The contents of the 1984 Spring Festival Gala program are:

1. The first program New Year's song "Congratulations on the New Year" was performed by Jiang Dawei, Li Guyi, Yu Shuzhen, Su Ping, Shen Xiaocen, and Zhu Mingying , Mao Shanyu and Guo Song sang collectively. This has also become a fixed pattern for every Spring Festival Gala in the future.

2. After the opening, several highly visible programs such as the acrobatic "Spinning the Plate", the children's game competition "See Who Can Post Faster", and "Bear and Monkey Shooting Contest" were performed, continuing the Chinese tradition The opera starts with clowns and farces to attract the audience.

3. Ma Ji performed "Universe Brand Cigarettes". It is a cross talk based on a verbal advertisement to promote cigarettes. It uses the cowardly performance method of stand-up comedy and makes full use of cross talk techniques such as catching and showing off, making this cross talk an unforgettable classic work. After the Spring Festival Gala, some merchants quickly registered the trademark of Universe brand cigarettes and produced them, which became a hot-selling product.

4. Yin Xiumei sang the songs "Where Is Happiness" and "Party, Dear Mother". Yin Xiumei's voice is pure and bright, the sound quality is mellow and rich, and the range is wide. It combines Western singing methods and national singing methods, with high pitch and smoothness, free speech, clear enunciation and great artistic appeal. In the field of singing, he is a powerful singer with a wide range of artistic expressions.

5. Guo Song sang the songs "Sweet to the Heart", "Visiting the Door", and "Landscapes Drunk Our Philosopher". Guo Song's most famous song is "Ussuri Boat Song" in the 1960s. In 1980, it was selected by UNESCO as a music teaching material for the Asia-Pacific region. However, in 2001, it was sued for infringement by the Sipai Hezhe Township Government in Raohe County, Heilongjiang Province. , and finally ruled that Guo Song and others enjoyed the copyright, but they must indicate that it was adapted from a folk song of the Hezhen ethnic group. Guo Song passed away on May 19, 2016 at the age of 85.

6. Shen Xiaocen sang the songs "Please Come to the Ends of the World" and "Mom Teach Me a Song". "Come to the Ends of the World" is a song praising Hainan Island first sung by Shen Xiaocen in 1982. At that time, Hainan Island was still part of Guangdong Province. This is her masterpiece. In the early 1990s, Shen Xiaocen studied in Australia. In 2001, she moved to the UK with her husband.

7. Niu Decao performed the Henan Opera "Spring Welcome Song". Niu Decao is a clown actor in Henan Opera. He pioneered the clown troupe and made clowns the mainstay of the troupe. In 1980, he starred in "The Seventh Grade Sesame Official", which was made into a movie and won the Best Opera Film Award at the 4th Hundred Flowers Awards. He died of illness on May 30, 1998 at the age of 65.

8. You Benchang performed the pantomime sketch "Shower". You Benchang graduated from the Acting Department of Shanghai Theater Academy in 1956 and worked as an actor at the Central Experimental Theater. In 1985, he became well-known to audiences across the country for starring in 8 episodes of the classic TV series "Ji Gong". On July 28, 2009, he was ordained and became a monk at Daguangming Temple in Suifenhe City, Heilongjiang Province. Master Changhuai received the novice ordination and was given the name Dingchang.

9. Tan Yuanshou performed the Peking Opera "Dingjun Mountain". Tan Yuanshou was born in 1928, the eldest son of Tan Fuying. In 1938, he entered the Yuanzi Department of Fulian Cheng's major class and ended his academic life in 1945. He once "carried a knife" for Xun Huisheng and participated in Qiu Shengrong's class club. After graduating from the major, he became Li Shaochun's teacher. His great-grandfather Tan Xinpei was the founder of the Tan School of Peking Opera. His grandfather Tan Xiaopei and his father Tan Fuying both inherited the Tan School. Tan Yuanshou once played Guo Jianguang in the model opera "Shajiabang" and is a representative figure of the Tan sect today. The Tan sect has continued for eight generations.

