Greetings fellow Steemians, today I'm sharing my second post about the moon festival, you can find the first part about foods eaten at Mid-Autumn festival HERE.
Aside from eating Moon cakes, Crabs and watching the moon, Chinese people also watch the Autumn Festival Gala broadcasted by the CCTV (China Central Television) for the entire country to see. It's format is the same as the Chinese New Year Gala, both celebrating their respective festivals with many acts and performances from celebrities.
This year, I was honoured to be one of 5000 guests invited to the live gala ceremony. Lets take a peak inside to see what this Mid-Autumn Festival is all about!
Today, I wore a blue and white porcelain Qipao to this grand event, I didn't think that i'd run into lamp posts with the same colour scheme.. Whoops!
White and Blue Porcelain is China's main porcelain because of its intricate blue intertwining patterning. For this reason, the pattern is used frequently on clothes. The picture above is from my introduction to Kunqu Opera.
Tickets to the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala
Arrangement of Seats at the Gala
The event was hosted at Xi'an's Tang Paradise, it's the first Tang imperial style garden built in China. The stage was set opposite the largest Tang imitation building called the 'Amethyst Building'.
 Behind me are red cushions on the steps of the Amethyst building, each correspond to a seat for a guest.
Because this Gala event is to be broadcasted live to the whole of China, in the background, you can see many CCTV vehicles each carrying the equipment necessary for broadcasting live TV. The security personnel are responsible for keeping the order within the event area making sure the schedule is un-interrupted. At the entry gates are event personnel responsible for checking tickets and helping guests, they're all dressed in Tang style clothing adding to the traditional atmosphere.
The equipment I saw at the live broadcast
Stage Design
The lighting effects are really important in the gala. With every act, the lights will have a different setting which give a different desired effect. At the very back, there is a large LED screen which is used to show custom background scenery in 3D. Because this is the Mid Autumn Festival Gala, every backdrop has a Moon theme to it as well as traditional Chinese buildings.
Video Cameras
There are at least 5 fixed position camera's around the stage, and 3 camera's mounted on a very large camera crane which swivels around to get shots from different angles.
A mixer for producing the the live feed
For broadcasting to live TV remotely, the cars carry live production equipment that allow it to get the video feed from any of the cameras on site. Switching to different angles, and closeups are as easy as pushing a button.
Walking to the Live Gala
Outside the entrance there was an army of fans holding up signs of support for their favourite celebrities.
But sadly, i'm alone in holding up Steemit signs (for now).
When you enter, you must first cross a bridge decorated with lanterns in the traditional Chinese Red Colour.
After crossing the bridge there is a magnificent waterfall.
The scenery on the foot path to the show was stunning. The full moon was in clear view.
Behind me are the distinguished guests from America, Canada, Australia and other countries. These group of guests are overseas Chinese and many have been away from China for many many years. The Mid-Autumn festival is about the gathering of family, so they were very happy to be invited to China to reunite with their family.
The gala organisers gave each guest a goodie bag containing some Mooncakes as well as the set list of acts.
Tonights full moon is huge!
The stage was set up on a man made lake on the edge of the square. This is the first time CCTV have produced a Mid Autumn Festival Gala on water.
The entire gala consists of 26 individual acts including singing and dancing, Chinese Opera, Instrumental Music, Acrobatics, Symphonies, Rock n Roll, folk art and many others. Through some special effects and good stage props, they were able to make it seem like we travelled through time to ancient times and then back again.
Every act related to the Moon had strong Chinese Themes.
The organisers of the Gala were also able to invite the Coach of the recent gold medal winning Volleyball Team. At the interlude, huge volleyballs were deployed around the seating area for fun.
Steemit的朋友们你们好，今天我回到这里写中秋节的第二部分，上一篇我介绍了中秋食谱，你可以在这里找到。
其实除了吃月饼赏月亮等活动，还会看中秋节晚会，就如同每年过春节的春晚一样。今天我非常荣幸去到了庆祝中秋节晚会的现场。现在就带着Steemit的朋友一起去看看中国的中秋晚会吧！
今天我穿着青花瓷图案的旗袍去参加了盛大的中秋节庆祝晚会，没想到和晚会场地上的灯柱撞衫啦。青花瓷是中国主要的瓷器，因为它蓝白相间的花纹非常好看，所以常常被用来当作衣服图案。图片来自我的 中国戏曲文章。
晚会场地的安排
晚会在西安的大唐芙蓉园举行。它是中国第一个大型唐朝文化主题公园。晚会以中国目前最大的仿唐建筑群紫云楼为观众席背景。
因为这是现场直播，所以门口到处停着CCTV的车，里面装满了直播和录制的设备。保安人员都在提前吃晚餐，为了保证演出顺利，最辛苦的就是他们了。
我所看到的直播晚会设备
<舞美>灯光是晚会的一切，在不同的节目背景下设计相应的灯光效果和激光的变化。舞台的背景用LED大屏幕根据每个节目的内容事先设计好画面。因为是中秋晚会，每幅画面都是以月亮为主题的，加上中国的山水画和古建筑。
<摄像机>舞台附近至少 5 个固定机位， 3 台游动机位，摇臂机位也是必需的。
<视频技术设备>室外晚会的录制，设备大多集中在车上，就像上图看到的大车，可以移动制作视频或者当作导播车，同时也用来切换镜头。
走进晚会现场
节目组贴心的给每一位观众发了一个纸袋，里面有月饼盒节目单。舞台搭建在广场一侧的人工景观湖上，这是央视秋晚首次以水上舞台形式演出。晚会现场还请到了刚刚在2016里约奥运会上夺冠的女排队教练，全场的观众玩起了充气排球。
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