Chinese drama recap list

I see heaps of Korean drama recap lists floating around but don't see any for Chinese dramas. So if you are a Chinese and Taiwanese drama fanatic then you've come to the right place.

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Note: The majority of drama recaps listed below were not done by me.
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All of the below are romance dramas unless otherwise specified.

Drama Name	General Overview	Recap Link	No. Episodes	Recap Finished
Absolute boyfriend	Lonely girl accidentally orders robot boyfriend	Asianaddictsanonymous	13	Completed
Autumn Concerto	Ren Guang Xi (Vanness Wu) is a law student whose mother is the dean of his college. He had a difficult childhood and takes out his anger on the world by bullying others and taking advantage of his mother’s position. Liang Mu Cheng (Ady An) also had a rough past, but still strives to protect her stepmother from learning that her mother's boyfriend sexually harasses her; Liang applies to college to escape this abuse.	Thoughts Ramble	21	Completed
Decoded	Spy, crime, mystery drama	DramaTeaLover	42	-
Devil beside you	Girl writes love letter to her crush, and accidentally misplaces it. The devil who finds the letter blackmails her.	Iwishmylifewereadrama	20	Completed
Fated to love you	XIn Yu is an unfashionable sticky note in the office who plans to tie down her boyfriend. She plans a romantic cruise, her boyfriend cheats on her, and she ends up entering the wrong room and sleeping with a complete stranger	Kjtamusings	24	Completed
Hana Kimi	Girls sneaks into an all boys school in order to get to know her idol	REVIEW -Kuro Yuki	15	Review only
Holy pearl	The daughter of an archaelogist, time travels back in time and finds out she is the reincarnation of a warrior priestess. She accidentally breaks a valuable vase, and teams up with a human-demon-dragon hybrid to retrieve the vase	Asian addicts anonymous	32	-
It started with a kiss	A ordinary but intellectually challenged high school girl is in love with the school genius. She is publicly humiliated when he refuses to accept her love letter. Later her house is destroyed in an earthquake and she ends up having to live at his house.	Love love drama	30	-
Love at seventeen	Misunderstanding at 17 years old caused a group of friends to lose contact with each other for 13 years. When the 30 year old main girl loses her memory, will this be the chance for the friends to unite? and for her to finally get together with her crush?	Ninja reflection	15	-
Single Princesses and Blind Dates	Le Tong Tong, a wedding planner, had her grand wedding all planned out. She was suddenly dumped by her fiancé, who then hooks up with her arch nemesis at work. Le Tong Tong and her 2 friends (Ba Mei – Tom Boy, and Ka Li – Every man’s dream girl who prefers younger men) must work hard to go on a series of blind dates to find the one.	Eps available on Viki	25	Review in progress
Tea Love	A young woman loves tea art. But Du Xin Yu (Pan Zhi Lin) is never allowed to touch tea while growing up because of her father’s tragic death.	DramaTeaLover	82	-
They kiss again	Season 2 of It Started with a kiss series	Lunadreamz	20	Completed
Ti Amo Chocolate	In order to earn money and follow her dream of making chocolate, a girl disguises herself as a guy to get a job in a Chocolate shop	A Fairy Tale World	80	-

解密 Decoded Episode Recap - Episode 3

It is now morning, and it is the first day of training for the new recruits.

Rong Jin Zhen wakes up, pats around his head, seems like he is looking for something?

He can't find it, and scampers out of bed, clutching at his underwear, and hides in the bathroom.

An Neng brings him breakfast, but he refuses to come out saying that his bag is missing.

He refuses to come out unless he gets his bag. An Neng says he can get his things later. He still refuses.

Meanwhile the rest of the recruits (minus Zhai Li and Rong Jin Zhen) have already assembled in the classroom. Meng Xiao Yun hears that Zhai Li is coming - and even describes her appearance, and body proportions in great detail to the surprise of the rest of the crew. When asked how he can do that, he responds he saw her running on the track field in the morning. 

An Neng and Lei Ting are talking about the students. An Neng says that Rong Jin Zhen is not suitable for training, and is shocked to find out Zhai Li who has been sending him love letters which he never sends her replies to has been recruited into Unit 701. 

