The Lantern Festival gala is ready to roll on CCTV-1 and CCTV-3 tonight, which is also deemed as the curtain-closer celebration show for China's Lunar new year.
Lv Yitao, the chief director for this year's CCTV Spring Festival gala, will continue to take charge of the Lantern Festival show.
Being as a scaled-down version of the Spring Festival Gala, the Lantern Festival show will feature 21 performances consisting of a number of songs, dances, acrobatics and skits.
Other than being the host for the show, Dong Qing will also perform a magic act, while Singaporean singer Kit Chan will present audiences with a song for wanderers who work away from their homes.
An interactive performance between a Marionette and a robot is also slated to take place during tonight's show.
Similar to this year's Spring Festival gala, tonight's Lantern Festival show will also be staged in Beijing and four different sub-venues representing the north, south, east and western regions of China.
Tonight's Lantern Festival Gala is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.