Candle in the Tomb: Mu Ye Gui Shi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hu Tian and Xiao Jin Ya was living a quiet life of scamming tourists and selling antiques to people with money to burn, until one day a rich guy, alleging to be an old family friend, insisted on buying Hu Tian's Mingyue stone necklace and resorted to kidnapping Xiao Jin Ya when they refused to hand over. Next thing they knew, they were rescued by a mysterious woman claiming to know the whereabout of Hu Tian's parents, who went missing over 20 years ago, and that Mingyue stone was the key to finding them. Soon after, he and his friends were ensnared in a series of events that set them on a dangerous adventure of exploring ancient tombs while dodging murderous treasure hunters who were after the same thing his parents were after.

Series details

• Title: Candle in the Tomb: Mu Ye Gui Shi
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2017-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-09-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48507
• IMDb ID: tt7741498
• TVDB ID: 331641

Cast and credited roles

• Darren Wang — Hu Tian
• Jin Chen — Bin Lun
• Wang Yue Xin — Lei Li
• Zhang Bo Yu — Wang Yao
• Zhang Xin — Xiao Jin Ya

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-07-03; final listed air date 2017-09-19; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

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