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Characteristics of tea-picking dance music

Tea picking dance music, Zhejiang folk songs. [Composed by Zhou Dafeng] It was originally the theme song and dance music of the modern drama Before the Rain of Yue Opera. The whole song is based on the tone of Yue Opera and has a dance style. The music adopts the characteristics of Zhejiang folk tones, and the melody is beautiful and smooth. There are funny phrases such as asking questions and answering questions, like young people playing with each other, like old people praising the harvest. ) dance music. Zhou Dafeng wrote lyrics and songs on 1958. It was originally the theme song and dance soundtrack of Yue Opera Before Rain, and was later adapted into a dance sketch Tea Affairs according to the song. "Tea picking" was originally a folk song and dance genre in China, which was popular in southern tea-producing areas to express the joy of growing and picking tea. This tea-picking dance music keeps the basic style of folk tea-picking songs and dances, adopts the national pentatonic scale, and has alternating materials. The tune jumps happily, reappearing the youthful characteristics of the tea-picking girl. Tea things was very popular in 1950s, which had a great social impact.