It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

I rank Nirvana in Fire up with the best of the best: writing, camera, production - it's a damn near flawless presentation of story and ideas. While sets and costuming are noteworthy, it's amazing how few locations Nirvana in Fire uses through 50+ episodes. All the power is in the dialog, characters and acting. Individuals make choices for an empire, and generally the dialog itself has multiple levels of meaning - some apparent to the characters, some aimed directly at the viewer. It's media that makes you think, made all the more rewarding due to a high level of entertainment.10/10

Royal family story happened in the era before the famous Tang Dynasty - around 700 A.D. (South / North Dynasty era). Best actors/actresses across the board, love the beautiful but powerful scripts (in partial ancient Chinese language), perfect editing, clothes, music, magnificent settings, love all of them. The love and royalty between emperor and his subject, between general and his army, between prince and his childhood buddy, between prince and his fiance all touched me and made me want to watch multiple times. Great fan the main actors (Lin Shu) and supporting actor (Prince Jing). Cried so many times while watching this.

CostumesCostumingYou will love this 54 episode thrill ride. The 2015 drama is based off of Hai Yan's novel Nirvana in Fire and stars Wang Kai as Prince Jing Yan and He Gu as Mei Cheng Su. The drama opens twelve years after the massacre of the Blaze Army at Plum Ridge and sucks you into Mei Cheng Su's plot to put Prince Jing Yan on the throne and right the injustice that happened in the capital as well as on the battlefield so long ago. Too much said, I will be spoiling. All I can say is that once you get strapped into your seat with this roller coaster ride of politics, palace intrigue, romance, and revenge, you won't be able to stop watching. The tension increases with every episode until you are hooked, needing to see the next episode. This drama is hard to turn off. Every nuance in this drama means something. I admire the directors, Kong Sheng and Lix Xue, because there is not a moment wasted. The costumes, scenery, acting, and cinematography are brilliant. Everything about this drama is intelligent and thought through, very well done and enjoyable.

It's a complicated story. Different audiences may see different key: loyalty, trickery, friendship, love, revenge, of course, a little bit of humor.At beginning, I was attracted by its delicate and concise dress, calm and elegant slow lives. The characters' etiquette and the gave me a feeling of release pressure. Because of this, I fantasy I can live in ancient China.But beneath the surface of slow tempo, undercurrent was terrible. As the story go, I felt the author's unprecedented courage. Original author Hai Yan (a female author, not that famous male entrepreneur also an author named Hai Yan) seems to convey a kind of the power of justice through this ancient Chinese story. Even if only to see her conception , the story and this series' art height is far more than those similar ones . In my opinion, previous produced ancient Chinese dramas just told audience what Chinese did and what they experienced, but in this series ,it seems to want to tell audience what Chinese should do in the future for seeking justice and truth.An authoritarian government, the struggle of the two forces, a group of people full of justice, in order to a grievance of 13 years ago,finally, the leading role spoke out stirring line: "The purpose of review the case, just for the truth!" Yes, the truth! Even authoritarian Emperor Liang (Yongdai Ding played) refused to review the case because of various reasons , but in the end, he had to kneel down in front of the truth. His final confession is based on the goodness of human nature, I think it is the return of the family emotion cause. This kind of mood generated long before Mei Changsu (Ge Hu played) last stood in front of him. The most touching in this paragraph give me a chance to reflect: confession is the base of exposing truth and maybe result in seeking justice.Of course, the process of seeking justice may be a very long time such as 13 years in this series, it takes patience, perseverance, teamwork and wisdom. The power of justice will be successful finally.