Sui Shu recorded that "fish becomes dragons, and Long Bian fish becomes Huanglong". It can be seen that fish lanterns were very popular in the Western Han Dynasty 1,700 years ago. Ming Jiajing's "Tai Po County Records" said: "On the night of the Yuan Dynasty, I went to Izayoi on the thirteenth day of the Yuan Dynasty, more than Zhang Yanji on Aoshan." . In the 9th year of Qing Qianlong's reign, it was recorded in "Tai Po County Records" that "from the 10th day of the first month to Izayoi, a lotus lantern was a dragon lantern, which was called the Lantern Festival by ordinary people". These reflect the popular history of music dance and fish dragon dance in Tai Po since the Ming Dynasty.

Among fish, carp is popular, and carp is often used to represent fish. Carp is also associated with the story of Longmen carp yue longmen. Baihua carp lantern dance mainly displays lanterns, which absorbs the artistic characteristics of Han opera and Han music. Under the rhythm of Chinese classical music, dancers use the changeable shoulders, elbows and hips to have a lyrical and beautiful dance mood, which depicts the harmony between man and fish in detail. Dance has strong virtuality, highly beautified movements and fully expressed feelings, creating an aesthetic realm beyond ethereal and elegant.