend more great cdramas.

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    Joy of Life, but you must keep in mind that there are two seasons and there will be another one (probably in a few years).

    I’m enjoying Are you the one? (or Hidden Charm) a lot. The writing, the pace, the ML’s acting… This drama is more romantic and intimist than epic. There are very funny situations too.

    And I also enjoyed A Journey to love, which is more epic than romantic. There are some great male characters and beautiful and moving friendships.

    If I had to recommend a xianxia (which means it’s pure fantasy) it would be The Legend of Shen Li. The main couple is memorable. And you will be delighted with the beautiful sceneries and music.

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    The Legend of Mi Yue (2015)
    The story of China’s first Queen Dowager . Stars Sun Li as Mi Yue . 81 episodes long. History, costumes, cast , story

    Not historical but a good watch. Eternal Love (2017)
    Adapted from the novel “Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms” Great cast and characters . 58 episodes

    Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017) From MyDramaList
    Zhou Ying is sold to the powerful Shen family by her foster father, yet successfully escapes by sneaking into merchant Wu Ping’s palanquin. The Wu family agreed to take her in after witnessing her remarkable business acumen

    Laid back compared to the other stories, based on an actual person. 74 episodes Nice costumes , Rags to Riches

    Nirvana in Fire as others have recommended. 54 episodes.

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    Try the Story of Minglan, the Rise of Phoenixes, or Story of Yanxi Palace

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      Thank you so much

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        If you like palace dramas, The Legend of Zhen Huan aka Empresses in the Palace Historical fiction. 76 episodes

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          From Dramawiki :
          A young woman born of the Eight Banners’ family marries the Emperor. After surviving many murderous scandals and betrayals, she prevails as the most powerful woman in the Emperor’s harem, the Empress Dowager. In the process, she transforms from a kind-hearted, clever girl to a power-hungry, manipulative woman.

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    In all honesty, if just for the beautiful scenery, you can’t go wrong with ANY Cdrama, even if the drama is CGI heavy. If for plot/story, it depends on what you’re looking for and how complex you think you want to go or how simple you want it to be for easy understanding just to dip your toes into

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    The Fairy and the Devil. It has my entire heart.

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