Meanwhile, Meng Xiao Yun is flirting with Zhai Li who responds that she already has a partner. Meng Xiao Yun and Zhao Qi Rong start fighting over Zhai Li. Lei Ting walks in on them fighting, and says 'Oh your first day here, and you're already fighting? Looks like you don't know what place you've come to'.

Back with Rong Jin Zhen, An Neng finally gives Rong Jin Zhen his bag. After getting the bag back, he still hides in the bathroom.

Lei Ting explains Unit 701's structure. North Campus responsible for the high level missions. South Campus is for logistics. Lei Ting explains only those who pass the academy's rigorous training can go on to North Campus.

Rong Jin Zhen finally joins the class. 

Next up, An Neng explains the secret box system, and the will that must be written before each mission. He says that this is not a game. 

Zhai Li brings her will to An Neng. She says she will keep on writing love letters to him even if he doesn't reply. An Neng says she should write her will properly and put it in the box. 

They are interrupted by Rong Jin Zhen who says he doesn't want to write a will as he doesn't want to die, and only wants to go home.

He says he has calculated his chance of getting into North campus is only around 5%. An Neng asks him how he calculated it. Rong Jin Zhen replies he has looked at the curriculum and only knows 5%.

The second lesson, An Neng shows the recruits the overshoulder throw. Then next they are paired off. Rong Jin Zhen is paired off with Zhai Li. He says he doesn't want to hit girls. An Neng tells him it's okay, this is training only. Next minute Zhai Li has thrown him over his shoulder. He lies still. Everyone thinks he has been severely injured. When Zhai Li goes to call a doctor, Rong Jin Zhen suddenly starts crying (Man he is such a crybaby - They should really have a different training program for Rong Jin Zhen, he is not like the other recruits).

Lei Ting chides Zheng Dan and asks him what kind of person he has recruited that cries after falling on the ground. Zheng Dan says he has faith in Rong Jin Zhen improving and says he is very important. 

解密 Decoded Episode Recap - Episode 2

Rong Jin Zhen and the principal discuss about yesterday's events.

Rong Jin Zhen asks the president what he should do about the job offer. 

The principal tells hims to ignore the recruiter, and reflects back on the past saying to his wife that he regrets not letting Rong Jin Zhen go to America to study with his professor.

The director and Chief Lei Ting discuss the new recruits.
Chief Lei Ting has recruited three new members for Unit 701:

• Meng Xiao Yun - quick hands, super good hearing (can hear the wind blowing)
• Yan Shi - Super maths student
• Pan Sen - very good anti-reconnaissance capabilities - previous police officer

The director also makes a recommendation to recruit Zhai Li to unit 701 who has photographic memory.

Meanwhile it seems Chief Zheng Dan has lost interest in Zhao Qi Rong due to the rejection of the job offer. Not long after, Chief Zheng Dan receives a message demanding he return within 24 hours to Unit 701. While he is gone, Zhao Qi Rong searches Zheng Dan's bag and finds a gun and wonders what Zheng Dan's job really is. He is stopped by Zheng Dan, who says he is hired as personal bodyguard to Rong Jin Zhen. Not wanting to miss out on the opportunity for the maths genius, he heads back to persuade the principal to let him go. That night, everyone cannot sleep as they know Rong Jin Zhen will be leaving them. The principal's wife, and daughter stay up all night making dumplings for Rong Jin Zhen.

The next morning, Rong Jin Zhen and his family enjoy their last meal together. The principal's wife hands him a jade bracelet to give to his future wife (saying she may not be able to attend or see his wedding).




While on the road, the trio (Zheng Dan, Zhao Qi Rong and Rong Jin Zhen) stop by the forest, and are ambushed by a nature clad fellow. Zheng Dan asks him (Han Bing) to come to Unit 701 with them. Han Bing refuses to go with them saying his father cowardly let his mom be buried alive.

The trio leaves, and are suddenly ambushed by enemy agents. Luckily Han Bing saves them in time.
Zheng Dan commends Han Bing on his bravery and says he is a true hero. Unfazed, Han Bing leaves again.

Later as they are driving away, Han Bing suddenly appears in front of their vehicle. This time he has decided to join the group.


Upon arriving at the Unit 701 Base, they are greeted by An Neng who chides Zheng Dan for being so late. Zheng Dan explains that they were ambushed by enemy agents.


