Dear readers, the year 2025 has arrived and it’s time to open a new chapter in our lives. We all hope that 2025 will bring us joy, health, happiness, prosperity and opportunities. But now it is time for us to write a new list of our must-see Chinese dramas for January 2025. Without further ado, let’s get started!
New Chinese Dramas Release in January 2025, We Must See
1. The Blossoming Love
- Title: The Blossoming Love
- Also Known As: 千朵桃花一世开, Qian Duo Tao Hua Yi Shi Kai
- Director: Sam Ho
- Genres: Romance, Wuxia, Drama, Fantasy
- Cast: Vin Zhang, Sun Zhen Ni
- Number of Episodes: 40
- Date of Release: January 2, 2025
- Original Network: Youku
- Where to Watch: Youku
- Adapted from the web novel: “Qian Duo Tao Hua Yi Shi Kai” by Sui Yu Er An
Let’s start the new year 2025 with this Chinese drama, The Blossoming Love. It seems that we have a lot of fantasy dramas to choose from this month. Those who like fantasy dramas must be over the moon right now. Anyway, with Vin Zhang in the cast, do you need any more reason to watch this one? 😉 .
In ancient times, the emperor of the human race, Zhao Ming, sacrificed himself to save his people in a battle against the divine realm. After his fall, Hun Dun Zu, his most beloved person, risked everything to save a fragment of his soul and initiate an eternal cycle of reincarnation.
Thousands of years later, Zhao Ming was reborn as the young lord of Snow City, Xie Xue Chen. Meanwhile, Hun Dun Zu is also reborn as Mu Xuan Ling, the Saintess of the Dark Abyss. Zhao Ming and Hun Dun Zu have no memories of their past. They had completely forgotten who they were, and now they stood before each other as mortal enemies.
Mu Xuan Ling helped Xie Xue Chen leave the Dark Abyss and used this as a bargaining chip to force him to accompany her. They have been inseparable ever since. Wherever Xie Xue Chen went, Mu Xuan Ling would follow.
Along the way, however, they would often find themselves scheming and fighting with each other. Little by little, they got used to each other’s presence, and soon their love began to blossom.
In the midst of Xie Xue Chen and Mu Xuan Ling’s relationship journey, a conspiracy surrounding the legendary Chaos Pearl draws them into a life and death ordeal. It leads to Mu Xuan Ling sacrificing her life for the sake of the world.
Determined to defy fate, Xie Xue Chen rescues Mu Xuan Ling, breaking the cycle of reincarnation. He reclaims his identity as Emperor Zhao Ming, who had become a fallen god. But Mu Xuan Ling’s never-ending love saves him and restores peace to all realms. Let’s hope this new Chinese drama will bright us in this January 2025.
2. Money is Coming
- Title: Money is Coming
- Also Known As: 富贵逼人太甚, Fu Gui Bi Ren Tai Shen
- Director: Zhou Xiao
- Genres: Historical, Romance, Fantasy
- Cast: Lin Ze Hui, Zhi Yue
- Number of Episodes: 27
- Date of Release: January 2, 2025
- Original Network: Tencent Video
- Where to Watch: WeTV, Tencent Video
- Adapted from the web novel “Chuan Shu Hou
- Cheng Le Da Lao De Xian Yu Bao Zhen” by Xi Yin
The title of this Chinese drama is so compelling. It resonates with our hope for starting month January 2025: more wealth and prosperity to come. So, let’s make the title our words of affirmation for 2025. 😁
Ning Chu Xi is just an ordinary college student. Her world changed when she found herself inside a novel. She became the villainous character, Princess Yue Xi. Unfortunately, she remembered that the character she replaced would not live beyond three chapters of the book.
In order to avoid Yue Xi’s fate, Ning Chu Xi decided to save her life. She ran to her hometown and lived with Yue Xi’s grandmother.Surrounded by the warmth of the family, Ning Chu Xi gradually developed a deep connection with this fictional world. When she thought she had escaped the terrible fate, Ning Chu Xi decided to save the male secondary character, Xiao Xing Hang, who was also doomed to die by the book’s plot.
Together, they unite to change history and seek justice for the original host’s wronged family.
3. Bright Moon Citation
- Title: Bright Moon Citation
- Also Known As: 明月引, Ming Yue Yin
- Director: An Jia Xing
- Genres: Historical, Comedy, Romance
- Cast: Wang Hao Xuan, Cao Sai Ya
- Number of Episodes: 20
- Date of Release: January 2, 2025
- Original Network: iQiyi
- Where to Watch: iQiyi
Bright Moon Citation is a Chinese short series drama of approximately 12 minutes per episode. Perfect for those who just want to pass some free time at home. Wang Hao Xuan, who previously appeared in Immortal Samsara as Ao Xuan, the Dragon Prince, returns as a young master called Feng Wu Mian.
Unfortunately, iQiyi provides us with a machine translated subtitle. Instead of Feng Wu Mian, his name is written as Wind Sleepless. 😂
Jiang Chan was the young lady of the Jiang family, famous for their amazing medical skills. Seven years ago, the Jiangs were massacred, leaving only her, who had gone out to collect herbs.
Among the corpses, Jiang Chan found a token belonging to the Licha Pavilion, the world’s top assassin organization. Licha Pavilion has twelve elusive assassins who answer only to the owner. To find the truth, Jiang Chan mastered her family’s unique skill and infiltrated Licha Pavilion as Hua Shan. Hope this Chinese drama worth to watch in January 2025.
