The "Flower Drum Walking" is the most characteristic specialty of Huaibei Flower Drum Opera. The form of performance is that the male actor carries the flower drum (called "drum frame"). In the "Pan Drum" and "Eight Sentences", the dances are colorful. The female dancers wear embroidered balls on their heads, long silks on their hands, and cushions on their feet - "three-inch golden lotus" embroidered shoes. The performance is technically difficult, and the actors need to have profound basic skills and performance techniques. The Ministry of Culture of China published < Chinese folk dance, Anhui volume > recorded in the Huaibei flower drum part of the music and dance.
"Flower Drum Dafang" is a unique expression of Huaibei Flower Drum Opera, which is a kind of artistic and lyrical way to express the joyful, festive, and male-female needy emotions. It is the primitive expression of folk songs and dances during farming, festivals and celebrations. It is a full display of the working masses' love of life, praise of life, hope for a better future, positive and optimistic spirit and pure and beautiful emotions. The colorful dances and drums, raps and jokes are a perfect match for the rich imagination and artistic creativity of the Chinese people.
"Tying cushions" is an original creation of Huaibei Flower Drum Opera. It is not only a creation of artistic beauty, but also shows the historical phenomenon of "foot-binding" of Chinese women in ancient times. In 1990, when invited to Huaiyuan, Anhui Province to take part in the shooting of the TV art movie <Rainbow>, it was praised by the American artists as "China's folk ballet". ". It is a rare living history.
The more than 130 repertoires of Huaibei Flower Drum Opera are rich in a wide range of subjects and carry the unique stylistic characteristics of Huaibei Flower Drum. The study of the repertoire and performance characteristics of Huaibei Flower Drum Opera is of great value to the development of national opera tradition, the promotion of opera creation, and the creation of opera art masterpieces.