Introduction to Northeast Yangge

Northeast Yangge is a long term creation of the accumulated artistic wealth of the working people in the North. It originated from the working life of transplanting rice fields and cultivated fields. It is also related to the carols and chants sung during the ancient sacrifices to the agricultural gods to pray for harvest and blessings. Continuously absorbing the skills and forms of agricultural songs, rhymes, folk martial arts, acrobatics and opera, so as to develop from the common singing of Yangge to a folk song and dance that the majority of people like today. The northeast Yangge has a witty form and a unique style. The vast black earth endows it with simple and bold spirituality and style, blending spiciness, humor, quietness and stability, and it embodies the warm and simple personality of the Northeast people. Steady mid wave, mid wave stalk, midstem stalk, step on the board, twist on the waist, is the biggest feature of Northeast Yangge. At the same time, a variety of "flowers in hand", the rhythm of bright and flexible drumming, the rhythm of chic, pretty, quiet, stable and beautiful are the characteristics of Yangge in Northeast China.

Every major festival, people will spontaneously organize Yangko performances and competitions. The costumes of the Yangge team are colorful and colorful, and most of them are drama costumes. You can judge the characters from the costumes, including Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sand Monk in Journey to the West, Bai Niangzi, Xu Xian in The Biography of White Snake, Bao Zheng, Chen Shimei, Qin Xianglian, etc., accompanied by gongs, Drums, cymbals, and suona   played the warm and cheerful, humorous and turbulent tunes lightly on the road. Among all kinds of dances, especially stilts, dragon dances, lion dances, and drought boats are the most famous. These dances are lively and lively, with high skills and beautiful shapes, and are popular among the masses.