Chaoshan Intangible Cultural Heritage-Ying Ge Dance

Ying Ge Dance, also known as "Ying Ge", "Singing Ying Ge", etc., originated in Puning City and Chaoyang City, Guangdong Province, and probably took shape at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China (it was produced around 1850, about 150 years ago); in 2006, Ying Ge was selected as one of the first batch of national non-tangible cultural heritage. Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

It is mainly based on the martial arts moves of the local opera, the southern school of martial arts, and the agricultural movements in the fields; combined with the theater costumes embroidered with Chaozhou embroidery, and the music of the Chaozhou gongs and drums; and through the accumulation and precipitation of time, it has formed a traditional dance that belongs to the Chaoshan area.

At present, the tourism development of Yingge is mainly to carry out cultural festivals related to Yingge Dance, and utilize teams from different regions to perform on the same stage, so as to popularize the charm of this traditional dance to the tourists. At the same time, the English song and dance has also represented Guangdong, to participate in the Olympic tour held in Beijing in 2008.

Ying Ge character image is prominent, clothing and makeup unique, there are more distinctive character image, can be made into an IP image, used for handmade office boy, clothing, souvenirs and other tourism commodities, as a derivative of tourism commodities project.

At the same time, under the impact of the new crown epidemic, the national fitness movement has gradually formed a momentum, English song and dance as a combination of martial arts action dance, and the form of square dance is partial, it can be carried out as a form of street square dance, in the protection of non-heritage at the same time can also bring the effect of strengthening the body.