At 8pm on January 24 (the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month), the highly anticipated "Harmony Home 2025 China Online Audiovisual Festival" will be broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV, Dragon TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV and the entire Internet. The Paper will also broadcast the entire ceremony.
The full lineup of "Harmony House 2025 China Online Audiovisual Festival" brings together 148 stars and celebrities, including stars and groups in the entertainment industry, celebrities and performers in the music industry, outstanding communicators of traditional culture, inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, well-known international friends on social platforms, well-known bloggers, etc.
2025 China Internet Audiovisual Festival, five reasons not to miss it!
Text/Wang Yuguang Television Industry
"Home of Harmony·2025 China Internet Audiovisual Festival" is themed "Home of Harmony", with a prologue "Harmony and Beauty·A New Chapter of the Times" and five chapters "Harmony·Live up to the Youth", "Harmony·Eternal Life", "Harmony and Creation·A Hundred Flowers Blooming", "Harmony·Heart and Hand Connected", and "Harmony and Prosperity·Together for a Great Chapter". It uses a chapter structure to show the new atmosphere of the online audiovisual industry under the nourishment of the "harmony culture", gathering personal glimmers into the glory of the times, singing praises to the harmonious and united Chinese nation family, and gathering confidence and strength for a better life.
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When the news that "Harmony Home 2025 China Internet Audiovisual Festival" is about to be broadcast was announced, the entire network was immediately screened with questions about which stars will become the "light of the festival", which popular short dramas will be able to appear at the festival, which programs will hit people's hearts, which songs will make people tearful, and which sitcoms will bring soul shock... The topic of the festival news continued, making many netizens look forward to it.
The Internet Audiovisual Festival, which has been held for three sessions, has become a treasure in the hearts of many viewers and netizens. "I have moved my small stool and am waiting," "The festival has become my sense of ritual for the Spring Festival," "I want to find my own unique youthful memories here"...
The theme of the 2025 China Internet Audiovisual Festival is "Home of Harmony", which is derived from the concept of "maintaining harmony" in the "Book of Changes". It emphasizes that all things can only develop smoothly when maintaining perfect harmony. Obviously, this theme has profound connotations and contemporary significance.
On the one hand, the theme of setting up the fine traditional Chinese culture is also intended to advocate harmonious coexistence and unity in the whole society; on the other hand, it advocates that the online audio-visual industry should make harmony and integration the mainstream, and present more excellent works and contributions to the society in the common development of the online audio-visual family; of course, there is also an indispensable meaning, which is to advocate that the online audio-visual industry has the beauty of harmony with many audiences, and let the online audio-visual industry warm, soothe and inspire people's hearts with the main tone of warmth, happiness, healing and upwardness.
Against this background, this event, which fully demonstrates the collective theme creation and literary and artistic innovation achievements of the online audio-visual platform, will surely present the audience with an audio-visual feast with main themes, positive energy, down-to-earth elements and a down-to-earth feel.
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The first big reason why you can’t miss it: This is an audio-visual feast that plays the main theme of the times.
The ceremony closely followed major national events and themes of the times, such as the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland, the successful application of the Central Axis for World Heritage status, the return of the remains of volunteer army martyrs, and the release of the 240-hour transit visa-free policy, and launched a series of innovative programs with diverse forms and distinctive characteristics of the times.
The golden song medley "Eternal Sound of the Greater Bay Area", the opera song "The Line Between Heaven and Earth", the stage situation drama "A Reply Across Time and Space", the integrated innovative programs "Wishes Under the National Flag", "My Beloved Motherland", the song medley "The Light of Faith", the sketch "Planting China with Favorites" and other works, either sing the beauty of China in the form of songs, or pay tribute to heroes and praise the times from different perspectives in the form of situation dramas, immersively stimulate the audience's emotional resonance, and use sketches and other forms to let the world feel a more real and three-dimensional China.
Works including the musical "Youthful Fantasy and Classic Echoes", the film and television sketches "Goodbye, Characters in the Play", and "The Glimmer of Light Becomes a Play" closely revolve around industry hot spots such as "dual governance", revisiting classic channels, ultra-high definition, and micro-short dramas for creative expression, fully demonstrating the people-centered work philosophy of radio and television people.
The second reason not to be missed: This is a special youth dialogue, which realizes the two-way pursuit of youth in the resonance of struggle.
As an emerging carrier of literature and art, online audio-visuals are mainly aimed at young and middle-aged people, so the ceremony is destined to set off waves of youthful excitement that represent passion, struggle and dreams.
The situational singing and performance "Time is a romantic journey between you and me" constructed a moving love group portrait; the "Ten Hardworking Days" in the song and dance medley "Youth is Now" showed the mental outlook of contemporary young people; the songs "Wala li longla" and "No Entry Except Happiness" conveyed the contemporary young people's longing for freedom and happiness; "Calling - Both Sides of the Taiwan Strait Read Poems for You" interpreted the twelfth lunar month nostalgia that is unique to the Chinese; the talk show "Talk Show and TA's Friends" outlined the various aspects of life and the true beauty of life.
"Life Needs Passion" brings full positive energy; the cross-border two-person sports talk show "2024 Sports Workers' Year-end Summary" conveys the charm and vitality of sports; the group crosstalk performance "Algorithm Life" reflects on the phenomenon of over-reliance on technology; the popular song show "Warmth in the Years", folk song medleys and songs "The Price of Love" and "Ten Miles of Spring Breeze" use warm and healing classic old songs to open the gates of memory... All these, through the innovative expression of the ceremony, make the power of youth more high-spirited and let the flowers of youth bloom brilliantly.
