A group of iconic songs from China's Taiwan region evoked shared memories in the audience at the main venue of the China Media Group (CMG)'s Spring Festival Gala in Beijing on Monday evening.
Several well-known artists from Taiwan performed songs with deep cultural significance.
The Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year, is the most important traditional holiday for the Chinese people. It has been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Dec 2024.
Since its first broadcast in 1983, the Spring Festival Gala, also known as "Chunwan," has been a cherished part of the celebrations every year in hundreds of millions of Chinese homes.
The gala has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the most-watched annual television program on the planet.
The Spring Festival falls on Tuesday this year, ushering in the Year of the Horse.
Iconic songs from Taiwan region echo at Spring Festival Gala
Iconic songs from Taiwan region echo at Spring Festival Gala
Russia said its forces have hit Ukrainian targets like defense industrial enterprises and energy facilities, while Ukraine reported strikes over major Russian facilities.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday said in its latest report that over the past 24 hours, its forces struck Ukrainian defense industrial enterprises, energy facilities used by the Ukrainian military, as well as assembly and storage sites for long-range drones. The military also reported hitting temporary deployment points of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 locations.
Russian air defense units shot down eight guided aerial bombs and 800 fixed-wing drones during the same period, according to the report.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Saturday that its troops conducted precision strikes on multiple key Russian targets, including an oil terminal on the Black Sea coast. Ukrainian strikes also targeted logistical warehouses, ammunition depots, and communication nodes on the eastern front.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said in a social media post that Ukrainian forces carried out a long-range strike against a major chemical plant in Russia's Perm Krai region.
The death toll from a Ukrainian attack on a college dormitory in Starobelsk in the Luhansk region has risen to 21, with many others being injured, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situation said on Saturday.
The ministry said on Friday a large-scale overnight drone assault hit the campus of Starobelsk College, affiliated with Luhansk Padagogical University, causing the collapse of the student dormitory building.
A total of 86 students aged 14 to 18, along with one staff member, were inside the building at the time of the strike, said local health authorities.
The Russian-appointed governor of the Luhansk region declared May 24 and 25 as days of morning for the victims of the attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the attack was "not an accident," claiming that "there are no military facilities, security service sites or related agencies near the dormitory."
Ukraine's General Staff denied targeting civilian infrastructure, saying its forces strike only military facilities and objects used for military purposes in accordance with international humanitarian law.
Russia says targeting Ukrainian defense enterprises, Ukraine reports strikes on major Russian facilities
