Zhen xiu ji

Wow, this love family series is truly exceptional! The way it explores the complexities of family relationships, love, and emotions is so heartwarming and relatable. This story unfolds beautifully and reveals love in such a wonderful manner that you can't help but feel it too. The characters are so well-developed and endearing, I feel like I'm a part of their journey. The writing, directing, and acting are all top-notch - I can't get enough of this show! This show is something I can get lost in easily no matter what I am doing and just brings me joy to watch. I have never watched such a delightful show and I really hope a season 2 is to come!

I recently saw the news that this drama is streaming in other countries except South Korea. Do you know why China do that? Because they show the cultural things in this drama as if the foods and clothing were their own culture. For example, There is Korean BBQ among the foods that come out in the drama and the costumes worn by some characters are Hanbok,Korean traditional clothing, not traditional Chinese costumes. As i'm a South Korean, I'm very angry and speechless with rage. I don't know why China do this, although they have their own good cultural things. I hope people who watch this series don't think the foods and clothing in this drama are Chinese.

This is such a beautiful, charming, and light heart Chinese drama set in the glorious Ming Dynasty China (1368-1644), highly recommended especially for anyone who is interested in historical dramas! This show and "Royal Feast (Shang Shi)" are both set in Ming Dynasty, focusing on delicious food, with gorgeous Hanfu, and fascinating history as backdrops.

Looks like there are some malicious negative 1 star reviews here which are all written by Kpop fanatics who have zero knowledge of Chinese culture, or Asian culture for that matter. China's Ming Dynasty Hanfu carried many of the shapes and styles of Hanfu from China's Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, with slight modification taking from Yuan Dynasty clothing. Chinese Hanfu heavily influenced Hanbok, and Ming Dynasty Emperor gifted Chinese Hanfu clothing to Korean loyal family and the court as Korea was a tributary state of China during the Ming Dynasty. This is well documented in both Chinese and Korean history books.

Further more, the claim that this show plagiarizing "Dae Jang Geum" is completely false, unfounded, and baseless. This is a completely different story, with different plot lines, different characters, and different costumes - again, the costume here is Hanfu, traditional Chinese clothing, NOT Hanbok. The negative reviewers here should actually watch this drama and actually learn more about Hanfu and the differences between Hanfu and Hanbok before reviewing/commenting.

There are a lot of things that one can find fault with regarding this series. The focus is supposedly Chinese but even the dress is Korean. That's a bit interesting...??! But with that said - this show is charming. Keep in mind American audiences have eating habits are very different Stateside. No slurping, lip smacking, teeth chomping, gurgling. In Asia enjoying your food is more polite than so called table manners. I discovered this rudely when I watched a man hock a loogie into a napkin at dinner in my first dining experience in Guangzhou. I did find this a bit annoying, and I found the same to be true as I watched this series, but table manners are also one of my pet peeves. I'm a bit neurotic about table manners and having been to China it was a good lesson in getting over myself. Nevertheless, this could be a trigger for those as fastidious as I am. But oh, my goodness...watching the cooking, the gorgeous sets, the gorgeous food, the gorgeous (Nationally and Historically incorrect) clothing, the gorgeous hair and costumes and a playful storyline with wonderful, fun, engaging actors and this little series is magic. We Americans do not have millenniums of history of cooking and recipes. Our cooking technique is born of a three-hundred-year history that has been honored by various worldwide cooking traditions. But the cooking traditions of China and Asia in general are thousands of years old and it is fun to catch a peek into this ancient tradition. I once was privileged enough to visit China and one of the high points of the visit was the truly exquisite food. This series though extremely historically inaccurate does bring some of those wonderful memories back. I remember getting Stateside and spending years trying to figure out the ingredients to a single cucumber salad I had been served. Our actors are charming and convincing. The storyline is something we all love - Food and Competition and Love of course!! A cute little series I plan on re-watching!

I started watching this series because of visuals. Set design, costumes, actors... everything looks great! The story might not be shakespearean standard - but it doesn't matter! It's cute and light-hearted, lovely, pretty, entertaining! Exactly what I was looking for.

You can even learn about Chinese food culture. Although I'm a vegetarian I took some ideas and influences from this series. Camera work was very good! The dishes looked delicious.

The forbidden love story was so cute! I really enjoyed to see the Prince fall more and more in love with the pretty cook. Truly entertaining. All in all it was worth watching!