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The magnificent Chinese food culture in a global view

Once Upon a Bite

EP7：Lamps and candles of a myriad families

EP1：Between mountains and sea

EP2：Rooting

EP3：Red Dust

EP4：Food is changing

EP5：River and night rain

EP6：Spice path

EP8：Flavor journey

The story is set during a time when the world is divided into three kingdoms. The Wei Kingdom is powerful but embroiled in a fierce struggle for the throne; the Wu Kingdom is focused on development and strategic planning; and the Zhao Kingdom is in turmoil, with Empress Lu controlling the court, putting the country in jeopardy. 
Princess Jiang Taohua of Zhao, ambitious and determined, seeks to escape Empress Lu’s control by arranging a political marriage with Wei. However, upon arriving in Wei, she is attacked by wolves and later wakes up to find herself accused of an affair with Chancellor Shen Zaiye. To stay in Wei, she offers to become Shen Zaiye’s concubine, making her a thorn in his side. Despite this, Jiang Taohua, who is poisoned, must fulfill Empress Lu’s task to bring down the Crown Prince.
Shen Zaiye, while known as a tough and unyielding official, secretly desires to support a wise ruler and strengthen Wei. However, he falls into a trap while investigating palace smuggling, leading to his unintended entanglement with Jiang Taohua. Although Shen sets a deadly trap to remove her, Jiang's willingness to risk her life earns his respect. 
Forced to live in Shen’s household, Jiang faces challenges from Shen’s wives and concubines, as well as his combative sister. But having grown up in Zhao’s treacherous palace, Jiang easily handles the internal household conflicts. Desperate to complete her mission and get the antidote for her poison, Jiang sneaks out of the estate to seek help, even as Shen keeps a close watch on her. 

As they clash and outwit each other, mutual feelings start to develop. Jiang soon discovers that the Crown Prince is also Shen’s political enemy, and offers to help him take the prince down, along with the various wives and concubines planted by political forces around Shen. The two form an alliance, and as they work together, they manage to expose the prince’s crimes to the emperor, causing the fall of the Eastern Palace. However, the struggle for the throne only intensifies from there.

Tao Hua Ying Jiang Shan

After Praenarin was left by her ex, She's forced to marry Khemjira, the younger daughter of her Dad's close friend, in exchange for the company director. Even though Praenarin firmly states, “I will never love you” Khemjira still  “I’ll wait for the day you love me… with all your heart”.

I' ll wait for the day you love me… with all your heart.

Denied Love (Uncut Ver.)

Song Xiaoyu accidentally finds herself trapped in a scripted world as a tragic heroine—used, discarded, and tortured. Every attempt to change her fate ends in bizarre, repeated deaths. Eventually, she realizes that no matter how far she runs, fate always pulls her back to Nan Heng, the male lead. The series explores multiple worlds—from palace intrigues and power struggles to emotional prisons of daily life—depicting the struggle of ordinary individuals against a destiny that seems pre-written.

A Dream Within A Dream

While Keen was in the middle of a job interview, he received sudden news of his father's unexpected death, forcing him to use all his life savings to organize the funeral. He was soon harassed by debt collectors and discovered that his father had left behind a significant debt from an informal loan. Keen was compelled to hide at the Petchsak camp, a Muay Thai gym, while figuring out a way to pay off the debt he didn't incur. There, he met Thun, a renowned boxer known as "The Cannon Who Conquers Tigers," the star fighter of the camp. However, no one knew why Thun refused to fight anymore. Thun built an icy wall between himself and others, which Keen had to find a way to break down in order to reach Thun’s vulnerable heart and true self. This led the two to grow closer, developing a passionate relationship that blossomed into a beautiful love. Together, they overcame obstacles and resolved Keen’s debt issues, unaware that they were becoming entangled with a powerful and dark figure in the Muay Thai world. This involvement escalated into a major conflict, leading to the discovery that Keen's father's death was suspicious. Thun and Keen joined forces to face a formidable enemy, risking their lives in the process.

Knock Out

An Olympic diver, Parang, who quit due to trauma, joins the swim team, sparking a fierce love and growth story.

Blue Complex

The main character, a low-tier romance writer, finds that the hero from her own 19+ web novel comes to life. She reunites with her college senior, who inspired her novel, leading to an intense love comedy.

My R-Rated Novel Hero Comes to Life

19+ First Love

Tang Xin, an independent woman who avoids marriage, meets Wu Si, a strict soldier with a rigid lifestyle. Though mismatched at first, twists of fate draw them closer. But can love survive in the harsh reality of military life?

