Bamboo horse dance is also called "bamboo lantern", "lantern dance", "horse racing dance" and "horse racing". Popular in Yiyang and Yuanjiang. Also known as "canoe". Jiaqing's Brief Introduction to Mr. Cui Dongbi: "On the Lantern Festival, there are lantern boats in Duanyang." According to 1808 Yuanjiang County Records, "Lantern Festival is cut into lanterns, which is different from dragon lanterns, lion lanterns and lanterns, or put into puppets to advocate singing and dancing in front of the palace to celebrate." Bamboo horses are woven with bamboo strips into the horse's head and body, and candles can be lit in the horse's head and body with gauze. There is a hole in the middle of the horse, so you can be an actor. There is a bright red flower hanging on the horse's head and a bell hanging beside the horse's neck. The bamboo horse is skillfully hung on the horse dancer with rope, and the horse is surrounded by colorful cloth. The vault man pulls the reins in one hand and holds other props in the other, much like a knight. Bamboo and horse lanterns are mostly adapted into drama stories by folk professional troupes, such as savior, three brothers of a man and a woman, Mu Liu, eight tigers robbing Youzhou and so on. His performances include: exploring the road, training horses, leading the way, roaring tigers and scaring horses, flying horses and so on. Accompanied by drums, gongs and banknotes, the atmosphere is warm, and most of them are performed during the Spring Festival, especially at the junction with Ningxiang. Lotus picking boat is made of bamboo and wood, covered with colored cloth or colored paper. There are four columns and colored cabins made of colored silk or colored paper, and there is room for actors to stand in the boat. Tie the float to the performer's waist, just like taking a boat. In the past, handsome men used to dress up as women, but in modern times, beautiful girls played the role of beautifully dressed shipmates. During the performance, the old ferryman paddled, and the boat was sometimes light and sometimes bumpy. Dancing together is like sailing on water. Sometimes they will sing and dance, usually to show their love and work life. Some people even join backup singers, such as the "fat woman" with a big banana fan and the "vendor" with a wavy nose. They danced with each other left or right, chatted and flirted with each other, which made people laugh. Accompanied by gongs and drums, he improvised "Flower Drum". In the past, many people performed at Spring Festival or temple fairs, but now as a literary form, they take part in festival parades and are put on the stage. Dongting fishing songs, called Yakou fishing songs by fishermen (that is, they can sing with their mouths open and fishermen can express their feelings freely), have formed the unique flavor of Dongting Lake fishing songs. As early as the Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower" recorded that "the fishermen answered each other's songs, how can they meet happily?" Like other folk songs, it is also produced and developed by Dongting fishermen in the long-term social practice. Because of the differences in politics, economy, history and culture, national habits and language characteristics, they have different characteristics. Fishermen's lyrics are often improvised and sung by fishermen. Bixing technique is commonly used, the artistic image is relatively concentrated and single, and the content is relatively direct and simple, but there are also many narrative poems with segmented songs. There are love songs, which mostly reflect the fishermen's pursuit of a happy life in Dongting, and depict the fishermen's sincere and simple love and noble sentiment. Among them, children's songs are humorous, knowledgeable and entertaining. It is divided into playing songs, singing songs and cursing songs. There are also labor songs, which are played by fishermen in order to eliminate fatigue and adjust their emotions during sailing. The content is mainly to express their feelings and impart knowledge. Its tunes mainly come from the local tunes widely circulated by fishermen in Dongting, which are developed on the basis of the mutual influence and intermingling of fishing songs, lake songs and light music, and have strong local characteristics. For example, Singing with Fishing Nets, Four Seasons Songs of Dongting Lake and Singing on Dongting Lake vividly show the fishermen's cheerful labor and life emotions. Light tune is also a kind of folk song and dance, accompanied by percussion instruments and minor in makeup performance. There are ground flower drums, lotus picking boats and fish and shrimp lanterns widely circulated among fishermen in Dongting. For example, "Welcome Song" comes from the light tune "Wu". The tune is warm and cheerful. Young men and women hold flower fans and handkerchiefs to sing and dance, expressing the sincere feelings and hospitality customs of Dongting fishermen. The New Appearance of Orange City Yuanjiang City is known as the "Orange City in Water Town". In the spirit of "building a landscape city and leaving natural scenery; In recent years, among the green mountains and green waters in the west of the city, a new area of Orange City has been newly developed, and a unique water town, Orange City, is rising. Water is a major feature of the new urban area, where five lakes are connected and rivers crisscross. On the hilly peninsula surrounded by lakes and harbors, the four seasons of oranges and Lin Yuyu are lush, and the green mountains and green waters set each other off. It is really a hot spot for traveling, staying at home, doing business and setting up factories. In order to promote the development of Orange City New District, four organs and related institutions, namely, the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal People's Congress, the Municipal Government, and the CPPCC, have moved into the new city on the National Day of 2003. In order to attract foreign investment and protect the interests of investors, the new district has opened water parks, resorts, villas, high-tech industrial parks, agricultural science and technology parks, ports and municipal facilities to the outside world. The Municipal People's Government has set up a government affairs center here to implement "one-stop approval" and "one-stop service" for investment and construction in the new district, and awaits the arrival of merchants from all sides with the most preferential policies.