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This Thriving Land exceeds 8500 (Update: 9500) on the heat index on 2nd day of airing!

Michelle Topham August 14, 2025

Chinese farming-themed drama This Thriving Land premiered on iQIYI yesterday and has already exceeded 8500 on that platform’s heat index.

It moved from 8000 to 85000 soon after Episode 8 was uploaded to the platform.

In response, iQIYI uploaded a celebratory poster to their Weibo account, and commented:

#生万物爱奇艺站内热度突破8500# (This Thriving Land exceeds 8500 on the heat index)

The land yields gold—a harvest nurtured by sweat. Thank you all for your love and support for #生万物# (This Thriving Land)! The stories of Tianniaomiao Village reflect the imprints of our era.

Three back-to-back episodes air nightly at 19:30 on iQIYI’s “Everyone’s Theater”—don’t miss it!

This Thriving Land‘s cast and plot

This Thriving Land stars Yang Mi and Ou Hao in the main lead roles, alongside Ni Da Hong, Qin Hai Lu, Xing Fei and Zhang Tiang Yang.

This Thriving Land drops 3 very pretty posters as the C-drama premieres on iQIYI

It tells the story of the people in a small farming community who, over several decades, brings the land to its most fertile by using revolutionary techniques.

Episodes 1 and 2 are now available free to watch, while Episodes 1 through 8 can be viewed by iQIYI’s VIP subscribers.

The same goes for iQIYI’s YouTube channel.

Watch Episode 1 of This Thriving Land below.

Stunning visuals from This Thriving Land promoted on the “Light of Asia” LED screen 

Update August 14th, 2025: This Thriving Land has now passed 9000 on the iQIYI heat index, with yet another celebratory poster dropped (see above) in response.

Update August 15th, 2025: The Chinese drama has now hit 9500 on the iQIYI heat index, with yet another poster released celebrating that milestone. (above)

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Michelle Topham

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Brit-American journalist, and Founder/CEO of Baozi Buns. I began covering anime, donghua, K-drama and C-drama when I lived in Asia. Then never stopped.

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