CCTV 24th Spring Festival Gala: Behind the Scenes

Author: Li Qingshan
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The Spring Festival Gala has brought blessings to millions of households year after year. It has made hundreds of millions of people joyful, because it is an annual cultural and artistic gathering. Twenty-four Springs Festivals, twenty-four galas—worth preserving, worth savoring, because it is authentic Chinese cultural essence. The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that the common people hold dear, emphasizing family reunion and festive joy. Although watching the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV is no longer the only form of entertainment for people on Chinese New Year's Eve today, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Spring Festival Gala is grandly performed on CCTV, with its spectacular programs bringing festive blessings to hundreds of millions of viewers across the country and accompanying them through a joyful Chinese New Year's Eve. Want to learn about the ups and downs of the Spring Festival Gala over these 24 years? Then what are you waiting for? Let this book take you back through the journey of the Spring Festival Gala over these 24 years! Since 1983, CCTV has presented a fine cultural and artistic feast to hundreds of millions of viewers across the country every Chinese New Year's Eve—the Spring Festival Gala (hereinafter referred to as "the Gala"). By 2006, CCTV had successfully held 24 editions (1983–2006); calculated in 12-year zodiac cycles, it is exactly two full cycles. The Spring Festival Gala of 2007 marks the beginning of the third zodiac cycle. What will it be like? Hundreds of millions of viewers are eagerly awaiting it. As the saying goes: "Every Spring Festival is similar, but every Spring Festival Gala is different." With 24 consecutive editions, as a television program, its enduring popularity is truly remarkable. It has become the largest and most-watched variety show in the country and even globally, which is rare indeed. The 24-year journey is worth reviewing, and the big and small events that have taken place in the Gala are worth savoring. This book serves as a large screen, now rolled out, inviting you to observe the front and back stages with a calm and objective mindset, perhaps gaining a different perspective. The Spring Festival Gala, year after year, brings blessings to millions of households. It makes hundreds of millions of people joyful, because it is an annual cultural and artistic gathering. Twenty-four Springs Festivals, twenty-four galas—worth preserving, worth savoring, because it is authentic Chinese cultural essence. The Spring Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that the common people hold dear, emphasizing family reunion and festive joy. Although watching the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV is no longer the only form of entertainment for people on Chinese New Year's Eve today, on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Spring Festival Gala is grandly performed on CCTV, with its spectacular programs bringing festive blessings to hundreds of millions of viewers across the country and accompanying them through a joyful Chinese New Year's Eve. Want to learn about the ups and downs of the Spring Festival Gala over these 24 years? Then what are you waiting for? Let this book take you back through the journey of the Spring Festival Gala over these 24 years! Since 1983, CCTV has presented a fine cultural and artistic feast to hundreds of millions of viewers across the country every Chinese New Year's Eve—the Spring Festival Gala (hereinafter referred to as "the Gala"). By 2006, CCTV had successfully held 24 editions (1983–2006); calculated in 12-year zodiac cycles, it is exactly two full cycles. The Spring Festival Gala of 2007 marks the beginning of the third zodiac cycle. What will it be like? Hundreds of millions of viewers are eagerly awaiting it. As the saying goes: "Every Spring Festival is similar, but every Spring Festival Gala is different." With 24 consecutive editions, as a television program, its enduring popularity is truly remarkable. It has become the largest and most-watched variety show in the country and even globally, which is rare indeed. The 24-year journey is worth reviewing, and the big and small events that have taken place in the Gala are worth savoring. This book serves as a large screen, now rolled out, inviting you to observe the front and back stages with a calm and objective mindset, perhaps gaining a different perspective.