Haha! Ok then I will put this here since here is where the discussion happens! There is a #Minglan connection embedded in the slap (I think). In #Minglan Gu Tingye really knows Minglan inside and out and spends the entire drama trying to get her the freedom she craves...
September 24, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Same author who wrote MingLan and Love Like The Galaxy 💪💯 #cdrama queen
Upcoming Tencent drama #ADecadeOfNightscapeLights, starring #ZhouYiran and #BaoShangen, has obtained the distribution license with a total of 40 episodes.
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Same author who wrote MingLan and Love Like The Galaxy 💪💯 #cdrama queen
December 1, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Action... Love Like the Galaxy? (I love Minglan and Kunning Palace, but as a starter...hmmm)
September 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Action... Love Like the Galaxy? (I love Minglan and Kunning Palace, but as a starter...hmmm)
2018 #Minglan/ #YanxiPalace
2019 #JoyofLife/ #ArsenalMilitaryAcademy
2021 #YouAreMyGlory/ #AncientLovePoetry
2022 #NewLifeBegins/ #LoveLiketheGalaxy
2023 #MeetYourself/ #WhenIFlyTowardsYou/ #WonderlandofLove
2024 #WillLoveinSpring/ #ShenLi/ #TheDouble/ #BlossomsinAdversity
2025 #FlourishedPeony
2019 #JoyofLife/ #ArsenalMilitaryAcademy
2021 #YouAreMyGlory/ #AncientLovePoetry
2022 #NewLifeBegins/ #LoveLiketheGalaxy
2023 #MeetYourself/ #WhenIFlyTowardsYou/ #WonderlandofLove
2024 #WillLoveinSpring/ #ShenLi/ #TheDouble/ #BlossomsinAdversity
2025 #FlourishedPeony
My top #cdrama by year ✨️
2025 #ThePrisonerOfBeauty
2024 #AreYouTheOne
2023 #WhenIFlyTowardsYou
2022 #LoveLikeTheGalaxy
2021 #TheSwordAndTheBrocade
2019 #TheUntamed
2018 #StoryOfYanxiPalace
What's yours?
2025 #ThePrisonerOfBeauty
2024 #AreYouTheOne
2023 #WhenIFlyTowardsYou
2022 #LoveLikeTheGalaxy
2021 #TheSwordAndTheBrocade
2019 #TheUntamed
2018 #StoryOfYanxiPalace
What's yours?
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
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
Haha yes 😂
‘Gu Tingye & the Art Pursuing Minglan’ 😅
(A chapter that might benefit Jinqi’s pursuit of Jialan!)
‘Gu Tingye & the Art Pursuing Minglan’ 😅
(A chapter that might benefit Jinqi’s pursuit of Jialan!)
September 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Haha yes 😂
‘Gu Tingye & the Art Pursuing Minglan’ 😅
(A chapter that might benefit Jinqi’s pursuit of Jialan!)
‘Gu Tingye & the Art Pursuing Minglan’ 😅
(A chapter that might benefit Jinqi’s pursuit of Jialan!)
Day 10: Dramas You Rewatched This Year
I mostly did partial rewatches, but two completed rewatches I especially enjoyed were my favourite historical drama - the exquisite #TheStoryofMinglan 🥰 - & one of my absolute favourite xianxia dramas #AncientLovePoetry
#EYDC2025 #cdrama
I mostly did partial rewatches, but two completed rewatches I especially enjoyed were my favourite historical drama - the exquisite #TheStoryofMinglan 🥰 - & one of my absolute favourite xianxia dramas #AncientLovePoetry
#EYDC2025 #cdrama
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Day 10: Dramas You Rewatched This Year
I mostly did partial rewatches, but two completed rewatches I especially enjoyed were my favourite historical drama - the exquisite #TheStoryofMinglan 🥰 - & one of my absolute favourite xianxia dramas #AncientLovePoetry
#EYDC2025 #cdrama
I mostly did partial rewatches, but two completed rewatches I especially enjoyed were my favourite historical drama - the exquisite #TheStoryofMinglan 🥰 - & one of my absolute favourite xianxia dramas #AncientLovePoetry
#EYDC2025 #cdrama
You're right, James: #Minglan is rather taxing...but perhaps I’ll find a kindred soul out there that finds themselves oohing and aaahhhing over all of the cool cultural details
...& Gu's pursuit of Minglan like it should have its own Chapter in the Art of War 😂
(I 🤭 every time @ his exasperation)
...& Gu's pursuit of Minglan like it should have its own Chapter in the Art of War 😂
(I 🤭 every time @ his exasperation)
September 28, 2026 at 7:52 PM
You're right, James: #Minglan is rather taxing...but perhaps I’ll find a kindred soul out there that finds themselves oohing and aaahhhing over all of the cool cultural details
...& Gu's pursuit of Minglan like it should have its own Chapter in the Art of War 😂
(I 🤭 every time @ his exasperation)
...& Gu's pursuit of Minglan like it should have its own Chapter in the Art of War 😂
(I 🤭 every time @ his exasperation)
The slap is her seizing control and he yields it to her right away. He n a way she dares more than minglan.
