Lianhualuo is a kind of Han folk art that combines storytelling and singing. Most performers are one person, who tells and sings by himself, accompanied by seven instruments. "The bamboo dragon replaces the water dragon boat, competing for cleverness and strangeness, and making the old master Wang in the east of the city laugh. Listen to people singing Luolilian together." The "Luolilian" in the poem refers to "Lianhualuo". Xingan's "Lianhualuo" can be traced back to the Song Dynasty, formed in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, "Lianhualuo" has been circulated throughout the country since ancient times, and the "Two-person Biography" in the north evolved from "Lianhualuo". Xingan's "Lianhualuo" has been widely circulated since the late Qing Dynasty, and professional blind artists who specialize in singing narrative "Lianhualuo" and singing folk stories have emerged. In addition, more than 20 major blind artists such as Chen Liantian (also known as Chen Chunzi) from Songxi Village, Shenzhengqiao Township are also very active and have excellent acting skills. Xingan "Lotus Fall" takes "Original tune of Quyi" and "Crying tune of Quyi" as its main tunes, and absorbs folk tunes and music of tea-picking opera. Its singing is gentle and smooth, good at narration, suitable for lyricism, and rap in dialect, plus patting the chest, belly, arms and legs. It is easy to understand, vivid and interesting, fascinating, and especially loved by the masses. Its traditional repertoire includes "Tianbaotu", "Ribbon Record", "Luopabao", etc. The main repertoires created and sung after the founding of the People's Republic of China include "Tiger Village", "Liu Erwa", "Blood and Tears Revenge", etc. Lotus Fall is a kind of Han folk art that combines rap and storytelling. Most performers are one person, who sings and plays seven pieces of music by himself. The so-called seven pieces of music are bamboo boards held in two hands, because the right hand holds two large bamboo boards and the left hand holds five small bamboo boards. The large bamboo board hits the board, and the small bamboo board hits the eye, which cooperates with each other in a rhythmic way, and the rap lyrics are performed with the rhythm of the board eye. Therefore, it is commonly known as "Seven Pieces". As for the rap lyrics of Lotus Fall, they are basically seven words and four sentences per paragraph, all in Taiyuan dialect. When performing, first beat the big bamboo board, and then the small bamboo board. After three rounds of beating, start rapping, mainly singing, with interspersed white, singing and talking, ups and downs, and a slightly long tail, which is quite suitable for the taste of local people. The traditional repertoire of Taiyuan Lotus Fall is mostly popular historical stories and Han folk legends familiar to local people. The long ones include "The Story of Five Women Prospering Tang", "Wanhua Tower" and "Hu Yanqing Fighting"; the short ones include "Young Couple Fighting", "Young Widow Going to the New Tomb" and "Couples Dividing Water" and so on. Nowadays, Lotus Fall not only has seven-piece accompaniment, but also has developed to string and percussion accompaniment. The main instruments are three-stringed, yangqin, erhu, wooden fish, etc. Lotus Fall in those days did not pay much attention to performance, but only sang while talking. This is determined by its early form of street performance. Since the liberation, the performance of posture and movement has been emphasized, which is different from the past. The art form of lotus opera has an artist named Zhang, nicknamed "Long Fingernails", who came to Shaoxing from his hometown "Xia Sanfu" (now the area of Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou) to sing and settled here. He successively accepted Shen Afa from Songxia, Shangyu and Tang Maosheng from Potang, Shaoxing as his apprentices. At that time, the lyrics were made up at random, without fixed content, and there was no fixed tone for singing. In the early Republic of China, Tang Maosheng was influenced by the Lingga tune and Xuanjuan tune of Yue Opera and began to use the method of connecting tunes to create a set of basic singing styles. The performance form was also changed from singing along the street to performing on stage. The performance content is mostly short lyrics reflecting rural family life, commonly known as "section poems", such as "Section Poems of Mother's Home", "Section Poems of Raising Daughters-in-law", "Section Poems of Separating Households", "Section Poems of Face Reading", "Section Poems of Hundred Insects", "Section Poems of Persuading Husbands", etc., but there are only more than ten pieces. Later, the singers felt that it was laborious and monotonous to sing in tune, and it was inconvenient to sing long books, so they began to use four-stringed fiddles for accompaniment, and added drums, bamboo boards, and three-stick boards to beat the rhythm. During the performance, one person played the four-stringed fiddle, one person beat the drums and boards, and the singers held three-stick boards and flexibly beat them along with the music, which has been used to this day. