When the Spring Festival arrives each year, people celebrate it with various traditions and folk customs, most of which have been handed down over generations. But there’s one that is quite contemporary, only in existence about 40 years or so – the Spring Festival Gala, or Chunwan in Chinese. A feast of entertainment and performances presented to the nation by China Central Television (CCTV), it has undoubtedly become an impressive cultural symbol for the celebration of the Spring Festival nowadays. Let’s find out more.