Hong Lou Meng, translated as a Dream of Red Mansions, sometimes translated as the Dream of the Red Chamber, the great classical Chinese novel written in the mid-eighteenth century during the reign of Emperor Chien-lung of the Ching Dynasty, has been widely popular throughout the last two hundred years and more.

The TV series by CCTV tells the declines and falls of a typical Chinese noble family through a couple of young lovers and many girls' tragic life. The series begins with the mother-less child, Lin Daiyu - whose beauty and intelligence surpasses all - moving into her maternal grandmother's family in the capital. There, the child meets numerous relatives, one of whom is Jia Baoyu, her mother's nephew, and the heir of the family.

Baoyu was born with a jade tablet and so, is treated like a fragile egg, and is spoiled by his grandmother. He often spends his time with his female cousins and maids instead of being in his studies. One of the cousins he hangs around with is Xue Baochai.

As the story goes on, Baoyu and Daiyu eventually fall in love with each other, but Daiyu is not very well-liked by the family, and instead, the family members favor Baochai. A tragic story is set to start……

Contents of Complete 36 Episodes 

1.  Tai-yu Parted with her Father and Went to the Capital

2.  Pao-yu, Tai-yu and Pao-chai's First Meeting at the Hall of Glorious Pageant

3.  Granny Liu Pays her First Visit to the JungMansion

4.  Tai-yu Feels Slight Jealous while Meeting Pao-yu at Pao-chai's Home

5.  Hsi-feng Sets a Vicious Trap for a Lover

6.  Hsi-feng Helps to Manage Affairs in the NingMansion

7.  Literary Talent Tested by Composing Inscriptions in GrandViewGarden

8.  Jung Mansion Had the Imperial Consorts Visitation on the Feast of Lanterns

9.  A Sweet Girl Shows Deep Feeling One Quiet Day

10. A Song Awakes Pao-yu to Esoteric Truths

11. Meeting a Nightmare in Seeking after Favor

12. Tai-yu Weeps at Falling Petals

13. The Fortune Enjoys Deep Fortune and Long Life

14. Chi-chuan Dies a Heroic Death in Shame

15. Pao-yu Was Beaten for Flirting

16. Granny Liu Pays Visit to GrandViewGarden

17. Hsi-feng Taken by Surprise Gives Ways to Jealousy

18. Yuan-yang Vows Never to Marry

19. White Snow and Red Plum-Blossom in the Glassy World

20. Plucky Cheng-wen Mends a Peacock-FeatherCape in Bed

21. An Evening Banquet on the Feast of Lantern Festival in the JungMansion

22. Ping-erh Wields Authority to Right a Wrong

23. Artful Tzu-chuan Tests Pao-yu's Feelings

24. Girls Feast at Night in Happy Red Court

25. The Profligate Secretly Takes Second Sister Yu as a Concubine

26. Hsi-feng in Jealousy Makes a Scene in the NingMansion

27. Lady Hsing Feels Wronged and Puts Hsi-feng in Wrong

28. Strange Omen Occurs at Night Banquet

29. Spoony Childe Writes a Dirge on Cottonrose Hibiscus

30. Drifting away of Fair Maidens from GrandViewGarden

31. Spiritual Jade Was Stolen During a Bustling Feast

32. Grieving Over Tan-chun's Departure to Marry Far from Home

33. Astonished by the Heavy News of the Death of Tai-yu

34. High-and-Mighty Hsi-feng Resigned herself to Fate Spread East of Bed-Curtain

35. Collapsed Mansion Come to an End

36.  A Vast and White Expanse of Immerse Universe