The Long Ballad (2021)

Both dramas have:
; strong female leads
; both characters have martial arts skills.
; hidden identities
; cross dressing
; Cold male lead with similar personality
; Cold female lead with similar personality
; adapted from source (manhua or a novel)
; revenge
; the female lead family have died in both dramas

Both feature a bodyguard/princess romance although the dynamics are very different.
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I really like Reba's performance!
She is so beautiful that I can't help screaming when I see her!
and my heart melt......
I've seen almost all her plays, and I really like them! HC!!!!!!

Ok firstly, this may be wrong as I'm still near the start of The Long Ballad bUT-
I feel like The Long Ballad focuses a lot more on like revenge and the activities rather than romance itself, which reminds me The Handsome Siblings drama. Both dramas focus more on like revenge for example, tho romance is a little more towards the side?

So if you like there being more action and stuff and less fluff romance then woohoo (?)
Either way, love both dramas!

1. Both protagonists strive to find their own path & way of life.
2. Adventure & encountering great masters.
3. Intelligent leads.
4. Emotional

Both have Leo Wu and Zhao Lusi in their cast.
Both have slow burn romance and hidden pasts
Both are revenge driven
Both feature strong female leads
Both cases, male lead falls in love first
Both have happy ending

Both dramas:
- Wuxia genre
- FL cross dresses
- Hidden identity
- revenge
- cute romance and chemistry between main leads
- Fantasy, royalty, scheming, fight scenes, and strong female lead.

Overall, its an exciting and emotional drama to watch with beautiful scenery following a strong female lead on her quest to fight for what is rightfully hers

Basically if you enjoyed the tribal grasslands/prairie culture of Eagle Flag, and you didn't particularly care for all the supernatural aspects, you'll enjoy the Long Ballad.

A lot of it is set in the Ashine tribe, and the male lead is a warrior/general of that tribe, the foster son of the Khan. As a story goes, it's much more linear and has a pretty satisfying (if abrupt) conclusion.

Oh, I'll admit it - I'm mainly here for the braided tribal hair on the men, ok? While with Eagle Flag it was just Asule and not all the time, in LB it's Ashine Sun (ML), his men, everyone.

This is similar in terms of the FL dressing up as a man to discover the truth about the massacre of her family. The FL is also smart like Wen Xi. The cast are all goodlooking as well

-FL both fave hardships that the ML helps solve
-Smart and Strong FLs
-MLs will do anything to help FLs
-FLs' mothers both died
-ML both have cruel-ish parents
-Er Niang like Yi Cheng faces a lot of abuse
-both Historical Chinese Dramas

Both are historical with characters growing up throughout their respective series. Lots of twists and turns, and characters that subvert expectations. Both include a romance in which the female lead makes the unexpected choice for who she ends up with. I would highly recommend both series!

Clever Female lead
Give same kind of feel
Even the names are similar
But I liked The Long Ballad just a bit better than The Autumn Ballad (because of the ending)