The choreographer and director of this dance: Yu and Luo Haoquan premiered: 1986 Starring: Xiang Weiping, Yin Aiyuan.

The dance shows the joy of a peasant girl after picking two baskets of fresh lotus roots. The choreographer skillfully personifies two baskets of fresh lotus roots, and two actors play the role of fresh lotus roots in lotus root-shaped skirt baskets. The dance begins on the road where rural girls carry fresh lotus roots. Cheerful music runs through, and the movements adopt Jiangsu folk dance materials and change and develop. The rhythm jumps, the footsteps are light, and the waist and buttocks are smart. As a result of successfully shaping the dance image of fresh lotus root, the works are humorous, fresh and gratifying. The performers are all amateur dancers, with natural and vivid performances and elegant movements. After the performance, they won wide acclaim and were regarded as a creative new folk dance.

This dance won the first prize in the National Folk Music and Dance Competition held in 1986.