Dramas like The Chronicles of A Town Called Jian

CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to The Chronicles of A Town Called Jian.

My Roommate Is a Detective

2020-03-24
#1

Suspense, Comedy, Thriller
Hu Yitian, Zhang Yunlong, Xiao Yan
After 14 years of the Republic of China, Lu Yao, a playboy who has returned from studying in England, was invited to be a detective consultant by Qiao Chusheng, a detective with extraordinary skills, due to his superb intelligence and reasoning ability. Afterward, they form a detective squad with a female reporter, Bai Youning, working together to solve seemingly treacherous murder...
Wonderful Hand

2023-01-05
#2

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...
Please Give Me a Pair of Wings

2019-07-09
#3

Suspense, Thriller, Romance
Ju Jingyi, Aaron Yan, Han Dong
In the 1920s, police chief Lin Aodong is shot dead and his adopted daughter, Lin Jiuge, is imprisoned after being falsely identified as the murderer. Jiuge struggles to survive in prison, navigating the various forces in the prison and fighting against the " behind the scenes " forces from outside the prison. Since Jiuge's imprisonment, police officer Long Tianyu has been investigating...
Love In Han Yuan

2018-01-03
#4

War, Romance, Action
Kevin Yan, Song Yi
When her father is killed by a traitor, Lu Hanzhi's family falls into a hard time and she goes to fight against the war. As fate would have it, the two men whose fates are closely linked to Lu Hanzhi's belong to two opposing camps. Gao Chen, who ostensibly works for the traitors, is actually an intelligence agent for the Chinese Communist Party underground. Han Shoumin, who ostensibly...
Checkmate

2022-08-10
#5

Suspense, Drama, Thriller
Hu Yitian, Zhang Yunlong, Zhang Xinyu
A young lawyer in Beiping, Situ Yan, was dismissed from his job for sticking to the law and came to Harbin to become a detective. In a series of cases, he befriended his straightforward friend Luo Shaochuan and got to know Zhou Mowan, who dares to love and hate. Together they revealed the conspiracy.
The Disguiser

2015-08-31
#6

War, Action, Suspense
Hu Ge, Jin Dong, Liu Mintao
During the anti-Japanese war, Mingtai, a young man from a wealthy family, was on his way to study at the University of Hong Kong. He was kidnapped by Wang Tianfeng, a senior officer of the National Military Council Research and Statistics, and taken to the training course, where he underwent a tough training program and became a good agent of the National Military Council Research...
City of Streamer

2022-01-20
#7

Romance, Suspense, Thriller
Jing Tian, Timmy Xu, Jing Chao
In the early twentieth century, Shanghai was under the rule of warlords and revolutionary thinking was on the rise. The Rong family was rich but unkind, committing many heinous crimes. In order to do justice, Feng Shizhen embarks on the road of revenge. She successfully goes undercover to the Rong family and becomes the tutor of Rong Jiashang. Then, a game that stirs up the fate of...
Tientsin Mystic

2017-07-19
#8

Historical, Suspense, Horror
Li Xian, Zhang Ming'en, Wang Zixuan
During the Republic of China period, the floods in Tianjin were frequent, and the river was full of strange and disorderly things. Guo Deyou, the captain of the five river corpse retrieval team of the police bureau, has been deeply taught by the master’s “Old River God”, and his skill of lighting a cigarette to identify injustice has comforted countless unjust souls. When the...
Psych-Hunter

2020-11-23
#9

Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Neo Hou, Zhu Xudan, Liu Dongqin
Housing agent Jiang Shuo is the only survivor of the case of seven people who disappeared in Changshanzhou a year ago. The only clue about the case is hidden in Jiang Shu's lost memories. In order to find the truth about the case, Jiang Shuo, psychiatrist Qin Yiheng, and "weird cop" Yuan Muqing are drawn into a nightmare game to find the murderer "Six Fingers", in which Jiang Shuo's...
Detective L

2019-04-18
#10

Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Bai Yu, You Jingru
In 1930s Shanghai, when people were asleep, bizarre cases were quietly unfolding in a corner of the city. A beautiful girl, Qin Xiaoman, who has just graduated from the police academy, arrives in the British Concession with the ambition of becoming an outstanding police detective. She lives in Shaliwen flat and becomes neighbors and colleagues with Luo Fei, a police detective who has...
Killer And Healer

