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The Grand Mansion Gate (2001-2003) series poster
Drama

The Grand Mansion Gate

2001-2003 2 seasons 72 episodes
68 Pulse
8.4 IMDb
Long haul 54 hours
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Plot

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.

Credits

Created by: Guo Baochang

Cast: Chen Baoguo, He Saifei, Lei Kesheng, Zhao Xiaorui, Zhang Shaohua, Siqin Gaowa

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