[2] Folklorists believe "New Year's Movie Culture" can be traced back to the operatic players in the late Qing dynasty.
During the Chinese New Year holidays, the stage boss gathered the most popular actors from various troupes and lete them perform repertories.
Film studios promote their new movies, with plans to roll out more advertising in mainland China in the coming year.
[6] In 1937 the first Chinese New Year film premiered in Hong Kong;[7] the movie, titled Bloom and Prosper (花開富貴), broke all box office records.
[15] Security Unlimited, a 1981 comedy directed by the Hui Brothers, is now considered the first modern Chinese New Year film in Hong Kong.