10. Fang Rongxiang performed the Peking Opera "The Harmony of Generals and Prime Ministers".

11. Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao’s sketch "Eating Noodles". Both of them are actors from the Bayi Film Studio. Chen Peisi has appeared in the movies "Look at This Family", "Inside and Out of the Court", etc., and has collaborated with his father Chen Qiang in many "Father and Son" movies, which has a great influence. Now he is engaged in drama show. Zhu Shimao has starred in movies such as "The Wrangler" and is now working as a film director. This program was the first time that a real sketch appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage. Since then, sketches have become the most popular art form of the Spring Festival Gala.

12. Ma Lan sang excerpts from Huangmei Opera "The Consort".

Ma Lan, born on April 23, 1962, is a famous Huangmei Opera performing artist. She has won the highest national awards for stage drama performances such as the Plum Blossom Award, the Wenhua Award, and the Magnolia Award. She also won the China Television Golden Eagle Award and the Feitian Award for starring in the TV series "Yan Fengying" Best Actress Award. The most well-known to the audience is Miss Yin, the mother of Tang Monk in the TV series "Journey to the West". Her husband is Yu Qiuyu, who is 16 years older than her.

13. Wang Jingyu and Li Hui’s pantomime sketch "TV Dispute". Wang Jingyu was born in 1936 and graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 1958. He is a screenwriter and actor at the China Youth Art Theater. The pantomime "Chicken Eating" performed in the 1983 Spring Festival Gala was impressive.

14. Zhu Mingying sang the songs "Mo Chou, Mo Chou", "Ocean, My Hometown", and "Back to My Mother's Home". Zhu Mingying was born in 1950, graduated from Beijing Dance Academy in 1966, and has been engaged in dance and vocal music in the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe for 24 years. "Back to My Mother's Home" is a cover of Teresa Teng's song. Because Teresa Teng was banned at that time, it was labeled as a "Hebei folk song" and originated from the name of Teresa Teng's ancestral home in Hebei.

15. Yu Shuzhen sang the songs "Luanshui Fragrant Tea for Relatives", "Our Life is Full of Sunshine", and "The Moonlight Shines on the Water of Taihu Lake". Yu Shuzhen was born in 1936 and is a famous soprano singer of Tianjin Song and Dance Theatre. "Our Life Is Full of Sunshine" is an episode of the movie "Sweet Business".

16. Xi Xiulan sang the songs "Why Are the Flowers So Red", "The Goddess Scattered Flowers" and "Alishan Girl". Xi Xiulan was born in 1950. In 1966, she was admitted to the first TV music art training class founded by Li's TV Station. She has won five "Platinum Record Awards" and three "Golden Record Awards". In 1985, the tape "Rejuvenation of the Earth" was released in Shanghai. It was the first soundtrack released by a Hong Kong singer in the mainland.

17. Yuan Kuocheng performed storytelling "Giving a Feather Fan". Yuan Kuocheng was born in a storytelling family in 1929. He studied art with his father since he was a child, and later became his teacher under Jin Jieli. He took the stage at the age of 14. After liberation, he took the lead in telling new books and was the first to remove his desk and perform full-body performances. He drew on drama, television, music and other arts to enrich the expressive power of storytelling. Passed away due to illness on March 2, 2015, at the age of 86.

18. Table tennis competition, performances: Li Furong, Zhang Xielin, commentator: Song Shixiong. Li Furong, born in 1942, is a Chinese male table tennis player and won the men's team championship in the World Table Tennis Championships. In September 1994, he was elected vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee. In May 1999, he was appointed deputy director of the State Sports General Administration. In May 2001, he was elected chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation. Zhang Xielin, born in 1940, won the 26th World Table Tennis Championships men's team championship; the 27th World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles championship; the 31st World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles championship; from 1972 to 1995, he served as the head coach of the Chinese Table Tennis Women's Team.

19. Wang Wenjuan sang the excerpt "Infinite Joy in My Heart" from the Yue Opera "Hui Mei". Wang Wenjuan was born in 1926. She is a famous Yue opera performing artist and the founder of the "Wang School" of Yue opera. She is well-known for starring in the Yue opera movies "Chasing Fish" and "Dream of Red Mansions". Her husband is the late famous film artist Sun Daolin.

