A variety show that brings cultural relics back to life

The Chinese variety show industry has recently witnessed the rise of a new black horse. After its debut on December 3, “National Treasure," originated by China Central Television (CCTV), has made quite a splash on China’s social media.

After airing just one episode, the show has received a score of 9.3 points on douban.com, one of China’s Rotten Tomatoes-like review aggregation websites. It also endured the evaluation of Bilibili.com, which is believed to be China’s biggest community for young people and the touchstone of pop culture.

Judging by the dense bullets of comments, it is not difficult to see how popular the show is among the younger generation.