Costume drama (English: costume drama) refers to TV dramas set in ancient times, including TV dramas that overhead history but wear costume and imitate the habits of the ancients.
According to the types of themes, costume dramas can be roughly divided into martial arts dramas, historical dramas, divine dramas, divine dramas, court dramas, travel dramas, court dramas, biographical themes and so on.
Development course:
On behalf of Taiwan Province Province. In the 1990s, Taiwan Province costume dramas received a very enthusiastic response in Asia, among which "Qiong Yao Drama" and Wuxia Drama were the representatives.
The peak of Hong Kong costume drama was also in the 1980s and 1990s. Martial arts dramas filmed in Hong Kong at that time were very popular in Hong Kong and the Mainland. It can be said that this era is the golden age of Hong Kong's martial arts drama. Among them, there are many classic "Jin Yong plays" that are still widely circulated today.