Yulin Yangko

Shaanxi
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The sound of gongs, drums and suonas makes people sing peace and happiness through yangge. The mountains and waters dance, and people live long and prosper. The culture of a region, in the final analysis, is the expression of emotions and spirit. If Yulin Xintianyou releases emotions, then Yulin yangge is the hurricane of spirit. As the ancestor of the development of literature and art, yangge has taken root in Yulin very early. Yulin yangge has various forms and rich content. Generally, dancers dress up as various characters, hold props, and perform songs and dances to the accompaniment of music. Yulin yangge can be divided into big field (commonly known as big yangge) and small field (commonly known as kicking field). Big field is a large-scale collective song and dance, which can be combined with stilts, dry boats, dragon lanterns, bamboo horses, flower drums, waist drums, and overlord whips. It is large-scale, with a warm atmosphere, vigorous and heroic movements, and cheerful and unrestrained emotions. Small field is a dance, song and dance and a small play performed by several people. The number of participants is two, four, six or eight people, in pairs, men holding colorful fans and women dancing with colorful silk, which is both vigorous and soft; both free and delicate. Yulin Yangge, also known as Shaanxi Yangge, has a long history and various forms. On festivals or festive days, urban and rural people generally have the habit of making noises in Yangge. The new Yangge now is reformed and innovated on the basis of traditional Yangge, with workers, peasants and soldiers as the protagonists, and the main content is to sing praises to the new life and celebrate the harvest. In the performance, twisting, swinging, walking and jumping are highlighted. In the three-step one-jump, the arms swing left and right continuously, and the head shakes slightly with the rhythm, which appears to be full of emotion, chic and cheerful, and has become a folk dance form loved by the masses. The main designs of Yulin Yangge are: double crossing the street, two dragons out of water, snake shedding skin, cabbage roll, nine-curve lantern, plum blossom blooming, etc. The main accompaniment instruments are gongs, drums, cymbals, and suona. The basic music scores include "Long Flowing Water", "Big Swing Team", "Victory Return to Camp", etc. Since the 1980s, the Yangko team has added floats, advertising teams (cars), honor guards, orchestras, etc., and the Yangko team has generally added water boats, lions, dragon lanterns, running donkeys, big-headed dolls, big-headed Arhats playing Liu Cui, Zhang Gong carrying Zhang Po, stilts, and overlord whips, etc., which are large-scale and lively. During the Spring Festival every year, a Yangko performance competition is held in Yulin City, with up to many classes participating. Many domestic and foreign guests come to Yulin to watch and collect folk songs. Yulin Yangko is an extremely open art form. It is said to be open because Yulin Yangko can grow everywhere like the hairy willow growing on the loess. The courtyard, the alkaline bank, and the main road are all good places for Yangko performances. Another feature of Yulin Yangko is that it goes hand in hand with celebrations. During the New Year's Spring Festival or festivals, Yulin is full of Yangko oceans, and towns and rural areas organize Yangko teams to greet the new year. Neighbors in the village also danced the Yangko, visited each other, and competed in singing and dancing, which was very lively. On the night of the Lantern Festival, there were also lantern Yangko with lanterns, lanterns, and lanterns, as well as the Nine-Turn Yangko. At this time, the mountains are dancing, the rivers are dancing, everything is dancing, and the earth bids farewell to today's joy and moves towards tomorrow's joy in this emotional dance. Information source: District Tourism Bureau Information source: District Tourism Bureau

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