text: Details Episode Guide Cast Reviews Recs Photos Statistics Palace: The Lock Heart Jade (2011)
  Historical, Romance, Fantasy 7.8
  Ratings: 7.8/10 from 730 users
  Luo Qing Chuan is a modern day girl with a love of history who accidentally travels back in time to Emperor Kang Xi's era of the Qing dynasty. She becomes embroiled in the princes' struggle for the throne and is torn between her love for Yin Si, the eighth prince, and Yin Zhen, the fourth prince and future Emperor Yong Zheng. Caught in the crossfire of political intrigue, her wit and historical read moreknowledge serves her well in her bid to stay alive as she begins to realize that true history is much darker and uglier than books portray. (Source: DramaWiki)
  (Spinoff)
  Native title: 宫
  Also Known as: 宮鎖心玉; Gong; Palace; Jade Palace Lock Heart;
  Luo Qing Chuan/ Guo Luo Luo / Hua Ying
  Yin Si [8th Prince]
  He Mickey
  Guo Ming Xiang
  Yin Ti [14th prince]
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  Chinese dramas are often neglected in this whole kdrama wave. But this one really deserves attention.
  I have to admit 39 episodes are somewhat of a challenge. But after ep1 the director made very efficient use of cliffhangers. Hence, you'll just watch on and on and the 39 episodes just fly by!
  Story: A beautiful Chinese time traveller story. Qing Chuan gets zapped back to the Qing dynasty. And we follow her read more meet the great Emperor and his numerous sons. The story is full of love, hate, revenge, intrigue!
  While the emperor's sons struggle for favour in court and for the position of crowned prince Qing Chuan is right in the middle of it all.
  I loved how all the Princes were portrayed with different characteristics, worries, goals, dreams, faults. Over the course of 39 episodes there was room enough to develop every character. And while we start out hating some and liking others, the story convincingly takes us to other perspectives, different problems and we may just change our minds about some of them or at least find it harder to judge them in terms of black and white.
  The actors were doing a great job. Every single one of them did a brilliant job. Yang Mi (Qing Chuan) was probably my favourite character. She was able to portray Qing Chuan so well with all her different facets. Feng William and He Mickey were just unbelievable. Playing the two may male leads (8th and 4th prince) they excelled at playing intrigue, ambition, hate, cruelty, love, cold heartedness, softheartedness ... the whole range really.
  But the Royal Consorts, Princes, Ministers, Eunuchs, Palace maids ... deserve merit as well. This drama was huge. Not just cast wise. But also as far as locations and sets were concerned and the costumes were so detailed and beautiful. The directors and producers put a lot of effort into this drama and the result truly reflects the passion they must have had making this series.
  Sometimes the scipt was just a bit lengthy. And the intrigue was getting slightly out of control. In some episodes you can really feel the artificiality of the script. With the Qing Chuan Doppelgaenger, I really feel that was not a necessary episode.
  Anyhow I thought all the tiny side stories of some characters were well interwoven with the plot and made the whole drama richer and more complete. This was my first Chinese historical drama and I had to get used to the difference after being used to historical k dramas. All in all I think i like chinese traditional clothes better than the korean but that hair ornamentation... phew must have been really heavy. I also liked that the females here were all far away from being silly, naive and spoiled. They were all very believable characters.
  A must watch for every one who enjoys historical dramas!!!
  I have no idea why I thought this drama was going to be a Chinese version of "Goong" one of my fav manwha turned drama. This really reminded me of Inuyasha, maybe a little romeo and Juliet. Anyway this a really pleasant historical treat. As you have already read the synopsis, this drama is packed with plotting (come on the are in a palace), love triangles, misunderstandings and trickery. The working theory read more is that this chick goes back in time, inuyasha style, bringing modern ideas and a knowledge of how history will play out. I really enjoyed how the main female lead was head strong the whole time, and how she was inventive. I also really liked how it showed the two main characters loving each other and spending time together. This is one of the very first times I have ever seen a lead couple trust and be completely honest with each other- I thought it was wonderful. Get ready for a lot of overacting, fake laughter, bad hair pieces, backstabbing and just melodrama. The acting was poor for most characters but the main actors seemed to nail it.