The third reason you can’t miss it: here you can find the most creative expression of China’s excellent traditional culture.
The festival, which has a youthful atmosphere, is naturally an important carrier for inheriting and promoting China's excellent traditional culture. Many programs use diverse expression methods to present the perfect fusion of youthful atmosphere and traditional culture.
The operas with different styles in "Good Dramas Flow", the wonderful interpretation of Chinese martial arts in "Mo Wu·Young Hero", the colorful presentation of the thousand-year heritage of intangible cultural heritage acrobatics in "Ji·Dream of a Thousand Years", the deep integration of ethnic music and dance in "Wan Li", the melting of the intangible cultural heritage "Dong Nationality Song" and a cappella mixed chorus in "Yuan", the dance "Liangzhu·Reverence" infinitely imagined the Liangzhu culture 5,000 years ago, the cultural singing show "Shine! Grand Canal" showed the unique charm and spiritual heritage of the Grand Canal, and the rap show "Long Loong" presented the cultural charm of various places through rap in characteristic dialects... The perfect integration of various art forms and China's excellent traditional culture made the ceremony accurately interpret the important conclusion that "literary and artistic creation should not only have the background of contemporary life, but also the blood of cultural traditions."
The fourth reason you can’t miss it: here you can find the most popular online audio-visual works.
Over the past year, online audio-visual works have continued to become popular, and high-quality creative thinking has become a trend. Naturally, they are indispensable on the stage of the ceremony, and large IP works with profound platform characteristics and advantages are competing for glory.
The situational song and dance performance "Moonlight" is a new audio-visual presentation of the interlude in "My Altay"; the song and dance performances "Thinking of Chang'an" and "Sending to the Bright Moon" respectively restore the ancient culture of the Tang Dynasty in "The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty: Journey to the West" and the deep friendship between the characters in "Eternal Night Starry River"; the situation comedy "I People and E People" is created based on the hot online topics in the variety show "Wonderful Night of Pleasant People"; "Running" continues the core concept of "Running to Beauty" in "Running! Ten Thousand People Live"
The national treasure cultural and creative show "The Home That Panda "Drunkenly" Loves" uses "The Panda Family" as a carrier to affectionately depict the cultural connotation of the Chinese nation's concept of "harmony"; "Classic Medley - Songs of the Years" relies on "The Best Songs in Dramas" to sing three classic TV drama OSTs, and the creative situational song "Extraordinary" uses "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality" and other online animation works as the background to demonstrate the cultural carrying capacity of Chinese animation; "Tower" originated from the "Cultural Relics Keeper Growth Plan" and "Cultural Relics Guardian" that help grassroots cultural relics protection work, presenting a creative visual Chinese style song and dance program.
The fifth reason you can’t miss it: There is innovative expression of “art + technology” here.
The AR virtual reality song "Singing in All Directions" is performed by virtual singers and vocalists, presenting a diverse and innovative fusion of AI singing and ethnic music intangible cultural heritage, AR virtual and stage real scenes; the situational ethnic minority dance "Along the River During the Spring Festival" uses video to generate a large model, and dancers from various ethnic groups jointly present a series of lively spring scenes on the land of China; the AI music creation show "Dreaming" introduces cutting-edge technology into the creation process of melodies and lyrics, providing a new example of AI music creation empowering the high-quality development of the audio-visual industry.
In addition, the festival also sang mainstream values with young people's words, allowing young people to subtly accept the education of socialist core values and be influenced by China's excellent traditional culture. The children's stage play "Uncle Kai's Journey to the West: Two Hearts Return to One" combines modern dance with Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera's "Monkey King Drama" to tell a new story of Journey to the West; the musical "The Power of Stories" uses original songs and IP adaptations to allow young people to cultivate character and gain strength from stories.
"Harmony Home 2025 China Internet Audiovisual Festival" is like the most beautiful spring prelude in winter, dedicating the most understanding and warmest companionship to the audience and netizens. This is an embrace across time and space, and it is also a "chorus" of unity, cooperation and cohesion in the Internet audiovisual industry. It should not be missed.
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The full lineup of "Harmony Home 2025 China Online Audiovisual Festival" brings together 148 stars and celebrities, including stars and groups in the entertainment industry, celebrities and performers in the music industry, excellent communicators of traditional culture, inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, well-known international friends of social platforms, well-known bloggers, etc. They come from many countries and regions, many nationalities, and are outstanding representatives of different fields and different age groups. On the stage of the festival "Harmony Home", they will represent more than 20 online audiovisual platforms to present wonderful programs created by excellent online audiovisual IPs in the past year to audiences and netizens across the country.
The ceremony is guided by the State Administration of Radio and Television and the Bureau of Literature and Art of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, hosted by the China Internet Audiovisual Association and the China Television Art Committee, and co-organized by Study Strong Nation, People's Daily Online, Xinhuanet, China Intercontinental Communications, China Radio and Television, Tianyi UHD, Mango TV, BesTV, Z Vision, iQiyi, Youku, Tencent Video, Tik Tok, Kuaishou, Bilibili, Migu, Weibo, Uncle Kai Tells Stories, Baidu, Himalaya, Tencent Music Entertainment, Xiaohongshu, Folk Music China, Quwan Technology, and Reading Poems for You.