Tancheng culture
Happy songs, popular in Tancheng area, are folk narrative poems led by a singer (known as a man with sons and daughters) when local young men and women hold weddings for more than 2,000 years. Its lyrics are simple, elegant, humorous, vivid, profound, interesting, catchy and plain. Among the marriage customs of the Han nationality, Tancheng's "hi song" is unique, which has influenced the north and south of the river, especially in Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui, and is known as a bright pearl in China's marriage customs. With its unique language of celebration, blessing and persuasion, it has rendered a warm atmosphere, conveyed good wishes and spread warm persuasion. Tancheng has a long history of "happy songs", and the wedding customs and etiquette described in China's traditional book The Book of Songs have begun to appear. It further describes and describes the Tokyo dream in Song Dynasty. Later, the unique wedding customs such as "getting off the sedan chair is popular" and "crossing the saddle" have been described in detail in Notes on Tibetan Mustard and Record of Dropping out of Farming. "Xi Ge" is a folk chant based on the wedding sequence in Tancheng, which is rigorous, natural, neat and perfect in structure. It can be divided into ten sections: leaving a boudoir, bride coming to the door, new people becoming popular, reaching out to cash in, fighting for money, worshiping heaven and earth, meeting new people in the bridal chamber, inviting new people in the bridal chamber, toasting and spreading accounts. Singing from "boudoir songs", in the order of happy events, naturally and subtly shows people the characteristics of Han marriage customs. Tancheng Opera House occupies an important position in Tancheng culture and has a far-reaching influence on China culture.