The Yi people are known for their ability to sing and dance. Folk songs penetrate into every aspect of their lives and are an important form for them to express their feelings, self-education and entertainment. Folk songs are used to record history, communicate emotions, teach culture, and understand agricultural seasons. Whether it is during sacrifices, festivals, weddings and funerals, or during labor and production, romance, house repair and building and other activities, you can hear songs that are cheerful and simple, gentle and full of rich local flavor. The original meaning of Haicai tune is a tune sung on the sea. It is named after an aquatic herb called "Haicai" in the local Yilong Lake. It was created by the Yi people in their long-term labor and life; it evolved from the folk songs sung by young men and women talking about love in the mountains, fields and lakes. It has a long history. Since its birth, it has been widely spread in rural areas and towns with a radius of hundreds of miles around Yilong Lake.

Haicai tune of the Yi ethnic group is a well-known folk song unique to the Yi people in Yunnan at home and abroad. It is also called Dapanpaar, inverted paddle, and commonly known as Shiping tune. It is mainly spread in Shiping, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. A village of Nisu people of Yi ethnic group in the county. The Haicai tune of the Yi people in Shiping is a folk song that is a variant of the Haicai tune. It is called the "four major tunes" together with the other three variations of tunes, Shayou tune, Si tune and Wushan tune. The Yi people call it "qu".