Characteristics of Northeast Yangge Dance

The dance characteristics of the Northeast Yangge are as follows:

The many patterns of the "flowers in the hands", the rhythmic and elastic drums, and the funny, playful, quiet, steady, and beautiful rhythms are all the characteristics of the Northeast Yangge.

Wrapping the flowers: hold the towel with both hands, the first half of the beat the fingers drive the wrist, turn the wrist from the outside to the inside of a circle into the palm of the hand down, lift the wrist to form a handkerchief flower; the second half of the beat the wrist to the downward pressure. The speed should be fast when winding the flower, and slow when pressing the wrist, the fingers should not be cocked, and the elbow should not be erected, and the movement should be consistent, so that the handkerchief can be turned into a shape.

Single arm scarf: left hand crossed, right hand in front of the chest a flower, through the lower arc to the body next to 90 ° a flower.

Double-armed flower: one hand on the chest, one flower on the left side of the body at 90°, one flower on the right side of the body with both hands at 90° through the lower arc.

Alternating flowers: the right and left hands alternate in front of the chest, and the right and left arms go in a circle in front of the body.

Expanded Information:

The Rice-planting Song Dance originated from ancient agricultural labor, where working People in the field of hard work in the rice planting, cultivation of the labor to beat the gong and drums, used to cheer, in fact, as early as in the Song Dynasty there are records of singing rice-planting songs in the agricultural affairs. Later, people continue to enrich the development of the form of self-entertainment after the farmers' labor, songs and dances are collectively known as rice-planting songs.

The rice-planting song and dance is an ancient traditional Han folk culture, and is an essential form of entertainment for traditional festivals. Performances, lively, diverse, colorful, red-hot and lively, large-scale, the atmosphere is warm, and make a big fuss. Whenever a major holiday, such as New Year's Day, urban and rural areas are organized teams, greetings, mutual blessings, entertainment.