"That spring rain is floating
Blossom layer falls fallow
The village choir of Dang pass through the alley
Mother Doai singing tonight "

Cheo singing has become a familiar art form of the Vietnamese people and has been cultivated for centuries by the deep love of lyrical love. Cheo is a kind of dramatic theater with a combination of elements: singing, dancing, music, drama, same unique. The central and northern delta is the cradle of oars, from which the cradle after many ups and downs of the history of the art of rowing increasingly develops and affirms the importance of folk culture.

It can be said that the art of cheo is bold with Vietnamese national identity, rowing using multi-bar language, multi-meaning combined with voodoo speech richness. Particularly, the synthesis of the cheo stage from the game, to the theme of the character with the "stylized phonics" between music, singing and dancing. Traditional rowing was born from the village of Cheo with the singing festival. Every spring to the people want to be restored by the urging of the cheo and singing the singing of the village artisans. In the old days, there was the phrase "most moving dance stage" that characterized the art of cheo as "dance", the delicate performance of the cheoists are at this point out. With the hand dexterity each gesture, the action was on the "god" of the character, thereby seeing the success of the actor. From spring to autumn in the summer festivals throughout the northern plains, there is no lack of cheo singing. This is why it is popular and is called the stage type of the festival. The public is passionate about cheo because when coming to the stage cheo can enjoy the joy from the sarcastic and crisp subtle laughter. In every play, every episode, each class of cheo has a comedy interspersed with the ball, the viewer always attaches importance to those elements. Old people often say "there are new to the game" that confirms the story is the soul of the play. This is why cheo is considered to be the type of drama that tells the story of the people. This has made the basic characteristics of ancient rowing art. Not only the oars, but also the stylized stylized stage, the selective rhinoceros emphasizes the characteristic angles of the art of rowing - the distinctive array of elements derived from the factor there.

At a time when art has shown similarities with the way of life of society at the time. In the past, cheo was full of traces of folk dances, a series of ceremonial sacrifices in the villages in northern Vietnam. In the way of development of the art of cheo in parallel with the development and creation. Individual artists, researchers ... have contributed a very important part in the way to complete the kind of ethnographic drama. Modern rowing (rowing improvisation) has confirmed its position with new works and human images thanks to the preservation and promotion of the tradition of ancient rowing art, worthy of theatrical art. nation.

Throughout the generations to come, Vietnamese people - both those living in Vietnam and overseas compatriots, have always regarded the art of cheo as a "glittering jewel" in the treasure of folk culture and art. From there, the Culture Club would like to introduce the art of rowing with unique features, typical: the process of formation and development, the basic characteristics of modern rowing-rowing in which can not Some of the faces of the "cheo village" artists are missing. Programmers hope that this will be a necessary and useful material for those who love the cheo and culture of Vietnam.