A talented choir consisting of villagers and farmers from one of China's agricultural heartlands took to the stage at the main venue of the China Media Group (CMG)'s Spring Festival Gala in Beijing on Monday evening.
The farmers from the rural Dazhanchang Town of Zhongwei City in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, teamed up with Chinese pop music duo Phoenix Legend, to deliver an uplifting song about sharing in the joy of a fruitful harvest.
The colorful segment took viewers on a journey to experience a bountiful autumn harvest with baskets brimming with grain, golden rice stalks and fiery red chilies -- one of the region's signature culinary ingredients.
The Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year, is the most important traditional holiday for the Chinese people, and watching the Spring Festival Gala, also known as "Chunwan," on is a cherished part of the celebrations in hundreds of millions of Chinese homes.
Since first broadcast in 1983, the gala has been a cherished part of Chinese people's celebration of the Spring Festival. The gala recognized by Guinness World Records as the most-watched annual television program on the planet.
The Spring Festival itself was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2024.
The 2026 Spring Festival falls on Tuesday this year, ushering in the Year of the Horse.
Rural farmers choir delivers uplifting song of bountiful harvest at Spring Festival Gala
China has registered more than 3.5 billion passenger trips during the first 15 days of this year's Spring Festival travel rush, which began on February 2, according to data released by the Ministry of Transport.
The country is set to handle more than 220 million inter-regional passenger trips nationwide on Monday, the 15th day of this year's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush period and the Chinese New Year's Eve.
The number marked an 8.9 percent increase compared with the same period in 2025. Railways expect to carry 7.1 million passengers on Thursday, with 301 extra trains added. As of 08:00 Monday, more than 257 million tickets had already been sold via 12306, the nation's official train ticket booking platform.
Many train stations have coordinated in advance with local government departments to extend the service hours of other transit options, collectively enhancing the "last mile" experience for travelers.
On highways across the country, the total traffic volume is expected to exceed 33 million vehicle trips on Monday, relatively lower than that in previous days. Weather conditions across various regions are generally favorable for travel.
In civil aviation, China's airlines are expected to transport 1.93 million passengers on Monday, a 4.5 percent increase compared to the same period of the last year.
Since the start of the Spring Festival travel rush, the country's civil aviation sector handled an average of 2.339 million passenger trips daily, reflecting a 5.1 percent increase compared to the same period in 2025.
The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, falls on Tuesday this year, and the official holiday period lasts nine days.
The annual travel surge, known as chunyun and often described as the world's largest human migration, is expected to generate a record 9.5 billion inter-regional passenger trips during the 40-day period running from February 2 to March 13 this year.
China sees 3.5 bln inter-regional passenger trips during first 15 days of Spring Festival travel rush
