Rural farmers choir delivers uplifting song of bountiful harvest at Spring Festival Gala

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Rural farmers choir delivers uplifting song of bountiful harvest at Spring Festival Gala

2026-02-16 22:01 Last Updated At：02-17 05:07

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.

Tehran hit by large-scale US-Israeli air attacks

Iran's capital Tehran was subjected to large-scale airstrikes by the United States and Israel on Friday night while two U.S. warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf, Iranian forces said.

At around 21:00, an aircraft was seen flying over northeastern Tehran, and subsequently, Iran's air defense system was activated.

More than two hours later, Iran was hit by another air attack, leading to major explosions. It came after the Iranian military announced that its air defense system had successfully shot down a U.S. A-10 fighter jet, marking the second U.S. warplane hit by Iranian fire that day. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night threatened to hit Iran "extremely hard over the next two to three weeks," a timeline he has recently set for ending the monthlong war.

Iran has rejected a U.S. proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire delivered to Iran through a "friendly" country, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday.

The report added that Iran's response to the offer was not given in writing, but through the continuation of attacks in the battlefield.

On Feb. 28, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing Iran's then Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with senior military commanders and civilians. Iran responded by launching waves of missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and U.S. assets in the Middle East.