During the festival, carp dances can be seen everywhere in towns and villages in Chaozhou. The elaborate carp lamp is lifelike. Under the guidance of the head fish, carp sometimes swim leisurely on the water, sometimes dive into the water to find food, and sometimes play with each other. At the climax, the carp rolled quickly and struggled with all their strength. Finally, it is high in Yuelongmen. At this time, the drums thundered, the audience was emotional and the audience cheered. The atmosphere is very warm. /kloc-for more than 0/00 years, carp dance has been deeply loved by the masses and flourished among Chaozhou people. It has become a traditional folk dance program preserved to this day. The carp dance in Pinghai is performed by five people. Carp dance with big hands, with "round steps" as the main gait, and the legs are lifted and jumped, and the movements are bold and heroic. The whole performance has a strong sense of rhythm and is done in one go.
Pinghai carp dance has a history of hundreds of years. They also deeply processed the traditional carp dance movements and integrated them into the characteristics of the times to achieve the harmony between tradition and modernity. In the past, carp dance had 24 sets of movements, which were complicated and difficult to learn. Later, they concentrated processing and introduced some new routines. Only 16 groups of movements such as Guanyin sitting on lotus, chasing spring, grinding sand and crossing water make the dance more refined and beautiful. Carp dance is full of unique artistic features, with exquisite props and percussion music of gongs and drums. It is magnificent and passionate, with strong local flavor and local characteristics. In the early years, during the Spring Festival, carp dance performances were everywhere in the villages of Zhongxin Town, Lianping County. Well-made carp dance vividly, sometimes like swimming leisurely on the water, sometimes like diving into the water for food, and sometimes like playing with each other. The scene is spectacular and beautiful.
In the most primitive carp dance performance, nine young women each supported a carp prop. With the sound of gongs and drums, two clowns followed the carp. The tall clown has a fishing net and the other one has a fish basket. As soon as the gongs and drums stopped, the two clowns performed funny fishing and told a joke to amuse the audience. Subsequently, nine young women with carp props sang "carp mother's song". Every time they sang a chorus, they performed 12 rounds and sang 12 times. Its tune is similar to the bull dance in spring, with lead singer and chorus. People think that the dance of carp is smooth and auspicious. Everywhere, the children in the village shouted "big fish" behind the carp dance team, homophonic for "Yu Yu", which catered to the good omen of "more money" and was therefore welcomed by people.