A dance to remember
China DailyStudents perform the Fengyang flower-drum dance, a popular form of folk art in Fengyang county, at Anhui Science and Technology University. One of the songs sang by the beggars begins with "Let's say about Fengyang, let's say about Fengyang; Fengyang was once a place so nice; but after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, famines have been seen in nine of 10 years." Until 1978, Xiaogang was hit hard by national setbacks such as the great famine, and when a devastating drought followed the "cultural revolution", farmers were bonded by the collectivized farming policy. The show, held eight times since 2008, was scheduled to be held last year but had to be postponed due to COVID-19, according to Yang Yan, executive of Chuzhou Performance and Arts Group.