The China Media Group (CMG), the country's flagship broadcaster, is set to air a special television gala to celebrate the traditional Qixi Festival at 20:00 on Wednesday.
The Qixi Festival, which is also referred to as the Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar.
It celebrates the 2,000-year-old legend of the annual dating between the mythological figures of the cowherd and the weaver girl.
On that day, tens of thousands of magpies would fly to the sky to build a bridge for the couple and their twins to walk cross and meet each other.
The gala was filmed mainly in Wuxi City of east China's Jiangsu Province, with one outdoor performance shot in Dongfang City of south China's Hainan Province.
With the "bridge" serving as the key visual symbol and metaphor, the gala intends to connect the thousand-year-old Qixi customs with contemporary life.
Based on the concept of co-creation by all, it integrates Chinese romance with natural beauty.
CMG to air special television gala to celebrate traditional Qixi Festival
Residents from Colombian capital city of Bogota expressed their gratitude to China's humanitarian aid supplies for the country's quake-affected communities after a shipment of 80-tonne relief supplies arrived on Tuesday.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck western Colombia on Aug 10. The death toll from the quake had risen to 304, with 4,548 people injured and 426 others missing, the country's disaster management agency said Tuesday.
The items, including generators, mobile water purification vehicles, medical disinfection gears, solar-powered lights, tents, and blankets, are urgently needed in the country which is facing the enormous challenge of relief and reconstruction.
"This is excellent. The earthquake was devastating and we are thankful to China and everyone who is helping and putting their grain of sand," said Raimundo Montemiranda, a security guard.
"Thankful to this help, and any help is going to be helpful from people and countries. This is solidarity and the unity of the world," said Eduardo Prieto, an insurance salesman.
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said Monday night that about one-third of Colombia had been affected by the quake, which was centered in San Jose del Palmar in the department of Choco.
He said preliminary estimates put direct economic losses from the earthquake at nearly 30 trillion Colombian pesos (about 9.6 billion U.S. dollars), including 24.5 trillion pesos in building damage and 5.5 trillion pesos in infrastructure damage.
Domestic and international humanitarian aid are both keeping pouring into the hardest-hit areas while search and rescue teams are still working in places where people may remain trapped under the rubble.
Bogota residents express gratitude to China's quake relief supplies for Colombia
