Essay on the topic of "Dingxiang Yangge"

Today is the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month. The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and a day of family reunion. I spent this year's Lantern Festival with my mom and dad in Naiman, and I found that the New Year's Eve in Naiman was even more flavorful, and everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere of joy and happiness. At nine o'clock in the morning, on the busy Qinglongshan Road, a unique rice-planting song competition began. This competition was very special, usually these competitions are arranged in large squares, but this time it was arranged in the street, which not only achieved the purpose of the competition, but also let people have a feast for their eyes. I also had the honor to join the flow of people watching the rice-planting songs. I saw that both sides of the street were surrounded by people. From afar, a tide of people surging toward us, it turned out to be the rice-planting team came. A burst of pleasant rice-planting song tune flew into my ears, the rice-planting song team is getting closer and closer, in a short while in front of my eyes. A pair of old grandparents and grandmothers in red coats on crutches wobbled and squinted and twisted over, their acting skills, exaggerated expressions, humorous behavior, making people laugh and bend their backs. The most striking thing is rowing a dry boat! An auntie hung a prop like a boat on her body, grasped the sides of the boat with both hands, and twisted toward us upside down, as if rowing a boat in the water. "Mom, what is this aunt doing?" "She's rowing a dry boat!" Mom told me: "Rowing dry boat is a traditional form of artistic expression, originated in Shanxi, some areas are also called running dry boat. A boat-shaped frame is made of wood, wrapped with a flowery silk cloth, and hung on the performer's shoulder with a silk belt. The performer wears this prop and makes a rowing motion on land, hence the name "rowing dry boat." I saw beads of sweat on my aunt's head, and I thought, "The props must not be light! Because of the seriousness of her performance, there was a burst of applause from the crowd, and she smiled happily and performed even more vigorously.

The crowds followed the rice-planting teams along the streets, some guessing which team would win the competition, some cheering excitedly, and some simply joining in the rice-planting team, dancing, and having a good time! In fact, it is not important which rice-planting song team will win, the important thing is that their performance brings people the joy of the festival. If I were the judge of this competition, I would give every team full marks.