
2025 Spring Festival Gala Sets Record with 16.8 Billion Global Views
The 2025 Spring Festival Gala broke records with 16.8 billion global views, showcasing China’s rich culture through innovative performances and technology.
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The 2025 Spring Festival Gala broke records with 16.8 billion global views, showcasing China’s rich culture through innovative performances and technology.

China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala sets new viewership records, dazzling audiences with spectacular performances like the Phoenix Dance, Boat Banquet, and Lantern Shows to celebrate the Year of the Snake.

Explore the epic history behind ‘Creation of the Gods II’, the new film that brings China’s legendary Battle of Muye to life, showcasing the rise of the Zhou dynasty over the Shang.

In Xiangshan’s Shipu town, the art of crafting fish lanterns lights up the Spring Festival, symbolizing hope and prosperity for local fishermen.

Fishermen in Sansha, China’s southernmost city, revive ancestral traditions to welcome the Year of the Snake, honoring the ‘108 Brothers’ for safe voyages and abundant catches.

Residents across the Chinese mainland welcomed the Year of the Snake with dazzling fireworks, celebrating Chinese New Year with traditions that unite communities in joy and hope for the future.

Artists Pang Fei and Pang Minghao give the Chinese God of Wealth a modern makeover, blending tradition with playful designs that resonate with today’s youth.

Travel across China is soaring as the Chinese New Year holiday begins, with families embracing new traditions by visiting attractions after reunion dinners, boosting tourism and cultural celebrations.

Global pop stars like Ed Sheeran dazzled at CGTN’s Super Night Spring Festival Gala, bringing fresh excitement to Chinese New Year celebrations with heartfelt performances and greetings.

China’s Spring Festival film season kicks off with a bang as the box office surpasses $276 million on the first day, thanks to a diverse lineup of blockbuster films and upgraded cinema experiences.