China Media Group (CMG) has released a promotional video for its New Year Gala on Sunday to usher in 2025.
The gala, themed "Sail into 2025," will be simultaneously aired on various Chinese television channels and radio stations throughout the country.
With the opening part initiated at the Great Wall, the gala will link the representative symbol of the Chinese nation and civilization with China's Five Sacred Mountains, namely Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Hengshan Mountain, Mount Song and Mount Heng, where an audio-visual feast will be presented to the audience.
CMG releases New Year Gala promo to welcome 2025
Millions of audience entered 2025 with China Media Group (CMG)'s New Year Gala which started airing on Tuesday evening.
Entitled "Sail into 2025," the gala sets its main stage at the Tianping Lake at the foot of Mount Tai in Tai'an, a city in east China's Shandong Province, the native home of Confucius (551-479 BC), one of the greatest Chinese philosophers and educators and founder of Confucianism.
Unfolded in six chapters, the gala opened with an integrated art performance blending a variety of art forms, including folk music, traditional Chinese operas, martial arts, rhythmic gymnastics, and parkour.
Advanced technologies like augmented reality (AR) and extended reality (XR) facilitate the attempts to give audience an immersive experience, with displays of drones and robots over the lake.
The gala is broadcast on several CMG's TV and radio channels, as well as new media platforms across China, marking a spectacular start to 2025.
CMG's New Year Gala brings audience into 2025
