Chinese television series on “Republic of China” period (1912 - 1949) 民国剧
The “Republic of China” period generally refers to the period during which the government of the Republic of China effectively ruled Mainland China from 1912 to 1949, after inheriting the Qing Dynasty's legal system. Chinese television series about that period makes a popular stance in nowadays Chinese television film broadcast. Below is some most popular series in this line that are recently released on screen:
1. Spy Hunter (2019) 天衣无缝
Spy Hunter is directed by Li Lu, starring Qin Junjie, Xu Lu, Hu Haifeng, and specially starring Lu Yi, Zhang Zhixi, Zhu Gangriyao, Mo Xiaoqi, Ding Yongdai, Ding Haifeng, Sun Quan, Sun Tianyao starring in an era spy war drama. The series tells the story of a bloody battle in the period of war, where everyone is in danger, and a few aspiring young people have the ideals of defending the motherland and peace. The series premiered on Zhejiang Satellite TV and Jiangsu Satellite TV on January 10, 2019, and was simultaneously broadcast on Tencent Video, iQiyi, Youku, and Mango TV.
《天衣无缝》是由李路执导，秦俊杰、徐璐、胡海锋领衔主演，陆毅特邀主演，张芷溪、朱刚日尧、莫小奇、丁勇岱、丁海峰、孙佺、孙添垚主演的年代谍战剧。该剧讲述了在战火纷飞的年代里，人人自危，几个有抱负的年轻人怀揣着保卫祖国、捍卫和平的理想，浴血奋战的故事。该剧于2019年1月10日在浙江卫视、江苏卫视首播，并在腾讯视频、爱奇艺、优酷、芒果TV同步播出。
In the spring of 1931, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China established red transportation stations in Shanghai, Guangdong Dapu, Harbin and other cities. The transportation stations are directly under the Central Transportation Bureau. A group of red agents "Ashtray" and "Celadon" tried to establish a new underground route, build secret warehouses, escort important materials from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and escort important underground party intelligence personnel to their destinations. "Tianjin" temporary red station was betrayed by traitors, "Ashtray" Gui Wan sacrificed, and the team members were designed and replaced one by one. Gui Wan’s half-brother Zi Liping meticulously planned a plan of revenge, and set up a plan to draw his brother Gui Yi into the game, and use Gui Yi’s power to solve the mystery. The real "traitor" emerged, and the brothers worked together to eradicate the traitor. Rebuild the red station. Once the mystery of life and death was revealed, it was shocking.
1931年春天，中共中央在上海、广东大浦、哈尔滨等城市建立了红色交通站，交通站直属中央交通局。红色特工“烟缸”与“青瓷”一组人马试图建立一条地下新航线，建立秘密仓库，护送中共中央重要物资及护送地下党重要情报人员抵达目的地。“天津”临时红色交通站遭到叛徒出卖，“烟缸”贵婉牺牲，小组成员一一被设计清换。贵婉同父异母的二哥资历平精心策划了一个复仇大计，设局引其兄贵翼入局，借贵翼之力破解谜团，真正的“叛谍”浮出水面，兄弟同心铲除叛徒，重建红色交通站。生死迷局一旦揭晓，石破天惊。
2. Arsenal Military Academy (2019) 烈火军校
Link to watch: https://www.iq.com/album/arsenal-military-academy-2019-19rri0c58t?lang=en_us
Arsenal Military Academy, a drama in the early Republic of China made in 2019. Starring Xu Kai, Bai Lu, Li Chengbin and Wu Jiayi, iQiyi premiered on August 6, 2019.
《烈火军校》，2019年中国大陆民初剧。由许凯、白鹿、李程彬、吴佳怡领衔主演，爱奇艺于2019年8月6日首播。
The kind and righteous girl Xie Xiang disguised herself as a man, under the name of her deceased brother to enter and study at the Military Academy. She became classmates with the cynical wealthy young Gu Yanzheng and the calm and steady Shen Junshan, and gradually developed into comrades fighting side by side. Under the strict and cruel training at the military academy, Xie Xiang not only worked hard to conceal the secret of disguising herself as a man, but also overcame all the inconveniences in her life as a woman in the military academy. More importantly, she must overcome her weak physique and work hard. Completed all the training in the military academy and graduated successfully. In the process, Xie Xiang and her classmates experienced a series of important events, which also led to a series of funny stories. In the end, Xie Xiang not only achieved outstanding results through her unremitting efforts, but also won the respect of her instructors, and at the same time, she also got the hearts of two outstanding male classmates. After that, the Japanese army increased its troops to Shunyuan, and Oda Xianrong, who admired Shen Junshan, returned from overseas as the president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and a series of conspiracies and traps followed. Xie Xiang fought against the Japanese with the help of her classmates, grew up in the bloody wind, shattered Oda Xianrong's conspiracy, and finally got together with Gu Yanzheng.
善良正义的少女谢襄代兄从军，女扮男装进入烈火军校学习，与玩世不恭的富家子顾燕帧和冷静沉稳的沈君山成为同学并渐渐发展为并肩作战的战友。在军校严格残酷的训练机制下，谢襄不但要努力掩饰自己女扮男装的秘密，还要克服自己作为女性在军校生活中的种种的不便，更重要的，是要战胜自己柔弱的体质，努力完成军校所有的训练，顺利毕业。 在此过程中，谢襄和同窗好友们经历了一系列重大事件，也引发了一系列啼笑皆非的故事。最终，谢襄通过自己的不懈努力不但取得了出色的成绩，还赢得了教官的尊重，同时，也俘虏了两位优秀男同学的心。之后，日本军队增兵顺远，爱慕沈君山的织田显蓉化身日本商会会长从海外归来，一系列的阴谋和陷阱随之而来。谢襄在同学们的帮助下与日本人做斗争，在血雨腥风中逐渐成长，粉碎了织田显蓉的阴谋，并最终和顾燕帧走到了一起。