The origin of the roughly a variety of sayings, one said is the shaolin temple peasant uprising training base was broken after the training for the cover; one said according to the late ming dynasty painter chen hongshou painting water margaret 108 generals of the pattern to play for the anti-ching to restore the ming and the creation of this form of dance; there are said to be the boxing hall with apprentices for the practice of boxing hard work and create; more said to be the water margaret 107 heroes and heroes in order to rescue by the imperial court to capture and ban Lu Junyi and disguised as folk artists to attack the daimingfu marching dance parade, a variety of legends, it is difficult to determine. The Chaoyang Ying Ge, for example, China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center public information shows that the local Ying Ge is the continuation of the Han folk square dance and Nuo cultural forms. The origin of the Yingge dance there are other sayings, one is "timely rain said", "timely rain said" in the late Ming and early Qing Shaoxing scholar Zhang Dai's "Taoan Mengyi" book.
Ying song and dance in the early Ming Dynasty into the Lufeng Koshi so far has a history of more than 600 years Koshi Ying song and dance is known far and wide in the past, in a number of folk customs in the major festivals.