2025 Chinese Drama List

Chinese Dramas like Chronicle of Life

CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to Chronicle of Life.

  • The King's Woman

    #1

    Historical, Romance
    Dilraba Dilmurat, Vin Zhang, Li Tai
    Since childhood, Gongsun Li and her two senior brothers studied martial arts with her grandfather. She met and saved a young man, Ying Zheng, who was being bullied. Ying Zheng was obsessed with the young girl. In the chaos of the warring states, Gongsun Li fell in love with her second senior brother Jing Ke, but they left their hometown due to the war and lived together. The second...
  • Story of Yanxi Palace

    #2

    Historical, Romance
    Wu Jinyan, Nie Yuan, Qin Lan
    In the sixth year of the Qianlong reign, a young girl Wei Yingluo entered the Forbidden City as a palace maid to seek the truth about her eldest sister’s death. After an investigation, Wei Yingluo confirmed that her sister’s death was related to the absurd prince Hong Zhou, and was determined to get justice. Empress Fucha, who was skilled in rituals and laws, worried that Wei Yingluo...
  • Under the Microscope

    #3

    Historical, Suspense, Thriller
    Zhang Ruoyun, Wang Yang, Qi Wei
    Shuai Jiamo, a man obsessed with mathematics, stumbles upon a historical problem in Jinhua County. His attempts to rectify the mistake are frequently blocked and lead to a game between various interest groups.
  • The Promise of Chang'an

    #4

    Historical, Romance, Political
    Cheng Yi, Zhao Yingzi
    Helan Mingyu, the granddaughter of the Lord of Yonglin, is a bright young girl who accidentally befriends Xiao Chengxu, the ninth prince of Shengzhou. They develop an affection for each other. When news of Xiao Chengxu's "death in battle" spreads by mistake, Mingyu is forced to marry Xiao Chengrui, the third brother of Xiao Chengxu, in order to save his brother Xiao Chengxuan, and is...
  • Faithful

    #5

    Historical, Suspense, Thriller
    Janice Wu, Li Jiahang, Qiao Zhenyu
    The girl Lin Rulan, ignoring the opposition of her close friend Meng Wan, staked her own reputation and accused the owner of the Embroidery Pavilion, Wu Lian. However, her attempts to report to various authorities were in vain, and she found herself isolated and without support. In the end, she took her own life to prove her innocence. Meng Wan, after seven years of hardship, gathered...
  • Weaving a Tale of Love

    #6

    Historical, Romance
    Gulnazar, Timmy Xu
    During the reign of the Tang Dynasty, Lady An, a dressmaker from the previous dynasty is framed and imprisoned by her disciple, Zhuo Jinniang, and entrusts her young daughter, Liuli (Gulnazar), to an old friend in the palace. As a medical officer, Liuli grows up in the palace and is in charge of the palace’s epidemic prevention work, and inherits her mother’s amazing dressmaking...
  • Stand By Me

    #7

    Historical, Romance, Suspense
    Cheng Yi, Zhang Yuxi, Xuan Lu
    During the years of Emperor Wenzong at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were in power. The Emperor and Wang Ya, Li Xun, and Zheng Zhu set up the “Gan Lu scheme” in an attempt to kill the eunuch Qiu Shiliang. The younger sister is adopted by the Ziyi bureau and renamed Yu Bing’er, while the older sister is determined to take revenge and renamed Yanzhi. She becomes Qiu Shiliang’s...
  • The Story of Ming Lan

    #8

    Historical, Romance, Family
    Zhao Liying, Feng Shaofeng
    The sixth daughter of the Sheng family, Minglan, was smart and beautiful but suffered from the plight of her legal mother’s unkindness, her sisters’ making troubles, her father’s lack of attention, and the death of her biological mother. She hid her intelligence and talent, grew up with humiliation and adversity, stood up for herself despite all the oppression, and finally took...
  • Story of Kunning Palace

    #9

    Historical, Romance, Fantasy
    Bai Lu, Zhang Linghe
    Jiang Xuening once struggled hard to become a queen, only to be driven to suicide in a palace mutiny. Now, Jiang Xuening's dream is to get away from power and take charge of her own life. But by chance she enters the palace as a companion, becoming a student of the imperial teacher Xie Wei, and meets Xue Shu, the niece of Empress Dowager Xue, who enters the palace at the same time....
  • The Long Ballad

    #10

    Historical, Youth, Romance
    Dilraba Dilmurat, Leo Wu, Zhao Lusi
    In the ninth year of the Tang Dynasty, there is a sudden change in the inner palace, and Li Changge (Dilraba Dilmurat ), the daughter of the former prince, escapes and goes to Youzhou for help. On the way, Changge meets Ashina Sun (Leo Wu), a secret agent of a grassland tribe who uses the name Qin Zhun, and they become close to each other. Changge smashes a conspiracy in Youzhou,...
  • Joy of Life Season 2

