New Chinese TV drama on tomb raiders to premiere

A new TV drama adaptation of the popular Chinese novel series "Gui Chui Deng," which literally means "Ghost Blowing Lamp," is set for online release Wednesday, April 1, according to the official Weibo account of video streaming platform Tencent Video.

Titled "Long Ling Mi Ku" and known as "Candle in the Tomb: The Lost Caverns" in English, the 18-episode show will be broadcast on Tencent Video with three episodes every Wednesday evening.

With a cast led by Pan Yueming and Zhang Yuqi, the fantasy drama revolves around a tomb-raiding adventure in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. A trailer has been released for the show, which is co-produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures.

"Gui Chui Deng" novels, authored by Zhang Muye under the pseudonym Tian Xia Ba Chang, were first released and became a hit online as early as 2006. The years since have seen several film and TV show adaptations of the novel series.

The book "Long Ling Mi Ku" boasts a score of 7.8 out of 10 on review platform Douban based on more than 29,800 reviews.