To Tell A History

To Tell A History (Chinese: 讲史) is a gigantic net series made by the SinoLhooqs feturing Chinese history. Generally speaking, every season features a specific dynasty, while every episode in that season covers a topic in that said period of time.

The series is famous for its extremely detailed and realistic touch so rare in this fantasy-driven era, and also its habit to choose actors from correspondent places where the characters they play were born. For example, the actress Nan Tio played Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty, simply because she was born in Xyuzhou, where the empreror was born too. Actresses are extensively used to play male roles (partly due to the fact that there are far more female SinoLhooqers than male ones, though this has been made partly Lhooqish tradition), but all the time wearing men's clothings.

Unlike most TV/net series, in To Tell A History episodes from different seasons are aired alternatively, instead of finishing one season before aiming at another. So one day the actors will be in Qing dynasty, sitting at tables manufactured in factories, before returning to sitting on the floor with mattresses in pre-Qin the other day. (Never mind the spelling likeness) This, along with its unpredictable airing time, has made some fans call it 'the ultimate arbitrarity'.

But it worths all the waiting.

It has been the best thing to tell the Chinese history ever created.

(At least, in fans' eyes)

It is fantastic.

Seasons
(in historical order of when the dynasties actually took place, not when the first episodes were aired)

Notice: seasons whose titles contain the corresponding dynasty they feature are main seasons (12-24 episodes long), while those with fancy titles are transitional seasons (only a few seasons, down to one).


 * Chapter of Remote Ages (上古之章, featuring the Xia dynasty and legendary times)
 * Chapter of the Black Bird (玄鸟之章, featuring the Shang dynasty)
 * Chapter of Zhou (周之章)
 * Chapter of the Westerners (西人之章, featuring the Qin dynasty)
 * Chapter of Han (汉之章)
 * Chapter of the Channel in the Spring (春渠之章, featuring the Sui dynasty)
 * Chapter of Tang (唐之章)
 * Chapter of Song (宋之章)
 * Chapter of Yuan (元之章)
 * Chapter of Ming (明之章)
 * Chapter of Qing (清之章)

Additionally, there has been two films made also under the topic of 'To Tell A History':


 * Darkest (至暗, featuring Wei, Jin, southern and northern dynasties)


 * Home, Home on Songhua River (家在松花, featuring the Manchuria puppet in Chinese Republic times)