Yingge and Yangge are not the same.
The so-called "Yangge" in the north and "Yingge" in the south sound the same, but they are very different. In the late 1970s, the People's Daily wrote an article entitled "Ansai Waist Drums in the North, Puning Yingge in the South", which can be traced back to the early Ming Dynasty or even earlier. The origin of the song can be traced back to the early Ming Dynasty or even earlier. It is said to have come from the big drums of the north of Shandong Province and the Liulin rice-planting song of the west of Shandong Province.
One said that the king whip from Henan flower drums, one said that the flower drums from Fujian Putian, to name a few, but today's Yingge Dance is in the Puning of the Chaoshan ancestors in the follow-up to some of the armed insurrection in the event of the formation of the addition of martial arts routines, and then spread to the Chaoyang, Huilai counties. Nowadays, Yingge Dance is popular in Puning and Huilai in the south of Chaoshan. It is one of the most representative emotional dances of the Han folk square.
Range Song Introduction:
Range Song (Yangxin Drum Rice-planting Song), Yangxin County, Shandong Province, traditional dance, one of the national intangible cultural heritage. Yangxin Drums Yangge is an important school of Shandong representative folk dance "Drums Yangge", mainly circulated in Yangxin County Yanghu Township, Wendian Township, Liupaowu, Laodian Township, and nearby neighboring counties.
The origin of Yangxin Drum Rice-planting Song can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, with umbrellas, drums, rods, and flowers (female horns) as the main roles, and the whole process of the dance is basically a typicalization of the process of the ancient military drills, i.e., "parade, pointing generals, laying out the lineups, starting the fight, and collecting the troops".
On May 23, 2011, the rice-planting song (Yangxin Drum Rice-planting Song) was included in the list of the third national intangible cultural heritage, which is approved by the State Council of the Chinese People's Republic. cultural heritage list.