One of the most searched genre in terms of modern Chinese Dramas is ‘high school romance’. I personally wasn’t a fan of modern day Chinese Drama until I took my time and watched a few. If you aren’t a fan of high school Chinese Dramas or you don’t know which drama to watch next, this is my personal recommendation.
TOP 10 HIGH SCHOOL ROMANCE CHINESE DRAMAS.
1. SKATE INTO LOVE.
A short track speed skating girl crosses paths with the ice hockey god of their school. Despite starting off on the wrong foot, they start on a journey to chase after their dreams.
During elementary school, the timid and cowardly Li Yu Bing had to endure his seatmate Tang Xue’s constant bullying. Even so, they share one thing in common, a dream on the ice. When they meet again at Lin Da University, Li Yu Bing has become the school’s ice god while Tang Xue’s future remains hazy.
Li Yu Bing pulls a few strings to turn Tang Xue into his helper with the goal of getting payback for everything that she did. The more they spend time together, the more Li Yu Bing notices Tang Xue’s good qualities. He realizes that his courage on ice is inspired by Tang Xue herself. In turn, he helps Tang Xue rediscover her dream in speed skating.
Problems arise when misunderstandings from the past catch up to them. Figure skating prodigy Yu Yan enters the picture. Tang Xue’s first love Bian Cheng also returns all while school beauty Zhou Ran continues to make trouble. As they face roadblocks from disapproving parents and fierce competitors, they land in the crossroad that will decide their sports career. As the two impassioned youths put on their skates, they glide into the unknown but exciting future ahead.
2.FIRST ROMANCE.
Many years ago, Yan Ke and Xiong Yi Fan were schoolmates. But back in her younger days, she never discovered that she had a secret admirer in Yan Ke, who kept his crush a secret and loved her from afar. Now things are very different for both of them, and Yan Ke is at college, where he is one of the most popular and well-loved students on campus.
Dashing, sensitive, a hit among the female students, and unfailingly charming, he has also become a budding young pianist. However, deep down, he feels unfulfilled and lacking in purpose.
When a bizarre set off circumstances leads his path to once again cross with Xiong Yi Fan, it is her turn to be smitten at first sight.
3. MY UNICORN GIRL.
Sang Tian is an aspiring figure skater. On the day she turns 18, she vows to her family that she will be accepted to the same university that her mother once attended. To get in, she must pass a test, which she – an exceptionally competent skater and student – expects to ace.
However, things do not go according to plan for Sang Tian and she fails the exam.
Undaunted, Sang Tian decides not to give up, and in desperation, she dresses as a male ice hockey player and joins in a trial match for the college team. She unexpectedly shines, and is selected as part of the men’s ice hockey program.
Things get even more complicated for her when she realizes that Wen Bing, a young man she has crossed swords with in the past, is also part of the team. Worse still, she finds she must share a dormitory with him, and struggles to keep her true identity a secret.
On the ice, Sang Tian and Wen Bing prove to be the catalysts for their team’s newfound success, and the team finds itself in with a shot at the championship. As the two students start to get to know one another, they develop a mutual respect for one another
4.PROFESSIONAL SINGLE.
Single since birth, Yuan Qian and Qin Shen are two people who will probably end up being single for life because they want to. Set against the backdrop of an art school, the story follows students who overcome many difficulties to pursue their artistic ideals. Qin Shen is a student who dreams of becoming a sculptor. A freshman in their department, he is like a god-level existence in their school – cold, disciplined and a perfectionist. However, girls mean nothing to him and he finds dating to be a complete waste of time.
Yuan Qian has the appearance of the cute girl next door but has a headstrong personality. She is eloquent and determined such that no one can stop her once she sets her mind to something. However, she has a tendency to pick at other people’s shortcomings so much that no guy can impress her.
5. THE LOVE EQUATIONS.
Adorable and bubbly, Zhou Xiao is a favorite among her peers. A university literature student with a penchant for detective novels, she spends her days lost in the pages of her favorite mysteries, always eager to find out what happens next. With such a devoted love of such stories, it comes as no surprise when she finds herself falling for one of the university’s forensic science majors.
A seriously dedicated student in the forensic science department, Zhao Fan Zhou has little time for anyone or anything, other than his studies. Cold and detached, he is the last person anyone would ever expect would fall in love with.
6. LOVE O2O.
Xiao Nai is a gaming expert who, courtesy of his basketball skills, academic excellence, swimming talent and game company presidency, also happens to be the most popular student on campus. When he first comes across the gorgeous computer science major Bei Wei Wei, the infinitely talented wunderkind immediately falls in love. But it’s not Wei Wei’s looks that he notices; it’s the ridiculous mastery with which she is commanding her guild and owning everyone in an online multiplayer game that makes her impossible to forget. Now, Xiao Nai must use his skills both in real life and online to capture the adorable but dorky Wei Wei’s heart.
7. METEOR GARDEN.
An ordinary girl is admitted to the most prestigious school in the country where she encounters F4, an exclusive group comprised of the four wealthiest and handsomest boys in the school – Dao Ming Si, Hua Ze Lei, Xi Men and Mei Zuo.
Shan Cai is an 18-year-old girl from a family that’s barely able to make ends meet. Due to a turn of events, she gets accepted into a school that only accepts the upper class elites. She immediately clashes with her classmates especially Dao Ming Si who is spoiled, arrogant and a bully. She remains defiant even after becoming a target of a series of pranks intended to torment her and just when she’s about to give up, Hua Ze Lei always seems to show up to lend her a helping hand.
Eventually, the four boys begin to acknowledge Shan Cai’s unyielding personality that is like her namesake which is that of a weed that can never be brought down. She also begins to see the good in the boys, which paves the way for friendship and an eventual romance.
8. PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER
On the cusp of graduation, an accounting major searching for her career winds up living with a genius physics student who shakes up her daily routine.
Situ Mo is a graduating student. As someone who got used to having her whole life planned out for her, she is at a loss about her future and can’t find the courage to make a decision for herself.
Because the school districts have merged, physics major Gu Weiyi barges into her life. They clash repeatedly without noticing that they are slowly walking into each other’s hearts. To their surprise, they accidentally end up having to live together.
9. A LOVE SO BEAUTIFUL.
It starts off with high school classmates Chen Xiao Xi and Jiang Chen who are also neighbors. Xiao Xi, a cheerful girl who doesn’t study much, is expressive about her admiration towards Jiang Chen, the popular guy known for his looks and high grades. Together with their fellow classmates the funny Lu Yang, athletic but loyal Jing Xiao, and cool swimming team member Wu Bo Song, they embark on high school life to university until their adult life.
10. ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE.
Chen Qing Qing, the heiress of a rich family, desperately wants to avoid an arranged marriage and find love on her own terms. On her wedding day, she flees town and heads out to enroll in the same college where her parents studied, hoping to find out more about their deaths. In an effort to hide her true identity, she changes her appearance and begins to blend in with her classmates.
Her school deskmate turns out to be the famous singer, Si Tu Feng, with whom she’s already had multiple run-ins. They start off on the wrong foot, quarreling constantly and causing each other grief. But could there be more between them? Thus starts Qing Qing’s quest for answers about her parent’s death and a chance at real love.
Which one of these dramas have you watched?
