Novels like The Ceremonies of the Seasons
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Ceremonies of the Seasons, best match first.
- 1 Crossing the River in a Boat of Rumors 闻舟渡 After transmigrating, Wen Yu became a low-ranking female shipwright in the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty, freshly jilted by her fiancé. Her entire family was leeching off her. She decided to rewrite this poor girl’s story. Household intrigue was a backward way to undermine productivity. Everyone was an equal workhorse, and no one could escape the clutches of Wen, the capitalist CEO who believed working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week, was a blessing. The whole family would build ships to 84Votes11.8kRecs11.3kFans
- 2 Defying the Rain 逆霖 A murder case took place inside the Prince of Qi’s residence in Qizhou City, Chu. When the suspect, beaten unconscious and near death, opened his eyes once more, a new story began. A romance novel. 940Votes183.1kRecs60kFans
- 3 Her Guard 她的护卫 After being reborn, Yang Luo once again encountered the hunter who had saved her in her previous life. Having lived through it once already, she knew what fate awaited this hunter in the future. So she decided to hire him as her bodyguard. But as they spent more time together, Yang Luo discovered that the hunter was hiding many secrets. [Not an empress story, not a story about contending for supremacy, not a political intrigue story, a female ensemble cast, a romance with a male lead and male su 15Votes463.8kRecs88.2kFans
- 4 When Clear Days Come 逢晴日 In the twelfth year of Tianhe, on a snowy night in the dead of winter, eleven-year-old Shaowei cut off her ties to her family with a single slash and went down the mountain alone. That night, Prince Liu Qi, who had inexplicably been beaten by her like some unlucky stray dog on the roadside, got to his feet and wiped the blood from his nose. Standing in the snow, he watched her blood-soaked figure disappear. … [Note: The heroine grows over the course of the story; she is not an empress or a domin 17Votes257.9kRecs124.8kFans
- 5 Bai Limeng 白篱梦 The heir to the Dongyang Marquisate, who had kept vigil for his late wife for nine years, suddenly took another wife. When the Dongyang Marchioness saw the young wife sent back home, she nearly fainted with rage. And with the arrival of this young wife, many people found their peaceful dreams disturbed. [Romance] 12Votes890.1kRecs201.6kFans
- 6 Hello Chang’an 长安好 [New book: On a Sunny Day is currently updating] The timid and delicate beauty hailed as the most beautiful woman in the capital fell into the hands of human traffickers. The people of the capital shook their heads and sighed: She’s done for. Thousands of miles away, the useless beauty opened her eyes and promptly sold the traffickers instead The girl with a new soul spent the money she’d made selling the traffickers on her way back to the capital, only to discover that the little brothers s 7Votes590.1kRecs331.6kFans
- 7 Luo Jiuzhen 洛九针 The Third Young Master Lu has studied hard for four years. With his studies complete, he’s on the verge of a bright future. His mother is delighted that her son has such promising prospects, but she also worries about his future. So she decides to break off his unsuitable engagement and drive his fiancée out of the house. [Not a political intrigue story, but a romance, with a male lead and a male supporting character] 3Votes1.1MRecs252.8kFans
- 8 As You Wish 如意事 My new book, On a Sunny Day, is being updated now When Xu Mingyi opened her eyes again, she was back at sixteen, the year she came down with a strange illness. At the time, her hale and hearty grandfather had just returned victorious. “This young man we rescued on the way looks quite handsome. Bringing him home to bring good luck to my granddaughter couldn't be more fitting.” And so, the unconscious heir to the Prince of Dingnan was bundled off to the capital, his fate already decided... 3Votes361.8kRecs165.8kFans
- 9 The Empress of Chu (Original Novel of the TV Drama The Rising Star) 楚后（影视剧《翘楚》原著） The story begins when several postal station guards in Beicao Town meet a girl asking for help. [Not a wish-fulfillment story. A romance with a male lead and other male characters.] 2Votes1.8MRecs242.3kFans
- 10 EN Night Without End 夜无疆 That day, the sun set and never rose again… 25.2kVotes12.7MRecs8.1MFans
- 11 Seeking Dan Zhu 问丹朱 Everyone wants to ask Chen Danzhu: Does your conscience ever hurt? [Not a female-centric power fantasy, romance] 3Votes2.8MRecs656kFans
- 12 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
- 13 The First Marquis 第一侯 Li Minglou dies a wretched death, then is reborn ten years in the past. But she feels no joy at the prospect of taking revenge for every wrong done to her. If she wants to live like a normal person, she must first keep a low profile. [Romance] 3Votes4.2MRecs677.8kFans
- 14 EN Beyond the Deep Space 深空彼岸 In the vast universe, the birth and death of a galaxy are but a fleeting flash of mottled light. Gazing up at the stars, I can’t help feeling that the ending is already set. Where will you and I be a thousand years from now? Our homeland, the sparks of civilization, the Earth: all are but specks of dust in the depths of space. A moment in the starry sky, a thousand years in the mortal world. A bug’s whole life is but one autumn, and you and I are just the same, struggling to cross the river. Wha 150Votes9.9MRecs8.9MFans
- 15 The Medical Classic of a Delicate Lady 娇娘医经 Cheng Jiaoniang’s simpleminded son has recovered. But she can’t help feeling that she is and isn’t Cheng Jiaoniang. Strange memories have appeared in her mind. As the daughter abandoned by the Cheng family, she still has to return to them. But she’s there to recover her memories, not to be scorned and bullied. [Romance] 1Votes930.3kRecs455.5kFans
- 16 The Great Empress 大帝姬 After transmigrating, Xue Qing discovers she’s been pretending to be a man to trick someone into marriage. And that’s not all. She’s hiding an even bigger deception. This is the story of someone with many secrets. 4Votes5.4MRecs1.6MFans
- 17 Tomb of the Gods 神墓 A perfectly ordinary young man, dead for ten thousand years, comes back to life in an ancient tomb of the gods… 12Votes5.8MRecs2.2MFans
- 18 The Sacred Ruins 圣墟 Rising from ruin, returning from extinction. The seas turn to dust, lightning and thunder fade away, and that wisp of dark mist draws near the earth once more. The shackles of the world are broken, and a brand-new world reveals a mysterious corner of itself... 36Votes32MRecs20.3MFans
