Drama Tea
Drama Tea
Drama Tea
A blog about Chinese dramas and Chinese entertainment. :)
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Admittedly, this isn’t a typical Chinese drama post (but it has CDrama actors!), but I was so wowed by the Spring Gala Festival 5-minute performance, 贺花神, that I had to share it with everyone. This is the kind of performance that you...
Did you hear? Apparently, Chinese entertainment is dying. If you listen to CDrama pundits or spend enough time on Chinese social media, the narrative for 2025 is pretty bleak: the Chinese entertainment industry is “devolving”, production...
Gemini (金昭玉醉) is unabashedly aware of what it is, and it’s not apologisin’ This 28-episode short drama (each episode at around 15 minutes), has a The Double-ish premise — the usual revenge/reborn thing. Princess Lu Zhao suffers at the...
A group of strangers, each grappling with a difficult past, pass by each other in a spooky neighbourhood. They are all drawn to a mysterious light shop on a secluded alleyway. There, we discover that the shopkeeper is certainly more than...
November was a bit of a struggle, personally and drama-wise. Personally, I ended up dealing with a medical issue. Drama-wise, I’m still recovering from the masterpiece that was Fated Hearts, and finding a drama to fill that void has been...
The Story The drama is technically xuanhuan with some wuxia-ish elements thrown in: it’s both genre-bending and experimental. At its core, it revolved around Tang Lici (Luo Yunxi) and Liu Yan (Alen Fang), two characters with a...
Finally, an enemies-to-lovers story that has teeth, and an actress who could embody a deadly female general. That was already fantastic, but Fated Hearts also has a coherent storyline and wonderfully written characters - such a rarity in...
IQIYI is calling it “Rose Finch”, WETV is calling it “Rosefinch”. That side of me that demands uniformity is annoyed. Short dramas have long been the domain for lesser-known talent to make their mark. And this is where the director of...
A xianxia/xuanhuan drama with all the right ingredients except the most important one: An engaging and logical plot.
A prince is turned into a "shadow puppet" who will bond with the first person who gives him blood. That turns out to be the female general from an enemy kingdom. Sometimes, a drama can be bad, yet highly enjoyable at the same time....
The inaugural issue of a monthly newsletter where I talk about what I have been watching, reveal what dramas will be coming soon, Chinese entertainment gossip and what Cdramas look interesting. This month: Fated Hearts, The Hope, Gemini,...
A former star lecturer tries to turn the worst students in a school to Tsingbei-quality candidates.
The Wanted Detective was a surprisingly entertaining costumed detective drama during the busy CDrama summer months of 2025. An original script ( a rare breed) with tight plotting and fascinating characters.
There was a flood of Cdramas this summer. This is my totally subjective roundup of the shows that lifted my spirits and the ones that fell completely flat
In the second season of I Am Nobody, Zhang Chulan and Feng Bao Bao joins a rag tag team of super-powered Outsiders to capture a rogue "temporary worker": Chen Duo, who killed her handler.