Yingge dance
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Yingge Dance or Yingge or "Hero's Song," is a form of Chinese folk dance
originating from the Ming Dynasty
. It is very popular in Chaoshan
,a region in the east of Guangdong
。and is one of the most representative form of folk arts. The performers makeup into 108 Stars of Destiny
, holding the two small stick or tambourine to perform.
Folk dance
The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes:*They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music or music based on traditional music....
originating from the Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
. It is very popular in Chaoshan
Chaoshan
Cháoshàn refers to the linguistic and cultural region in the east of Guangdong, a southeastern province of China. This region is the origin of the Min Nan dialect Teochew. The area is known as Teochew for most people overseas, although it also consists of the cities of Shantou and Jieyang...
,a region in the east of Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
。and is one of the most representative form of folk arts. The performers makeup into 108 Stars of Destiny
108 Stars of Destiny
The 108 Stars of Destiny are at the core of the plot of the Chinese classic Shui Hu Zhuan , commonly translated as Water Margin, Outlaws of the Marsh, or All Men Are Brothers, edited by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong during the 13th century and 14th century...
, holding the two small stick or tambourine to perform.