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THE annual Spring Festival gala by China Central Television（CCTV）春节联欢晚会(chunjie lianhuan wanhui )is an important tradition today for Chinese New Year celebration.
Harmony and reunio, two perennial themes of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala take a new turn as China enters the Year of the Rat in 2008. Usually the domain of laughter and songs, this new year celebration casts a reflective gaze on Chinese society, mirroring national values of past and present. It will be a four-hour potpourri of song and dance, cross-talk and short sketches.
Wednesday night, the curtain rises on this year’s edition of the gala lunar new year celebration on CCTV. This year’s presentation features a star-studded line up, gravity-defying dances, mind-blowing acrobatics, and short comedies with laughter written into every expression and gesture. These are the staples of every lunar new year’s eve spectacular. This annual addition to family banquets has grown, artfully and arduously, into a traditional New Year’s observance for the Chinese audience of 1.3 billion people. That colossal figure also reflects a diversity of taste.
Audience member, said, “language programs are my favorite, especially the White Cloud and Black Earth series by Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan.”
“I like solos, especially — old songs, my favorite stars are Song Zuying and Tan Jing.”
New faces in this year’s gala include Wang Baoqiang, who became an overnight success in the film “A World Without Thieves” directed by Feng Xiaogang.
Hollywood star Zhang Ziyi also will come up to the CCTV gala stage and sing a pop song “tian nv shan hua” with costume like a fairy.
Jay Zhou from Taiwan sang a new song “Qing Hua Ci” which is composed by himself.
Dedema, a renowned singer from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, will also appear on stage.
The viewing preferences of young and old are an historical problem for programmers. The formula for preparing a program catering to such varied tastes has been a constant challenge for the Spring Festival Gala crew. CCTV broadcast the Spring Festival gala in 1983 on the lunar New Year’s Eve. The annual gala has become an important part of the Spring Festival for Chinese people at home and overseas.