＂Subject 3＂ is hotly debated by the whole people： the stage of Spring Festival Evening should be balanced to suit both refined and popular tastes.

□ Wang Xinyi (Shanxi University of Finance and Economics)

Recently, the topic of "Subject III" dance in Tik Tok has been soaring, and the broadcast volume has exceeded 6.14 billion, making it a veritable "national dance". However, the controversy about whether it should be on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening has also intensified. Many netizens expressed their views on this hot topic, and public opinion was everywhere for a time.

Supporters believe that the stage of the Spring Festival Evening should suit both refined and popular tastes, so that the public can enjoy different types of works of art.. They believe that the dance of "Subject III" has a broad mass base, and its magical rhythm and movements are deeply loved by the public, so it is not bad to be on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening. At the same time, they believe that the Spring Festival Gala should keep pace with the times, cater to the aesthetic needs of young people, and let more young people feel the charm of Chinese culture.

However, opponents hold a conservative attitude, thinking that the dance of "Subject III" lacks aesthetic value and cultural connotation and cannot represent the excellent Chinese culture. They believe that the Spring Festival Gala is a stage for inheriting Chinese excellent culture, and should pay attention to the quality and connotation of the program, rather than blindly pursuing network hotspots and audience preferences. At the same time, they are also worried that the "subject three" dance will affect the overall image and aesthetic level of the Spring Festival Evening.

In fact, the popularity of the "Subject III" dance is not accidental. It reflects the demand and pursuit of entertainment culture by the public at present, and also reflects the speed and breadth of information dissemination in the Internet age. However, as a national gala, the Spring Festival Gala bears the function and obligation of guiding the public’s aesthetics and spreading the excellent Chinese culture. Therefore, when choosing programs, we should pay more attention to the quality and connotation of programs, as well as their inheritance and innovation to Chinese culture.

How should the stage of the Spring Festival Evening balance the tastes of both refined and popular? This is a difficult problem for directors and literary and art workers in the Spring Festival Evening. On the one hand, the Spring Festival Gala needs to cater to the aesthetic needs of the public and let more people feel the charm of Chinese culture; On the other hand, the Spring Festival Evening also needs to pay attention to the quality and connotation of the program, and inherit and innovate the excellent Chinese culture. Therefore, the stage of the Spring Festival Evening needs not only popular works that cater to the tastes of the audience, but also excellent works with aesthetic value and connotation.

In a word, the controversy of "Subject Three" dance on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening reflects the different views and needs of the current society for entertainment culture. The stage of the Spring Festival Gala should balance the tastes of both refined and popular, not only to meet the aesthetic needs of the public, but also to pay attention to the quality and connotation of the program. This requires the directors and literary and art workers of the Spring Festival Gala to seriously think and explore and create more excellent literary and art works that the people like to see and hear.