1, dance style: Ocean Yangge is a kind of rice-planting dance characterized by ocean culture, with a cheerful, warm and lively dance style, the dancers will perform in a collective form, including queue, dance, rotation, etc., and the movements are symmetrical and repetitive. On the other hand, Anhui Flower Drum Lantern is a kind of flower drum dance with the characteristics of Anhui region, the dance style is more beautiful, mainly performed by women collectively, and the dancers will imitate the images of birds, animals and flowers in nature, showing the characteristics of rural life and farming culture.
2, musical accompaniment: the musical accompaniment of the Oceanic Rice-planting Dance is based on suona, gongs and other percussion instruments, and the music is fast-paced and enthusiastic, with a strong folk color. The musical accompaniment of Anhui Flower Drum Lantern is mainly based on gongs and flower drums, and some stringed instruments and wind instruments are also added, with beautiful and bright music rhythm and strong local characteristics.
3, the form of performance: Oceanic rice-planting songs have a simple form of performance, in the form of square dance, the audience can watch the performance around the dancers. The performance form of Anhui Flower Drum Lantern is more complex, consisting of dancers, band and audience, the dancers will perform according to the rhythm of the music and lyrics, the band will play music next to the audience will watch the performance next to them.