China News Service, Beijing, February 8 (Reporter Gao Kai) On the evening of February 7, the China Central Radio and Television Station's "2024 Spring Festival Gala" completed its fifth rehearsal. Various types of programs such as songs, dances, cross talk, sketches, operas, martial arts, magic, acrobatics, musicals, micro-movies, etc. are smoothly connected, and the main venue is naturally connected with the four branch venues.
China Central Radio and Television Station’s “2024 Spring Festival Gala” has completed all five rehearsals. Photo courtesy of CCTV
Noodle chefs, retired technicians, police officers, athletes, etc. participated in the opening short film "Our Spring Festival Gala" with their own stories. More than 50 industry representatives, including national May 1st Labor Medal winners, Shenzhou 17 astronaut crew members, scientific researchers, and cultural relics protection workers, sang "We Grow Up After Watching Cartoons". The crew of the popular TV series "Flowers" gathered on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and together with Grandpa Tan, the keeper of the panda "Huahua" and other audience representatives, wished everyone a happy New Year amidst the sound of golden drums. In the song "No Self", singer Han Hong sings affectionately about her long-lasting love for the people across thousands of rivers and mountains.
China Central Radio and Television Station’s “2024 Spring Festival Gala” has completed all five rehearsals. Photo courtesy of CCTV
The creative show "Nian Brocade" selected representative patterns from ancient China that imply auspicious blessings, and staged an ancient "fashion show" where people came from paintings. Through songs + virtual synthesis technology, cultural elements spanning thousands of years were reborn, and the oriental aesthetic charm stunned the audience. Tibetan, Kirgiz, and Mongolian singers sang enthusiastically in "Eternal Psalm" and praised the epic of national heroes.
China Central Radio and Television Station’s “2024 Spring Festival Gala” has completed all five rehearsals. Photo courtesy of CCTV
Each of the four venues has its own characteristics. The Shenyang branch in Liaoning created music with unique northeastern characteristics such as "Little New Year Greetings" and "Send Lover", and integrated them with rock, rap, folk music, and ballet to ignite the surging passion intertwined with ice and fire; Changsha, Hunan The song "Everything Comes Realized" at the branch venue sang the new voice of the era with vigorous vitality and a promising future, and the charm of the "City that Never Sleeps" shines; at the branch venue in Xi'an, Shaanxi, the national trend performance was brilliant, and the whole people sang and sang poems , witnessed the poetic scene of Chang'an in the dialogue between ancient and modern times; at the Kashgar branch venue in Xinjiang, top multi-ethnic dances and instrumental music gathered together, showing the harmonious scene of all ethnic groups uniting as one family.
China Central Radio and Television Station’s “2024 Spring Festival Gala” has completed all five rehearsals. Photo courtesy of CCTV
In the interactive song "Share" among transnational netizens, netizens from all over the world joined the screen to dance the "Year of the Dragon themed dance", spreading the lively and joyful Chinese New Year flavor to the world. It is reported that more than 3,000 "overseas screens" in 49 countries and 90 cities on six continents will broadcast and promote the Spring Festival Gala live. (over)