Carrying Sedan Chairs(抬花轿) became a popular folk dance during the middle period of the Republic of China (1912-1949). The performer who sits in the sedan chair is usually dressed as an ugly county magistrate with a black gauze cap or as a beautiful woman played by a man in ancient costume, with a handkerchief in hand. Four sedan-chair bearers are also played by “choujue,” or comic roles in traditional opera. The sedan chair used is a wooden one without a bottom, decorated by the red and green silk cloth. The performer sits in the chair and dances to the folk music.
Length : 3’51”

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抬花轿音乐是我国民间的曲剧音乐，根据抬花轿的动作、行走、运动状态而编配的音乐，广泛流行于我国民间，是我国民间传统的古典音乐之一，表现形式以唢呐演奏为主。由于历史悠久，音乐的作者已经无法考证。

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