As Oct 14 marks the traditional Chongyang Festival, Henan Satellite TV, which has been widely praised for its Magical Trip series, will broadcast the show Magical Trip on Chongyang on its media platforms tonight, as a wrap-up for this year's traditional Chinese festival programs.

According to Xu Na, an executive planner of Henan TV's Magical Trip series, this show is set during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), and will have interactive features with the opening ceremony of the 39th Chrysanthemum Culture Festival in Kaifeng, Henan province.

Qian Linlin, chief director, said the show aims to popularize the folk customs and rituals of the Chongyang Festival in ancient times to modern audiences.

Qian revealed a duo dance titled Fenghuang Laiyi (A phoenix comes with grace to rest), performed by dancer Tan Yimei and Song Yu, will be featured in the program. It expresses the spirit of persistence and struggle through the imagery of the phoenix. A family banquet in the Song Dynasty will be also reproduced in the show, showing how ancient people eat Chongyang cake, drink chrysanthemum wine and compose chrysanthemum poetry.

According to Xu Na, Hu Yang, a leading dancer from the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater famous for his portrayal of Li Bai in the dance drama of the same name will act as the poet again during the show. Hu will perform a sword dance at the spectacular Yuntai Mountain in Henan, and draw on the calligraphy style of slender gold created by the Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

The opening ceremony of the Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Culture festival was actually planned by the director team of the Magical Trip series, and will take place at the Qingming Riverside Landscape Garden in Kaifeng on the night of Oct 14. "This is the only offline show we have made this year", Xu said. "We hope it will bring a different visual experience to audiences."

In Qian's view, the Kaifeng chrysanthemum festival is also part of Song Dynasty culture. "Both our online and offline shows are not only promoting the chrysanthemum festival, but also presenting our traditional culture," she said.