The Grand Mansion Gate

Overview

This Chinese period drama series follows the fortunes of a prominent merchant family engaged in Traditional Chinese Medicine during the waning years of the Ching dynasty. The affairs of this family of doctors/pharmacists (which in those days were one and the same) are intimately linked with social upheavals of the time such as the encroachment of Christian missionaries and foreign imperialism as well as conflicts that inevitably emerge in a large upper class family. Comparable in scope and production value to such recent titles as "Downton Abbey", the lives and character of both masters and servants intertwine in plot lines that spans more than a generation.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

April 14, 2001

Last aired

April 15, 2003

Episodes

72

Network

CCTV-1

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Production

无锡中视股份公司

Creator

Guo Baochang

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1368472