1983 Class 80, Performance Department, Central Academy of Drama, observed and practiced "Girl Buying Peanuts" as a drama sketch on the Spring Festival Evening. Yue Hong, Gao Qian, Cong Shan and Cao Lipu's simple performance and humorous style won unanimous praise from the audience and experts and scholars. Since then, CCTV Spring Festival Evening has a new art form "sketch".

Due to the media nature of the Spring Festival Evening, the sketch participated in the performance as an indispensable independent program.

Peisi Chen and Zhu Shimao's sketch "Eating Noodles" won high praise and recognition from the masses, which triggered the upsurge of sketch performance on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening, which has far-reaching historical significance.

The famous sketch actors in China are: Zhu Shimao, Yan Shunkai, Zhao (deceased), Feng Gong, Niu Niu, Dashan (Canadian), Gong Hanlin,,,,,,, Lin Yongjian, Song Dandan (deceased), Fan Wei, Pan Changjiang, Zhao Benshan and Gao Xiumin (deceased).

China's famous sketch writers are: Cui Kai, He Qingkui and Yanping Sun (Internet).