Are you a TV lover? Can you imagine living without TV? Well, you could give it a try.

A group of Americans from TV-Turnoff Network have an idea. From April 19 to 25, they are asking children all over the world to turn off their TVs for one week. They hope children will find more interesting things to do. Maybe they can read some books, or learn to swim, or paint a picture. Since 1995, about 24 million people in America have taken part in TV-Turnoff Week. TV-Turnoff Network says watching TV too much can bring children big problems with school, health and family. They want kids to watch less TV. What do you think?

American scientists did a study of 1,300 children. They watched the children for four years. They say that if children watch lots of TV, they don’t do well in school.

Studies show that when children watch lots of TV, they eat more unhealthy food. More children are getting overweight. Overweight children will become ill more easily. Watching too much TV is also bad for their eyes.

About 40% of American families watch TV at dinner time. That means that they don’t talk very much when they eat together.

An American study says that before a child turns 18 years old, that child will see 200,000 violent things on TV. Some kids become violent in real life.

If you want to learn more about this unusual week, you can go to this Website: www. tvturnoff. org.

While most TV stations try to attract people by using different kinds of reality shows, Henan TV has spread rapidly by raising traditional culture through Chinese dance.

On Feb. 13th, 2021, a dance piece titled A Tang Dynasty Banquet, which is about five minutes long, was on show on Henan TV. With a connection of live dance and technology like 5G and AR, the dance piece has spread rapidly on social media (媒体), watched more than 500 million times.

Since then, Henan TV has produced seven dance pieces highlighting (突出) traditional culture for traditional festivals, such as Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess, a two-minute underwater dance for the Dragon Boat Festival. Guardian Warriors of Longmen, another dance piece supported by AR technology at Longmen Grottoes (龙门石窟) in Luoyang, Henan Province, was performed during the Qixi Festival.

“The total views of the seven dance pieces have achieved nearly 30 billion hits on social media platforms,” says Yao Wei, vice-director of Henan TV. “It’s a huge success for Henan TV.” Yao adds that Henan TV station has been producing shows highlighting traditional culture, such as traditional operas and Wushu for nearly thirty years.

Where can you learn about the cultural relics(文物) of our country? You may visit museums or read books, but now a CCTV show may give you a more fun way to learn about them.

The show is called National Treasure, it has 10 episodes. It shows 27treasures from 9 museums across China. In order to make ancient culture relics come alive, the show uses different ways to explain the story history and culture behind them.

Although it's a show about old relics, it looks modern and technical, an IMAX-sized LED sired screen on the stage shows the treasures in detail.

The treasures are presented by National treasure keepers, both famous people and common people. Instead of just telling the stories and history behind the treasures, the show invites famous actors to be national treasures keepers. And they act out, this stories on the stage. The actors even use the funny words to make their performances interesting and alive. For example, on the show, actor Wang Kai played Emperor Qianlong TV viewers loved his performances.

While telling the stories behind the treasures, National treasure keepers also tell their own stories. For example, an old man named Qiu Qingnian is good at making natural paints for repairing ancient paintings. For many years he has been looking for mines(矿) deep inside mountains. On the TV program, he shows TV viewers how to make natural paints.

The show has become widely popular with its interesting plots, good performances and funny words. It has promoted ancient cultural relics and has encouraged more people to visit museums.