Release Date

02 Aug, 2013

Total Episode/Season

39/3

Synopsis

Chinese Characters Dictation Competition is a large-scale original cultural TV program launched by CCTV and the National Language and Character Work Committee of China from 2013 to 2015. It was held for three seasons and hosted by Ji Yuhua. The resident guests include Li Bo and Meng Man.

Original Title

中国汉字听写大会

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2013 Chinese Characters Dictation Competition

02 Aug, 2013

The first season adopted a three-level competition system, and will invite students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who are educated in the Mainland to form teams to participate. The 160 contestants who won the preliminary competition will form 32 representative teams, and each group of four will play 8 games rematch. The rematch produced 8 teams with 40 players to enter the semi-finals. The two semi-finals produced 10 finalists from both teams. The best performer from all 30 teams that did not make it to the finals will play a play-off to compete for the last 5 places to reach the finals. In the final of 15 contestants, the winner will be the champion of this dictation conference.

2014 Chinese Characters Dictation Competition

13 Jul, 2014

In the second season, in addition to the 32 teams that passed the national provincial preliminaries (teams from 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps), the program group also specially prepared for students from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and foreigners who were educated in the Mainland. Students hold special events and form teams from Hong Kong, China, Macau, China, Taiwan, and international teams to directly enter the national finals. A total of 36 representative teams participated in the second season, with 5 people in each team, a total of 180 people. Compared with the first season with 32 teams and 160 players, this season has expanded in scale.

2015 Chinese Characters Dictation Competition

17 Jul, 2015

In the third season, the first round still consisted of 36 representative teams with 5 players in each team. There were 9 games in total, 4 teams in each game, and 5 advanced players were produced. A total of 45 players directly advanced to the semi-finals. In addition, 3 wild cards will be issued to encourage the best performers in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan teams. There will be 16 players in the semi-finals, and there will be 3 games in total, and 4 players will be promoted in each game. A total of 12 players will advance to the final championship in 3 games. After the winners are promoted, they will no longer be promoted as a unit of the provincial team, but continue to participate in the individual name, and finally determine the champion.

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