1. "Dance of the Golden Snake"

"Dance of the Golden Snake" is a national orchestral piece compiled and adapted by Nie Er in 1934 based on the folk music "Inverted Eight Banners". The melody of the music is high-spirited and enthusiastic, and the gongs and drums are sonorous and powerful, exaggerating the joyful atmosphere of the festival. The song was used as background music at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to set off the jubilant atmosphere and rich Chinese characteristics of the Olympic Games, a festival for people all over the world.

2. "Spring Festival Overture"

"Spring Festival Overture" is the first movement of the "Spring Festival Suite" and is often played separately. It is a work created by the famous Chinese composer and music theorist Li Huanzhi in the 1950s based on his life experience in the Yan'an period. It shows the scenes of people in the revolutionary base areas celebrating the Spring Festival enthusiastically.

Its melody is both elegant and popular, and its theme is a grand festival with a strong mass base. Therefore, since its birth, it has gradually evolved into a small song added to the "Spring Festival". Tradition. Especially after the TV Spring Festival Gala became popular, this song became more well-known.

3. "Joyful"

It is also a classic representative work of folk orchestral music, but this one appears in a wider range of situations. Not only during the Spring Festival, we can hear it on various festive occasions. This piece is based on Shanxi folk songs and adapted by musician Liu Mingyuan. Liu Mingyuan is a famous banhu player, so in the arrangement, he uses the banhu as the main instrument, and adds flute, erhu and other orchestration instruments. He focuses on the use of pauses and flowering techniques to perform the music, which is lively and lively, making people think of dancing.

4. "Backgammon"

The author of this piece is Lu Wencheng. He was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong in 1898. He later settled in Hong Kong and devoted his life to the performance and creation of Guangdong music. . Compared with the first two pieces, "Backgammon" is older. Its score appeared in "Qinxing Score" in 1938, and it was very popular in the 1930s.

The main part of the song is played by Gaohu, which Lu Wencheng is good at, and the accompaniment instrument is Yangqin. The two instruments are crisp and sweet, intertwined with each other.

5. "A Hundred Birds Paying Attention to the Phoenix"

It depicts the harmonious singing of hundreds of birds with a lively and cheerful tune, praising the beauty of nature and giving full play to the suona. Good at imitation. It is popular in a wide area, with different versions in Shandong, Anhui, Henan, Hebei and other places. The music evokes people's love for nature and memories of working life with a warm and cheerful melody.