Flower Drum Lantern is a comprehensive art form spreading in the Huaihe River valley with dance as the main content, it is a relatively complete and systematic Han folk art form with songs, dances and dramas, it has a unique artistic style and the richest artistic language, its dance movements are robust and simple, joyful and enthusiastic, with spontaneous movements, and the performance style is rich in rich vernacular flavor, and its music is originated from the folk songs with varied themes, either high and vigorous or gentle and tender. Its music is derived from folk songs, with a wide range of themes and varied rhythms, either high and exciting or gentle, and it is one of the representative and shocking folk dances of the Han nationality. It was once hailed as the "Oriental Ballet" by Premier Zhou, and is also known as the "Orchid by the River Huai".
On May 20, 2006, the Flower Drum Lantern was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Artistic style
Overall, the Flower Drum Lantern is warm, unrestrained, agile, dexterous, beautiful and delicate, with both tragic and comedic elements, which highlights the main aesthetic characteristics of the Chinese Han folk song and dance art, and concentrates on the main features of the Chinese Han folk song and dance form, fully displaying the basic tone of the Chinese Hair Interaction Song and Dance Art.
Flower Drum Lantern is a typical folk square art. It uses gongs and drums as music, folding fans, handkerchiefs and flower umbrellas, and expresses the joyful mood after a good harvest through beautiful movements and folk songs and ditties.
Flower Drum Lantern gong music is one of the best percussion music in China. It has a distinctive rhythm and is very expressive as it dances while playing. The rhythm, pace and movement of the dance of the flower-drum lanterns are produced by the music of the gongs and drums, and the relationship between the two is extremely close.
Flower Drum Lantern Dance has both northern and southern cultural strengths, both the northern strong and bright features, and the southern soft charm, forming a warm, unrestrained, swift, dexterous, beautiful, delicate artistic style and local characteristics, with a special aesthetic power.