Zhao Qi Rong, and Han Bing are lead away by Zheng Dan, while still sleeping Rong Jin Zhen is left to An Neng. After several attempts to wake him up without much success An Neng carries Rong Jin Zhen (princess style LOL)

解密 Decoded Episode Recap - Episode 1

'Decoded' is a very interesting drama about mystery, crime, and secret intelligence units within China. 

The drama starts off on a train journey with a top secret mission to protect a wise mathematician who will prove useful to assist the national defense Unit 213. During the train journey, enemies scope out the train. Luckily, the physician remains safe during the train journey.

However, after the train journey there is are gun fights between the defense unit and the enemies. 

Sadly the life of the physician, Deputy Han Zai Xing and few police men are claimed.

The criminals escape off in a car. A intelligence officer in hot pursuit manages to get on top of the car. 

However, when the enemy car reaches a dead end blocked off by police officers, the enemy driver pulls the trigger on the self-detonating bomb. The intelligence officer manages to get off the car just in time before the car explodes.

All of this is able to ensue because the enemy has a secret code called the Purple Code which intelligence officers have not been able to crack. The scene switches to Unit 701 which is the decoding department. Chief Liu Yi Ping is working away at cracking the code.

Director Gao Tie threatens to disband the decoding department as they have not been able to crack the code.

In the next scene, we are introduced to the main character Rong Jin Zhen who holds out an umbrella for a crippled man. A humorous conversation ensues where Rong Jin Zhen correctly deduces that the man is crippled based on one foot being higher than the other. The man also correctly guesses Rong Jin Zhen's name as he has seen a book with his name. The crippled man is looking for the university principal. He wants to recruit people for a job. The only condition to gain an interview is to solve the problem. The crippled man Zheng Dan asks the principal to keep his identity a secret.

Back at the military base, Chief Liu Yi Ping has completely gone crazy after not being able to solve the problem for so long.

The scene reverts back to the university. Zhao Qi Rong (a student) overhears the principal, and other staff talking about the job offered at the disability department as the salary is quite high. The principal shoos him off and says only mathematics students can apply for the job, and as Zhao Qi Rong is a physical education student he is not eligible to apply. 

Many students are interested in applying for the job at the Disability Department advertised by Zheng Dan. Zheng Dan casually looks at the sheets, but not satisfied shoves the papers into the drawers

Meanwhile, Zhao Qi Rong sets off to find Rong Jin Zhen to help him solve the puzzle. Of course, he solves it within an instant. He asks Rong Jin Zhen to explain the problem to him, but Rong Jin Zhen claims it is too hard for him to understand. 

Zhao Qi Rong heads off to submit the papers to Zheng Dan. 

Zheng Dan is very surprised to see a quick efficient method has been used to solve the problem. He offers Zhao Qi Rong a teaching position as a teacher of advanced calculus.
Zhao Qi Rong tries to negotiate to teach elementary calculus instead.
So he is found out not to the be who actually solved the problem. 

Zheng Dan demands to meet the one who solved the problem. 

Zhao Qi Rong says he will only take Zheng Dan to meet him if he agrees to the condition that he can be recruited into the school of physically disabled as well.

Zhao Qi Rong tells Zheng Dan about Rong Zhen Jin's hobbies which are counting ants, Eating dumplings and Solving problems. The pair walk in on Rong Jin Zhen being bullied for not knowing who his mother is. 

In the scuffle between Zhao Qi Rong and the bully, Rong Jin Zhen's dumplings are knocked down onto the ground.

Zheng Dan brings him some new dumplings and speaks to him about the job offer. Zhao Qi Rong replies he better ask the principal - the principal is responsible for big matters and the principal's wife is responsible for trivial small matters.

Zheng Dan sets off to meet with the principal. The principal explains that Rong Jin Zhen was the illegitimate son of his older sister, and is now an orphan looked after by himself and his wife. He explains that Rong Jing Zhen is not suitable for the job as he is quite muddled headed as he is autistic and is only good at maths. Zheng Dan still insists he wants to take Rong Jin Zhen away. The principal says he offered to help Zheng Dan recruit candidates, but that doesn't mean Zheng Dan can forcibly take someone against their will.

