Xiushan flower lanterns originated from the tang and song dynasties, which were extended to the qing dynasty and flourished in the qing dynasty. It is a comprehensive performing art that combines songs, dances, plays and folk songs.

XiuShan County.tea "lantern dance of the township", the han nationality is the lantern which respect "the light", then into the skills, xiushan tujia and miao the cabaret development as a kind of style is novel, singing and dancing and moving, to han, earth, a favorite form of art miao people of all ethnic groups.

Xiushan flower lamp, is a kind of ancient simplicity, witty, lyrical elegance, a combination of songs, dance and rhymes, and with percussion, piano music as the accompaniment of comprehensive art. Jump according to historical records, it originated in the yuan dynasty "tuan tuan" (namely the male, the female 2 people are singing and dancing on the square table, said with singing), and integrated into the tea-picking drama in Ming dynasty some form of cabaret, beginning with "lantern". Later, it developed into a flower bed, a flower lantern and a modern lantern show.

Xiushan lantern show starts from the beginning of the first two months of the first month and ends on the 15th day of the first lunar month. The traditional performance of xiushan lanterns is not limited to the venue, the courtyard, the house, the street, as long as there is a flat of more than ten square meters. There are also special venues for the performance and performance styles of the local flower lantern classes and the needs of the performance. For example, the performance of the "tall lanterns" will require two or three traditional wooden square tables, and the two of them will perform on the top of the table with a couple of tables on the top of the table. The flower lantern small play, need "the platform", the simple set, is usually performed on the platform of the dam, or the performance on the balcony. After hundreds of years of development, xiushan lanterns gradually formed a unique style of folk art.