Rose and Gun

Ten years ago, Lin Miaomiao was forced to break up with Cen Siyuan due to their families' class differences. Now, Cen Siyuan has become the CEO of Kafei Group and is about to marry the actress Su Peipei, while Lin Miaomiao is his mother's right-hand secretary. When a business crisis strikes, the two are thrown together once more. As old truths resurface, so do lingering feelings. They transcend all obstacles and finally mend their broken past.

Old Flames Reunite in the Ultimate Game of Push-and-Pull

Ten Years of Unrequited Love

The Prisoner of Beauty

After a freak accident transmigrates Xiao Ning into the Great Jing Dynasty as the disgraced live-in son-in-law of the Su family, he revolutionizes the empire with forgotten arts, transforming tea into ambrosia and turning wine into liquid gold. As commoners clamor for his creations, he shatters conventions by founding the realm's first newspaper, rallying geniuses to empower a princess's political ascent. When merchant queens sneer and his former wife scorns him, Xiao Ning wields commerce as his blade-severing deep-rooted prejudices while carving a legend from scorn.

Reborn to Rule: The Ultimate Live-in Son-in-Law

Royal Upstart

Once Upon a Bite S3 is back! With the exquisite audio-visual language, this show explores the delicacies from the sea in various dimensions and creates a guide for the flavor of seafood, satisfying the curiosity of food lovers on seafood and breaking the audience’s stereotype. It tells the most shocking and moving stories, portraying a group of people who live by the sea, showing the most authentic lives of Chinese families, and expressing the deepest attachment, awe, and love of Chinese people.

Once Upon a Bite S3

Because geography environment civilization course and product rich degree are not identical, So people's handling of food varies from time to time. This season from the perspective of the world, Find countless connections among distinctive cuisines. To explore different methods of the same ingredients, the same methods of different ingredients, and the similar taste of different methods. Searching for new ingredients, providing fun and knowledge, and constantly creating unexpected joy.

Food is gathering

Once Upon a Bite S2

Each hot pot meal is a story. With steam around, it shows all kinds of lives and witnesses ups and downs of history. Chen Xiaoqing’s team has a new work “Pot of Fire”, which describes how localities create various flavors in different natural geographic environments and cultural customs. They will adopt documentary of vivid individuals in a younger aesthetic way to enlarge delicious moments. Through hot pot, we can see people’s distinctive regional characters and shared love for life.

POT OF FIRE

Bai Qi, a tavern owner who is good at bartending, and Fuyu, a sommelier who has lost his sense of taste, enter into the obsessive stories in each guest's heart through wine tasting, so as to resolve their knots and soothe their souls. The two also gained their own growth in other people's stories, and Bai Qi finally got the inspiration to make a wine that can restore Fuyu's taste.

Order of the Sommelier

In the future world, Ron Group enslaves mankind with science and technology. Researcher Yi Na manages to develop a "Fire Wing" technology to save mankind. At a critical moment, Yi Na leaves the secret technology to her daughter Yi Ni. Twenty years later, Yi Ni grows strong and confronts Ron Group. In the end, she succeeds in saving the people of Qiaodu.

The Red Sparrow

Legend has it that Luo Wuzi helped the First Emperor of Qin build his Mausoleum, and built another nine tombs to store the rare treasures in world. He was named King of the Tomb by Qin Emperor and then established a tomb sect to be responsible for the construction and protection of the royal mausoleums. In order to prevent future generations from stealing, Luo Wuzi divided the tomb sect into two, the tomb attacking faction of Luo family and tomb guarding faction of Murong family. The two factions have maintained a balance for thousands of years, and Murong family has inherited the tomb king for more than ten generations. However, during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Murong Xian succeeded to the throne. Rumor has it that he robbed the tomb. And the balance between two factions gradually becomes fragile...

The Legend of Grave Keepers

Chen Xiaoqing, a documentary filmmaker, works on food documentaries and writing, searching for new flavors is his job. This program is the first time he goes in front of the camera to explore the stories behind the food with his own perspective. Chen travels to eight different regions in China, where he works with different guides to complete his own flavor journey. He believes that “food is not only delicious, but also a kind of adhesive that allows for more understanding and communication.”

Flavor Exploration Journey of Chen Xiaoqing

China Beyond Tastes

Once Upon a Bite S4 is the fourth season of this documentary series, from the perspective of mankind to find the ongoing food stories of grains and humans, through these stories to glimpse the emergence of agriculture to 10,000 years ago, humans and grains have shaped the legend of each other.

