Liu Qian's magic performance "Keeping the New Year at This Time" in the 2024 Spring Festival Gala has attracted widespread attention and discussion. The magic is divided into two parts: the first part involves rearranging the 52 cards according to the suit, and the final order is the date of the day and the time it takes to complete the action. The second part is for the audience to tear apart the playing cards, and through a series of screening processes, the remaining two broken cards can magically be put together into a complete card.
This magic trick aroused great interest among netizens, who shared their experiences through social platforms and tried to decipher the magic principle of Liu Qian. Many netizens posted on platforms such as Xiaohongshu, listing mathematical formulas and calculations, explaining how Liu Qian discarded invalid broken cards through a specific screening order, so that the final two broken cards could be combined into one.
Interestingly, although most of the audience was able to complete the magic trick according to Liu Qian's instructions, the Spring Festival Gala host Nigmat made a mistake in his performance. He accidentally inserted the cards in the wrong place, causing the last two cards to not fit together correctly. This small mistake became the focus of discussion among the audience after the Spring Festival Gala.