    #11

    Historical, Suspense, Fantasy
    Zhang Ruoyun, Li Qin, Chen Daoming
    The drama continues from the first season of the Joy of Life, which tells the story of Fan Xian, a young man with a mysterious background, who comes from a small seaside town and undergoes various tests and refinements in his family, Jianghu, and the court.
  • Are You the One

    #12

    Historical, Romance, Drama
    Zhang Wanyi, Wang Churan
    The clever and decisive Liu Miantang, as the first lord of Yangshan, led the people of Yangshan to punish the wicked, promote goodness, and uphold justice. However, he suffered serious injuries under the attack of various evil forces and was rescued by Cui Xingzhou, the Prince of Huaiyang. When Liu Miantang woke up, she had no memory of Yangshan, mistaking Cui Xingzhou for her husband...
  • Ever Night

    #13

    Historical, Fantasy
    Arthur Chen
    There is a rumor in this world: the coming of the eternal night, the earth’s catastrophe. In order to seek justice for his family’s injustice, Ning Que came to the capital with his young maid Sang Sang. After unremitting efforts, he was admitted to the best school and became the disciple of the school’s leader, taking up the important task of supporting the country and protecting...
  • Wonderful Hand

    #14

    Romance, Drama, Suspense
    Bosco Wong, Zhang Yishang
    In the 1930s, Lin Hao, the chief instructor of the mysterious organization "Hei Feng", escapes from the control of the organization by faking his death during a mission. He hides as a doctor in the Clinic of Wu family on the city suburbs and prepares to start a new life, but his encounters drag him into the centre of the "whirlpool" again. During his medical practice, Lin Hao meets...
  • Riverside Code at Qingming Festival

    #15

    Historical, Suspense
    Zhang Songwen, Bai Baihe
    During the Northern Song Dynasty, in a corner of Que'er Alley in Bianliang City, lived a family of five with vastly different personalities: Zhao Bu-you, Wen Yue, and their household. Zhao Bu-you was a low-ranking clerk in the Court of Judicial Review, content with leading a simple life, while his wife, Wen Yue, was determined to buy land and property. Despite their frequent quarrels,...
  • The Great Craftsman

    #16

    Romance, Drama, Business
    Wallace Huo, Yang Mi
    In the early 1920s, when the warlords were ruling the country and people were living in poverty, the family of a young man, Shen Qinan, is suddenly struck by an unexpected disaster. His father was killed in a smuggling conspiracy, his mother died during her escape, and the four siblings are separated after a treacherous escape to Shanghai. Years later, the four siblings reunited after...
  • The Glory of Tang Dynasty

    #17

    Historical, Romance, Adventure
    Jing Tian, Ren Jialun, Wan Qian
    Shen Zhenzhu was born in a famous family and was chosen as the consort of Lord Guangping Li Chu. She gave birth to his eldest son, Li Shi, and was later posthumously named Empress Rui Zhen. She was just a lady from the south of China, but she was kind-hearted, had the country in mind, and was friendly to people. When the An Shi Rebellion occurred, she stayed in Chang’an with the people...
  • The Legend of Mi Yue

    #18

    Historical, Political, Romance
    Sun Li, Liu Tao, Ma Su
    During the Warring States period, Mi Yue was the favorite young princess of King Wei of Chu. But her status fell to pieces when King Wei of Chu went to war and her mother Xiang was expelled from the palace by Queen Wei of Chu. They returned to the palace years later, her mother took revenge with her life. Mi Yue and Huang Xie were childhood sweethearts and fell in love with each other....
  • Renascence

    #19

    Historical, Fantasy, Suspense
    Chen Zheyuan, Li Mozhi
    The Empress of Great Chu, Yao Moxin was murdered by traitors in the imperial court, while after a thunderstorm and lightning, her soul went inside her sister Yao Mowan. At the moment, Yao Mowan is being chased by her enemies and loses her memory after falling off a cliff. Yao Mowan and Prince Su of Great Chu, Ye Junqing, gradually fall in love through a series of incidents. But just...
  • The Legend of Zhuohua

    #20

    Historical, Romance, Drama
    Jing Tian, Feng Shaofeng
    The female official, Mu Zhuohua, resists the traditional marriage system and is determined to pursue her career. Liu Yan, the god of war,  is suffering from failure and bears the feud of his country. They are redeemed by each other, and fall in love with each other. They work together to guard the country.
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