The 2026 Spring Festival Gala, an annual televised celebration hosted by the China Media Group (CMG), got underway at 20:00 Monday (Beijing Time) on the eve of the Chinese New Year, as families come together to ring in the Year of the Horse at midnight. Aside from the main stage in Beijing, four sub-venues were set up across the country in Heilongjiang, Yiwu, Hefei, and Yibin. Starting in 1983, the hours-long gala has been part of the New Year celebrations of the Chinese people. It was also reco