Favorite historical

Breathtaking and intense. Both the love story and the overall plot. A true masterpiece in the portrayal of different kinds of longings and in the psychology of the characters. Truly deep.

Entertaining and amazingly acted. The beginning is kinda off-putting, but if you get past the first 10 minutes of modern setting, the rest is incredible. The ending was the only thing that didn't let me rate this show with 10 stars, but you might feel differently from me. The delivery deserves no matter what.

Old but gold. It still feels epic no matter how much time passes. Great secondary characters too. This one has fantasy elements to it, but it's mostly historical.

I'm not usually into historical Chinese dramas because they often involve so many people I get confused and I'm also not too familiar with the culture, but this drama was a joy. I loved the main girl and her relationship with her family and the love story was also very good, though I would say I'd raccomend this more for the platonic relationships than the romance, simply because I feel like they don't give enough space to the romance, but that's me. 

As per part 1.

If you wish to experience true pain, this is the drama for you. This brought me a lot of tears but also a lot of wonderful feelings.