4. Life Is a Choice
- Title: Life Is a Choice
- Also Known As: 人生是道选择题, Life Is a Multiple Choice Question , Ren Sheng Shi Dao Xuan Ze Ti
- Genres: Romance, Fantasy
- Cast: Luo Zheng, Gai Yue Xi
- Number of Episodes: 23
- Date of Release: January 3, 2025
- Original Network: iQiyi
- Where to Watch: iQiyi
I think it’s been a long time since we’ve seen Luo Zheng on the screen. The last drama of his that we watched was “Skip a Beat” in 2023. Even though the poster of Life is a Choice was not very appealing, we still watched this Chinese drama in January 2025 first episode on a whim.
The story stunned us. At first, we thought it was going to be a heartbreaking-tragedy drama, but it turned out that the plot twist had already occurred at the start. 😂
Gu Nian got married right after she graduated from college. She dreamed of having a harmonious and happy life as a married woman. But her husband cheated on her and her only daughter was terminally ill. Exhausted and in despair, she decided to end her life following the death of her daughter. Unexpectedly, she was given the chance to redo her life.
A new super technology allowed her to go back in time and restart her life. However, she neglected to select the gender options of the character and ended up in the body of an unknown man. Now Gu Nian must use this male body to save her former self before she falls into the dark abyss of marriage life. And what awaits Gu Nian are perplexing questions about life choices, that keep coming up one after the other.
5. Flourished Peony
- Title: Flourished Peony
- Also Known As: 国色芳华, Guo Se Fang Hua
- Director: Ding Zi Guang
- Genres: Historical, Business, Romance
- Cast: Yang Zi, Li Xian
- Number of Episodes: 32
- Date of Release: January 7, 2025
- Original Network: Hunan TV, Mango TV
- Where to Watch: Mango TV
- Adapted from the web novel: “Guo Se Fang Hua” by Yi Qian Chong
Dear readers, have you seen the poster of Fluorished Peony? have you noticed the beautiful costumes and make-up? This drama will surely be immediately added to Iyamoyya’s must-watch list. She loves beautiful things. Yang Zi gave us beautiful drama experiences in 2024 with Best Choice Ever drama and Lost You Forever Season 2.
Now she is entering January 2025 with a very beautiful Chinese drama. This is such a good omen for us. However, we were a little worried because this drama was aired on Mango TV. We all know that Mango TV’s subtitles are often disappointing. But let’s cross our fingers and hope that Mango TV will give us (subtitle-dependent viewer) better subtitles.
In the flourishing Tang Dynasty, He Wei Fang, the daughter of a merchant, was forced into a marriage of convenience with Liu Chang. It was an unsatisfying marriage for her due to her frail health and their conflicting personalities. He Wei Fang is a stubborn woman, while Liu Chang is an indecisive man. Their marriage was bound to fail and ended in divorce.
He Wei Fang crossed paths with Jiang Chan Yang who helped her with the divorce. Jiang Chan Yang was known by his nickname as the most corrupt official in Chang’an. However, underneath this facade, Jiang Chang Yang hid his skill as a strategist who dedicated his life to the welfare of the country.
He Wei Fang relied on her excellent skills in peony cultivation and her amazing entrepreneurial acumen to set up her own business. She led a group of women with rough lives to open a flower shop. He Wei Fang was determined to build a business that would benefit the people. as the time goes by, He Wei Fang and Jiang Chan Yang gradually develop feelings for each other. Will their love blossom into something as beautiful as a peony?
6. Moonlight Mystique
- Title: Moonlight Mystique
- Also Known As: 白月梵星, Chasing the Moon, Bai Shuo Shang Shen , Zhu Yue , Bai Yue Fan Xing
- Director: Chu Yui Bun, Gu Zhi Wei
- Genres: Romance, Wuxia, Fantasy, Melodrama
- Cast: Bai Lu, Ao Rui Peng, Dai Lu Wa, Chang Hua Sen
- Number of Episodes: 40
- Date of Release: January 7, 2025
- Original Network: CCTV, iQiyi
- Where to Watch: iQiyi
- Adapted from the novel: “Bai Shuo Shang Shen” by Xing Ling
Sometimes, just by looking at the names of the production teams, we know that a drama will be good. Chu Yui Bun is one of our favorite drama directors. He was the talented man behind good dramas like Ashes of Love, Eternal Love of Dream, Long Ballad, Blue Whisper, Story of Kunning Palace, and Blossoms in Adversity.
And in some of these dramas he has worked with Gu Zhi Wei. Meanwhile, the original creator of Moonlight Mystique is Xing Ling, who also wrote the novels adapted into the dramas Ancient Love Poetry, The Last Immortal and The Legend of Anle. And now Chu Yui Bun, Gu Zhi Wei and Xing Ling have joined forces with Bai Lu, Ao Rui Peng, Chang Hua Sen and Dai Lu Wa in this highly anticipated drama, Moonlight Mystique. So, this drama is definitely a must-see on our list.
Bai Shuo is the mischievous youngest daughter of the governor of Ning’an City in the mortal realm. She was known for her obsession with immortality. Little did anyone know that her determination had to do with her life and the life of her older sister.
Back then, the girls were hunted by a demon and Bai Shuo’s sister was killed. An immortal took pity on her plea. He saved Bai Shuo’s life and brought her sister back to life. Bai Shuo promised the mysterious immortal that she would find immortality and repay his favour.
On her quest for immortality, Bai Shuo crossed paths with Fan Yue, the great demon king, and saved his life. At first, they were strangers and suspicious of each other. But as time passes, their relationship gradually improves to mutual affection, and eventually they fall in love.
Despite the obstacles, Bai Shuo and Fan Yue’s love was strong enough to overcome the ordeals of life and death. In the end, they managed to truly embrace each other.
There you are, dear readers. Newly released Chinese dramas to start this 2025 promising year. Which drama will you choose to watch this weekend? We hope this article will help you decide. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for more good dramas to come. So don’t forget to check back for updates. See you soon!