  No matter how much I liked the leading couple the plots were essentially the same as all other historical dramas. The palace maids are shady, the eunuchs need bribing and all of the concubines are scheming to get their kids ahead of the rest. The female lead kind of got annoying with her flawless trust in everyone who shook her hand getting her into situations where she nearly dies. I mean really how many times can you fall for the same tricks?
  At anyrate this drama is long but it has some cool fights, and keeps you interested because it seems to move at a good pace. I only really had to skip 4 episodes and it had a really good ending that makes you want to know more. There is a lot of romance and not a lot of comedy, but it wasn't very dark themed. Take some time and watch when you have a chance.
  p.s. the lip syncing on all of the songs was just God awful- i mean really!!? p.p.s. the fighting was really fake looking too.
  Make a Recommendation More recs (15)Recommendations
  The Myth (2010) add
  -both drama have time travel genre.
  - In Palace: The Lock Heart Jade the lead actress who goes back time while in The Myth the one who goes back time is the lead actor arggghhh.... . just watch and enjoy. I recommend this kind of dramas you gonna like it. Recommended by keifferodartseam
  Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016) add
  Can't believe none put this drama into recomendations yet! :O It's almost same story just with different ending ;) Recommended by Kaja B
  Palace: The Lock Heart Jade Episode 2
  May 18, 2016 07:05 PM
  Gucci Hau 20 days ago Love it!! Love yang mi!
  krystalsoojungs Apr 15, 2017 - edited
  people say this is Scarlet Heart-inspired. It probably is, even though this drama came out eight months before the original Scarlet Heart even aired. apparently the producer for this drama couldn't get the production rights for adapting the Scarlet Heart novel, so he made his own version. But this drama actually has a huge difference from BBJX in my opinion, even though there are a lot of similar elements like the time traveling. I would't say that the 4th vs 8th prince fighting is copying, since that was an actual event that happened in real chinese history, so of course it'll be similar in any KangXi reign drama. but personally, I liked this drama much better than scarlet heart, considering I dropped scarlet heart after four episodes (unpopular opinion though haha I know)
  this drama was more popular in china than BBJX i think, but that might be because this drama aired first. but still, both dramas have their good qualities so let's all just watch whatever we want
  Jordan Apr 16, 2017 yup, agree with you 100% although I did not know that it came out earlier :/
  makeuptemple Apr 15, 2017 I could not watch after ep 8, comparing to both Scarlet Heats CN & Korean, even if William Feng was in, i could not finish the drama. Yang Mi she's a good actress but I didn't like her here, and thank god that I have not watched this first.
  Jordan Apr 8, 2017 - edited
  i like it more than Scarlet Heart this one had better chemistry between the actors, more emotion, better pacing, and was more entertaining
  LPA Apr 14, 2017 Are you talking about the Chinese version --(Bu Bu Jing Xin)--my favorite! or the Korean version (Scarlet Heart Ryeo--Moon Lovers)?
  Jordan Apr 14, 2017 - edited
  @LPA I am talking about Bu Bu Jing Xin. I really didn't like it but I watched this first. Bu Bu Jing Xin had all the elements of a drama that I like but the acting and pacing never engaged me. I couldn't get past ep 1 of Ryeo because it seemed so weird/poorly written and after reading the reviews I abandoned it entirely. Looking back on the shows/couples I like I think I tend to favor the kind of funny/adorable/mischief/shameless female leads thus I liked this drama a lot because the female lead sort of marched to the beat of her own drum and did what she wanted....I guess 'adorably eccentric' is a word I might use to sum it all up? Not sure that is right either...
  rumtumcat Mar 31, 2017 - edited
  scarlet heart inspired...
  makeuptemple Apr 13, 2017 yup Main Story is Scarlet Heart.
  Kimberly Nov 6, 2016 Reveal Spoiler »
  I don't think it's like BOF because how Palace have different feeling to it and I admit that it's kinda similar but Doppelganger was not in BOF
  AnanyaS Nov 3, 2016 - edited
  Does this have a happy ending? Do the main leads end up together?