An interesting start to this drama~~ I'm already up to episode 26 now. This drama is quite enjoyable so far. Definitely recommend it to you to watch :)

闪亮茗天 Tea Love Episode Recap - Episode 3

Tea Love Episode 3 Summary

Watch the 3rd episode on Viki

http://www.viki.com/videos/1093212v-tea-love-episode-3 

• The day for the tea ceremony exams arrived. 
• Yi Rou is the first one to perform the tea ceremony. 
• Xin Yu's tea ceremony is average. However, when asked the question as to why she wants to study tea, her answer is unique from the rest.
• Meanwhile, Cheng Feng is reviewing the list of applications, and sees Xin Yu's application. He smiles to himself as he will be able to see her soon.
• After the tea ceremony exams, Xin Yu heads back to her stall to sell spicy eggs.
• Zheng Hao's sister convinces her brother to go to buy food with him, which happens to be Xin Yu's stall. 
• An argument is instigated between the two when Zheng Hao has no phone to refund to Xin Yu, and can only offer money as compensation. Zheng Hao's watch accidentally falls into the pot and both scramble for it. The watch is broken, and Xin Yu offers to repair it for him.
• Xin Yu receives express mail. After reading it is she is excited to find out she has passed the exam. In order to prepare for the exam, Xin Yu is too busy to look after her store. Luckily she has Shi Tou older brother to help her look after the shop.
• Cheng Feng reviews the list of candidates who have passed. He is pleased to know that he will be able to see Xin Yu again soon.
• The next step is to organize the groups. Meng Yun (Yi Rou's friend) tricks Xin Yu into forming a group with her, but cancels at the last minute to return to Yi Rou's side. 

闪亮茗天 Tea Love Episode Recap - Episode 2

Tea Love Episode 2 Summary

Watch the 2nd episode on Viki

http://www.viki.com/videos/1093212v-tea-love-episode-2 

• Zheng Hao returns home and gives his grandma a hug. He has also bought gifts along for his grandma and sister. His stepmother is ignored and does not receive a gift. His step aunt complains why he is ignoring his aunt.
  
  At this point Zheng Hao's father and Cheng Feng return home, and his father is presented with his gift. He is angry with his gift of coffee, and says that Zheng Hao is not fit to continue with his business. Grandma argues and says that only Zheng Hao (her only grandson) has the right to succeed the business.
• Du Xin Yu is in her bedroom studying her tea books. When her mom is about to come in, she hurriedly hides the book, and pretends she is doing exercise on her bed. After mom leaves the room, she takes the book out again. This time the mom comes in and catches her red handed. Xin Yu is surprised as her mom praises her for studying (was an English book, not tea book whew).
   
• The next day, Cheng Feng and Zheng Hao are on the way to the Tea Garden to attend the tea exam. Zheng Hao does not want to go, and hops off the car.
• Xin Yu waits for the bus, but as there are too many people, she decides to go to the next stop. While running across the crosswalk, Cheng Feng who is stopped at the lights sees her. Next second she is gone. He laments that he misses Xin Yu so much, so it must have been his imagination.
• Xin Yu misses the bus, and ends up fighting over a cab with Zheng Hao. They find out they are both going to the same place. Zheng Hao's phone is out of battery, and he pleads with Xin Yu to lend her his phone to save his suicidal friend. He ends up telling off the girl on the other line. Xin Yu watches in astonishment and tries to get her phone back. Zheng Hao asks the taxi driver to stop the taxi, and hops off, taking the phone with him, and the taxi leaves with just Xin Yu.
• In the tea garden Ding Yi Rou is seen to be performing a tea ceremony to audience. She receives rounds of applause and flowers which she gives to Meng Yun (her friend) who happily takes them.
• Xin Yu makes it in time, and hurriedly rushes into the exam room. She accidentally bumps into Yi Rou and is glared at.
• After the results come out, Ding Yi Rou is happy she received first place. Du Xin Yu sees she received the last remaining spot and shouts excitedly. She wants to exchange numbers with others to make new friends, then remembers that her phone is still with Zheng Hao.
• Xin Yu calls Zheng Hao and demands him to give her phone back. He tells her to meet him at a hotel. Unbeknownst to her, he also asked the African girl to meet him there. The African girl and Xin Yu give each other a nasty surprise, and Zheng Hao drives off with laughter.  
• We next see Ding Yi Rou giving a tea ceremony performance which is the second stage of the exam process.