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Shaoxing lotus opera was mostly performed in rural areas or teahouses in urban areas. The audience was mostly farmers and tin foil workers, and was regarded as low-level and vulgar. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, relevant departments organized teams for artists and helped to sort out the books, making lotus opera increasingly prosperous. In 1959, artist Wang Jinfu participated in the Zhejiang Province Quyi Performance for the first time with Shaoxing lotus opera, performing the "Complaint" section in the traditional book "Naoji Mountain", and was awarded the first prize. In 1964, artist Ding Shuitang also participated in the Zhejiang Province Modern Opera Performance with the modern program "Two Sheep" and received good reviews. In recent years, the performance, singing and music of Lianhualuo have developed greatly. Sometimes, instruments such as pipa, yangqin, erhu and flute are added for accompaniment. Its repertoire is also becoming richer and richer. The recording of "Blood and Tears" adapted from Shaoju has become a reserved program of Zhejiang People's Broadcasting Station. "Returning to My Mother's Home", which was compiled and adapted from "My Mother's Home Festival Poems", was performed by Hu Zhaohai in the National Quyi (Southern Section) Festival in 1982 and won three first prizes in creation, music and performance. Later, it was selected as one of the national outstanding repertoires and participated in the performance troupe organized by the Ministry of Culture to tour 12 provinces, cities and autonomous regions such as Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Qinghai. In 1986, in the Zhejiang Province New Song (Book) Competition, "Crazy Girl" performed by Ni Qiquan won four first prizes in creation, performance, composition and accompaniment. Since 1985, Shaoxing has also held three provincial Shaoxing Lianhualu rehearsals. There are more than 30 professional Lianhualuo actors and more than 50 amateur actors in the county. Lotus Fall is popular in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other places. It is also called Lotus Music, which originated from the "Sanhua Music" in the Tang and Five Dynasties. It was originally a warning song sung by monks to promote Buddhist teachings when they were collecting alms. It became popular among the people in the Song Dynasty. After the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, professional artists appeared. At the same time, there were many enthusiasts among the children of the Eight Banners of the Manchus. It merged with another popular folk art form "Shibuxian" and became one of the folk flower fairs "Tianpinghui". The name of the song is "Shibuxian Lotus Fall", also known as "Shibuxian" or "Lotus Fall". The content is mostly folk songs that describe scenery and express emotions and tell folk stories. During the performance, all the staff first beat the percussion instruments of Shibuxian, do dance movements, sing the tunes of Four Joys, Eight Palms, and Frame Songs as an overture, and then sing the Lotus Fall program. There are two forms of performance: single song and colorful singing. A single song is sung by only one person, and the lyrics are narrative; a colorful song is performed by two or three singers, who play the roles of a female lead and a clown, and are responsible for performing different roles, which is similar to opera, focusing on gags and jokes for fun. Lotus Falls has different factions among the people due to the different identities of the singers and the forms of singing. All organizations sung by children and amateurs are called "Qingmen"; while the troupes of professional artists are called "Hunmen". These two factions are collectively called "Xiaokou Lotus Falls" to distinguish them from "Dakou Falls" or "Daban Falls" sung by beggars. The tune of Lotus Falls is relatively simple, with only upper and lower sentences. Commonly used banyans include "slow three eyes", "duiban", "sanban", etc. The tunes are divided into "pingdiao" and "sad tunes", and there are also specific tunes such as "kuliu", "yunlifan", and "haihailuoyue". Usually, at the beginning of a singing tune, there must be a "wrestling fight", also called "hanluo". Famous Lotus Falls artists in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China included Zhao Zhuaji and Kuixingyuan. In 2010, the "Lotus Fall" of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, was selected into the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, in the category of folk art project, serial number 1. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)