September 24, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The slap is her seizing control and he yields it to her right away. He n a way she dares more than minglan.
#ZhaoLiying as
- Minglan in #TheStoryofMinglan
- Shenli in #TheLegendofShenLi
- Lu Zhen in #LegendofLuZhen
- Minglan in #TheStoryofMinglan
- Shenli in #TheLegendofShenLi
- Lu Zhen in #LegendofLuZhen
December 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
#ZhaoLiying as
- Minglan in #TheStoryofMinglan
- Shenli in #TheLegendofShenLi
- Lu Zhen in #LegendofLuZhen
- Minglan in #TheStoryofMinglan
- Shenli in #TheLegendofShenLi
- Lu Zhen in #LegendofLuZhen
Perhaps you'll recognize some of the author's other sorta, maybe, kinda well known works... 😉
#Minglan
#LoveLikeTheGalaxy
#GenerationToGeneration
#cdrama
#Minglan
#LoveLikeTheGalaxy
#GenerationToGeneration
#cdrama
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Perhaps you'll recognize some of the author's other sorta, maybe, kinda well known works... 😉
#Minglan
#LoveLikeTheGalaxy
#GenerationToGeneration
#cdrama
#Minglan
#LoveLikeTheGalaxy
#GenerationToGeneration
#cdrama
Yes, I agree with all this 💯
I personally, subjectively, find it helpful to use a similar interpretive lens to the one I used when watching #Minglan:
just as #Minglan was originally a transmigration story (while the AtC novel was actually a rebirth story, which is a bit different),
I personally, subjectively, find it helpful to use a similar interpretive lens to the one I used when watching #Minglan:
just as #Minglan was originally a transmigration story (while the AtC novel was actually a rebirth story, which is a bit different),
September 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Maybe we won’t! Maybe they will pull a Minglan!
January 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Maybe we won’t! Maybe they will pull a Minglan!
I love their heart-to-heart after the pirate & boating incident
Because it is a liminal moment outside the usual routines, Minglan is unusually open with Gu Tingye, confiding in him about her life, while pressing him to reflect on his parental responsibilities
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
Because it is a liminal moment outside the usual routines, Minglan is unusually open with Gu Tingye, confiding in him about her life, while pressing him to reflect on his parental responsibilities
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
![Minglan talking at a fireside with some people who helped rescue her
A lady tells Minglan: “Thankfully my brother Shitou brought the Young Master [Gu Tingye] here”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yr6gfiasse4kq3zl6tv6w6g6/bafkreif7vbrn643rlv3jqedzqhdx73vvwuvwe76hyvv6btrqvd3zarhz7e)
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I love their heart-to-heart after the pirate & boating incident
Because it is a liminal moment outside the usual routines, Minglan is unusually open with Gu Tingye, confiding in him about her life, while pressing him to reflect on his parental responsibilities
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
Because it is a liminal moment outside the usual routines, Minglan is unusually open with Gu Tingye, confiding in him about her life, while pressing him to reflect on his parental responsibilities
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
While rewatching #cdrama #TheStoryOfMinglan Ive to say I enjoy the slow start the 2. time much more than the first!
The relationship of Minglan to her father & grandma remind me about the characters in #TheRiseOfNing
Weak useless fatherfigures & sweet supporting older women trying to fill the void
The relationship of Minglan to her father & grandma remind me about the characters in #TheRiseOfNing
Weak useless fatherfigures & sweet supporting older women trying to fill the void
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
While rewatching #cdrama #TheStoryOfMinglan Ive to say I enjoy the slow start the 2. time much more than the first!