20. Ma Ji and Zhao Yan performed a cross talk segment "Spring Festival Couplets" to catch the zero o'clock bell. Ma Ji was born in 1934. He is a famous cross talk actor and a key figure in the inheritance of cross talk art after the founding of the People's Republic of China. He studied under Hou Baolin and his disciples include Jiang Kun, Zhao Yan, Liu Wei, Feng Gong, Xiao Lin and many others. In September 2006, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Peony Award for Folk Art. Died on December 20, 2006, at the age of 72.

21. Su Ping sang the songs "Sala Flowers with Big Eyes" and "Sister's Shandandan Flowers Bloom". Su Ping was born in 1942, from the Salar ethnic group, and is a famous "Hua'er" singer.

22. Mao Shanyu sang Shanghai Opera "Yan Yan Makes Matchmaker" and "Taihu Beauty". Mao Shanyu was born in 1962. She won the 1983 Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress and the 1985 Second Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award. She is now the director of Shanghai Theater Company.

23. Zhang Mingmin sang the songs "My Chinese Heart", "Walking Up the Ridge", "Grandma's Penghu Bay", and "Country Road".

Zhang Mingmin was born in Hong Kong in 1956. In 1983, she was invited by the Hong Kong Youth Federation to record the song "My Chinese Heart". This song became famous for the 1984 Spring Festival Gala. Since 2005, he has served as the executive director of a biotechnology company in Hong Kong.

24. Qigong performance, a father, son and daughter perform as a family. "Smashing Walnuts" performed by Hou Wei (6 years old); "Stepping on Eggs" performed by Hou Chunxue (16 years old); "Putting Iron Pillars" performed by Hou Shuying (54 years old).

25. Huang Zhicheng, Li Dawei and Huang Ayuan sang the songs "Friendship", "Silently Bless You", and "It's Dark". Huang Zhicheng was born in Taiwan in 1952 to the Zhuang ethnic group. On August 8, 1981, he flew an F-5 combat trainer aircraft from Taoyuan, Taiwan to Fuzhou Uprising and returned to the mainland. David Li, born in Kinmen in 1950 to a Taiwanese military family, flew back to the mainland at 12:25 on April 22, 1983. Huang Ayuan was born in 1956. On September 9, 1983, without telling his family, he first went to Japan to study, and then moved to the mainland.

26. Chen Sisi sang the episode of the movie "Three Smiles". Chen Sisi is a famous Hong Kong actor. Together with Xia Meng and Shi Hui, she is known as the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall". Her starring films such as "Three Smiles" and "Red Bat Apartment" have all been released in the mainland and are well-known. Died on October 7, 2007, at the age of 69.

27. Jiang Kun and Li Wenhua's cross talk "Praising Hometown". Jiang Kun studied under Ma Ji and is now the chairman of the Chinese Folk Artists Association. Li Wenhua was born as a worker. In 2008, he became a disciple of the late cross talk master Ma Sanli. He died of illness on May 9, 2009, at the age of 82.

28. Jiang Dawei sang the songs "Ask What We Think" and "The Soldier and the Plum Blossom". Jiang Dawei was born in 1947. He is a famous tenor singer. His representative works include "Where the Peach Blossoms Bloom", "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is", "Song of the Peony", "The Horse Gallops to Protect the Frontier", etc.

29. Li Guyi sang the songs "Dance, Young Partner" and "That's Me", and collaborated with Jiang Kun in the flower drum opera "Liang Hai Chopping Woodcutter". Li Guyi was born in 1944. He entered Hunan Huagu Opera Theater in 1961 and became an actor. In 1964, he starred in the Huagu Opera movie "Mending the Pot". In 1974, he was transferred to the Central Orchestra and became a soloist.

30. The theme song "Unforgettable Tonight" appeared for the first time. Hosts Zhao Zhongxiang and Lu Jing recited the lyrics, and Li Guyi sang. The scene showed the actors participating in the party toasting goodbye.