Immersive Exploration for Grains

Once Upon a Bite S

Jiang Ziya sealed Su Daji. Years later, a woman named Yang Wanqiu stole the sealed magic weapon and released Daji. Su Daji pretended to help Yang Wanqiu, but in fact, she secretly sucked her energy and used her to capture Qiqiao Linglong's heart. Jiang Tianshi came to the rescue, but was injured by Su Daji. At the critical moment, Yang Wanqiu awakened her soul and made a choice...

The Fox's Veil

"Once Upon A Bite S5" focuses on spices, the insignificant yet essential heroes that shape flavor. It explores the circulation, migration, conquest, and fusion of spices, highlighting the uniqueness of Chinese cuisine. Amidst globalization, it examines how spices influence cooking and become markers of regional cuisine. The series reveals how food impacts history and shapes regional character. Where will humanity's journey for fragrance lead, and how will the story of curiosity unfold?

A Subtle Fragrance in Flavor

Once Upon a Bite S5

The film carefully selected with the characteristics of Yunnan food, strange and fresh, with a strong regional style, with in-depth study of food and a deep understanding of the documentary, and strive to explore a younger flavor world. Feel the authentic Yunnan flavor with Chen Xiaoqing!

Flavorful Origins: Yun Nan

The Story of HER is a grand theatrical production recounting the extraordinary stories of four legendary women from ancient China. Each episode focuses on different aspects of their lives, including Princess Jieyou, Wu Zetian, Li Qingzhao, and Shen. 
The show integrates historical records to analyze the political, economic, cultural, and social conditions faced by women at the time.
Filmed in a docudrama style, the show invites actresses Lan Xi, Wen Zhengrong, Tao Xinran, and Cao Feiran to perf

The first docudrama from female perspectives

the story of HER

Yao Yi entered the misty Huangling Village because she was looking for her parents who had been missing for many years. Unexpectedly, her companions disappeared mysteriously on the way, and the search failed. After entering Huangling again, she found that there were many more people in the village, and these people seemed to be related to an accident.

The Land of the Mist

The world's first cultural documentary on milk, "Milk: A Running River of Civilization" explores the origins of milk and dairy products around the globe, capturing the similar dependence and love for milk across different cultures. It witnesses the history and survival wisdom of humanity behind a glass of milk.

Royal painter Lu Jiuqing accidentally used a magic paintbrush to open the world of the paintings, he was met with the woodsy fairy Yan Ge. The face of the women in the city was destroyed one after another, in order to find out the truth, the two went into the death tomb. The demon king peeled off all the faces of the woodsy fairys, Yan Ge who lost her beauty became ugly lifeless branches, this is a test of appearance and true feelings, one that Lu Jiuqing is going to face...

Painted Skin Romance of Zhu Shengyi and Chen Yilong

PAPER BEAUTY

Color is a token that leads us to understand China. Discovering a hue is like awakening a cell, allowing us to capture the essence of an entire era. Colors let us see China anew.
Today, under the overwhelming influence of synthetic dyes, traditional colors are on the verge of disappearing. Over the course of a year, our film crew journeyed across multiple provinces, autonomous regions, and special administrative regions of China, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, China, collecting vibrant

The First Documentary on China's Traditional Colors and Culture

China in Hues

The documentary "A Long Cherished Dream" is directed by two Oscar winners and British director Covens. Kovens, who has filmed more than 80 countries around the world, is looking to China this time, hoping to record and show what he sees as a great change in China from the perspective of ordinary people.

A Long Cherished Dream

Being defeated, the ancient demon tribe was locked in purgatory. In order to return to the human world, the Demon Lord sent the human leader Fan Yihang to the holy land to seize the map. In front of the battlefield of the two sides, Yihang recognized that the holy maiden Wuyou was his long searching wife. Not recognizing him, she fought back against Yihang. Loving his wife deeply, Yihang annoyed the demon tribe several times to maintain Wuyou's well-being. Will Wuyou finally recall Yihang and their love? How will their relationship be under the confrontation between the two tribes? The troublesome romance as a test of human nature is coming.

Troublesome Romance - Wei Zheming's Searching for Wife in Two Lives

Peach Blossom Origin

The documentary by gourmet Shen Hongfei, Chen Xiaoqing as the general counsel; Visit the streets, smell and taste, with simple images and family taste, looking for authentic Chinese breakfast. Each episode features a traditional breakfast, an interesting shop, a group of self-indulgent diners, and the owner's "breakfast philosophy."

Once Upon a Bite

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