Yingge Dance, also known as "Yingge", is a form of folk dance popular in the Chaoshan area of eastern Guangdong Province, belonging to the Han Dynasty Square Emotion Dance, and Chaoyang City is the most prevalent county and city in which Yingge Dance is practiced. According to the oral tradition of folk artists, Chaoyang Ying Ge originated in the Ming Dynasty.
Chaoyang Ying Ge in the extensive circulation of the formation of different genres, styles, according to the dance rhythm of the board division, roughly divided into slow Ying Ge, in the board Ying Ge and fast Ying Ge 3 kinds.
What is the dance style of slow and medium tempo English songs? The rhythm of the slow English song is slower, the dance stick used is longer than other genres, and its basic dance method is 3 mallets or 4 mallets to form a group of movements, slow in the momentum, momentum in the air, heavy and simple and stretching and beautiful. In addition, there is the "Drunken Mallet" English song, in which the dancers look like drunken men when they dance, which has a special charm. Slow English song is mainly circulated in the city's cotton north, Wenguang, south of the city area.
The tempo of the middle-plate Yingge is slightly faster than that of the slow-plate Yingge, and the basic dance method includes playing five mallets and seven mallets to form a set of movements, as well as playing eight mallets, ten mallets, eleven mallets and thirteen mallets to form a set of movements.
The gongs and drums are distinctly different from those of the slow-playing songs. In the former, there is a pause in the middle of the drumbeat, while in the latter, there is a continuous beating of the drums. The middle-board English song is mainly circulated in the area of Cotton North, Wenguang and Chengnan, which is characterized by the dashing in the robustness and the roundness in the simplicity.