On December 30, the "Dongting Fishing and Fire Season" stage in Yueyang Port Industrial Heritage Park in Yueyang City was bustling with activity, and a grand cultural feast kicked off here. The "People Are Country" 2024 National Community Spring Festival Gala Finals, co-sponsored

On December 30, the "Dongting Fishing and Fire Season" stage in Yueyang Port Industrial Heritage Park in Yueyang City was bustling with activity, and a grand cultural feast kicked off here. The "People Are Country" 2024 National Community Spring Festival Gala Finals, co-sponsored by the China Community Development Association, the Yueyang Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Yueyang Municipal People's Government, and the China Agricultural Film and Television Center, kicked off grandly here.

On that day, the event lasted for nearly 12 hours and attracted tens of thousands of viewers. The event also specially invited CCTV host Xiao Dongpo to serve as a member of the powerful judging panel, Zhang Haiyan, the "national fat sister-in-law", and Internet celebrities to help out on the spot, adding more popularity and vitality to the party. The

event was grand in scale and full of highlights. In the early stage, after layers of selections in 34 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, there were more than 2,172 applicants in total, and tens of thousands of communities were mobilized to participate. Nearly 506 city market and community special auditions have been held, and 100,000 people participated in the auditions and submitted applications. There were more than 9,200 programs selected, and the best of the best were selected. About 70 outstanding programs stood out. A total of more than 1,000 people participated in the final selection, which was extremely broad-based, grassroots, and people-oriented.

At the final election site, community "stars" from more than 20 cities across the country gathered together. Among them were ordinary people from the grassroots, as well as literary and art lovers who were always passionate about the stage. They actively signed up and participated enthusiastically. Programs with strong local characteristics such as songs, dances, sketches, and folk arts are competing on the stage, especially sketch programs, cross talk, and unique skills, which emerge in endlessly, are highly watchable, and take into account the contemporary, national, and artistic qualities.

"Participation is the most important thing in the community Spring Festival Gala, and I am included in this year's Spring Festival Gala." The participating residents said happily that everyone watched the Spring Festival Gala together, performed the Spring Festival Gala, attended the Spring Festival Gala, and saw the talented stunts performed by people around them, which made it feel fresher and more down-to-earth. It truly brings to life the taste of fireworks in the world. This is the return of the festival culture that our people have been waiting for for a long time.

Fan Zerong, vice chairman of the Yueyang CPPCC and chairman of the Yueyang Municipal Committee of the Kuomintang, said that the national community Spring Festival Gala auditions are in full swing, and it is our honor to bring wonderful programs from all over the country to Yueyang. We will do our best to serve this party. Good, good protection, good publicity, people from all over the country are welcome to visit Yueyang. Yueyang has rich historical heritage and intangible cultural resources. It is hoped that through this activity, Yueyang's intangible cultural heritage can be better spread and the unique charm of Yueyang culture can be fully demonstrated to the country and even the world. At the same time, with the help of the community Spring Festival Gala, we will build a platform for community cultural workers across the country to communicate and jointly promote the prosperity and development of community culture.

Xiao Dongpo, the general director of the National Community Spring Festival Gala, said that the gala brings together the "talented" elites of communities across the country. We will repeatedly polish the program and produce high-quality products to make this gala a Spring Festival feast that is loved by the people and has frequent performances. Every talented ordinary person can become a "star". As long as the people need it, we will continue to run it year after year, adhering to our original intentions, highlighting the true qualities of civilians, and giving back the people's expectations with good programs and works. In addition to wonderful theatrical performances,

has also opened a "Spring Festival Gala Express". Excellent programs selected in the finals will have the opportunity to participate in the recording of the 2024 National Community Spring Festival Gala. The selection for this event is open and transparent. The final number of programs will be determined by the judging panel and director group based on the quality of the programs, and scores will be announced on site. All shortlisted program contestants and contestants who advance to the program will receive participation certificates and honorary certificates respectively.

Yang Hongxi, chief planner of the National Community Spring Festival Gala, stressed that the finals were better than expected, with high enthusiasm from the masses and a large number of participants. The quality of the program was not inferior to that of professional actors. The program categories showed a situation of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending. Both traditions There are some modern ones, and there are even more integration and collision of tradition and modernity. The community Spring Festival Gala has always adhered to the principle of "run by the people, performed by the people and judged by the people". The people have the final say on whether the stage is good, whether the performance is successful or not, and whether the program is exciting or not. I hope that on the stage of the National Community Spring Festival Gala, the participants will put down their baggage, travel lightly, enjoy the stage, and jointly create the most dynamic, sentimental, and pyrotechnic culture through singing, dancing, acting, showing, and exhibitions. The feast allows people across the country to feel the strong flavor of the New Year and the fireworks of the world.

Zeng Zhihui, the general person in charge of the national community Spring Festival Gala program selection and the director of the finals, said that in 2024, he will lead the directing team to more cities and communities, organize and select more outstanding programs to enter the finals, and truly reflect the people's work, The obedience of the people's performance and people's commentary allows the common people to truly enter their own Spring Festival Gala.

It is reported that the "People are the Country" 2024 National Community Spring Festival Gala Finals attracted more than 50 media outlets including central provinces and cities to report on it. The atmosphere was warm and the audience received rave reviews. The event not only enriched the cultural life of the people, but also enhanced the It has enhanced community cohesion and cultural self-confidence, and injected new impetus into the prosperity of grassroots culture and the strong Spring Festival atmosphere. By then, the 2024 National Community Spring Festival Gala will be held at the Yueyang Olympic Sports Center on January 28, 2024, with the theme of "The People Are the Country". Through the community Spring Festival Gala stage, you can watch the "human fireworks" in the flavor of the New Year.