The host of the "Poetry Conference," Wen Wan, was a talented woman endowed with intellectual elegance.
The program team included permanent guests: five doctors from renowned Schools of Arts and professors from the history department.
Before the official recording began, Wen Wan greeted each contestant, memorizing their names and faces, and then waited for the director's signal to officially start the show before walking to the center of the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen, hello, and welcome to the large-scale cultural and intellectual program 'Poetry Conference' hosted by the Central Television."
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The competition format of the Poetry Conference involved elimination rounds, advancement rounds, finals, and the pinnacle contest.
The elimination rounds included "Thousand Picks" and "Poetry Chain" sessions.
