What are the characteristics of dragon boat songs?

Dragon boat, also known as "Dragon Boat Song", is sung in Guangzhou dialect. The singer holds a small wooden dragon boat, hangs a small gong and drum on his chest, and sings while knocking. The lyrics are basically six words and one sentence, and the syntax is close to Muyu.

The rhyme of lyrics can be 8 rhymes or 16 rhymes. If it is not enough, it can have as many as 36 rhymes. The most commonly used rhymes are Zhan, Ze, Ping, Steady, Sad, Happy, Happy, Happy and so on, which can be added or removed.

Dragon boats are accompanied by small gongs and drums, and drums and gongs are also clever: one is long and three are short drums, and five are big and one is small gongs; There are singles, doubles, short points and long points, which can be put away freely.

Dragon boat voices include shrimp roar, jade throat, cat throat and bean paste throat. In the process of lyrics, artists will improvise some lyrics similar to music and tunes according to the local conditions at that time.

In terms of space, dragon boats are almost all short stories. The content of the dragon boat race is mainly based on myths and historical stories, such as birthday, farewell, Zhaojun, Fan and so on.