A screen capture from the publicity video of CCTV Spring Festival Gala. [Photo/Weibo]

For the second straight year, a publicity video for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala has been presented at Times Square in New York City.

The 30-second video, which features a collection of acts including traditional operas, acrobatics, and martial arts, started airing last Friday and will run five times an hour 24/7 until Feb 15.

The video is being played on a 19-meter high, 12-meter wide LCD screen.

Many tourists say they were impressed by the dazzling performances shown in the video.

"What I'm impressed at was that you can have that many people doing movements at the same [time]. That's what the Chinese are known for, doing precision work with a lot of people involved, especially with the Olympics opening, with the drums."