China News Service, Beijing, February 8 (Reporter Gao Kai) On the evening of February 7, China Central Radio and Television Station's "2024 Spring Festival Gala" completed its fifth rehearsal. So far, all rehearsals for the 2024 Spring Festival Gala have been completed. Ready.

  According to reports, the Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala has a variety of program types, including songs, dances, cross talk, sketches, operas, martial arts, magic, acrobatics, musicals, micro-movies, etc.

All rehearsals for the Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala are complete and ready. Photo courtesy of CCTV

  In this rehearsal, noodle chefs, retired technicians, police officers, athletes, etc. took part in the opening short film "Our Spring Festival Gala" with their own stories. The cast of the popular TV series "Flowers" gathered on the stage and together with Grandpa Tan, the keeper of the panda "Hua Hua" and other audience representatives, wished the audience New Year's greetings amidst the sound of golden drums.

All rehearsals for the Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala are complete and ready. 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.

  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; the Changsha branch in Hunan composed a song called "Dudu" Realization" sang the charm of the "City That Never Sleeps"; at the branch venue in Xi'an, Shaanxi, the national trend performance was brilliant, and the whole people sang and sang poems, witnessing the poetic scene of Chang'an in the dialogue between ancient and modern times; at the branch venue in Kashgar, Xinjiang, many The top national dances and instrumental music gathered together, showing the scene of all ethnic groups uniting into one family.

  The Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala also specially arranged the interactive song "Share" for transnational netizens. In the program, netizens from all over the world joined the screen to dance the "Year of the Dragon themed dance".

  At 8 pm on February 9, Beijing time, the Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala will be broadcast live simultaneously on the main station’s TV channels, radio frequencies and new media platforms. At the same time, it will be linked to more than 1,500 media in 200 countries and regions around the world to live broadcast and report on the Spring Festival Gala. . (over)