Liaoning province's Spring Festival gala saw ratings of 8.13 percent, making it the most popular provincial Spring Festival gala across China, according to a radio and TV research organization.

The gala was held by Liaoning TV and was aired on Feb 6 with the theme "Happy Family". Artists from Liaoning and elsewhere impressed audiences with their cross talk, comedy sketches, music, dances, acrobatics, magic tricks and stage-lighting and technology.

The most popular performance was from Zhang Jinlai, whose stage name is Liu Xiao Ling Tong, and who appeared back in the 1986 as Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, in a TV adaptation of "Journey to the West". Zhang skillfully recreated the heroic, brave and courageous Monkey King with the help of lighting and 3D effect on the gala and was watched most by more than 20 million people on Interent.