The fact is that the creators of "Carrying a Sedan Chair" borrowed the tune from the folk music "Hundred Birds Praying to the Phoenix". Carrying the sedan chair is a kind of traditional folk music, based on the action, walking and movement state of carrying the sedan chair and the music is widely popular in Chinese folk, is one of the traditional Chinese classical music, the expression of suona playing. Due to its long history, the author of the music has been unable to be verified.
The original name of "Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix" is "Ten Kinds of Scenery", which is the most representative of many suona tunes, and interprets the expressive power of suona to a kind of extreme. The music of "Hundred Birds Towards the Phoenix" has the sound of warblers singing and dancing, and the fragrance of birds and flowers, which is a vibrant scene of nature. You can hear the yearning and pursuit of a free and beautiful life, as well as feel the lively and rough atmosphere of life.
Since The Hundred Birds of Prey was brought to the stage, it has been processed and adapted many times. The original "Hundred Birds Towards the Phoenix", which was circulated in the folklore, has a loose musical structure, no climax, and when improvising, the rooster crows at dawn, the hen lays eggs, and even the cry of a child is added at will.
In the 1970s, on the basis of Ren Tongxiang's performance, an introduction was designed to present the mood of a hundred birds singing in unison in order to strengthen the musicality, and also to expand the colorful phrases, using rapid double spatula playing techniques to make the piece more complete.