闪亮茗天 Tea Love Episode Recap - Episode 1

It is very rare to see a drama with the main theme revolving around tea. This drama is about a poor girl and rich guy who fall in love, but must fight for their love due to family background conflicts. The hopeful couples's lives are shrouded in mystery and conflict after conflict as they fight to uncover the truth between the disappearance of the boy's mother, and the girl's father. Even with all the conflict stirring up a storm, love triangles pitch their forks at the couple.

This drama from Mainland China is quite intricate as it talks about the process of making tea from growing the leaves, techniques to pluck tea leaves, and how simple things like type of water, and type of material the pot is made of can impact on the taste of the tea.


You can watch the drama via Viki. There are 82 episodes in total. Highly recommend you to watch it :)
https://www.viki.com/tv/28105c-tea-love?q=tea

Drama Name:
闪亮若天 Tea Love

Starring:

• 杜心羽 (潘之琳 饰) 茶艺师之女，善良勇敢
  Du Xin Yu (Poor girl who is a tea master's daughter)
• 唐正浩 (朱梓骁 饰) 唐门茶园少公子，喜欢杜心羽
  Tang Zheng Hao (Tang Tea Garden's heir)
• 成    峰 (戴阳天 饰) 唐正浩的哥哥，爱慕杜心羽
  Cheng Feng (Xin Yu's older classmate, and also one of her admirers)
• 丁依柔 (王   迪 饰) 正浩的青梅竹马
  Ding Yi Rou (Zheng Hao's childhood friend)
• 王   芝 (李凤绪 饰) 杜心羽母亲
  Wang Zhi (Xin Yu's Mother)
• 杜   父 (侯长荣 饰) 著名茶艺师
  Mr. Du (Xin Yu's father)
• 李月华 (贾晓晨 饰) 正浩的毒舌单身姑姑
  Li Yue Hua (Zheng Hao's step aunt)

Episode 1 Summary

• Du Ming Qiang (Xin Yu's father) is seen to be arguing with Tang Tai Tai (Zheng Hao's mother) in the warehouse about Ming Qiang's tea recipe stolen for use in the business for Tang Wei (Zheng Hao's dad). Ming Qiang storms off in rage, and we are left to see Tang Tai Tai burnt to death in the fire.
• 16 years later we see all grown up Zheng Hao on the run from an African woman who wants to marry him. Left with no where to run, Zheng Hao has now choice but to jump into the pool down below.
  
  Just at that moment Xin Yu is on her way to deliver spicy eggs and is splashed by Zheng Hao. As she is picking up the eggs, the African woman is back on Zheng Hao's tail, and Zheng Hao accidentally pushes Xin Yu into the pool.
  
  Xin Yu goes for a shower, and overhears about the tea discussion by A Fei Tea master. The tea master asks for a volunteer to try the tea, and identify what the tea is. Xin Yu surprises the Tea master with her scent of smell.
• Meanwhile, Zheng Hao's dad and brother are looking for Zheng Hao to attend a conference but are unable to contact him. Finally Cheng Feng is able to contact Zheng Hao who angrily hangs up due to father remarrying another lady and forgetting about his mom. Cheng Feng tells Zheng Hao's dad that he wasn't able to contact him.
  
  
• The conference is starting. Zheng Hao's grandma is very angry because Cheng Feng is there instead of Zheng Hao and does not think of Cheng Feng and his mother as family.
  Li Yue Hua (Zheng Hao's step aunt) rebuts that grandma should treat them like family, as they have given her a grand
• Xin Yu is asked to sit the tea exams. Thinking back to the past Xin Yu feels confused about this as her mother hates tea ever since father disappeared.
• Xin Yu brings back some tea for her mother. Her mother is furious and tells her she should concentrate on going to college. Xin Yu promises her mom, but secretly she is thinking of sitting the tea exam.
• Zheng Hao's father receives a call from grandma who is angry why Zheng Hao did not appear. Meanwhile Zheng Hao is at his mother's grave and is angry because his father forgot his mother's death date anniversary. He vows to take revenge.