#NewLifeBegins
If you like the main theme of “live well” in the historical cdrama #AgainstTheCurrent, you might also like:

#BlossomsInAdversity
#LesBelles
#FlourishedPeony
#Glory
#NewLifeBegins
#TheStoryOfMinglan
September 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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I have to agree

This #cdrama is so good that I would replace #NirvanaInFire or #NewLifeBegins as a perfect intro to #cdrama

It respects your intelligence

It addresses some of the same themes as #FlourishedPeony but (IMHO) better

Every scene/lines propels the next or future

#AgainstTheCurrent
The mega hit cdrama #AgainstTheCurrent just made history!

It has officially entered the TOP 3 highest Tencent Index Peak of all time.

Congratulations to Director #HuangYingXiang, actors #TanSongYun, #LiuXueYi and the rest of the cast and crew for this achievement!
September 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The other day I realized there’s a show a year that really catches my attention. What’s your top #cdrama by year?

2021 Word of Honor
2022 Love like the Galaxy
2023 Till the End of the Moon
2024 Love Game in Eastern Fantasy
2025 Dream within a Dream / Prisoner of Love
May 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
November 25, 2024 at 5:45 AM
The #NewLifeBegins hug is the BEST hug!
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
top 3 #cdrama

The answer depends on who is being recommended to. But 3 dramas I could recommend to anyone are

#NewLifeBegins
#WonderlandofLove
#MeetYourself
March 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#NewLifeBegins (2022) – dir. zhao qi chen
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
#TianXiwei for L’OFFICIEL HOMMES China June 2026

The #NewLifeBegins and #PursuitOfJade actress makes history as the first female artist to be featured in the cover of the magazine in China.
June 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
There is again great variety here, from sober epic dynastic tales acted by senior casts, to dark stylish tales of vengeance, to comedy romances with more youthful actors (such as #NewLifeBegins)
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Yells from far away: " #NewLifeBegins!!!!"
May 29, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Agreed....it reminds me a little of #NewLifeBegins #cdrama & how a sisterhood formed within a mostly patriarchal society

But I also like how the writers are exploring that same sentiment in different directions
September 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This sums up what I love about #NewLifeBegins #cdrama
I have to second New Life Begins, it's about wives and concubines of princes banding together to seize political and financial power but handled in a very lighthearted way. Everyone is charming, there's romance but it's not really centered compared with the relationships between the women.
March 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#NewLifeBegins (2022) – dir. zhao qi chen
April 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
#NewLifeBegins, with #BaiJingTing, is a really good one from her filmography.
March 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Taking James' question & going in a direction y'all can see a mile away:

if you had a friend completely new to historical cdramas, which accessible but genuinely good #cdrama would you recommend as a starting point? 🤔

#AgainstTheCurrent
#NirvanaInFire
#NewLifeBegins
#TheStoryOfMinglan
#JoyofLife
September 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Love this list

I'd add

#SwordSnowStride

& I knew way early on @ #TheStoryofMingLan, #NIF & #NewLifeBegins
August 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
尹嵩
青の袍すがた詰め💙💙💙

#張暁晨
#张晓晨
#ZhangXiaoChen
#卿卿日常
#NewLifeBegins
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I’ve rewatched #NewLifeBegins precisely because its positive human messages and the portrayal of those in the drama leave me feeling good.
May 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#NewLifeBegins (2022) – dir. zhao qi chen
April 8, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Omg episode 17 where he’s drunk and wrapping her swords like they’re babies 😭❤️ so freaking cute!! #cdrama #NewLifeBegins
September 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I'm having so much fun with #NewLifeBegins #cdrama

I'm five episodes in and everyone is adorable! I'm so here for all these women supporting one another (and shit-talking insufferable men)
February 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
June 7, 2026 at 10:14 AM