What does finale mean know

The finale is the penultimate.

The sixth edition of Xinhua Dictionary has changed the penultimate program to the penultimate first, and then the eighth edition of Xinhua Dictionary has changed the penultimate first program to the penultimate second.

One of the earliest sources

The earliest source is Wang Mengsheng (王梦生) in the Qing Dynasty, who called the "Pressing of the Grand Axis" "Pressing of the Zhòu" (压胄)子.

Second, the original meaning

Pressing the axle, playing the finale of the play is usually the main actor of the troupe hanging the top card. The last play is called "send-off play", also known as "big axis". Because a play five or six hours too long, the audience does not wait for the end that is left, so the troupe often put the focus of the play on the finale. The last one is arranged to perform some technical small martial arts play or interesting thick joke play, so that the audience in this insignificant performance gradually dispersed, so called "send-off play".