Xiao Wang's family has a tradition every Spring Festival every year, that is, to reunite in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala. For Xiao Wang, the Spring Festival Gala brought him not only music, dance, drama and other wonderful performances, but also a warm time for the family to be together.
He still clearly remembers the scene of the first time he watched the Spring Festival Gala when he was a child. He had short tousled hair, a thick down jacket, two short legs wagging and shaking, candy in his mouth, and his eyes staring at the TV screen.
The shows were performed one after another, and the house was very lively. The sketch caused the adults to laugh, and the song and dance show made my sister follow the window, cheering and applauding one after another.
In the end, the whole family also held hands with the host and said "unforgettable tonight". Xiao Wang had a lot of fun at the Spring Festival Gala that day, and he didn't fall asleep until late at night.
With the passage of time, Xiao Wang grew up, and he gradually understood the meaning of the Spring Festival Gala. Every Spring Festival, the Spring Festival Gala makes him experience a strong New Year's flavor. The Spring Festival without the Spring Festival Gala is like the Chinese New Year without reunion, it is soulless.
Now every time I think of those Spring Festival Gala nights in my childhood, Xiao Wang will feel a trace of warmth and comfort in his heart.
As he grew older, Xiao Wang gradually discovered the changes in the Spring Festival Gala. Compared with the warm and cheerful scene in his childhood memory, the Spring Festival Gala in recent years obviously feels that there is a lack of interest and a lack of soul.
Xiao Wang still remembers the Spring Festival Gala in 2020, when he was preparing the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home as always, he casually turned on the TV. The song and dance dramas carefully prepared on the program list, but most of the participants were faces he didn't recognize.
The unfamiliar program made it difficult for Xiao Wang to invest, he simply swiped his mobile phone while eating dumplings, and finally realized that this year's Spring Festival Gala was over at the end of the Spring Festival Gala.
In the last two or three years, the situation has been much the same. The ratings are getting worse, and some comments even bluntly said that this year's Spring Festival Gala is "the worst ever". Xiao Wang found that the current Spring Festival Gala often invites traffic stars with great fanfare, but ignores the quality of the show itself, which makes people feel bravado.
The stage is glamorous, but after watching it a few times, most of the performances will make people lose their freshness, which is not what the Spring Festival Gala should look like in Xiao Wang's memory.
He couldn't help but sigh, is this literary and artistic event, which was once the attention of the whole people, step by step away from the lives of ordinary people?
Recently, Xiao Wang and his old neighbor Li Bo chatted about the Spring Festival Gala. Li Bo said: "I heard that this year's Spring Festival Gala is going to 'de-traffic', no longer pace the market and traffic, but based on the taste of ordinary audiences.
After hearing this, Xiao Wang suddenly realized that he remembered his favorite Spring Festival Gala program when he was a child, wasn't it brought by these old artists. For example, Mr. Zhao's sketches can always turn the bits and pieces of life into a period of joy; Song Dandan's cross talk can make him lean back and forth.
These programs are the soul of the Spring Festival Gala.
He couldn't help but imagine that if the current Spring Festival Gala crew was rebuilt into a combination of that era and re-staged the classic programs from decades ago, he would definitely rekindle his enthusiasm for the Spring Festival Gala.
After all, making the audience really laugh is the essence of the Spring Festival Gala.
At this time, Xiao Wang had hope in his heart. Perhaps through this "de-trafficization", this year's Spring Festival Gala can bring surprises to everyone. Thinking of this, he began to look forward to the arrival of the Spring Festival.
The discussion of de-trafficization can be seen everywhere. Xiao Wang found that many netizens were discussing this topic enthusiastically.
Some comments believe that inviting traffic stars to participate in the performance can increase the young audience, but do not let them perform sketches or dramas, their acting skills cannot withstand scrutiny, so they should only dance and sing.
There are also opinions that high-tech means such as virtual reality can attract the attention of young people, but it is too dazzling on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and it is easy to get out of shape.
This kind of comment hopes that the future Spring Festival Gala can be based on the tastes of ordinary people, with more tradition and warmth, and less hypocrisy and grievances.
However, there are also voices that believe that the three reforms still need to be gradual and cannot be achieved overnight. After all, it is still an era when traffic is king, and it is too extreme to deny all traffic stars.
If you can find those new-generation actors who have both traffic and strength, and let them perform in combination with senior artists, such a Spring Festival Gala can be inclusive and meet the needs of different audiences.
In the collision of various voices, Xiao Wang read the people's ardent expectations for the transformation of the Spring Festival Gala. They are eager for a back-to-basic, high-quality Spring Festival Gala. This has also become the biggest vision in Xiao Wang's heart.
To sum up, today's Spring Festival Gala is at a crossroads of transformation.
It needs to move forward on the road to modernity without losing its traditional roots. It must not only conform to the aesthetic taste of young people today, but also not abandon the largest target audience of ordinary people.
In Xiao Wang's view, the future Spring Festival Gala must strike a balance between inheritance and innovation.
may not be able to return to the wonderful effect of his childhood all at once, but through the gradual promotion of reform and opening up, this year's Spring Festival Gala has every chance to bring surprising changes.
It will eventually regain the reputation and attention of the people. This is Xiao Wang, and it is the common voice of thousands of viewers.
People are looking forward to a high-quality literary and artistic event, where they can laugh, be moved, and sing and dance. This is what the Spring Festival should look like.
Whether tradition and innovation can meet, and whether the new Spring Festival Gala can spread joy, let's wait and see.