#ThisThrivingLand
In 2025, #YangMi led #ThisThrivingLand, one of the most talked-about #cdrama of the year. Her performance proved she is one of the most influential actresses nowadays.
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
#ThisThrivingLand wins iQiyi Drama of the Year award

#FlourishedPeony wins Mango TV Drama of the Year award

#LegendOfZangHai wins Youku Drama of the Year, Annual Commercial Value Drama Series and Most Talked-About Drama of the Year award

#SixSisters wins Tencent Video Drama of the Year award
January 31, 2026 at 4:18 AM
The dramas #SixSisters, #AGoodLife and #ThisThrivingLand win the Most Popular Drama Series of the Year award Huanwang Big Data 2026 Annual Ceremony.
January 31, 2026 at 4:07 AM
#ThisThrivingLand wins Drama Series of the Year award at Huanwang Big Data 2026 Annual Ceremony.
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 AM
One of the things that really impressed me about #cDrama #ThisThrivingLand was the way the characters all looked like they were not wearing makeup. Obviously they were, but that to me seems like higher artistry, having makeup that looks 'real' - including pores and skin blemishes.
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 PM
For something completely different, do check out #ThisThrivingLand and #ToTheWonder
January 22, 2026 at 4:58 PM
2025 Dramas Datawin Prosperity Index

#ThisThrivingLand 2.714
#FlourishedPeony 2.706
#LovesAmbition 2.467

This index measures a #cdrama overall popularity and social influence using weighted data on online views, discussions, search interest, reputation, media exposure.
January 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
You forgot "the writer of #ThisThrivingLand for letting the human trash father go completely unscathed"😆
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
😛 hehe - I may have gone on a cdrama tear this year, but I haven’t forgotten kdramas. I will do a separate (albeit slightly shorter) list for them

& don’t forget you’ve been making a good case for a few cdramas recently - eg #DearEnemy, #Destiny, #LovesAmbition & even #ThisThrivingLand. We 🫡 you
December 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I vaguely remember you explaining to me previously why you don’t watch historical costume dramas, but I’ve forgotten

Is it because there’s sometimes blood or fighting in them? (though you seemed to be ok with #ThisThrivingLand, so maybe that’s not the main issue?)
December 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Great list 👍

(I read the entries for the dramas I’ve seen & skim-read the others from your viewing year)

I got a few of your 2025 faves right, but an obvious one I ought to have remembered was #ThisThrivingLand 🙂

I totally agree about the ending of #LovesAmbition - they wasted the last 3 episodes
December 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#ThisThrivingLand wins Outstanding Business Award, the highest award at the 2025 Datawin Popularity Award.
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yunhe Face Of The Year Top Hit Drama Characters Of 2025

#YangMi as Ning Xiuxiu for #ThisThrivingLand
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Day 16: Best Actress

So many great performances this year* - Yang Mi in #ThisThrivingLand, Zhang Jingyi in #Reborn, Bai Lu in #Feud & #Northward, Zhao Lusi in #LovesAmbition, Chen Duling in #TheGlory, Li Qin in #FatedHearts

But I’ll pick Yang Zi for #FlourishedPeony

#EYDC2025 #cdrama
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
For the lazy folk (like me) who want to know the top 10 in the video without watching 🙂:

1 #LovesAmbition
2 #UndertheSkin2
3 #DriftingAway
4 #TheLegendofZangHai
5 #GuardiansoftheDafeng
6 #ThisThrivingLand
7 #FlourishedPeony
8 #TheFirstFrost
9 #MoonlightMystique
10 #ThePrisonerofBeauty
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Day 8: Standout secondary character of 2025. #EYDC2025
#kDrama #cDrama #jDrama #twDrama

Googling for images of this role confirms her character really was secondary. The whole Drama very much about Yang Mi, so I award Xing Fei for her little sister role in #ThisThrivingLand HEA next, please
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Due to bksy's miserly character count, I have to do a 2nd #EYDC2025 Day 2 post here for the honourable mentions. #cDrama actresses for whom I discovered a new appreciation of their acting range and ability

Xing Fei in #ThisThrivingLand
Zhao Lu Si in #LovesAmbition
Shen Yue in #SixSisters
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Day 2 of #EndOfYearDramaChallenge #EYDC2025 was REALLY hard
An Actress you discovered in2025

In the end, I went with Yang Zi for her outstanding performance in #ThisThrivingLand , just edging out Shiraishi Sei's wonderfully layered villain in #MarryMyHusbandJPN

#jDrama #kDrama #cDrama #twDrama
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Into ep 9/38 in #cDrama #SixSisters and it's OK. My interest did take a hit with the "young" leads being replaced unnecessarily early imo, but it's not dropworthy. But it's not grabbing me the way #ThisThrivingLand did, so it will go on hold for now. Time to check the 8 #kDrama entries on my PTW
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
1/n
It's the first #cDrama I've watched with a significant chunk set during the Cultural Revolution ("10 Years of Chaos" tells me is one official Chinese name for it now😍) and as with #ThisThrivingLand I've been impressed with the presentation of State-approved history. No rose-coloured glasses yet
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Absolutely agree, I do think #ThisThrivingLand is historical because a century is a long enough time to have passed for it to be history for the vast majority of people. Even #AcalmSea feels like an historical for me, still 90 years ago and in a VERY different world
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
lol 😅

I guess it depends which time-frame we are talking about!

#ThisThrivingLand is set between 1926-1944

Whereas #LegendoftheFemaleGeneral was set sometime between 386-534 CE (ie, it is loosely inspired by the Wei Dynasty - though I am happy to be corrected on this)

Bicycles started from 1817
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM