Good TV dramas from the Republic of China include "Ink Life", "Beauty on Fire", "Love for Three Lives", "Double Mirror", and "Beijing Smoke and Clouds".
1. "Ink Life"
"Ink Life" is a Chinese romantic drama directed by Mai Tian and starring Lu Xiaoyu and Feng Lijun. The play tells the beautiful sadomasochistic love story between Cheng Jingmo, the only son of the largest tea merchant in Jiangnan, and Ruan Qiushui, a tea-picking girl.
2. "Beauty on Fire"
"Beauty on Fire" is directed by Yuan Yingming and co-stars Shu Chang, Chen Jianfeng, Qiao Zhenyu, Li Zhinan, Wu Jinyan and others. The play is adapted from the instantly charming novel "Fireworks Fading". It mainly tells the story of a princess in the late Qing Dynasty who gradually grew into a strong business woman in a rough environment after experiencing family downturn.
3. "Love for Three Lives"
The play tells the story of Shen Lingxue, the long-lost daughter of warlord Shen Hu, and her sworn sister Wu Cuicui, who went to Jincheng to search for her father. Shen Lingxue fell off a horse and lost her memory and was hospitalized. Gu Zhiyuan, the shopkeeper of the hotel, took in and renamed Gu Zhixia. Cuicui was mistaken for Shen Lingxue by Shen Hu. Their identities were exchanged, and they had a sadistic emotional entanglement with Chi Rui and Xiang Tian.
4. "Two Mirrors"
The play tells the story of a well-known female writer in Shanghai and a female killer disguised as a photo studio owner who met to save their respective lives.
5. "Smoke and Cloud of Beijing"
The background of "Smoke and Cloud of Beijing" is set in the Republic of China. It mainly tells the story of the three families of Zeng, Yao and Niu in Peking from the Boxer Rebellion in 1901. The joys and sorrows, grievances and hatreds during the more than 30 years of the Anti-Japanese War show the ever-changing historical features of modern Chinese society.