Lantern Festival is a zither performance.

the guzheng solo "Lantern Festival" was composed in 1956 by Mr. Cao Dongfu, the founder and grandmaster of Henan Cao School. In that year's Lantern Festival, Mr. Cao Dongfu was in a noisy and lively atmosphere when the people in Nanyang, Henan Province celebrated the festival. His heart was full of joy and excitement, so he created this famous song "Lantern Festival".

This song combines Henan opera, Yuediao opera, Quju opera and other local opera materials, and uses a single finger to play the strings to simulate the gong sound, and imitates the suona playing with a rough and unrestrained melody, showing the noisy and festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival to the fullest.

Brief introduction of the author of "Making Lantern Festival":

Cao Dongfu, male, Han nationality, is a famous guzheng player in China, whose birth name is Cao Xiaoqin and scientific name is Cao Dianxian. The founder of Henan Guzheng, the four major schools of Guzheng in China, and the founder of major tunes of Cao School in Henan. Caoying Village, Bailuo Township, dengzhou city City, Henan Province. He comes from a poor family of Quyi. Father Cao Huaiqing made a living by singing major songs and begging. Young Cao Dongfu tasted the bitterness of the world early.

at the age of seven, he entered a private school, but at the age of four, he dropped out of school because of the famine in that year, and went to the county town to make a living with his family. At that time, there was a strong wind of singing songs in teahouses, restaurants and bookstores in the county town, and he used the opportunity of peddling business along the street to get in and out of it, so he couldn't leave.

He has studied with such old artists as Lan Wenbing, Zhao Xisan, Ma Shuzhang, Qiu Guohe, and learned singing, dulcimer, antiques and sanxian, and also learned the pipa from Ma Wanshou, who is known as "the finger of the pipa god". Later, he went to Xiangfan, Hubei Province with his father, and at the age of 19, with the support of relatives and friends, he went to Deng County Primary Normal School for half a year, which benefited a lot.