The Grand Mansion Gate
6.6
2001
Drama
Created by: 郭宝昌
Cast: 陈宝国, Jiang Shan, 佟瑞欣, 何賽飛, Liu Bei, 俞飞鸿, 韓童生, Wang Qian, Liu Bin, Lei Kesheng, 赵小锐, 于和伟, 张少华, 李勤勤, Li Ming, Liu Changchun 陈宝国, Jiang Shan, 佟瑞欣, 何賽飛, Liu Bei, 俞飞鸿, 韓童生, Wang Qian, Liu Bin, Lei Kesheng, 赵小锐, 于和伟, 张少华, 李勤勤, Li Ming, Liu Changchun
Number of Seasons: 2
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.