Millions of netizens highly recommended it for the Spring Festival Gala, and the overnight viral "Kaleidoscope" received praise from official media!

The Spring Festival Gala, a "cultural New Year's Eve feast" for Chinese people, once made viewers doze off, but now it follows trends closely and is full of clever elements. The 2025 Gala’s robot yangge dance already redefined visual impact, and the 2026 Gala may welcome a group of cyber “fox spirits” to perform.

This "farce" originated from a brilliant idea by a NetEase "Justice Online" mobile game player, who unleashed a powerful cultural heritage through a group of cyber "fox spirits."

It turns out that this player used the game’s "Creative Workshop" to choreograph a "fox spinning dance," then filmed it from a top-down perspective, creating a stunning traditional Chinese style "kaleidoscope" effect. The swirling skirts, blue-green embroidery, and flowing light effects intertwined like a net, sometimes blooming like flowers, sometimes flowing like a star river, perfectly replicating the kaleidoscope’s magical "one tube, one world" sensation.

Once released, the video quickly went viral, garnering 1.2 million likes and 500,000 shares on short-video platforms, sparking an online phenomenon of "tens of thousands petitioning for it to appear on the Spring Festival Gala."

While the Gala’s director has not yet responded, the official Xinhua News Agency was the first to praise it, saying: "The ancients did not deceive me; the second-floor VIP seat really offers the most beautiful view. The bird’s-eye perspective is incredible," affirming the "Justice Online" mobile game players’ cultural heritage with a witty comment.

Amid the hype, fan-made creations by "Justice Online" mobile game players continue to emerge — some don the game’s Yang Liping collaboration “Green Forest Sparrow Dance” costume, turning peacock-feather-like skirts into spinning color screens; others gather guild members to recreate the kaleidoscope’s symmetrical aesthetics in a “group dance version.”

This viral success is the inevitable result of "Justice Online" mobile game’s long-term dedication to innovating traditional Chinese culture, and a great victory for young people expressing their love for culture through digital means.

From a broader perspective, the rise of the "kaleidoscope dance" is not an isolated event. Alongside Henan TV’s underwater dance in "Tang Palace Night Banquet" and CCTV’s "Poetry Conference" flower-falling challenge, it forms part of an active exploration of modern expressions of traditional culture. These successes show that cultural inheritance is not mere copying, but requires finding connections with contemporary life, emerging technologies, and the emotional frameworks of young people. When tradition meets the future in the present, it sparks a charm that transcends time and space.

In the past, the ancestors’ aesthetics relied heavily on professional stages and museums, which made young people feel distant and reluctant. But now, with platforms like games and short videos where young people gather, they can reach the public in lighter, more fun ways. This cyber-era expression is revitalizing ancient charm in the digital world.

Today, the call for the "kaleidoscope dance to appear on the Spring Festival Gala" continues to grow. Whether it ultimately makes it to the Gala stage or not, this nationwide cultural celebration involving everyone has already become profoundly meaningful.