Memories of the Wind and Rain is a comprehensive art of singing and dancing, and it is a folk art of Han nationality with the combination of singing and dancing and the accompaniment of gongs and drums. There are four main types of yangko: singing yangko, twisting yangko, traditional yangko and drama yangko.
In the folk, there are two names for yangko: those who walk on stilts are called "Yangko on stilts" and those who don't walk on stilts are called "Tuyangko". The so-called "yangko" in modern times refers to "local yangko".
Yangge has a long history. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a record of "Village Dengaku" in the folk dance team carefully introduced by The Legend of Wulin. Wu Xilin's New Year's Miscellaneous Chants in Qing Dynasty clearly recorded the original relationship between the existing yangko and the "Dengaku" in Song Dynasty.
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1, Haiyang Yangko
One of the three yangko in Shandong Province, the dance part of folk social fire, is popular in Haiyang City, the south wing of Shandong Peninsula and the coast of the Yellow Sea. Haiyang Yangko is a folk art form that integrates singing, dancing and drama. It is spread over more than ten towns in Haiyang, radiating the surrounding areas. Haiyang Yangko is famous for its unrestrained, emotional and humorous performance style.
2. Jiaozhou Yangko
Jiaozhou yangko, also known as Diyangko and Runyangko, is one of the traditional folk dances in Shandong Province and belongs to one of the three major yangko dances. Jiaozhou Yangko has a history of more than 230 years. In Qing Dynasty, Zhao and Ma Yu 1764 from Baoyantun, Jiaozhou fled to Guandong, begging and singing along the way, and gradually formed a form of singing and dancing. After returning to my hometown, after years of improvement, 1863 began to take shape. Dance, singing and accompaniment all have certain forms.