The relationship of Minglan to her father & grandma remind me about the characters in #TheRiseOfNing
Weak useless fatherfigures & sweet supporting older women trying to fill the void
The relationship of Minglan to her father & grandma remind me about the characters in #TheRiseOfNing
Weak useless fatherfigures & sweet supporting older women trying to fill the void
When this ends, it will be fascinating to compare to Minglan. (Minglan almost loses herself in her efforts to survive and get revenge; Jialan knows who she is, what she wants, and isn't driven by revenge--though she clearly isn't going to disrespect the Shen's by kowtowing to the Lins.)
September 24, 2026 at 11:08 AM
When this ends, it will be fascinating to compare to Minglan. (Minglan almost loses herself in her efforts to survive and get revenge; Jialan knows who she is, what she wants, and isn't driven by revenge--though she clearly isn't going to disrespect the Shen's by kowtowing to the Lins.)
I see Jialan/Lanxiang not only as a covert genius (like Minglan), but as operating with a much more modern-feeling sense of female autonomy than Jinqi can possibly understand right now, (progressive as he is for his times)
September 25, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I see Jialan/Lanxiang not only as a covert genius (like Minglan), but as operating with a much more modern-feeling sense of female autonomy than Jinqi can possibly understand right now, (progressive as he is for his times)
*Finally* Gu Tingye convinces Minglan to have a proper heart-to-heart
He tells her he understands her conflict, & that if she marries him her standing among women will equal his standing among men
“I will not let you be aggrieved & keep things to yourself from now on”
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
He tells her he understands her conflict, & that if she marries him her standing among women will equal his standing among men
“I will not let you be aggrieved & keep things to yourself from now on”
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
*Finally* Gu Tingye convinces Minglan to have a proper heart-to-heart
He tells her he understands her conflict, & that if she marries him her standing among women will equal his standing among men
“I will not let you be aggrieved & keep things to yourself from now on”
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
He tells her he understands her conflict, & that if she marries him her standing among women will equal his standing among men
“I will not let you be aggrieved & keep things to yourself from now on”
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
lol - every time these two meet they always talk about marriage 😅
That they are fated is certainly clear to Gu Tingye, but Minglan is only slowly beginning to ponder this new possibility…
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
That they are fated is certainly clear to Gu Tingye, but Minglan is only slowly beginning to ponder this new possibility…
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
lol - every time these two meet they always talk about marriage 😅
That they are fated is certainly clear to Gu Tingye, but Minglan is only slowly beginning to ponder this new possibility…
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
That they are fated is certainly clear to Gu Tingye, but Minglan is only slowly beginning to ponder this new possibility…
#TheStoryofMinglan #cdrama
Today I'm sharing my favorite #saga #cdramas! These dramas share one common trait, and that is, they are all EPIC narratives!
My all-time favorite saga cdramas are:-
- The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)
- Story of Minglan (2018)
- Joy of Life (2019)
- Lost You Forever (2023)
- Glory (2025)
My all-time favorite saga cdramas are:-
- The Rise of Phoenixes (2018)
- Story of Minglan (2018)
- Joy of Life (2019)
- Lost You Forever (2023)
- Glory (2025)
July 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
#kdrama #cdrama #kdramachallenge #cdramachallenge
An Absolute Classic is #TheStoryofMinglan: a beautifully filmed, well scripted, well acted, epic yet intimate portrayal of an intelligent woman from the Song Dynasty who blossoms in adversity!
An Absolute Classic is #TheStoryofMinglan: a beautifully filmed, well scripted, well acted, epic yet intimate portrayal of an intelligent woman from the Song Dynasty who blossoms in adversity!
April 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#kdrama #cdrama #kdramachallenge #cdramachallenge
An Absolute Classic is #TheStoryofMinglan: a beautifully filmed, well scripted, well acted, epic yet intimate portrayal of an intelligent woman from the Song Dynasty who blossoms in adversity!
An Absolute Classic is #TheStoryofMinglan: a beautifully filmed, well scripted, well acted, epic yet intimate portrayal of an intelligent woman from the Song Dynasty who blossoms in adversity!
Also, I could swear that I'm hearing lots of #TheStoryOfMinglan #Minglan incidental music & some themes sound similar to #Minglan
@jamesdramac.bsky.social have you recognized any similarities in music?
@jamesdramac.bsky.social have you recognized any similarities in music?
March 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Also, I could swear that I'm hearing lots of #TheStoryOfMinglan #Minglan incidental music & some themes sound similar to #Minglan
@jamesdramac.bsky.social have you recognized any similarities in music?
@jamesdramac.bsky.social have you recognized any similarities in music?
