Dream in Red Mansions—for all its glory, it is but a dream.
Dream of the Red Chamber, first released in 1987, was a television series produced by CCTV, adapted from the classic 18th century Chinese novel of the same name. It gained enormous popularity for its music, cast, and plot adaptation, being regarded by many within China as being a near-definitive adaptation of the story.
Daiyu Parted With Her Father and Went to the Capital (Episode 1)
Air date: 1987-01-29
Runtime: 45 min
Baoyu, Daiyu, and Baochai's First Meeting at the Hall of Glorious Pageant (Episode 2)
Air date: 1987-01-30
Runtime: 45 min
Granny Liu Pays Her First Visit to the Jung Mansion (Episode 3)
Air date: 1987-01-31
Runtime: 45 min
Daiyu Feels Slight Jealous While Meeting Baoyu at Baochai's Home (Episode 4)
Air date: 1987-02-01
Runtime: 45 min
Xifeng Sets a Vicious Trap for a Lover (Episode 5)
Air date: 1987-02-02
Runtime: 45 min
Xifeng Helps to Manage Affairs at the Ning Mansion (Episode 6)
Air date: 1987-02-03
Runtime: 45 min
Literary Talent Tested by Composing Inscriptions for Grandview Garden (Episode 7)
Air date: 1987-05-05
Runtime: 45 min
Jung Mansion Had the Imperial Consort's Visitation on the Lantern Festival (Episode 8)
Air date: 1987-05-05
Runtime: 45 min
A Sweet Girl Shows Deep Feeling One Quiet Day (Episode 9)
Air date: 1987-05-06
Runtime: 45 min
A Song Awakes Baoyu to Esoteric Truths (Episode 10)
Air date: 1987-05-06
Runtime: 45 min
Meeting a Nightmare in Seeking After Favor (Episode 11)
Air date: 1987-05-07
Runtime: 45 min
Daiyu Weeps at Falling Petals (Episode 12)
Air date: 1987-05-07
Runtime: 45 min
The Fortune Enjoys Deep Fortune and Long Life (Episode 13)
Air date: 1987-05-08
Runtime: 45 min
Chin-chuan Dies a Heroic Death in Shame (Episode 14)
Air date: 1987-05-08
Runtime: 45 min
Baoyu was Beaten For Flirting (Episode 15)
Air date: 1987-05-09
Runtime: 45 min
Granny Liu Pays a Visit to Grandview Garden (Episode 16)
Air date: 1987-05-09
Runtime: 45 min
Xifeng Taken by Surprise Gives Ways to Jealousy (Episode 17)
Air date: 1987-05-10
Runtime: 45 min
Yuanyang Vows Never to Marry (Episode 18)
Air date: 1987-05-10
Runtime: 45 min
White Snow and Red Plum-Blossom in the Glassy World (Episode 19)
Air date: 1987-05-11
Runtime: 45 min
Plucky Qingwen Mends a Peacock-Feather Cape in Bed (Episode 20)
Air date: 1987-05-11
Runtime: 45 min
An Evening Banquet on the Lantern Festival in the Jung Mansion (Episode 21)
Air date: 1987-05-12
Runtime: 45 min
Ping'er Wields Authority to Right a Wrong (Episode 22)
Air date: 1987-05-12
Runtime: 45 min
Artful Zijuan Tests Baoyu's Feelings (Episode 23)
Air date: 1987-05-13
Runtime: 45 min
Girls Feast at Night in Happy Red Court (Episode 24)
Air date: 1987-05-13
Runtime: 45 min
The Profligate Secretly Takes Second Sister Yu as a Concubine (Episode 25)
Air date: 1987-05-14
Runtime: 45 min
Xifeng in Jealousy Makes a Scene in the Ning Mansion (Episode 26)
Air date: 1987-05-14
Runtime: 45 min
Lady Xing Feels Wronged and Puts Xifeng in Wrong (Episode 27)
Air date: 1987-05-15
Runtime: 45 min
Strange Omen Occurs at Night Banquet (Episode 28)
Air date: 1987-05-15
Runtime: 45 min
Spoony Childe Writes a Dirge on Cottonrose Hibiscus (Episode 29)
Air date: 1987-05-16
Runtime: 45 min
Drifting Away of Fair Maidens from Grandview Garden (Episode 30)
Air date: 1987-05-16
Runtime: 45 min
Spiritual Jade was Stolen During a Bustling Feast (Episode 31)
Air date: 1987-05-17
Runtime: 45 min
Grieving Over Tanchun's Departure to Marry Far from Home (Episode 32)
Air date: 1987-05-17
Runtime: 45 min
Daiyu is Shocked by Bade News and Dies (Episode 33)
Air date: 1987-05-18
Runtime: 45 min
Forced Xifeng Resigned Herself to a Fate Spread East of Bed-Curtain (Episode 34)
Air date: 1987-05-18
Runtime: 45 min
Collapsed Mansion Comes to an End (Episode 35)
Air date: 1987-05-19
Runtime: 45 min
A Vast and White Expanse of Immerse Universe (Episode 36)