  Kimberly Nov 6, 2016 Yes the story is freakin awesome
  usagi Oct 25, 2016 - edited
  Guys, I could be wrong, but I don't think we can say this story is a rip-off of Boys Over Flowers. The story comes from the novel Bu Bu Jing Xin which was published in 2005, and BoF is a remake of Hana Yori Dango which was aired in 2005 too. So it doesn't seem logical that that script was ripped off. Isn't this kind of love polygon plot kind of a standard one anyway? Okay wait, I just remembered Hana Yori Dango was from a super popular girls' manga a couple yrs before so maybe I'm wrong. Haven't seen this yet so maybe I'll have to agree w/ you all when I do. But then again I still feel like it's pretty common for romance writers to use of standard plot devices...
  Sharn Sep 28, 2016 - edited
  I cringed at every cliches. But damn it's hilarious xD even the ending lol
  iambulletproof Mar 14, 2017 where is this available?
  makeuptemple Apr 13, 2017 dailymotion
  iambulletproof Apr 14, 2017 thanks! i actually found it in dramanice :)
  Mari Ela Jul 24, 2016 - edited
  OMG it was a total rip off of boys over flower! when i read the comments, i thought it's gonna be just some similirities with the plot but no, it's not just the plot, it's the scenesssss that are exacts copies! what were they thinking? i mean by the writer and director and , just wow!
  Kinanin Apr 9, 2017 First of boys over flower is a adaptation from the manga HANA YORI DANGO. And the korean version is not the first live action version, the taiwanese did the first live action version. And these two stories and the time line of HYD and this chinese drama are totally different. Do you even serious saying it is a rip off. Get your facts right first.
  silvermcv Jul 9, 2016 - edited
  is this a remake of scarlet heart?
  Raincat Oct 6, 2016 - edited
  No, it aired before SH. Both are adaptations of same novel.....you might say SH is remake of PtLHJ
  silvermcv Oct 6, 2016 hmm i wonder why they made two adaptations at the same time
  moondust Mar 26, 2017 - edited
  It's complicated. The production of Palace couldn't get the rights to the novel to which Scarlet Heart is based off. So he made his own version (similar story slight changes) and rushed it out before Scarlet Heart could air, so to look like his came out first. It was very sketchy, and people who caught on condemned him for that. Looking at some of the comments here, it looks like the producer's plan worked.
  silvermcv Mar 26, 2017 idk Scarlet Heart is regarded as a classic but this one is not
  and the fact that the producer ripped off the story without rights really bothers me
  moondust Mar 26, 2017 His plan worked as in people were convinced this was the original because it came out first. It's annoying that he changed so much of it in his own version that it can't be considered a "ripoff" of the novel yet anyone can tell it was very similar.
  Sheba Bowie Jun 23, 2016 This Drama is a rip off of Boys over Flowers. She falls for the guy who plays an instrument, he saves her from being bullied, She slaps the Prince which is taboo just like Tsukushi decked Tsukasa in BOF. There's a million little similarities! Boarder line copyright infringement! Also, this one to me is damn boring. Am I the only one that was extremely irritated that she wasn't hooking up with the 8th Prince? I mean, come on, Feng William has been skipped for some doof? BORING. I was so vexed after watching I just decided to leave a bad review and stop watching! NEXT
  LPA Jun 13, 2016 - edited
  Sorry, I am so confused! Palace: The Lock Heart Jade (2011) is a Remake of WHAT drama? and a Sequel to Which one?
  I'm assuming that the movie stands on it's own, but then what is the sequence of everything else?
  Does it matter? Pease let me know either way. I would like to watch these in the order that they should be watched in. If some are the same as others, please help with that also. THANK YOU for helping clear up the confusion.
  Emily Jun 4, 2016 The awkward moment when you realize that one of the songs in this drama seems to be pirated from the pirate ship theme in Legend of Zelda, Wind Waker.
  Seoulwitch Mar 17, 2016 - edited
  uhm... is it worth watching?
  LinLi Mar 26, 2016 Yes it is especially there is Yang Mi!!!!!!!! Anyway at first she this simple cute happy laughing character in the story as the plot ends she begins to be more ummmmm kick buttish like she knows how to grind people with her words. IT a very good drama