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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <title> Comedian Zhao Benshan quits Spring Festival Gala - China.org.cn</title> <meta name="keywords" content=" Zhao Benshan" /> <META name="filetype" content="0"></META> <META name="publishedtype" content="1"></META> <META name="pagetype" content="1"></META> <META name="catalogs" content=" 7075320"></META> <META name="contentid" content=" 24452946"></META> <META name="publishdate" content=" 2012-01-20"></META> <META name="author" content=" 寮犻攼"></META> <link href="../../../article.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <script language="javascript" src="http://images.china.cn/images1/en/2009home/style.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> </head> <body> <div id="header"><iframe id="weather" src="../../node_7076360.htm" width="100%" height="138" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <div class="wrapper"> <ul id="tougb"> <li class="n1"> <script type="text/javascript" src="../../../gadv-top.js"> </script> </li> <li class="n2"><iframe id="chinagb" src="../../../node_7084467.htm" width="252" height="90" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></li> </ul> <div id="hot"><iframe id="hot_topics" src="../../node_7076514.htm" width="985" height="28" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe></div> <div class="apDiv1"> <div class="modified"> </div> <div id="submenu">You are here: <a href="../../../" target="_top" class="">Home</a><font class=""> > </font><a href="../../index.htm" target="_top" class="">Arts</a><font class=""> > </font><a href="../../node_7075320.htm" target="_top" class="">Top News</a> </div> <h1 id="title"> Comedian Zhao Benshan quits Spring Festival Gala </h1> <dl id="guild"> <dt> </dt> <dd><span><img src="http://images.china.cn/images1/en/2009home/t_15.gif" align="absmiddle" onclick="viewComment();"/><font id="pinglun">0</font> <a href="#" onclick="viewComment();">Comment(s)</a><img src="http://images.china.cn/images1/en/2009home/t_16.gif" align="absmiddle"/><a href="javascript:doPrint();">Print</a><img src="http://images.china.cn/images1/en/2009home/t_17.gif" align="absmiddle"/> <a href="http://service.china.org.cn/jm/jm.jsp?title= Comedian Zhao Benshan quits Spring Festival Gala" target="_blank" class="style1">E-mail</a> </span> China.org.cn, January 20, 2012 </dd> </dl> <div id="adjust">Adjust font size: <a href="javascript:changeFontSize(-1)"><img src="http://images.china.cn/images1/en/2009home/t_18.gif" align="absmiddle"/></a><a href="javascript:changeFontSize(1)"><img src="http://images.china.cn/images1/en/2009home/t_19.gif" align="absmiddle"/></a></div> <div id="container_txt">  <p align="center" style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px"><a href="content_24452946_2.htm"><img alt="" border="0" id="17848554" md5="" src="http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120120/001372a9ae2710831c3303.jpg"/></a></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Famous comedian <a href="http://wiki.china.org.cn/wiki/index.php/Zhao_Benshan" target="_self" title=""><font color="#336699">Zhao Benshan</font></a> will not perform on this year's "<a href="http://wiki.china.org.cn/wiki/index.php/Spring_Festival_Gala" target="_self" title=""><font color="#336699">CCTV Spring Festival Gala</font></a>" because of health problems.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">A brief notice published yesterday on the official microblog of China Central Television (CCTV) said Zhao had been working very hard during rehearsals, which exhausted him and forced him to drop out.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Zhao had been preparing a follow-up sketch entitled "Blind Date II" for the upcoming gala. His spokesman said he will not miss the next year.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">Zhao Benshan first appeared in the CCTV New Year's Gala in 1990 and became a regular performer at the annual event except 1994, thus he has become a household name for Chinese people on Chinese New Year Eve.</p> <p style="MARGIN: 0px 3px 15px">He also has created dozens of sketches, and has directed and starred in several series and films which have proved to be hugely popular with Chinese audiences.</p> <p></p> <div width="100%" id="autopage"> <center><span>1</span>   <a href="content_24452946_2.htm">2</a>   <a href="content_24452946_3.htm">3</a>   <a href="content_24452946_4.htm">4</a>   <a href="content_24452946_5.htm">5</a>   <a href="content_24452946_2.htm">Next</a>  </center> <br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div id="share"><img src="http://images.china.cn/images1/en/2009home/t_16.gif" align="absmiddle"/><a href="javascript:doPrint();">Print</a><img 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