I've never understood how people can sit around a TV and watch the New Year Gala party for hours and hours. Usually, the new year segment on TV in the west is about 2 hours, 1 hour either side of midnight. We also don't have quite as many celebrities.
I understand that there are few people in Beijing who are native Beijing'ers and in normal circumstances, Beijing becomes quite an empty city during the New Year as everyone returns to their home city. I suspect it's quite different this year, and perhaps for the first time.
Happy new year!
When I was young, I used to watch the. New year in ghana from beginning to end. Now that I have grown up, I don't Watch them anymore because they are boring to me. I think the reason that people watched them in the past is because they had no Other kinds of entertainment. They spent much time in front of the tv, like we do now with the mobile phones. Also is a chance for the family members to get together and talk about the show. Anyway, I think most of the performances are very boring, and I don't like the entertainers. I haven't watched it for many, many years. The hours are better spent doing something more meaningful.