2021-03-03
#11

Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Mao Zijun, Ian Yi
In troubled times, things are changing. Jiang Yuelou, the head of the Police Station, is both good and evil, making smugglers scared of criminals. While pursuing an opium case in Hong Kong, he meets Churan and Chen Yuzhi, and the three become close friends. Chen Yu Zhi discovers Jiang Yue Lou’s bipolar disorder, and Jiang Yue Lou goes from initially refusing treatment to befriending...
On the Scent

2022-12-20
#12

Suspense, Thriller, Crime
Yang Yeming, Li Jiajia
During the Republic of China period, Su San, a resourceful journalist with an excellent sense of smell, and Luo Yin, a brilliant detective, worked together to solve a serial murder case in Shen Cheng. They not only uphold social justice but also reap the rewards of the love and ultimately their own redemption.
Insect Totem

2023-01-06
#13

Suspense, Thriller, Adventure
Zhang Ming'en, Hu Bingqing
During the Republican era, Pan Jun, a famous doctor of Chong Cao Tang, meets with a descendant of the same five families of the insect clan and learns a clue about the treasure of the insect clan, and sets out on a journey to find the treasures left behind by his ancestors. They travel together to find the secret treasures of the five clans that can unlock the treasure. They travel...
Autumn Cicada

2020-05-04
#14

War, Military, Suspense
Ren Jialun, Li Man
In the winter of 1941, Hong Kong fell to the Japanese and the Chinese Communist Party's underground organisation in Hong Kong was severely damaged. A member of the Communist Party, Ye Chong, codenamed "Autumn Cicada", is sent on a "top-secret mission" to the Japanese military headquarters in Hong Kong. The cunning Japanese army has cut off all means of communication of the organization,...
Mr. & Mrs. Chen

2023-10-11
#15

Suspense, Romance, Crime
Guan Xiaotong, Elvis Han
In 1940 Shanghai, Chen Jiaping, an underground member of the Chinese Communist Party codenamed "Mei Hua Si", is on a mission when he runs into his former fiancée Zuo Shuangtao at a critical moment when he is almost exposed. At this time, Zuo Shuangtao is already a spy of the Kuomintang military system and is looking for a way out of her predicament after a failed assassination mission....
Deep Lurk

2024-11-13
#16

War, Suspense, Thriller
Cheng Yi, Ying Er
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army, aiming to secure control over Changsha, activated "Black Butler," a strategic agent who had been covertly stationed in China for 15 years, to execute a long-planned deception strategy. Yun Muzhi, a member of the Chinese Communist underground, was killed while investigating "Black Butler." Yun Hongshen, unaware of his father's true identity,...
Back for You

2025-02-04
#17

Action, Romance, Suspense
Wang Anyu, Angelababy
In the early Republic of China era, Ale is being hunted by a ruthless gang and finds himself on the brink of death. At that moment, he is saved by a mysterious woman, Luna, who appears out of nowhere. However, Luna is seriously injured and falls into a coma. When Ale tries to investigate her identity, he finds no record of her existence. Hoping to wake his savior, he begins reading...
Spy Hunter

2019-01-10
#18

War, Suspense, Thriller
Qin Junjie, Xu Lu
In the spring of 1931, the Central Committee set up red transport stations in Shanghai, Dapu in Guangdong, and Harbin, which were directly subordinated to the Central Transport Bureau. A group of Red agents, "Yan Gang" and "Qing Ci", attempted to establish a new underground route and set up a secret warehouse to escort important supplies of the CPC Central Committee and important underground...
A Scholar Dream of Woman

2015-07-20
#19

Romance, Family, Suspense
Zhang Meng, Han Dong
In the early years of the Republic of China after the victory of the Xinhai Revolution, Shen Biyun, a talented girl from Jiangnan, marries into the Xuan family, the owner of the library, in order to realize her dream of entering the largest private library in China to read books and fight for the right to study for all students, as well as to find out who killed her father. However,...
Miracle Healer

2017-05-23
#20

Suspense, Thriller, Drama
Zhu Yuanbing, Xing Fei
In the early years of the Republic of China, natural and man-made disasters and military rebellions continue to plague the people, and some malicious people take the opportunity to do harm. Yang Yi, a young doctor with the power of the "dragon spirit" in his body, is involved in a treacherous struggle between the various forces in Shanghai due to the plague, and meets and falls in love...

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