Which songs are suitable as background music for the Spring Festival?

Dance of the Golden Snake is a national orchestral music adapted by Nie Eryu 1934 according to the folk music Dao Ba Ban. The melody of the music is loud and warm, and the gongs and drums are powerful, which renders the festive atmosphere. This song was used as background music at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to set off the festive atmosphere and strong China characteristics of the Olympic Games, a festival for people all over the world.

2. Spring Festival Overture

The Spring Festival Overture is the first movement of the Spring Festival Suite, which is often taken out for solo. It is a work written by Li Huanzhi, a famous composer and music theorist in China, based on his life experience in Yan 'an in 1950s, which shows the people in the revolutionary base areas warmly celebrating the Spring Festival.

Its melody is elegant and popular, and its theme is a grand festival with a mass base, so it has gradually evolved into a small tradition attached to the Spring Festival since its birth. Especially after the TV Spring Festival Evening became popular, this song became more familiar.

3. "Happy"

It is also a classic representative work of folk music and orchestral music, and this song appears in a wider range of occasions. We can hear it not only during the Spring Festival, but also in various festivals. This song is based on Shanxi folk songs and is adapted by musician Liu Mingyuan. Liu Mingyuan is a famous banhu performer, so in his arrangement, he used banhu as the main musical instrument, accompanied by flute, erhu and other musical instruments, and emphasized the use of musical symbols and flowers, which made people think of dance.

Step by step

The author of this piece of music is Lv Wencheng, 1898, a native of Xiangshan, Guangdong, who later settled in Hong Kong. He devoted his life to the performance and creation of Guangdong music. Compared with the first two songs, BBK is older, and its music score of 1938 appeared in String Music, which was popular in 1930s.

The tonic part of the tune is played by Gao Hu who is good at Lv Wencheng, and the accompaniment instrument is dulcimer. The two musical instruments are crisp and melodious, intertwined.

5. "A Hundred Birds at the Phoenix"

It depicts birds and songs with lively and cheerful tunes, praises the beauty of nature, and gives full play to the specialty of suona imitation. Its epidemic area is very wide, and there are different versions in Shandong, Anhui, Henan and Hebei. Music evokes people's love for nature and memories of working life with warm and cheerful melody.