Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the troupe had performed online to keep residents alert to fresh resurgences and to urge them to follow COVID-19 protocols, sharing epidemic prevention and control policies and information with the public for most of the last three years.

Although they weren't performing live, the troupe's livestreamed performances gave them access to even wider audiences.

Song said that since the day the troupe was founded, it has lived hand-to-mouth, with every penny having to be split into two halves when it was spent.

"Thrift, hard work and the tradition of simplicity continue today," Song said. "We all live simple but meaningful lives. Serving the Party and the people is more meaningful than making money."