If you want to learn a little bit of history and get laughs at the same time (the series does a good job of trying to make things as accurate as possible), you definitely should take a look at this. The series is offered in both Mandarin and Cantonese languages, with English subtitles.
The main character, Xiang Shao Long (or aka. Hong Siu Long) is offered an opportunity to go back to the past via time machine. This is what the series calls a "step into the past". He lives through some of the historical events, including the coronation of Ying Zheng (or aka. Ying Jing). Since he has background knowledge of history, he is able to "predict" things that are going to happen. In addition to living in the past, he is able to bring back many of the things he has gained from the future, which gives things a certain twist. Xiang Shao Long, the main character is extremely charismatic with his knowledge of a great deal of things. And while he knows a lot about common things (since he came from the future, and he brought back things to the past), the joke is that he cannot read the special characters, which sort of highlights the idea of lost history and language.
Without giving too much information away, this is the series in a nutshell. You can perhaps look at some "preview clips" of this series by looking up "A step into the past" in Youtube before deciding to buy the series, which is, in my opinion, a good way to use money.
The main character, Xiang Shao Long (or aka. Hong Siu Long) is offered an opportunity to go back to the past via time machine. This is what the series calls a "step into the past". He lives through some of the historical events, including the coronation of Ying Zheng (or aka. Ying Jing). Since he has background knowledge of history, he is able to "predict" things that are going to happen. In addition to living in the past, he is able to bring back many of the things he has gained from the future, which gives things a certain twist. Xiang Shao Long, the main character is extremely charismatic with his knowledge of a great deal of things. And while he knows a lot about common things (since he came from the future, and he brought back things to the past), the joke is that he cannot read the special characters, which sort of highlights the idea of lost history and language.
Without giving too much information away, this is the series in a nutshell. You can perhaps look at some "preview clips" of this series by looking up "A step into the past" in Youtube before deciding to buy the series, which is, in my opinion, a good way to use money.